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New Titles: June 25–July 1, 2011

BOOKS

Fiction
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan
Lime Creek: fiction by Joe Henry
Tigerlily's orchids: a novel by Ruth Rendell
Before I go to sleep: a novel by S.J. Watson

Mystery & Suspense
Smokin' seventeen: a Stephanie Plum novel by Janet Evanovich
The inspector and silence: an Inspector Van Veeteren mystery by Håkan Nesser, translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Everything is its own reward by Paul Madonna

Nonfiction

Biography & Genealogy
Clarence Darrow: attorney for the damned by John A. Farrell 92 D225f
The judge: a life of Thomas Mellon, founder of a fortune by James Mellon 92 M5277m

Business & Economics
America's ticking bankruptcy bomb: how the looming debt crisis threatens the American dream--and how we can turn the tide before it's too late by Peter Ferrara 336.3 F37
Car guys vs. bean counters: the battle for the soul of American business by Bob Lutz 338.762 L975
Financial recovery: developing a healthy relationship with money by Karen McCall, foreword by John Bradshaw 332.024 M478
The new edge in knowledge: how knowledge management is changing the way we do business by Carla O'Dell & Cindy Hubert 658.4 O23
The next convergence: the future of economic growth in a multispeed world by Michael Spence 338.9 S744
Presentations in action: 80 memorable presentation lessons from the masters by Jerry Weissman 658.45 W433

Health & Medicine
The Mommy Docs' ultimate guide to pregnancy and birth by Yvonne Bohn, Allison Hill, Alane Park with Melissa Jo Peltier 618.2 B677

History
The ancient guide to modern life by Natalie Haynes 930 H424
Born in Africa: the quest for the origins of human life by Martin Meredith 960 M559
Independence: the struggle to set America free by John Ferling 973.3 F357i

Home & Family Management
The breastfeeding mother's guide to making more milk by Diana West and Lisa Marasco 649.33 W517
Homemade soda by Andrew Schloss 641.875 S345
The womanly art of breastfeeding by Diane Wiessinger, Diana West, and Teresa Pitman 649.33 W652

Languages & Linguistics
Berlitz Basic Arabic 492.78 B515
Pimsleur Conversational Indonesian 499.221 P644

Literature
Can't stop the beat: the life and words of a Beat poet by Ruth Weiss, with an introduction by Horst Spandler 811 W43c

Music & Performing Arts
Is this the real life?: the untold story of Queen by Mark Blake 780.92 Q359
Richard Strauss: a musical life by Raymond Holden 780.92 S903
What a wonderful world: the magic of Louis Armstrong's later years by Ricky Riccardi 780.92 A73r

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Area 51: an uncensored history of America's top secret military base by Annie Jacobsen 001.942 J175
Willful blindness: why we ignore the obvious at our peril by Margaret Heffernan 153.7 H461

Political Science
Afghanistan: how the West lost its way by Tim Bird and Alex Marshall 958.1 B618
Jihad Joe: Americans who go to war in the name of Islam by J.M. Berger 363.325 B496
The most dangerous man in the world: how one hacker ended corporate and government secrecy forever by Andrew Fowler 323.445 A844
Southern Africa: old treacheries and new deceits by Stephen Chan 968 C454

Pure Sciences
The book of universes: exploring the limits of the cosmos by John D. Barrow 523.1 B278
Cascadia's fault: the earthquake and tsunami that could devastate North America by Jerry Thompson, with an introduction by Simon Winchester 551.22 T473
The dangerous world of butterflies: the startling subculture of criminals, collectors, and conservationists by Peter Laufer 595.78 L37
How the hippies saved physics: science, counterculture, and the quantum revival by David Kaiser 530.12 K129
Nocturne: a journey in search of moonlight by James Attlee 523.3 A885

Social Sciences & Current Events
The bonds of debt: borrowing against the common good by Richard Dienst 336.3 D562
The man in the Rockefeller suit: the astonishing rise and spectacular fall of a serial imposter by Mark Seal 364.16 S438
Punished: policing the lives of Black and Latino boys by Victor M. Rios 364.6 R586

Sports & Games
A game to love: in celebration of tennis by Mike Powell, edited by Lewis Blackwell 796.34 P882
Remembering Fenway Park: an oral and narrative history of the home of the Boston Red Sox by Harvey Frommer 796.357 F93r
Those guys have all the fun: inside the world of ESPN by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales 384.55 M648

Travel & Geography
Fodor's China 915.1 F65
Fodor's essential India 915.4 F65es
The left coast: California on the edge photos by Alex L. Fradkin, text by Philip L. Fradkin 979.4 F799
Lonely Planet Colorado 917.88 L847
Lonely Planet Los Angeles, San Diego & Southern California 917.949 L847
Lonely Planet Norway 914.81 L847
Lonely Planet Texas 917.64 L847
Paris to the past: traveling through French history by train by Ina Caro 914.4 C29p
The USA book: a journey through America 917.304 L847u
Wild coast: travels on South America's untamed edge by John Gimlette 918.81 G491

LARGE PRINT

Sports & Recreation
Bottom of the 33rd: hope, redemption, and baseball's longest game by Dan Barry 796.357 B279
Tiger: the real story by Steve Helling 796.352 W89he

AUDIOBOOKS

Fiction
I think I love you: a novel by Allison Pearson, read by Sian Thomas

Nonfiction
Those guys have all the fun: inside the world of ESPN by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales, read by James Andrew Miller, Matt McCarthy, and Joan Baker 384.55 M648c

DVDs

Fiction

Classics
Carole Lombard: the glamour collection
Roman holiday

Comedy
Legally blonde

Drama
The secret of Nikola Tesla: the movie
The wrestler

Foreign Language
Biutiful

Mystery & Suspense
Zero effect

Posted on Jul. 2, 2011 by Matt Montgomery