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New Titles: December 15-21, 2012

BOOKS

FICTION

Multi-Gen Literature
Susan Beth Pfeffer The dead & the gone

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Aaron Elkins Dying on the vine
P.D. James Unnatural causes
Peter James Not dead yet
Josephine Tey The daughter of time

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Gregory Benford & Larry Niven Bowl of heaven
Hannu Rajaniemi The fractal prince

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Chris Ware Building stories 741.5 W267b

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman & Alexander Langlands Wartime farm 630.94 G492
Richard A. Muller Energy for future presidents: the science behind the headlines 333.79 M95

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Thomas Campbell Slide your brains out: surfing in general, 1997-2012 770.92 C187
Devin Fore Realism after modernism: the rehumanization of art & literature 700.943 F714
Anne Makepeace Edward S. Curtis: coming to light 770.92 C978m
Judith Baker Montano Free-form embroidery with Judith Baker Montano: transforming traditional stitches into fiber art 746.44 M76
Bruno Munari Design as art 745.4 M963
Rembrandt The Christmas story 759.9492 R385c

Biography & Genealogy
Albert L. Hurtado Herbert Eugene Bolton: historian of the American borderlands 92 B694
Listening for Madeleine: a portrait of Madeleine L'Engle in many voices 92 L566L
David Potter Constantine the Emperor 92 C758p

Business & Economics
Leonard E. Burman & Joel Slemrod Taxes in America: what everyone needs to know 336.2 B962
Marilyn Cohen & Chris Malburg Surviving the bond bear market: bondland's nuclear winter 332.6323 C67s
Harold James Making the European monetary union: the role of the Committee of Central Bank Governors & the origins of the European Central Bank 332.49 J27
Torn: true stories of kids, career & the conflict of modern motherhood 331.25 T685

Chess
Walter Browne The stress of chess & its infinite finesse: my life, career & 101 best games 794.15 B884s

Food & Drink
Michael Paul Sweet Paris: a love affair with Parisian pastries, chocolate & desserts 641.86 P324

Health & Medicine
Naheed Ali Understanding Alzheimer's: an introduction for patients & caregivers 616.831 A398
Ray Kurzweil How to create a mind: the secret of human thought revealed 612.82 K967

History
Fred Coleman The Marcel network: how one French couple saved 527 children from the Holocaust 940.5318 C69
Anne De Courcy Debs at war 1939-1945: how wartime changed their lives 940.53 D297
M. Stanton Evans & Herbert Romerstein Stalin's secret agents: the subversion of Roosevelt's government 327.1 E927
Frankland: the Franks & the world of the early Middle Ages: essays in honour of Dame Jinty Nelson 944.01 F829
Amy S. Greenberg A wicked war: Polk, Clay, Lincoln & the 1846 U.S. invasion of Mexico 973.62 G798
Barry Kemp The city of Akhenaten & Nefertiti: Amarna & its people 932 K321
Halik Kochanski The eagle unbowed: Poland & the Poles in the Second World War 940.5343 K766
Gary Krist City of scoundrels: the twelve days of disaster that gave birth to modern Chicago 977.311 K92
Richard Lingeman The noir forties: the American people from victory to Cold War 973.91 L75
Les Standiford Desperate sons: Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock & the secret band of radicals who led the colonies to war 973.3 S785

Languages & Linguistics
Steve Timmins French fun: the real spoken language of Quebec 447 T584

Law
Frederick W. Daily Tax savvy for small business 336.24 D136

Literature & Writing
The best American magazine writing 814 B561
The best American short plays 812.8 B56a
T. Cooper Real man adventures 817 C776
Noël Coward The cream of Noël Coward 822 C87cr
Paul Johnson Humorists: from Hogarth to Noël Coward 809.7 J68
Arthur Plotnik The elements of expression: putting thoughts into words 808.04 P729

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Faya Causey Amber & the ancient world 553.8 C374
Chris Impey How it ends: from you to the universe 523.1 I34
Veronika Meduna Secrets of the ice: Antarctica's clues to climate, the universe & the limits of life 577.586 M493
Con Slobodchikoff Chasing Doctor Dolittle: learning the language of animals 591.59 S634
Craig B. Stanford Planet without apes 599.88 S785
Donald K. Yeomans Near-Earth objects: finding them before they find us 523.44 Y46

Performing Arts & Music
Roger Ebert's movie yearbook REF 791.4 E16
Alan Eisenstock Raiders!: the story of the greatest fan film ever made 791.45 E36
Martin Geck Robert Schumann: the life & work of a Romantic composer 780.92 S392g
Pete Townshend Who I am: a memoir 780.92 T753

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Anne Lamott Help, thanks, wow: the three essential prayers 242 L23h
Eyal Press Beautiful souls: saying no, breaking ranks & heeding the voice of conscience in dark times 179 P93

Social Sciences & Current Events
Lisa Catherine Harper A double life: discovering motherhood 306.874 H293
David F. Musto The American disease: origins of narcotic control 362.293 M991

Travel & Geography
The Condé Nast traveler book of unforgettable journeys: great writers on great places. Volume II 808.8 C745
Fodor's Barcelona 914.67 F65
National Geographic Traveler The Caribbean 917.29 N27
National Geographic Traveler Cuba 917.291 N27
National Geographic Traveler Italy 914.5 N27
National Geographic Traveler Spain 914.6 N27

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LARGE PRINT
Nonfiction
Siddhartha Mukherjee The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer 616.994 M953 LP

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Ann Patchett State of wonder

Nonfiction
David Foster Wallace Both flesh & not: essays 814 W18bc

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DVDs
Animation
Pixar short films collection. Volume 1
Pixar short films collection. Volume 2

Foreign Language
Flor Silvestre
Memories of underdevelopment

Nonfiction
Examined life 113 E961
The Ister 193 I872

Posted on Dec. 24, 2012 by Matt Montgomery