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BOOKS

FICTION
T.J. Forrester Miracles, Inc.
Joan Frank Make it stay
Charlie Smith Shine Hawk
Madeleine Thien Dogs at the perimeter

Multi-Gen Literature
Jodi Lynn Anderson Tiger Lily
Jesse Andrews Me & Earl & the dying girl
Steven Arntson The wrap-up list
Paolo Bacigalupi The drowned cities
Kat Beyer The demon catchers of Milan
Cassandra Rose Clarke The assassin's curse
J. Anderson Coats The wicked & the just
Madeleine George The difference between you & me
Nancy Grossman A world away
Elizabeth Hand Radiant days
Hannah Moskowitz Teeth

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
John Harvey Good bait
Liz Jensen The uninvited
Andrew Klavan A killer in the wind
Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini The Bughouse affair: a Carpenter & Quincannon mystery
Joyce Carol Oates Daddy Love
Chantal Pelletier Goat song
Richmond noir R533

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
William Goldsmith Vignettes of Ystov: a graphic novel 741.5 G624

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Ann Budd The knitter's handy book of top-down sweaters: basic designs in multiple sizes & gauges 746.43 B92t
Crochet Noro: 30 dazzling designs 746.43 C9375
David Joselit After art 701 J832

Biography & Genealogy
Susan Brigden Thomas Wyatt: the heart's forest 92 W976
Grace Coddington Grace: a memoir 92 C669
Corinne Hofmann The white Masai 305.8965 H713
Michael Murray Jacques Barzun: portrait of a mind 92 B298m
Jane Ridley Bertie: a life of Edward VII 92 E257r

Books, Reading, Publishing & Journalism
Read this!: handpicked favorites from America's indie bookstores 011.73 R284

Business & Economics
Allen P. Adamson The edge: fifty tips from brands that lead 658.827 A22e
John C. Hull Options, futures & other derivatives 332.645 H913
James Owen Weatherall The physics of Wall Street: a brief history of predicting the unpredictable 332.632 W362

Chess
Eric Schiller Panov attack in chess 794.122 S334p

Computer Science
Dictionary of computer & Internet terms REF 004.03 D554

Food & Drink
Phyllis Pellman Good Fix-it & forget-it pink cookbook: more than 700 great slow-cooker recipes 641.588 G646p

Health & Medicine
James R. Andrews Any given Monday: sports injuries & how to prevent them, for athletes, parents & coaches--based on my life in sports medicine 617.1 A567
Adam Bornstein The men's health big book: getting abs--four weeks to flat, ripped stomach! 613.71 B736
Chinese medicine & healing: an illustrated history 610.951 C539
Mark Harrison Contagion: how commerce has spread disease 614.4 H321
Philippa Perry How to stay sane 616.89 P464

History
Marc Aronson Master of deceit: J. Edgar Hoover & America in the age of lies 363.25 A769
Andrew E. Busch Truman's triumphs: the 1948 election & the making of postwar America 973.918 B977
David Cannadine The decline & fall of the British aristocracy 305.52 C21
Michael David-Fox Showcasing the great experiment: cultural diplomacy & western visitors to the Soviet Union, 1921-1941 303.482 D249
Jonathan R. Dull American naval history, 1607-1865: overcoming the colonial legacy 359.0973 D883
Judith Flanders The Victorian city: everyday life in Dickens' London 942.1 F584
Deborah Hopkinson Titanic: voices from the disaster 910.45 H797
Woody LaBounty Carville-by-the-Sea: San Francisco's streetcar suburb 979.461 L124c
Woody LaBounty Ingleside Terraces: San Francisco racetrack to residence park 979.461 L124i
Alison Maloney Life below stairs: true lives of Edwardian servants 941.082 M257
Ian Mortimer Medieval intrigue: decoding royal conspiracies 941.03 M888
David L. Roll The Hopkins touch: Harry Hopkins & the forging of the alliance to defeat Hitler 940.532 H794
Oliver Stone & Peter Kuznick The untold history of the United States 973.91 S877
Anthony Summers & Robbyn Swan The eleventh day: the full story of 9/11 & Osama bin Laden 973.931 S95

Languages & Linguistics
Phil Cousineau The painted word: a treasure chest of remarkable words & their origins 422 C86p
William Labov Dialect diversity in America: the politics of language change 427.973 L125

Law
Ilona Bray, Alayna Schroeder & Marcia Stewart Nolo's essential guide to buying your first home 643.12 B827
Mary Randolph Every dog's legal guide: a must-have book for your owner 346.7304 R194

Literature & Writing
Adam Pottle Beautiful mutants 811 P871
Gerald M. Weinberg Weinberg on writing: the fieldstone method 808.02 W42

Performing Arts & Music
Ronald L. Davis Zachary Scott: Hollywood's sophisticated cad 792.092 S431
Bernard F. Dick Claudette Colbert: she walked in beauty 792.092 C682
Jason Loewith The director's voice, vol. 2 792.092 L827

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Eben Alexander Proof of heaven: a neurosurgeon's journey into the afterlife 133.9 A375
Francis Bacon Essays & New Atlantis 192 B12es
Jean Baudrillard The ecstasy of communication 194 B34e
Shane Claiborne & Tony Campolo Red letter revolution: what if Jesus really meant what he said? 230 C585
The Dalai Lama & Victor Chan The wisdom of compassion: stories of remarkable encounters & timeless insights 294.3 B917wi
Jessica Grogan Encountering America: humanistic psychology, sixties culture & the shaping of the modern self 150.19 G874
C.G. Jung The red book = Liber novus: a reader's edition 150.19 J95r
Christof Koch Consciousness: confessions of a romantic reductionist 153 K761
Maria Konnikova Mastermind: how to think like Sherlock Holmes 153.4 K825
Friedrich Nietzsche On the genealogy of morality: a polemic 193 N677g
Michael Rosen Dignity: its history & meaning 179.7 R813

Social Sciences & Current Events
Rosa Koire Behind the green mask: U.N. agenda 21 363.7 K797
Nothing but the truth so help me God: 51 women reveal the power of positive female connection 305.4 N912
Slavoj Žižek The year of dreaming dangerously 303.4 Z82

Travel & Geography
Bradt Travel Guides Slow Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly: local, characterful guides to Britain's special places 914.237 B81
Eyeness Travel Brazil 918.1 E97
Eyeness Travel Budapest 914.391 E97
Eyeness Travel Morocco 916.4 E97
Eyeness Travel New Orleans 917.63 E97
Eyeness Travel San Francisco & Northern California 917.946 E97
Insight Guides Thailand's beaches & islands 915.93 I59b
Let's go: Europe 914 L64
Let's go: Ireland 914.15 L64
Let's go: London, Oxford, & Cambridge 914.2 L64
Let's go: Spain & Portugal 914.6 L64
Lonely Planet Antarctica 919.89 L847
Lonely Planet Bangladesh 915.492 L847
Lonely Planet South India & Kerala 915.48 L847
Rick Steves' Germany 2013 914.3 S848

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Christopher Healy ; illustrated by Todd Harris The hero's guide to saving your kingdom
S.E. Hinton The outsiders

Nonfiction
Phillip Hoose Moonbird: a year on the wind with the great survivor B95 598.07 H789

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Pierre Boulle Planet of the apes
Thomas H. Cook The crime of Julian Wells

Nonfiction
Will Schwalbe The end of your life book club 616.994 S398c

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EBOOKS
Clayton Lindemuth Cold quiet country

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DVDs
Drama
Pollock

Foreign Language
Children of paradise (Les enfants du paradis)

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CDs
Jazz
Miles Davis In a silent way
Ella Fitzgerald sings the Cole Porter songbook. Vol. I
Ella Fitzgerald sings the Cole Porter songbook. Vol. II
Mongo Santamaria Watermelon man

Vocals
Glen Campbell Greatest hits

Posted on Jan. 18, 2013 by Matt Montgomery