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New Titles: March 17 - March 23, 2012

BOOKS

FICTION
Carol Anshaw Carry the one
Friedrich Christian Delius Portrait of the mother as a young woman
John Donatich The variations
Steve Erickson These dreams of you
Alex George A good American
Kristin Hannah Home front
Catherine McKenzie Spin
Kim Scott That deadman dance
Michael Tucker After Annie

Historical Fiction
James Carlos Blake Country of the bad Wolfes
Zane Grey War comes to the Big Bend: a western story
Kathryn Harrison Enchantments
Ralph Peters Cain at Gettysburg
Andromeda Romano-Lax The detour

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
M.C. Beaton Death of a kingfisher
Simon Brett Blotto, Twinks & the dead dowager duchess
Sam Eastland Archive 17: a novel of suspense
Paul Grossman Children of wrath
C.S. Harris When maidens mourn: a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles Kill my darling: a Bill Slider mystery
Gay Hendricks & Tinker Lindsay The first rule of ten
Joan Hess Deader homes & gardens
Simon Lelic The child who
Lisa Lutz Trail of the Spellmans: document #5
Matthew Pearl The technologists
Helene Tursten Night rounds
Dan Vyleta The quiet twin

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Sergey Dyachenko & Marina Dyachenko The scar
Caitlín R. Kiernan The drowning girl

Short Stories
Dan Chaon Stay awake: stories
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala A lovesong for India

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Mark Long & Jim Demonakos ; art by Nate Powell The silence of our friends 741.5 L848
Tarek Shahin Rise: the story of the Egyptian revolution as written shortly before it began 741.5 S525

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
David Owen The conundrum: how scientific innovation, increased efficiency & good intentions can make our energy & climate problems worse 628 O97

Arts & Architecture
Evelyn Toynton Jackson Pollock 750.92 P77t

Biography & Genealogy
Rub out the words: the letters of William S. Burroughs 1959-1974 92 B9727L
The selected letters of Charles Dickens 92 D548ha
Deborah Feldman Unorthodox: the scandalous rejection of my Hasidic roots 296.8 F312
Jean Edward Smith Eisenhower: in war & peace 92 E358s
Megan Smolenyak Hey, America, your roots are showing: adventures in discovering news-making connections, unexpected ancestors, long-hidden secrets & solving historical puzzles 929.1 S66h

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Joseph Michael Reagle Jr. Good faith collaboration: the culture of Wikipedia 030 R287

Business & Economics
Grover G. Norquist & John R. Lott Debacle: Obama's war on jobs & growth & what we can do now to regain our future 330.973 N85
Charles Richards The psychology of wealth: understand your relationship with money & achieve prosperity 332.024 R516

Chess
Lubomir Ftacnik The Sicilian defence 794.122 F94
Artur Yusupov Chess evolution 1: The fundamentals 794.1 Y95c
Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, part 1, 1973-1985 794.15 K197ga
Lev Psakhis Advanced chess tactics 794.1 P97a

Computer Science
Jim Boyce Microsoft Outlook 2010 plain & simple 005.3 M934b
Danny Briere & Pat Hurley Wireless home networking for dummies 004.6 B853
John R. Levine & Margaret Levine Young The Internet for dummies 004.6 L66
Nancy Muir iPad 2 for seniors for dummies 005.432 I648m

Food & Drink
Suvir Saran Masala Farm: stories & recipes from an uncommon life in the country 641.5974 S243

Health & Medicine
Deborah Barrett Paintracking: your personal guide to living well with chronic pain 616.047 B274

History
John Andreau & Raymond Descat The slave in Greece & Rome 306.362 A557
Wayne Bonnett Presidio soldiers: San Francisco & beyond: the photography of C. Tucker Beckett 1912-1917 979.4 P713 2012
Joan N. Boothe The storied ice: exploration, discovery & adventure in Antarctica's Peninsula region 919.89 B725
Neil Christie The fall of the Western Roman Empire: an archaeological & historical perspective 937 C555
Ann Curthoys & Ann McGrath How to write history that people want to read 907.2 C978
Richard Stoneman Land of lost gods: the search of classical Greece 938 S881
Robert Ross Talley Child on the home front: growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area during the World War II & Korean War eras 979.46 T148
Joyce Tyldesley Tutankhamen: the search for an Egyptian king 932 T981t

Home & Family Management
Eve Ashcraft with Heather MacIsaac The right color 747 A823
Rhonda Massingham Hart Vertical vegetables & fruit 631.5 M418
Amy Pennington Apartment gardening: plants, projects & recipes for growing food in your urban home 635 P414

Literature & Writing
Roland Barthes Mythologies 848 B28
Brian Boyd Stalking Nabokov: selected essays 813 N11bos
Martha Collins White papers 811 C715
Aline Soules Meditation on woman 811 S725
Kevin Young The grey album: on the blackness of blackness 814 Y73

Music & Performing Arts
Sonia Faleiro Beautiful thing: inside the secret world of Bombay's dance bars 792.7 F187
Kathleen Riley The Astaires: Fred & Adele 792.092 A85r

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Sian Beilock Choke: what the secrets of the brain reveal about getting it right when you have to 153.9 B422
Brett Blumenthal 52 small changes: one year to a happier, healthier you 158.1 B658
Gary Gutting Thinking the impossible: French philosophy since 1960 194 G985
Elaine Pagels Revelations: visions, prophecy & politics in the book of Revelation 228 P13
Roger Rosenblatt Kayak morning: reflections on love, grief & small boats 155.93 R81
Kayt Sukel Dirty minds: how our brains influence love, sex & relationships 155.3 S948
Gary Marcus Guitar zero: the new musician & the science of learning 153.9 M322

Politics & Government
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Alastair Smith The dictator's handbook: why bad behavior is almost always good politics 303.34 B928
Charles A. Kupchan No one's world: the West, the rising rest & the coming global turn 327.1 K967
David Rothkopf Power, Inc.: the epic rivalry between big business & government--and the reckoning that lies ahead 322.3 R84

Social Sciences & Current Events
Marwan Bishara The invisible Arab: the promise & peril of the Arab revolutions 956.05 B622
Baratunde Thurston How to be black 305.896 T544

Sports & Games
Jason Rosenhouse & Laura Taalman Taking sudoku seriously: the math behind the world's most popular pencil puzzle 793.74 R813

Travel & Geography
Colombia: the Bradt travel guide 918.6 B81
Tom Downs Walking San Francisco: 33 savvy tours exploring steep streets, grand hotels, dive bars & waterfront parks 917.946 D75
Eyewitness Travel Paris 914.436 E97
Frommer's Colorado 917.88 F93
Frommer's Zion & Bryce Canyon National parks 917.925 F93
Insiders' guide to Santa Barbara 917.9491 I591
Lonely Planet Hawaii 919.69 L847
Lonely Planet Myanmar (Burma) 915.91 L847
Moon outdoors : 101 great hikes of the San Francisco Bay Area 917.946 M818o
The rough guide to Wales 914.29 R856
Wreck & sinking of the Titanic: the ocean's greatest disaster 910.45 W944

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Mac Barnett ; illustrated by Jon Klassen Extra yarn

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AUDIOBOOKS
Nonfiction
Tom Brokaw The time of our lives 973.92 B864tc
Reid Hoffman & Ben Casnocha The start-up of you 650.1 H699c
Mark R. Levin Ameritopia: the unmaking of America 320.973 L66

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
Score

Drama
Downton Abbey. Season 1
Downton Abbey. Season 2

Posted on Mar. 23, 2012 by Matt Montgomery