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New Titles: January 1 - January 6, 2012

BOOKS

FICTION
Edna Ferber So big
Ingo Schulze Adam & Evelyn

Historical Fiction
Lisa Alther Washed in the blood

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Gage Leighton A vine in the blood
Jack Higgins A devil is waiting
Anne Holt 1222: a Hanne Wilhelmsen novel
John Lescroart The hunter: a novel
Jean-Patrick Manchette Fatale
Val McDermid The retribution
Sara Paretsky Breakdown
Jeff Shelby Liquid smoke
Tom Rob Smith Agent 6
Taylor Stevens The innocent: a Vanessa Michael Munroe novel

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Rod Rees The demi-monde: winter
John C. Wright Count to a trillion

Short Stories
Steve Almond God bless America: stories
McSweeney's 39 M175 no.39

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Timothy Pachirat Every twelve seconds: industrialized slaughter & the politics of sight 664.9 P116
Robert W. Righter Windfall: wind energy in America today 621.312 R57
Steve Savage The art of digital audio recording: a practical guide for home & studio 621.3893 S264

Arts & Architecture
Magnum contact sheets 770 M199
John Neel Rethinking digital photography: making & using traditional & contemporary photo tools 778 N378
A touch of code: interactive installations & experiences 709.04 T722

Books, Reading, Publishing & Journalism
Unpacking my library: writers & their books 028.9 U589

Business & Economics
Carl Richards The behavior gap: simple ways to stop doing dumb things with money 332.024 R514

Food & Drink
Garrett Oliver The Oxford companion to beer 641.23 O982
Michael Ruhlman Ruhlman's twenty: the ideas & techniques that will make you a better cook 641.5 R933r

History
California prehistory: colonization, culture & complexity 979.401 C1538
Laurent Dubois Haiti: the aftershocks of history 972.94 D815
Stella Rudman Lloyd George & the appeasement of Germany, 1919-1945 941.083 L794

Home & Family Management
Fifty dangerous things (you should let your children do) 613.6 T918

Languages & Linguistics
Erzsébet Gilbert Logodaedaly, or Sleight-of-words 423 G464

Politics & Government
David M. Jordan FDR, Dewey & the election of 1944 324.973 J821

Pure Sciences
Allen Everett & Thomas Roman Time travel & warp drives: a scientific guide to shortcuts through time & space 530.11 E932
Nicholas P. Money Mushroom 579.6 M742

Social Sciences & Current Events
Julie Guthman Weighing in: obesity, food justice & the limits of capitalism 362.19 G98
Stephen Hren Tales from the sustainable underground: a wild journey with people who care more about the planet than the law 333.72 H873
Philip W. Jackson What is education? 370.1 J137
Barron H. Lerner One for the road: drunk driving since 1900 363.12 L609
Lindsay McCrum Chicks with guns 363.33 M132

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Margaret Maron Three-day town

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Robert Louis Stevenson The strange case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
P.G. Wodehouse Ring for Jeeves

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DVDs
Foreign Language
Vacas

Nonfiction
God's fiddler: Jascha Heifetz 780.92 H46gd

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CDs
Jazz
Chet Baker in Paris: a selection from the legendary Barclay sessions, 1955-1956
Charles Lloyd & Maria Farantouri Athens concert
Miles Davis Quintet Live in Europe 1967

Vocal
Tori Amos Boys for Pele
Van Morrison T.B. sheets
Sylvie Vartan

Posted on Jan. 9, 2012 by Matt Montgomery