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New Titles: January 21 - January 27, 2012

BOOKS

FICTION
Michael Adelberg A thinking man's bully: unstuck in time, unburdened by convention & liberated from fact
Alice Albinia Leela's book: a novel
Dave Barry & Alan Zweibel Lunatics
Matt Bondurant The night swimmer: a novel
Seré Prince Halverson The underside of joy
Audrey Lynn A better man
Pascal Mercier Perlmann's silence
Thrity Umrigar The world we found: a novel

Historical Fiction
Bernard Cornwell Death of kings: a novel
Dewey Lambdin Reefs & shoals: an Alan Lewrie naval adventure
Elliot Perlman The street sweeper
Susan Sherman The little Russian

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Nevada Barr The rope: an Anna Pigeon novel
Carola Dunn Gone West: a Daisy Dalrymple mystery
Susan Hill The woman in black
Carol O'Connell The chalk girl

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Ben Marcus The flame alphabet

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Paul Peterson & Jason Gilmore The next day: a graphic novella 741.5 P485

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Tammy Horn Beeconomy: what women & bees can teach us about local trade & the global market 638.1 H81b

Biography & Genealogy
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst Becoming Dickens: the invention of a novelist 92 D548dou
James C. Hormel & Erin Martin Fit to serve: reflections on a secret life, private struggle & public battle to become America's first openly gay U.S. ambassador 92 H812
Margaret Rhodes The final curtsey: the autobiography of Margaret Rhodes, first cousin of the Queen & niece of the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen mother 92 R477
Virginia Rounding Alix & Nicky: the passion of the last tsar & tsarina 920 N597
Sally Bedell Smith Elizabeth the Queen: inside the life of a modern monarch 92 E4345sm
Alan Sugar The way I see it: rants, revelations & rules for life 92 S9469
Hugo Vickers Behind closed doors: the tragic, untold story of the Duchess of Windsor 92 W759bv

Business & Economics
Kim Dushinski The mobile marketing handbook: a step-by-step guide to creating dynamic mobile marketing campaigns 658.872 D972

Health & Medicine
Martin Cizmar Chubster: a hipster's guide to losing weight while staying cool 613.2 C582
Jerome Groopman & Pamela Hartzband Your medical mind: how to decide what is right for you 610 G87
Multiple sclerosis: the questions you have, the answers you need 616.834 M961
Jeff Wheelwright The wandering gene & the Indian princess: race, religion & DNA 616.994 W56

History
Caroline Alexander Lost gold of the Dark Ages: war, treasure & the mystery of the Saxons 941.01 A37
Lean'tin Bracks African American almanac: 400 years of triumph, courage & excellence REF 973.0496 B797
Frank Costigliola Roosevelt's lost alliances: how personal politics helped start the Cold War 940.532 C842
Hugh Howard Mr. & Mrs. Madison's war: America's first couple & the second war of independence 973.52 M182
Andreas Kluth Hannibal & me: what history's greatest military strategist can teach us about success & failure 937.03 K668
Jeremy Paxman Empire: what ruling the world die to the British 909.097 P34
Paul Strathern Death in Florence: the Medici, Savonarola & the battle for the soul of the Renaissance city 945.51 S899

Home & Family Management
Mei-Ling Hopgood How Eskimos keep their babies warm: & other adventures in parenting (from Argentina to Tanzania & everywhere in between) 649.1 H789
Melissa Leapman Stashbuster knits: tips, tricks & 21 beautiful projects for using your favorite leftover yarn 746.43 L437
Marty Wingate Landscaping for privacy: innovative ways to turn your outdoor space into a peaceful retreat 635.9 W769
Learn to spin with Anne Field: spinning basics 746.1 F453

Literature & Writing
Leslie Budewitz Books, crooks & counselors: how to write accurately about criminal law & courtroom procedure 808.066 B927
Now write! Mysteries: suspense, crime, thriller & other mystery fiction exercises from today's best writers & teachers 808.3 N946

Music & Performing Arts
Jessica Fellowes The world of Downton Abbey 791.45 F322

Philosophy, Psychology& Religion
Samuel Morris Brown In heaven as it is on earth: Joseph Smith & the early Mormon conquest of death 236 B879
The mind's own physician: a scientific dialogue with the Dalai Lama on the healing power of meditation 294.3 M663

Pure Sciences
Amir D. Aczel A strange wilderness: the lives of the great mathematicians 510.92 A18
D. Graham Burnett The sounding of the whale: science & cetaceans in the twentieth century 599.5 B96
Kitty Ferguson Stephen Hawking: an unfettered mind 530.92 H39f
Ben Hellwarth Sealab: America's forgotten quest to live & work on the ocean floor 551.46 H477
Stephen Jackson & Karl Vernes Kangaroo: portrait of an extraordinary marsupial 599.222 J142
Darby Nelson For love of lakes 551.48 N424

Social Sciences & Current Events
Pete Earley The serial killer whisperer: how one man's tragedy helped unlock the deadliest secrets of the world's most terrifying killer 364.152 E12

Travel & Geography
Frommer's New Mexico 917.89 F93
Frommer's Walt Disney World & Orlando, 2012 917.592 F93
Insiders' guide to Chicago 917.731 I59
Insiders' guide to Palm Springs 917.9497 I59
Insight Guides Seattle 917.977 I59
Michelin Green Guides New England 917.4 M62
Austin, San Antonio & the Hill Country 917.643 M818
Douglas Steakley Photographing Big Sur: where to find perfect shots & how to take them 917.9476 S799
Time Out San Francisco 917.9461 T583
Christina Tree & Nancy English Maine coast & islands: key to a great destination 917.41 G786

Posted on Jan. 27, 2012 by Matt Montgomery