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BOOKS

FICTION
Sebastian Faulks A possible life: a novel in five parts
José Saramago Raised from the ground
Evelyn Waugh Decline & fall

Multi-Gen Literature
Gigi Amateau Come August, come freedom: the bellows, the gallows & the black general Gabriel
Kathryn Burak Emily's dress & other missing things
Chris Howard Rootless
Malinda Lo Adaptation
Sangu Mandanna The lost girl
Eliot Schrefer Endangered

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Agatha Christie Crooked house
Robin Cook Nano
Carola Dunn The valley of the shadow: a Cornish mystery
Janet Evanovich Notorious nineteen: a Stephanie Plum novel
Chris Ewan Safe house
Charles Finch A death in the small hours
Derek Haas The right hand
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles Blood never dies
Marcia Muller Looking for yesterday
Oliver North Heroes proved
Nick Oldham Fighting for the dead
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child Two graves
Simon Tolkien Orders from Berlin
Jack Vance Desperate days: selected mysteries

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Eric Flint 1634: the Ram rebellion
Eric Flint & Andrew Dennis 1635: the cannon law

Short Stories
Antonio Tabucchi The flying creatures of Fra Angelico

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Joe Casey The milkman murders 741.5 C338

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
The big New Yorker book of dogs 636.7 B592

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Thomas Campbell From ummmm to der: Thomas Campbell 2009-2011 770.92 C187f
Jess O!, Tricky cad & other Jessoterica 709.2 J581
Painting between the lines 709.05 P148
Nina Rappaport & Erica Stoller Ezra Stoller, photographer 770.92 S875

Biography & Genealogy
James Bishop, Jr. Epitaph for a desert anarchist: the life & legacy of Edward Abbey 92 A124b
Sarah Foot Æthelstan: the first King of England 92 A866
John Matson Sandringham days: the domestic life of the royal family in Norfolk, 1862-1952 929.72 M434

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Deadline artists--scandals, tragedies & triumphs: more of America's greatest newspaper columns 070.4 D278

Business & Economics
Kara Newman The secret financial life of food: from commodities markets to supermarkets 332.644 N553
Robert C. Pozen Extreme productivity: boost your results, reduce your hours 650.1 P893
Adrie Reinders & Marion Freijsen The e-factor: entrepreneurship in the social media age 650.1 R364

Chess
Victor Bologan The powerful Catalan: a complete repertoire for white 794.122 B693p
Victor Henkin 1000 checkmate combinations 794.124 H513
Per Skjoldager & Jørn Erik Nielsen Aron Nimzowitsch: on the road to chess mastery, 1886-1924 794.15 N71

History
Stephen Alford The watchers: a secret history of the reign of Elizabeth I 942.05 A389
Craig Collie Nagasaki: the massacre of the innocent & unknowing 940.542 C699
H. Roger Grant Railroads & the American people 385.0973 G762

Literature & Writing
Books to die for: the world's greatest mystery writers on the world's greatest mystery novels 809.38 B724
Blas Falconer The foundling wheel 811 F182
Lad's love: an anthology of uranian poetry & prose. Volume I 808.8 L157
Paul Lisicky Unbuilt projects 818 L7697
Jay Baron Nicorvo Deadbeat 811 N659

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Samuel Arbesman The half-life of facts: why everything we know has an expiration date 501 A664
Peter M. Hoffmann Life's ratchet: how molecular machines extract order from chaos 572.33 H711

Performing Arts & Music
Devin McKinney The man who saw a ghost: the life & work of Henry Fonda 792.092 F673m

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Georges Minois History of suicide: voluntary death in Western culture 179.7 M666
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Antifragile: things that gain from disorder 155.24 T143

Politics & Government
Jacques Chirac with Jean-Luc Barre My life in politics 944.084 C541

Social Sciences & Current Events
Gregory D. Johnsen The last refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda & America's war in Arabia 363.325 J659
Nancy Mullane Life after murder: five men in search of redemption 364.152 M958

Sports & Games
Frosty Hesson Making mavericks 797.32 H587
Mike Lawrence How to read your opponent's cards: the bridge experts' way to locate missing high cards 795 L422

Travel & Geography
Tim Flannery Among the islands 919 F585
Room to breathe: the wild heart of the San Francisco peninsula 917.9473 R777

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Selina Alko Daddy Christmas & Hanukkah Mama
Annabel Pitcher My sister lives on the mantelpiece

Nonfiction
Dianne Ochiltree ; illustrated by Kathleen Kemly Molly, by golly!: the legend of Molly Williams, America's first female firefighter 363.37 W725

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Dashiell Hammett Return of the Thin Man
Edgar Allan Poe Selected shorts: Poe!
Jane Rogers The testament of Jessie Lamb
Lauren Willig The seduction of the Crimson Rose
Tom Wolfe Back to blood

Nonfiction
Robert Oden God & mankind: comparative religions 201 O236
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Antifragile: things that gain from disorder 155.24 T143c

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EBOOKS
Justin Cronin The twelve
Janet Evanovich Notorious nineteen: a Stephanie Plum novel
John Grisham The racketeer
Victor LaValle The devil in silver
Deborah Levy Swimming home
Ian McEwan Sweet tooth
Jon Meacham Thomas Jefferson: the art of power
Alice Munro Dear life: stories
B.A. Shapiro The art forger
Rod Stewart Rod: the autobiography

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
The quick & the dead
True romance
Twilight's last gleaming

Animation
Brave

Classics
The lady vanishes
A night to remember

Comedy
Arsenic & old lace
Dim sum: A little bit of heart

Drama
Breaking away
Synecdoche, New York
Walkabout

Foreign Language
Crazy love
A separation

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
In the heat of the night
Secret beyond the door

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Cowboys & aliens
Videodrome

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CDs
Classical
Charles Ives "Holidays" symphony

Jazz
Omar Sosa, NDR Bigband Ceremony

Sacred
The Los Altos United Methodist Church Chancel Choir Christmas celebration
The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Our gay apparel

Posted on Dec. 28, 2012 by Matt Montgomery