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BOOKS

FICTION
Jami Attenberg The Middlesteins
Shani Boianjiu The people of forever are not afraid
Hans Keilson Life goes on
A.S. King Ask the passengers
Jo-Ann Mapson Finding Casey
Susanna Moore The life of objects
Karen Osborn Centerville
Celia Rees This is not forgiveness
Kurt Vonnegut We are what we pretend to be: the first & last works

Historical Fiction
Da Chen My last empress
Helen Dunmore The greatcoat
The tale of the Heike
Alison Weir A dangerous inheritance: of Tudor rivals & the secret of the Tower

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Richard Burton Godsent: a thriller
Andrew Hunt City of saints
Stephen Legault The slickrock paradox
James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge Worst case
Andrew Rosenheim Fear itself
B.A. Shapiro The art forger
Ada Wilson Red Army Faction blues

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Tony Daniel The robot's twilight companion
Andy Duncan Beluthahatchie & other stories
Amanda Grange Mr. Darcy, vampyre
Natsuhiko Kyogoku Loups-garous

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Batman, vol. 1: the court of owls 741.5 B333n

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Christopher Bedford Mark Bradford 750.92 B799
Nate Berkus The things that matter 747 B513
Francis D.K. Ching Architectural graphics 720.284 C539
Sheryl Conkelton Home & other stories 770.92 W13c
For kith & kin: the folk art collection at the Art Institute of Chicago 745.0747 F692
Will Gompertz What are you looking at?: the surprising, shocking & sometimes strange story of 150 years of modern art 709 G634
Jonathan Jones The lost battles: Leonardo, Michelangelo & the artistic duel that defined the Renaissance 709.2 J777
Joan Mark The silver gringo: William Spratling & Taxco 739.23 S76m
Martin Wood Nancy Lancaster: English country house style 712.6 L24

Biography & Genealogy
Aida D. Donald Citizen soldier: a life of Harry S. Truman 92 T868d
Robert Hutchinson Young Henry: the rise of Henry VIII 92 H522h
John A. Jenkins The partisan: the life of William Rehnquist 340.9 R345
Kurt Vonnegut Letters 92 V94L

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
National Geographic tales of the weird: unbelievable true stories 031.02 N277
Jennifer Nelson Airbrushed nation: the lure & loathing of women's magazines 051 N424
Andrew Piper Book was there: reading in electronic times 028.9 P665
Joe Queenan One for the books 028.9 Q3

Business & Economics
John C. Bogle Don't count on it: reflections on investment illusions, capitalism, "mutual" funds, indexing, entrepreneurship, idealism & heroes 332.6 B675d
Jeremy Goldman Going social: excite customers, generate buzz & energize your brand with the power of social media 658.872 G619
Kirk Kardashian Milk money: cash, cows & the death of the American dairy farm 636.2 K182
Frederick Kaufman Bet the farm: how food stopped being food 338.1 K21
Jonathan Levy Freaks of fortune: the emerging world of capitalism & risk in America 330.12 L668
Marty Martin The inner world of money: taking control of your financial decisions & behaviors 332.024 M383
Jack D. Schwager Stock market wizards: interviews with America's top stock traders 332.6322 S398
Greg Smith Why I left Goldman Sachs: a Wall Street story 332.66 S664
George Soros The alchemy of finance 332.6 S71
Daniel Wildermuth Wise money: using the endowment investment approach to minimize volatility & increase control 332.6 W673

Chess
Lev Alburt & Al Lawrence Chess for the gifted & busy: a short but comprehensive course--from beginner to expert 794.1 A345g

Food & Drink
Thomas Keller & Sebastien Rouxel Bouchon Bakery 641.5944 K29b
Sam Sifton Thanksgiving: how to cook it well 641.568 S573

Health & Medicine
David K. Randall Dreamland: adventures in the strange science of sleep 612.82 R188
Paul F.N. Tam Tai chi chuan: theory & practice 613.71 T153

History
David G. Coleman The fourteenth day: JFK & the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis 973.922 C692
Dictionary of British history REF 941 D554
Michael Dobbs Six months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, Truman--from World War to Cold War 940.532 D632
Richard Gott Britain's empire: resistance, repression & revolt 942 G685
Jill Lepore The story of America: essays on origins 973 L598s
Thomas F. Madden Venice: a new history 945.31 M179
Aaron B. O'Connell Underdogs: the making of the modern Marine Corps 359.96 O181
Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard Killing Kennedy: the end of Camelot 364.152 O66
Thomas E. Ricks The generals: American military command from World War II to today 355.09 R53
Pamela D. Toler Mankind: the story of all of us 909 T649
Chris Turney 1912: the year the world discovered Antarctica 919.89 T954
Henry Wiencek Master of the mountain: Thomas Jefferson & his slaves 973.4 J45wm
Yang Jisheng Tombstone: the great Chinese famine, 1958-1962 363.8 Y221

Home & Family Management
David L. Culp The layered garden: design lessons for year-round beauty from Brandywine Cottage 635.0974 C968
Anne Dohrenwend Coming around: parenting lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender kids 306.76 D656

Languages & Linguistics
David W. Anthony The horse, the wheel & language: how bronze-age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world 410 A628
Sándor Hervey, Michael Loughridge & Ian Higgins Thinking German translation: a course in translation method, German to English 438 H57

Law
Emily Doskow Nolo's essential guide to child custody & support 346.0173 D723
Stephen Elias The foreclosure survival guide: keep your house or walk away with money in your pocket 346.043 E42
Stephen Fishman Consultant & independent contractor agreements 346.024 F53
David A. Morton III Nolo's guide to social security disability: getting & keeping your benefits 368.42 M88
Nolo's guide to California law 349.794 N796
David Pressman & Richard Stim Nolo's patents for beginners 346.048 P93

Literature & Writing
The hungry ear: poems of food & drink 808.81 H936
Bruce Kaplan Editing made easy: simple rules for effective writing 808.02 K172
Nancy Kress Characters, emotion & viewpoint: techniques & exercises for crafting dynamic characters & effective viewpoints 808.3 K924
Mary Oliver A thousand mornings 811 O48t
Elena Passarello Let me clear my throat: essays 814 P286
Brian Roberts Biographical research 808.066 R643
Michael Rowe Writing below the belt: conversations with erotic authors 810.9 R878
Beatriz Sarlo Jorge Luis Borges: a writer on the edge 863 B73

Music & Performing Arts
Deirdre Kelly Ballerina: sex, scandal & suffering behind the symbol of perfection 792.8 K296

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
John A. Long The dawn of the deed: the prehistoric origins of sex 573.6 L848
Helene Mialet Hawking incorporated: Stephen Hawking & the anthropology of the knowing subject 530.92 H39m

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Geoffrey Bennington Jacques Derrida 194 D438b
Andrew Hugill Pataphysics: a useless guide 153.3 H894
Immanuel Kant Prolegomena to any future metaphysics that will be able to come forward as science: with selections from the Critique of pure reason 110 K16

Politics & Government
Ralph Nader The seventeen solutions: bold ideas for our American future 973.93 N135

Social Sciences & Current Events
Bill Carter Boom, bust, boom: a story about copper, the metal that runs the world 333.85 C323
Adam Gopnik The table comes first: family, France & the meaning of food 394.12 G659
Andy Greenberg This machine kills secrets: how WikiLeakers, cypherpunks & hacktivists aim to free the world's information 364.16 G798
Joe Perry Christmas in Germany: a cultural history 394.2663 P463
Sarah Schulman The gentrification of the mind: witness to a lost imagination 362.19 S386

Sports & Games
Ed Ayres The longest race: a lifelong runner, an iconic ultramarathon & the case for human endurance 796.42 A98

Travel & Geography
Bradt Travel Guides Amazon highlights: Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador 918.1 B809h
Bradt Travel Guides Israel 915.694 B809
Bradt Travel Guides Montenegro 914.9745 B809
Joyce E. Chaplin Round about the earth: circumnavigation from Magellan to orbit 910.41 C464
Frommer's New Zealand 919.3 F93
Lonely Planet Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands 919.53 L847
Lonely Planet Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks 917.87 L847
Michelin Green Guides Poland 914.38 M623
Ocean Cruise Guides Alaska by cruise ship: the complete guide to cruising Alaska 917.98 O15

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Nonfiction
Helaine Becker ; illustrations by Dave Whamond Alphabest: the zany, zanier, zaniest book about comparatives & superlatives 425 B395

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Michael Connelly The drop
Zora Neale Hurston Their eyes were watching God
Camilla Läckberg The stonecutter
Toni Morrison Home
Mark Twain (editor) Great classic humor

Nonfiction
The Great Gildersleeve 791.44 G786

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EBOOKS
Jo Nesbø Phantom

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
Thor

Comedy
Isn't she great

Drama
Cambridge spies

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
The raven

Nonfiction
Marley 780.92 M347d
Romántico 304.873 R759
The encyclopedia of the 20th century: days that shook the world 909.82 E56

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CDs
Classical
Elliot Carter

Posted on Nov. 9, 2012 by Matt Montgomery