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New Titles: June 18-24, 2011

BOOKS

Fiction
2030 : the real story of what happens to America by Albert Brooks
State of Wonder : a novel by Ann Patchett
The year we left home by Jean Thompson

Historical Fiction
Doc : a novel by Mary Doria Russell
A moment in the sun : a novel by by John Sayles

Mystery & Suspense
Prophecy : a thriller by S.J. Parris

Nonfiction

Applied Sciences
Tomatoland : how modern industrial agriculture destroyed our most alluring fruit by Barry Estabrook 635 E792
The fleece & fiber sourcebook : more than 200 fibers from animal to spun yarn by Deborah Robson & Carol Ekarius 677.3 R667

Arts
The suspension of time : reflections on Simon Dinnerstein and the Fulbright Triptych by edited by Daniel Slager, paintings by Simon Dinnerstein 759.13 D585
The printed pattern : techniques and projects for inspired printmaking and surface design by Rebecca Drury and Yvonne Drury, photography by Sophie Drury 761 D796

Biography & Genealogy
The inner life of empires : an eighteenth-century history by Emma Rothschild 929.2 J736
The abacus and the cross : the story of the Pope who brought the light of science to the Dark Ages by Nancy Marie Brown 92 S985
The story of Charlotte's web : E.B. White's eccentric life in nature and the birth of an American classic by Michael Sims 92 W583s

Books & Reading, Publishing, Journalism, & Library Science
The pleasures of reading in an age of distraction by Alan Jacobs 028 J17

Business & Management, Investment & Employment
Unbeatable résumés : America's top recruiter reveals what really gets you hired by Tony Beshara, foreword by Phil McGraw 650.14 B554
Great on the job : what to say, how to say it : the secrets of getting ahead by Jodi Glickman 650.1 G559
Poisoned legacy : the human cost of BP's rise to power by Mike Magner 338.762 M196
Financial origami : how the Wall Street model broke by Brendan Moynihan 332.6 M938
The origins of business, money, and markets by Keith Roberts 330.9 R645
Wine wars : the curse of the Blue Nun, the miracle of Two Buck Chuck, and the revenge of the terroirists by Mike Veseth 338.4766 V57

Description & Travel
Andes by Michael Jacobs 918 J174
Rome's 25 best by Tim Jepson 914.56 J54
Florence's 25 best by Susannah Perry 914.551 P462
Zagat New York City food lover's guide edited by Carol Diuguid 647.9574 Z18n

History
Ten years that shook the city : San Francisco 1968-1978 : a reclaiming San Francisco book edited by Chris Carlsson with Lisa Ruth Elliott 303.484 T289
Mañana forever? : Mexico and the Mexicans by Jorge G. Castañeda 972 C34
Mexico's revolution then and now by by James D. Cockcroft 972.08 C66
The murder of the century : the Gilded Age crime that scandalized a city and sparked the tabloid wars by Paul Collins 364.152 C712
The president and the assassin : McKinley, terror, and empire at the dawn of the American century by Scott Miller 973.88 M647
New England to Gold Rush California : the journal of Alfred and Chastina W. Rix, 1849-1854 edited with commentary by Lynn A. Bonfield 979.403 R626
Bomboozled : how the U.S. government misled itself and its people into believing they could survive a nuclear attack by Susan Roy 973.9 R888

Language & Literature
When the world spoke French by Marc Fumaroli, translated by Richard Howard 440.9 F976
Curiosities of literature : a feast for book lovers by John Sutherland with illustrations by Martin Rowson 808 S96
How literature works : 50 key concepts by John Sutherland 803 S96

Law
Convicting the innocent : where criminal prosecutions go wrong by Brandon L. Garrett 345.73 G239
In defense of flogging by Peter Moskos 364.67 M911

Philosophy, Psychology, & Religion
Incognito : the secret lives of the brain by David M. Eagleman 153 E117
Sacred trash : the lost and found world of the Cairo Geniza by Adina Hoffman & Peter Cole 296 H699
Heaven in the American imagination by Gary Scott Smith 236.24 S642

Politics & Current Events
Get up, stand up : uniting populists, energizing the defeated, and battling the corporate elite by Bruce Levine 322.4 L66
The secret knowledge : on the dismantling of America culture by David Mamet 320.51 M26
How the economy was lost by Paul Craig Roberts 330.973 R64

Pure Sciences
Engineering animals : how life works by Mark Denny, Alan McFadzean 591.7 D412

Social Sciences
The Central Park Five : a chronicle of a city wilding by Sarah Burns 364.15 B967
Killer stuff and tons of money : seeking history and hidden gems in flea-market America by Maureen Stanton 381.192 S792
Double play : the hidden passions behind the double assassination of George Moscone and Harvey Milk by Mike Weiss 364.152 W43

Sports & Recreation
Chess child : the story of Ray Robson, America's youngest grandmaster by Gary Robson 794.1 R667

CHILDREN’S COLLECTION

Fiction
The big book of pirates text abridged and adapted by Alissa Heyman, illustrated by Xosé Tomás, original Spanish text by Joan and Albert Vinyoli

Nonfiction
Catch the wind, harness the sun : 22 super-charged science projects for kids by Michael J. Caduto 333.79 C126
Yes she can! : women's sports pioneers by Glenn Stout 796.092 S889
3-D human body written by Richard Walker 612 W184

AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
War by Sebastian Junger 958.1 J96c

DVDs

Fiction

Action & Adventure
127 hours

Comedy
The accidental tourist

Drama
The King's speech
Elizabeth
Chocolat

Mystery & Suspense
Birthday girl

Science Fiction & Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Nonfiction
Food, Inc. 338.47 F686
Vanishing of the bees 638.1 V258
Every little step 792.8 E935

Posted on Jun. 24, 2011 by Matt Montgomery