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New Titles: May 5 - May 11, 2012

BOOKS

FICTION
Marcel Beyer Kaltenburg
Jim Cohee The swan
Christopher Tilghman The right-hand shore
David Vann Dirt

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Wiley Cash A land more kind than home
Colin Cotterill Love songs from a shallow grave
P. C. Doherty The Mysterium: a Hugh Corbett medieval mystery
David Rollins Ghost watch

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Bob Tarte Kitty cornered: how Frannie & five other incorrigible cats seized control of our house & made it their home 636.8 T194

Arts & Architecture
Arnold Arluke & Robert Bogdan Beauty & the beast: human-animal relations as revealed in real photo postcards, 1905-1935 779.32 A726
Fifty years of Bay Area art: the SECA awards 709.7946 F469

Biography & Genealogy
Colin Campbell The queen mother: the untold story of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, who became Queen Elizabeth, the queen mother 92 E4343c
J. Randy Taraborrelli After Camelot: an intimate history of the Kennedy family, 1968 to the present 929.2 K35t

Business & Economics
Ian Bremmer Every nation for itself: winners & losers in a G-zero world 330.9 B83
Philip Delves Broughton The art of the sale: learning from the masters about the business of life 658.85 B87
Steve Coll Private empire: ExxonMobil & American power 338.762 C69

Food & Drink
Paul Kindstedt Cheese & culture: a history of cheese & its place in western civilization 637.3 K51c

Health & Medicine
Gretchen Reynolds The first 20 minutes: surprising science reveals how we can exercise better, train smarter, live longer 613.7 R462

History
Robert A. Caro The passage of power 92 J673c
Nancy Gibbs & Michael Duffy The presidents club: inside the world's most exclusive fraternity 973.92 G738
Robert A. Kaster The Appian Way: ghost road, queen of roads 937.7 K194
A.N. Wilson Hitler 92 H676wi
A.N. Wilson The Elizabethans 942.05 W74

Literature & Writing
Jonathan Franzen Farther away 814 F837f
Gary Saul Morson The words of others: from quotations to culture 800.8 M886

Music & Performing Arts
Garry Marshall My happy days in Hollywood: a memoir 791.45 M367

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Mario Beauregard Brain wars: the scientific battle over the existence of the mind & the proof that will change the way we live our lives 128.2 B38
Diana L. Hayes Forged in the fiery furnace: African American spirituality 248 H417
Slavoj Žižek & Boris Gunjević God in pain: inversions of Apocalypse 200.1 Z82

Politics & Government
Karl Rogers Debunking Glenn Beck: how to save America from media pundits & propagandists 320.973 R724

Pure Sciences
Maddalena Bearzi Dolphin confidential: confessions of a field biologist 599.93 B368
Robert M. Hazen The story of Earth: the first 4.5 billion years, from stardust to living planet 550 H42

Social Sciences & Current Events
Nancy L. Cohen Delirium: how the sexual counterrevolution is polarizing America 306.7 C678
Paul French Midnight in Peking: how the murder of a young Englishwoman haunted the last days of old China 364.152 F873
Last call at the oasis: the global water crisis & where we go from here 333.91 L349
Taylor Mali What teachers make: in praise of the greatest job in the world 371.1 M251

Sports & Games
Timothy F. Grainey Beyond bend it like Beckham: the global phenomenon of women's soccer 796.334 G743
Helen Olsson The down & dirty guide to camping with kids: how to plan memorable family adventures & connect kids to nature 796.54 O528

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

DVDs
Dr. Dolittle [1967]

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EBOOKS
Behind the beautiful forevers: life, death & hope in a Mumbai undercity

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DVDs
Classics
David Copperfield

Comedy
Deconstructing Harry

Drama
Showgirls

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CDs
Jazz
Bobby McFerrin Circlesongs

Musicals & Soundtracks
Bob Merrill Carnival: an original cast recording

Vocals
Ani DiFranco Living in clip

Posted on May. 10, 2012 by Matt Montgomery