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New Titles: July 2 - July 8, 2011

BOOKS
Fiction
Stefan Merrill Block The storm at the door: a novel
Jonathan Coe The terrible privacy of Maxwell Sim
Carolyn Cooke Daughters of the revolution
Rachel DeWoskin Big girl small
Kristin Gore Sweet Jiminy
Laura Harrington Alice Bliss
James MacManus The language of the sea: a novel
Mary Alice Monroe The butterfly's daughter
Phaswane Mpe Welcome to our Hillbrow: a novel of postapartheid South Africa
Monique Roffey The white woman on the green bicycle
Keith Scribner The Oregon experiment
David Unger The price of escape
Christie Watson Tiny sunbirds, far away: a novel
Sarah Winman When God was a rabbit: a novel

Espionage & Intrigue
Rory Clements Revenger: a novel of Tudor intrigue
Jeffery Deaver Carte blanche: 007: the new James Bond novel

Historical Fiction
William Boyd Nat Tate: an American artist, 1928-1960
Daisy Goodwin The American heiress: a novel
Ursula Hegi Children and fire: a novel
Karleen Koen Before Versailles: a novel of Louis XIV
Bobbie Ann Mason The girl in the blue beret: a novel
Michelle Moran Nefertiti: a novel
Lisa See Dreams of joy: a novel

Mystery & Suspense
Wayne Arthurson Fall from grace
Mary Higgins Clark I'll walk alone
Paul Doiron Trespasser
Joseph Finder Buried secrets
Conor Fitzgerald The fatal touch: a Commissario Alec Blume novel
Timothy Hallinan The queen of Patpong: a Poke Rafferty thriller
Steve Hamilton Misery bay
Jude Hardin Pocket-47: a novel
Ryan David Jahn Acts of violence
Lars Kepler The hypnotist
Dean Koontz Relentless: a novel
Rosamund Lupton Sister: a novel
Carol McCleary The illusion of murder
Stefanie Pintoff Secret of the white rose
Bill Pronzini Camouflage
Matt Richtel Devil's plaything: a mystery for idle minds
Steve Ulfelder Purgatory chasm
Norb Vonnegut The gods of Greenwich
Michael Wiley A bad night's sleep

Science Fiction & Fantasy
Félix J. Palma The map of time: a novel
John Scalzi Fuzzy nation

Short Stories
Mu Xin An empty room

NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Ellen Lupton Thinking with type: a critical guide for designers, writers, editors, & students 686.2 L966
Frank Moss The sorcerers and their apprentices: how the digital magicians of the MIT Media Lab are creating the innovative technologies that will transform our lives 607.2 M913

Arts & Architecture
Grace Brockington Above the battlefield: modernism and the peace movement in Britain, 1900-1918 700.942 B864

Business & Economics
William R. Rhodes Banker to the world: leadership lessons from the front lines of global finance 332.092 R477

History
Taylor Downing Churchill's war lab: code-breakers, scientists, and the mavericks Churchill led to victory 940.5486 D751
Amanda Foreman A world on fire: Britian's crucial role in the American Civil War 973.7 F715
Mary McAuliffe Dawn of the Belle Epoque: the Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy,
Clemenceau, and their friends
944.36 M478
Mark Stein The people behind the borderlines: how the states got their shapes too 973 S809h
Larry Schweikart, Dave Dougherty, and Michael Allen [compilers] The patriot's history reader: essential documents for every American 973 P314

Languages & Linguistics
David F. Armstrong Show of hands: a natural history of sign language 419 A735

Literature
Kabir Songs of Kabir 891.41 K11s
Arthur Rimbaud, translated by John Ashbery Illuminations 841 R57i

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Loyd Auerbach & Annette Martin The ghost detectives' guide to haunted San Francisco 133.1 A917
Caroline Adams Miller & Michael B. Frisch Creating your best life: the ultimate life list guide 158.1 M647

Politics & Government
Josephe Marie Flynn Rescuing Regina : the battle to save a friend from deportation and death 323.6 B166

Pure Sciences
Rob Dunn The wild life of our bodies : predators, parasites, and partners that shape who we are today 579.17 D923

Social Sciences & Current Events
John Gibler To die in Mexico : dispatches from inside the drug war 363.45 G446
Christian Parenti Tropic of chaos : climate change and the new geography of violence 304.2 P22
Rachel Shteir The steal : a cultural history of shoplifting 364.16 S561

Travel & Geography
Mark Adams Turn right at Machu Picchu : rediscovering the lost city one step at a time 985 A215
Lonely Planet Austria 914.36 L847
Lonely Planet Bali & Lombok 915.986 L847
Lonely Planet Seattle city guide 917.977 L847
Robert Rodi Seven seasons in Siena : my quixotic quest for acceptance among Italy's proudest people 945.58 R692

AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Patricia Highsmith Selected novels and short stories
Anthony Trollope Can you forgive her?

DVDs
Action & Adventure
Von Ryan's Express

Foreign Language
Time out

Mystery & Suspense
Sleuth

Posted on Jul. 8, 2011 by Matt Montgomery