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BOOKS

FICTION
Evelyn Waugh A handful of dust

Historical Fiction
Mischa Hiller Sabra zoo

Multi-Gen Literature
Francesca Lia Block Dangerous angels: the Weetzie Bat books
Aidan Chambers Dying to know you
Joyce Carol Oates Two or three things I forgot to tell you

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
David Baldacci The forgotten
Andrew Forrester The female detective: the original lady detective, 1864

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Ryu Mitsuse 10 billion days & 100 billion nights
Robert Silverberg When the blue shift comes

Short Stories
After: nineteen stories of apocalypse & dystopia A258

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Sam Keith The Maxx, vols. 1 & 2 741.5 K477

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Dominic Bradbury The iconic interior: private spaces of leading artists, architects & designers 747 B798
Nicholas Cooper Houses of the gentry: 1480-1680 728.8 C777
Jane Eastoe Elizabeth: reigning in style 746.9 E4345
Christoph Niemann Abstract city 741.6 N671
Amanda Mackenzie Stuart Empress of fashion: a life of Diana Vreeland 746.9 V97s

Biography & Genealogy
Kofi Annan Interventions: a life in war & peace 92 A6125i
Stephanie LaCava An extraordinary theory of objects: a memoir of an outsider in Paris 92 L129
Don Lattin Distilled spirits: getting high, then sober, with a famous writer, a forgotten philosopher & a hopeless drunk 92 L364
Caroline de Margerie American lady: the life of Susan Mary Alsop 92 A4625
Will Swift The Roosevelts & the royals: Franklin & Eleanor, the King & Queen of England & the friendship that changed history 920 R778s
Robert M. Utley Geronimo 92 G377u
Elihu Washburne A hero through fire & blood: the diary & letters of America's minister to France during the Siege & Commune of Paris 92 W315

Business & Economics
John Del Vecchio & Tom Jacobs What's behind the numbers? A guide to exposing financial chicanery & avoiding huge losses in your portfolio 332.6 D367
Tap dancing to work: Warren Buffett on practically everything, 1966-2012: a Fortune magazine book 332.6 B929t

Chess
New in chess yearbook 794.1 N53y

Food & Drink
Bruce Aidells The great meat cookbook 641.66 A28g

Health & Medicine
Ken Ashwell The brain book: development, function, disorder, health 612.82 A831
Wendie Wilson-Miller & Erika Napoletano The insider's guide to egg donation: a compassionate & comprehensive guide for all parents-to-be 618.178 W754

History
Deborah Willis & Barbara Krauthamer Envisioning emancipation: Black Americans & the end of slavery 973.714 W734

Languages & Linguistics
Ti Alkire & Carol Rosen Romance languages: a historical introduction 440.09 A415

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Richard A. Silverman Modern calculus & analytic geometry 515 S587

Performing Arts & Music
Sean O'Hagan Freddie Mercury: the great pretender: a life in pictures 780.92 M556o

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Roland Barthes How to live together: novelistic simulations of some everyday spaces 100 B28
Marcus J. Borg Evolution of the Word: the New Testament in the order the books were written 225.6 B732
Chris Stedman Faitheist: how an atheist found common ground with the religious 201 S812
Baruch Sterman The rarest blue: the remarkable story of an ancient color lost to history & rediscovered 296.461 S838
Women, spirituality & transformative leadership: where grace meets power 204 W872

Politics & Government
Bruce Bawer The victims' revolution: the rise of identity studies & the closing of the liberal mind 320.973 B354
Gregory R. Copley Uncivilization: urban geopolitics in a time of chaos 320.12 C784

Social Sciences & Current Events
Jared Diamond The world until yesterday: what can we learn from traditional societies? 305.8991 D53

Travel & Geography
Fodor's Greek Islands 914.95 F65
Fodor's New England 917.404 F65
Fodor's Puerto Rico 917.295 F65
Frommer's Arizona & the Grand Canyon 917.91 F93
Simon Garfield On the map: a mind-expanding exploration of the way the world looks 912.09 G231
Insight Guides Barcelona 914.672 I59
Insight Guides Hong Kong 915.125 I59
Insight Guides South Africa 916.8 I59
Lonely Planet Sydney 919.441 L847
National Geographic Society World's best travel experiences : 400 extraordinary places 910.4 N277w
Zagat 2013 San Francisco Bay Area restaurants 647.9579 Z18

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Chris Bohjalian The sandcastle girls

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EBOOKS
Bill Peters Maverick Jetpants in the City of Quality

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
The Bourne legacy
The Dark Knight rises

Classics
The pumpkin eater

Comedy
Fast times at Ridgemont High
The fisher king
The importance of being earnest
Jerry Maguire
Moonrise kingdom

Drama
Beat
The pawnbroker
Restoration
Viva Zapata!
Zorba the Greek

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
The prestige
Spellbound

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Queen of outer space

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CDs
Classical
Benjamin Britten War requiem, op. 166

Vocals
Village People The hits

Posted on Jan. 11, 2013 by Matt Montgomery