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New Titles: August 20-26, 2011

BOOKS

FICTION
Ellen Baker I gave my heart to know this
Helen Benedict Sand queen
Caprice Crane With a little luck
Vanessa Diffenbaugh The language of flowers
Samuel Park This burns my heart
Edward St Aubyn At last
Jennifer Weiner Then came you

Historical Fiction
Edmond G. Addeo & Richard M. Garvin The Midnight special: a novel about Leadbelly
Karen Lynn Allen Beaufort 1849: a novel of antebellum South Carolina
Bruce Duffy Disaster was my God: a novel of the outlaw life of Arthur Rimbaud

Mystery & Suspense
Jo Bannister Death in high places
Arne Dahl Misterioso
Michael Lister The big goodbye
Tom MacDonald The Charlestown connection
Vincent McCaffrey A slepyng hound to wake: a mystery
Terry Pellman Averton
Dan Simmons Flashback
James Whorton, Jr. Angela Sloan

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Jim McCann Return of the Dapper Men 741.5 M122

NONFICTION

Biography & Genealogy
Michael Holroyd A book of secrets: illegitimate daughters, absent fathers 920 H755
Bronson Lemer The last deployment: how a gay, hammer-swinging twentysomething survived a year in Iraq 956.7 L551
Hal Vaughan Sleeping with the enemy: Coco Chanel's secret war 746.9 C45v
Aloys Winterling Caligula: a biography 92 C1539

Business & Economics
Jeff D. Opdyke Protecting your parents' money: the essential guide to helping Mom & Dad navigate the finances of retirement 332.024 o614p

Health & Medicine
Joseph Chang The aging myth: unlocking the mysteries of looking & feeling young 612.68 C456
Maryrose Cuskelly Original skin: exploring the marvels of the human hide 612.79 C986

History
Enrique Krauze Redeemers: ideas & power in Latin America 980 K91
Thomas P. McKenna Kontum: the battle to save South Vietnam 959.7 M478
Matthew Parker The sugar barons: family, corruption, empire & war in the West Indies 338.17 P242
Eric Schmitt & Thom Shanker Counterstrike: the untold story of America's secret campaign against al Qaeda 973.931 S355
Brooke C. Stoddard World in the balance: the perilous months of June-October 1940 940.53 S867

Home & Family Management
Richard Mabey Weeds: in defense of nature's most unloved plants 632.5 M11

Law
Ophelia De Laine Gona Dawn of desegregation: J.A. De Laine & Briggs v. Elliott 344.7307 G635

Literature & Writing
Evan Hughes Literary Brooklyn: the writers of Brooklyn & the story of American city life 810.9 H893
Mary Oliver Swan: poems & prose poems 811 O48s
Celia Rivenbark You don't sweat much for a fat girl: observations on life from the shallow end of the pool 814 R621y

Music & Performing Arts
Albert Borowitz Musical mysteries: from Mozart to John Lennon 780 B736
Robert Shelton No direction home: the life & music of Bob Dylan 780.92 D99s 2011

Philosophy, Psychology& Religion
Mariana Caplan The guru question: the perils & rewards of choosing a spiritual teacher 207.5 C244
Dōgen Treasury of the true dharma eye: Zen master Dogen's Shobo genzo 294.3 D654
Mariannne LaFrance Lip service: smiles in life, death, trust, lies, work, memory, sex & politics 153.69 L169

Politics & Government
Aaron L. Friedberg A contest for supremacy: China, America & the struggle for mastery in Asia 327.51 F899
James Gannon Obama's war: avoiding a quagmire in Afghanistan 958.1 G198
Randall Kennedy The persistence of the color line: racial politics & the Obama presidency 973.932 K36
Robin Wright Rock the Casbah: rage & rebellion across the Islamic world 322.4 W95

Pure Sciences
Keith Devlin The man of numbers: Fibonacci's arithmetic revolution 510.92 F44
Richard C. Francis Epigenetics: the ultimate mystery of inheritance 572.8 F819
Dave Madden The authentic animal: inside the odd & obsessive world of taxidermy 590.75 M179

Social Sciences & Current Events
William E. Ward The good enough spouse: resolve or dissolve conflicted marriages 306.81 W256
Aaron Glantz The war comes home: Washington's battle against America's veterans 362.86 G546
Michelle Manafy & Heidi Gautschi, editors Dancing with digital natives: staying in step with the generation that's transforming the way business is done 302.23 D173

Sports & Games
Dave Bidini Home & away: one writer's inspiring experience at the Homeless World Cup 796.334 B585
Warren St. John Outcasts united: an American town, a refugee team & one woman's quest to make a difference 796.334 S774

Travel & Geography
Insight Guides Sri Lanka 915.493 I59

LARGE PRINT

FICTION
Tess Gerritsen The silent girl: a Rizzoli & Isles novel
Alexander McCall Smith The dog who came in from the cold: a Corduroy Mansions novel

CHILDREN’S COLLECTION

BOOKS

Fiction
Laurent de Brunhoff Babar's Celesteville games
Laurence Yep City of fire
Laurence Yep City of ice

Nonfiction
Raymond Bial Rescuing Rover: saving America's dogs 636.7 B576
Mark Kurlansky; illustrated by Frank Stockton World without fish 333.956 K97w

EBOOKS

Fiction
Michael Connelly The black echo
Stieg Larsson The girl with the dragon tattoo
Patrick Rothfuss The wise man's fear

Nonfiction
Carolyn Burke No regrets: the life of Edith Piaf
Amy Chua Battle hymn of the tiger mother
James Gleick The information: a history, a theory, a flood
Bill Morgan & David Stanford, editors Jack Kerouac & Allen Ginsberg: the letters
Doug Saunders Arrival city: how the largest migration in history is reshaping our world

DVDs

Comedy
The night they raided Minsky's

Drama
The libertine
Marie Antoinette

Musicals
Oh! What a lovely war

Science Fiction & Fantasy
S1m0ne

Posted on Aug. 26, 2011 by Matt Montgomery