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New Titles: January 26 - February 1, 2013

BOOKS

FICTION
Carlos Fuentes Adam in Eden
Grant Ginder Driver's education
EL James Fifty shades darker
EL James Fifty shades freed
Ann Leary The good house
Will Self Umbrella
Leah Stewart The history of us
Jean-Philippe Toussaint Monsieur
Jean-Philippe Toussaint The bathroom
Alejandro Zambra Ways of going home

Historical Fiction
Cathy Marie Buchanan The painted girls
Tracy Chevalier The last runaway
Nicholas Christopher Tiger rag
Philip Hensher Scenes from early life
Rosie Thomas The Kashmir shawl
Fay Weldon Habits of the house
Elizabeth Wilhide Ashenden

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Jeff Abbott The last minute
Elizabeth Black The drowning house
Larry Bond & Jim DeFelice Larry Bond's Red dragon rising: blood of war
Alistair Boyle The ice maiden cometh not: the 9th Gil Yates private investigator novel
Simon Brett The corpse on the court
John Connolly The wrath of angels: a Charlie Parker thriller
Ruth Downie Semper fidelis: a novel of the Roman Empire
Joy Fielding Shadow Creek
James Grippando Blood money
Jim Kelly Nightrise: a Philip Dryden mystery
Thomas Maltman Little wolves
Brad Meltzer The fifth assassin
Jenny Milchman Cover of snow
Stuart Neville Ratlines
Michael Palmer Political suicide
Karen Robards Shiver
James Rollins & Rebecca Cantrell The blood Gospel
Thomas Sanchez American tropic
Zoë Sharp Die easy: a Charlie Fox thriller
Kieran Shields A study in revenge
Brad Taylor Enemy of mine: a Pike Logan thriller
Sam Thomas The midwife's tale

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
William C. Dietz Andromeda's fall: a novel of the Legion of the Damned
Graham Joyce Some kind of fairy tale

Short Stories
Manuel Gonzales The miniature wife & other stories

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Nicole J. Georges Calling Dr. Laura: a graphic memoir 92 G351
Tom Kaczynski Beta testing the apocalypse 741.5 K114
Li Kunwu & Philippe Ôtié A Chinese life 92 L6934
Stephanie McMillan The beginning of the American fall: a comics journalist inside the Occupy Wall Street Movement 303.484 M167

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Richard Horan Harvest: an adventure into the heart of America's family farms 630.973 H811

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
George Bellows 750.92 B44
Sylvia Lavin Kissing architecture 724.7 L412
Kristin Omdahl The finer edge: crocheted trims, motifs & borders 746.43 O54f

Biography & Genealogy
Robert Garnett Charles Dickens in love 92 D548g
Susan Jacoby The great agnostic: Robert Ingersoll & American freethought 92 I47j
Alec Kirby, David G. Dalin & John F. Rothmann Harold E. Stassen: the life & perennial candidacy of the progressive Republican 92 S796
Robert A. Ventresca Soldier of Christ: the life of Pope Pius XII 282.092 P693v

Business & Economics
Bob Rice Three moves ahead: what chess can teach you about business (even if you've never played) 658.4 R495
Brad Schepp & Debra Schepp How to find a job on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter & Google+ 650.14 S325

Computer Science
Paul McFedries Windows 8 005.432 W8m 2012
Andy Rathbone Windows 8 for dummies 005.432 W8r 2012

Food & Drink
Bee Wilson Consider the fork: a history of how we cook & eat 643.3 W746

Health & Medicine
Edward A. Bell A parent's guide to children's medicines 615.1 B433
Will Schwalbe The end of your life book club 616.994 S398
Leana Wen & Joshua Kosowsky When doctors don't listen: how to avoid misdiagnoses & unnecessary tests 610.696 W467

History
Croswell Bowen Back from Tobruk 940.5475 B786
Edward Countryman Enjoy the same liberty: Black Americans & the revolutionary era 973.3 C855
J.H. Elliott History in the making 907.2 E46
Sandra Grimes & Jeanne Vertefeuille Circle of treason: a CIA account of traitor Aldrich Ames & the men he betrayed 327.1 G862
Lauro Martines Furies: war in Europe, 1450-1700 355.02 M385
Matthew Sweet The West End front: the wartime secrets of London's grand hotels 647.94 S97

Literature & Writing
Tracy Kidder & Richard Todd Good prose: the art of nonfiction 808.02 K46
Sheryl Longin & Roger L. Simon The party line: a play in two acts 812 L855
Tom Murphy DruidMurphy: Conversations on a homecoming ; A whistle in the dark ; Famine 822 M978
Hanna Scolnicov The experimental plays of Harold Pinter 822 P659s

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Lawrence Anthony The elephant whisperer: my life with the herd in the African wild 599.67 A628
Michael D. Gordin The pseudoscience wars: Immanuel Velikovsky & the birth of the modern fringe 523.2 V43
Lydia V. Pyne & Stephen J. Pyne The last lost world: ice ages, human origins & the invention of the Pleistocene 551.79 P997
Bill Streever Heat: adventures in the world's fiery places 551.41 S915
Charles Wheelan Naked statistics: stripping the dread from the data 519.5 W56

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Catherine A. Brekus Sarah Osborn's world: the rise of evangelical Christianity in early America 277.3 O814
Lillian Daniel When "spiritual but not religious" is not enough: seeing God in surprising places, even the church 248.4 D184
David Edmonds & Nigel Warburton Philosophy bites back 100 E241
Alexandra Horowitz On looking: eleven walks with expert eyes 158.1 H81
Sonja Lyubomirsky The myths of happiness: what should make you happy but doesn't, what shouldn't make you happy, but does 152.42 L998

Politics & Government
Saadia Toor The state of Islam: culture & Cold War politics in Pakistan 320.55 T672

Social Sciences & Current Events
Trevor Aaronson The terror factory: inside the FBI's manufactured war on terrorism 363.259 A113
Mark Binelli Detroit City is the place to be: the afterlife of an American metropolis 307.12 B612
Kristen Iversen Full body burden: growing up in the nuclear shadow of Rocky Flats 363.179 I94
Jane McAlevey Raising expectations (and raising hell): my decade fighting for the labor movement 331.88 M114

Sports & Games
Jonathan Grotenstein & Storms Reback Ship it holla ballas!: how a bunch of 19-year-old college dropouts used the Internet to become poker's loudest, craziest & richest crew 795.41 G881

Travel & Geography
Robert Macfarlane The old ways: a journey on foot 914.2 M143
Mary Paganelli Votto Food lovers' guide to Tucson: the best restaurants, markets & local culinary offerings 647.9579 V971

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Daniel Woodrell The outlaw album: stories

Nonfiction
Mark Justice Hinton Windows 8 for seniors for dummies 005.432 W8h 2012
Ralph Pascualy Snoring & sleep apnea: sleep well, feel better 616.209 P281

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Lee Child A wanted man: a Jack Reacher novel
J.K. Rowling The casual vacancy

Nonfiction
Barton Gellman Angler: the Cheney vice presidency 973.931 C518gc
Bill McKibben Eaarth 304.2 M158c

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EBOOKS
André Maurois Climates
Craig Whitney Living with guns: a liberal's case for the Second Amendment

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DVDs
Classics
King Kong [1933]
The Lion in winter
The narrow margin

Comedy
Jane Austen's Pride & prejudice

Drama
The best man
House M.D. Season one

Foreign Language
The great yokai war (Yōkai dai sensō)
I vitelloni
Ivan's childhood (Ivanovo detstvo)
The organizer (I compagni)

Musicals
An American in Paris
A damsel in distress

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Lost
Margin call

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CDs
Classical
Music of Vladimir Martynov performed by the Kronos Quartet
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar Latin American ballets

Jazz
Sir Roland Hanna Colors from a giant's kit

Vocals
Elliott Carter The vocal works (1975-1981)
Jake Heggie Passing by: songs
Joni Mitchell For the roses
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Brahms, Bernstein & the boys!

Posted on Feb. 1, 2013 by Matt Montgomery