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New Titles: December 17 - December 23, 2011

BOOKS

FICTION
Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Stuart Woods D.C. dead

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Ray Bradbury We'll always have Paris: stories
Charles Stross Rule 34

Short Stories
Mario Benedetti The rest is jungle & other stories

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NONFICTION
Arts & Architecture
Rayna Gillman Create your own free-form quilts: a stress-free journey to original design 746.46 G482

Biography & Genealogy
Jennifer Burns Goddess of the market: Ayn Rand & the American Right 92 R186bu
Condoleezza Rice No higher honor: a memoir of my years in Washington 92 R4953n
Jane S. Smith The garden of invention: Luther Burbank & the business of breeding plants 580.92 B94s

History
Thomas Borstelmann The 1970s: a new global history from civil rights to economic inequality 909.827 B738
Gerald Daniel Cohen In war's wake: Europe's displaced persons in the postwar order 940.53 C676
Joshua David & Robert Hammond High Line: the inside story of New York City's park in the sky 974.71 D249
Neill Lochery Lisbon: war in the shadows of the City of Light, 1939-1945 946.94 L812
Wayne A. Wiegand Main Street public library: community places & reading spaces in the rural heartland, 1876-1956 027.4 W645
Kariann Akemi Yokota Unbecoming British: how revolutionary America became a postcolonial nation 973.33 Y548

Literature & Writing
Robert Duncan The H.D. book 809.1 D91
Randall Grahm Been Doon so long: a Randall Grahm vinthology 818 G742
Amy Newman Dear editor 811 N551

Music & Performing Arts
Harvey & Kenneth Kubernik A perfect haze: the illustrated history of the Monterey International Pop Festival 781.66 K954
Tony Pipolo Robert Bresson: a passion for film 791.4 B843

Philosophy, Psychology& Religion
Jonathan I. Israel Democratic enlightenment: philosophy, revolution & human rights 1750-1790 190.9 I85

Politics & Government
Jack Abramoff Capitol punishment: the hard truth about Washington corruption from America's most notorious lobbyist 324.4 A161
Peter Schweizer Throw them all out: how politicians & their friends get rich off insider stock tips, land deals & cronyism that would send the rest of us to prison 364.132 S413

Social Sciences & Current Events
Joseph Epstein Gossip: the untrivial pursuit 302.2 E64
Andrew Feinstein The shadow world: inside the global arms trade 382.4 F299
Philip Galanes Social Q's: how to survive the quirks, quandaries & quagmires of today 395 G146
Juan González & Joseph Torres News for all the people: the epic story of race & the American media 302.23 G643

Sports & Games
Joe Garner & Bob Costas ; foreword by Joe Montana 100 yards of glory: the greatest moments in NFL history 796.33 G234

Travel & Geography
The rough guide to Australia 919.4 R856

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Michael Connelly The drop
Marcia Muller City of whispers

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Sarah Dooley Body of water

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
Domino
King Kong (2005)
Limitless

Classics
The animal kingdom
We were strangers

Comedy
Bewitched
Crazy, stupid, love
The Fuller Brush girl
I-spy
Just married

Drama
Blue valentine
Eddie & the Cruisers
The help
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Water for elephants

Foreign Language
La Florida
Ward no. 6
A world without thieves (Tian xia wu zei)

Mystery & Suspense
Rendition
Sudden fear

Science Fiction & Fantasy
A knight's tale
Moon
Where the wild things are

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CDs
Sacred
Celtic Christmas CD Sacred Celtic
The Glenn Mohr Chorale A star still shines: the Christmas album CD Sacred Mohr

Posted on Dec. 23, 2011 by Matt Montgomery