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New Titles: June 23 - June 29, 2012

BOOKS

FICTION
Michael Frayn Skios
Melanie Gideon Wife 22
Dana Johnson Elsewhere, California
John Lanchester Capital
Claire McMillan Gilded age
Leila Meacham Tumbleweeds
Francesca Segal The innocents
Gregory Spatz Inukshuk
Jess Walter Beautiful ruins

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Roberto Ampuero The Neruda case
Mark Billingham The demands
Loren D. Estleman Burning midnight
Alan Furst Mission to Paris
Robert Goolrick Heading out to wonderful
Ridley Pearson The risk agent
George Pelecanos What it was
Matthew Quirk The 500

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Cuba: arte contemporáneo = contemporary art 709.7291 C962a
Penelope Dransart & Helen Wolfe Textiles from the Andes 746 D764
Michael Findlay The value of art: money, power, beauty 701 F494
Scot McKendrick, John Lowden & Kathleen Doyle Royal manuscripts: the genius of illumination 745.67 M155
Chris Melissinos & Patrick O'Rourke The art of video games: from Pac-Man to Mass Effect 794.8 M523
David Whitehouse Glass: a short history 748 W593

Biography & Genealogy
Rosina Harrison Rose: my life in service to Lady Astor 92 H324
Colin Powell It worked for me: in life & leadership 92 P8823i

Business & Economics
Elizabeth L. Cline Overdressed: the shockingly high cost of cheap fashion 338.4774 C615
Peter Edelman So rich, so poor: why it's so hard to end poverty in America 339.46 E217
Enrico Moretti The new geography of jobs 331.1 M817
Robert J. Shiller Finance & the good society 332 S556

Chess
Johan Hellsten Mastering opening strategy 794.122 H369

Computer Science
Jennifer Grappone & Gradiva Couzin Search engine optimization: an hour a day 025.04 G767
Kristopher B. Jones Search engine optimization: your visual blueprint for effective internet marketing 025.04 J71

History
Gillian Darley Vesuvius 945 D249
Jack Hurst Born to battle: Grant & Forrest: Shiloh, Vicksburg & Chattanooga: the campaigns that doomed the Confederacy 973.731 H966
Andrew Nagorski Hitlerland: American eyewitnesses to the Nazis rise to power 940.542 N152h

Law
Carlos Ball The right to be parents: LGBT families & the transformation of parenthood 346.7301 B187
Deborah L. Rhode The beauty bias: the injustice of appearance in life & law 346.7301 R47

Literature & Writing
Tom Bissell Magic hours: essays on creators & creation 814 B62

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Dan Ariely The (honest) truth about dishonesty: how we lie to everyone---especially ourselves 177.3 A698
paintings, calligraphy & interpretations by Hyla Shifra Bolsta The illuminated Kaddish: interpretations of the Mourner's Prayer 296.4 B693
Phil Stutz & Barry Michels The tools: transform your problems into courage, confidence & creativity 158 S937

Politics & Government
E.J. Dionne, Jr Our divided political heart: the battle for the American idea in an age of discontent 320 D59
Fawaz Gerges Obama & the Middle East 327.73 G36o

Social Sciences & Current Events
Eric Laursen The people's pension: the struggle to defend Social Security since Reagan 368.4 L387
John Robbins No happy cows: dispatches from the frontlines of the food revolution 394.12 R629

Sports & Games
William Fotheringham Merckx: half man, half bike 796.6 M538
Jim Reisler Igniting the flame: America's first Olympic team 796.48 R94

Travel & Geography
Frommer's Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island 917.15 F93
Boris Johnson Johnson's life of London: the people who made the city that made the world 914.21 J661
Becky Jones & Clare Lewis The bumper book of London: fun racts for all the family 914.21 J71
Moon outdoors California deserts camping & hiking 917.94 M818cd
The rough guide to Cancún & the Yucatán 917.26 R856

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DVDs
Comedy
Bridesmaids
The cable guy
Citizen Ruth
Eegah
Hot millions
The missionary

Drama
The tree of life

Musicals
The glass bottom boat

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
John Carpenter's The thing

Posted on Jun. 29, 2012 by Matt Montgomery