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New Titles: October 1 - October 7, 2011

BOOKS

FICTION
Diana Abu-Jaber Birds of paradise
Jeffrey Archer Only time will tell
Edward J. Delaney Broken Irish
Charles Frazier Nightwoods
Fabio Geda In the sea there are crocodiles: based on the true story of Enaiatollah Akbari
Lloyd Jones Hand me down world
William Kennedy Changó's beads & two-tone shoes
Paul La Farge Luminous airplanes
Alexander Maksik You deserve nothing
Helen Oyeyemi Mr. Fox
Yuri Rytkheu The Chukchi bible
Elissa Schappell Blueprints for building better girls: fiction
Johnny Shaw Dove season: a Jimmy Veeder fiasco
Anne Rivers Siddons Burnt Mountain
Anna Solomon The little bride
Martha Southgate The taste of salt
Aatish Taseer Noon
Justin Torres We the animals
Jesmyn Ward Salvage the bones

Espionage & Intrigue
Ranulph Fiennes Killer elite

Historical Fiction
Stella Duffy Theodora: actress, empress, whore
Amitav Ghosh River of smoke

Mystery & Suspense
Arnaldur Indridason Operation Napoleon
Lawrence Block writing as Jill Emerson Getting off: a novel of sex & violence
James Lee Burke Feast day of fools: a novel
Andrea Camilleri The potter's field
Gianrico Carofiglio Temporary perfections
Lee Child The affair: a Reacher novel
Barbara Cleverly The blood royal
Clive Cussler & Justin Scott The race
Zoran Drvenkar Sorry
D. E. Johnson Motor City shakedown
G. M. Malliet Wicked autumn: a Max Tudor novel
Deon Meyer Trackers
Denise Mina The end of the wasp season: a novel
Thomas Mullen The revisionists
S.J. Rozan Ghost hero
Kelli Stanley City of secrets
Jason Webster Or the bull kills you

Science Fiction & Fantasy
Paulo Coelho Aleph
Lev AC Rosen All men of genius

Short Stories
Huang Fan Zero & other fictions
Steven Millhauser We others: new & selected stories

NONFICTION

Arts & Architecture
Afghan lover's collection 746.43 A257
Mark Anthony Wilson ; photographs by Joel Puliatti Bernard Maybeck: architect of elegance 720.92 M46wi

Biography & Genealogy
Richard Brookhiser James Madison 92 M182br

Books, Reading, Publishing & Journalism
Gerry Hadden Never the hope itself: love & ghosts in Latin America & Haiti 070.4 H126

Business & Economics
Menzie D. Chinn & Jeffry A. Frieden Lost decades: the making of America's debt crisis & the long recovery 336.3 C539
Maria Veloso Web copy that sells: the revolutionary formula for creating killer copy that grabs their attention & compels them to buy 658.872 V443

Chess
Mark Dvoretsky Tragicomedy in the endgame: instructive mistakes of the masters 794.124 D98t
Jeremy Silman How to reassess your chess: chess mastery through chess imbalances 794.1 S58

Health & Medicine
Sandra Aamodt & Sam Wang Welcome to your child's brain: how the mind grows from conception to college 618.92 A112
Linda Carroll & David Rosner The concussion crisis: anatomy of a silent epidemic 617.48 C319

History
Laurence Bergreen Columbus: the four voyages 970.01 B499
Stephen Greenblatt The swerve: how the world became modern 940.21 G79
Ali H. Soufan & Daniel Freedman The black banners: the inside story of 9/11 & the war against Al-Qaeda 973.931 S721

Law
Adam Winkler Gunfight: the battle over the right to bear arms in America 344.7305 W775

Literature & Writing
Christopher Hitchens Arguably: essays 814 H6698a
Penn Jilette God, no!: signs you may already be an atheist & other magical tales 817 J613
Arthur Krystal Except when I write: reflections of a recovering critic 814 K947e
Bruce Smith Devotions 811 S642

Music & Performing Arts
Florence Henderson & Joel Brokaw Life is not a stage: from Broadway baby to a lovely lady & beyond 792.092 H496
Marc Spitz Jagger: rebel, rock star, rambler, rogue 780.92 J24s
Steven Tyler with David Dalton Does the noise in my head bother you?: a rock 'n' roll memoir 780.92 T981

Philosophy, Psychology& Religion
Robert N. Bellah Religion in human evolution: from the Paleolithic to the Axial Age 200.89 B435
Russ Harris The confidence gap: a guide to overcoming fear & self-doubt 158.1 H313
Hugh B. Urban The church of Scientology: a history of a new religion 299.936 U722
David Wilcock The source field investigations: the hidden science & lost civilizations behind the 2012 prophecies 001.9 W667

Politics & Government
Jennifer Granholm & Dan Mulhern A governor's story: the fight for jobs & America's economic future 977.4 G758

Pure Sciences
Lisa Randall Knocking on heaven's door: how physics & scientific thinking illuminate the universe & the modern world 500 R18

Social Sciences & Current Events
Cynthia Barnett Blue revolution: unmaking America's water crisis 333.91 B261
Joel Brenner America the vulnerable: inside the new threat matrix of digital espionage, crime, & warfare 364.16 B838
John Brockman, editor Culture: leading scientists explore societies, art, power, & technology 909.83 C968
Brooke Hauser The new kids: big dreams & brave journeys at a high school for immigrant teens 373.18 H376
Donna Hicks Dignity: the essential role it plays in resolving conflict 305 H631

Travel & Geography
Ken Jennings Maphead: charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks 912 J54
Laurance D. Lindford Tony Hillerman's Navajoland: hideouts, haunts, & havens in the Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee mysteries 917.9 L754
South Florida: an explorer's guide: includes Sarasota, Naples, Miami & the Florida Keys 917.59 E96

LARGE PRINT

Fiction
Laura Lippman The most dangerous thing

Nonfiction
Keith Richards Life 780.92 R516

CHILDREN’S COLLECTION

BOOKS

Fiction
Marisabina Russo I will come back for you: a family in hiding during World War II

Nonfiction
L. Maria Child ; illustrated by Matt Tavares Over the river & through the wood: the New England boy's song about Thanksgiving day 811 C536t
Lynn Peppas Thanksgiving 394.2649 P424

AUDIOBOOKS

Fiction
Philip Pullman The golden compass

AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Philip Connors Fire season: field notes from a wilderness lookout 634.96 C752c

DVDs
Comedy
Fear & loathing in Las Vegas

Drama
The beaver
The soloist

Mystery & Suspense
The assignment
The Manchurian candidate
One false move

Posted on Oct. 7, 2011 by Matt Montgomery