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New Titles: March 24 - March 30, 2012

BOOKS

FICTION
João Almino The book of emotions
Louis Begley Schmidt steps back
Peter Behrens The O'Briens
Amber Dermont The starboard sea
Vanessa Gebbie The coward's tale
Jane Green Another piece of my heart
Lauren Groff Arcadia
Ka Hancock Dancing on broken glass
Neil Jordan Mistaken
Heidi Julavits The vanishers
Jack Kerouac The sea is my brother: the lost novel
Hari Kunzru Gods without men
Gregor von Rezzori An ermine of Czernopol
Susan Wilson The dog who danced

Historical Fiction
Madeline Miller The song of Achilles
Donna Russo Morin The king's agent

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Mike Cooper Clawback
Colin Cotterill Slash & burn
Matthew Glass Trigger point
Louise Penny A rule against murder: a Chief Inspector Gamache novel
Howard Shrier Boston cream
Sally Spencer Blackstone & the Great War
Olen Steinhauer An American spy
Randy Wayne White Chasing midnight

Short Stories
Megan Mayhew Bergman Birds of a lesser paradise: stories

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
David Hanson & Edwin Marty Breaking through concrete: building an urban farm revival 630.91 H251

Arts & Architecture
Lloyd Kahn Tiny homes: simple shelter: scaling back in the 21st century 728.3 K124
Vahram Muratyan Paris versus New York: a tally of two cities 741.6 M972

Biography & Genealogy
Barbara Babcock Woman lawyer: the trials of Clara Foltz 92 F671
James W. Douglass Gandhi & the unspeakable: his final experiment with truth 92 G1890d
Thomas Penn Winter king: Henry VII & the dawn of Tudor England 92 H5217p
Anne Somerset Queen Anne: the politics of passion: a biography 92 A6132s
Cheryl Strayed Wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail 92 S913

Business & Economics
Charlotte Beers I'd rather be in charge: a legendary business leader's roadmap for achieving pride, power & joy at work 658.4 B415
Marsha Collier Starting an eBay business for dummies 381.17 C69s
Sylvester J. Schieber The predictable surprise: the unraveling of the U.S. retirement system 331.252 S332
David Wolman The end of money: counterfeiters, preachers, techies, dreamers-and the coming cashless society 332.4 W865

Computer Science
George Dyson Turing's cathedral: the origins of the digital universe 004 D99

History
Stephen R. Bown 1494: how a family feud in medieval Spain divided the world in half 946.03 B787
Dennis Gaffney & Peter Gaffney The presidents: exploring history one week at a time 973.09 G131
Robert Holland Blue-water empire: the British in the Mediterranean since 1800 909.0982 H73
Nigel Nicholson Aristocracy & athletics in archaic & classical Greece 796.09 N624
Susie Steinbach Understanding the Victorians: politics, culture & society in nineteenth-century Britain 941.081 S819
Deborah Strobin & Ilie Wacs An uncommon journey: from Vienna to Shanghai to America: a brother & sister escape to freedom during World War II 305.892 S919
Ultimate price: testimonies of Christians who resisted the Third Reich 943.086 U471

Home & Family Management
Evelyn J. Hadden Beautiful no-mow yards: 50 amazing lawn alternatives 635.964 H126

Literature & Writing
Califlora: a literary field guide 810.8 C1522
Mary Embree Starting your career as a freelance editor: a guide to working with authors, books, newsletters, magazines, websites & more 808.02 E53s
Joseph McBride Writing in pictures: screenwriting made (mostly) painless 808.23 M119
Alison Sharrock Reading Roman comedy: poetics & playfulness in Plautus & Terence 872 S532

Music & Performing Arts
John Caps Henry Mancini: reinventing film music 780.92 M269c
Brian Price Neither god nor master: Robert Bresson & radical politics 791.4 B843pr
R.J. Smith The life & music of James Brown 780.92 S878s

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Alain de Botton Religion for atheists: a non-believer's guide to the uses of religion 200 D286
Jon Kabat-Zinn Mindfulness for beginners: reclaiming the present moment--and your life 158.1 K11
Jonah Lehrer Imagine: how creativity works 153.35 L524
Christopher P. Scheitle & Roger Finke Places of faith: a road trip across America's religious landscape 200.973 S321

Social Sciences & Current Events
Steven K. Green The Bible, the school & the Constitution: the clash that shaped modern church-state doctrine 379.28 G795
Michelle Dammon Loyalka Eating bitterness: stories from the front lines of China's great urban migration 307.2 L923
Mark Pagel Wired for culture: origins of the human social mind 303.4 P133
Redefining Black power: reflections on the state of Black America 305.896 R314
Pasi Sahlberg Finnish lessons: what can the world learn from educational change in Finland? 370.9 S131
Marina Warner Stranger magic: charmed states & The Arabian nights 398.22 W279

Sports & Games
Leon Leonwood Bean with updates by Bill Gorman Hunting, fishing & camping 799.2 B367

Travel & Geography
Olivier Magny Stuff Parisians like 914.436 M199
John Maxtone-Graham Titanic tragedy: a new look at the lost liner 910.45 M46t

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Nonfiction
Melissa Sweet Balloons over Broadway: the true story of the puppeteer of Macy's Parade 394.2649 S974

Posted on Mar. 30, 2012 by Matt Montgomery