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BOOKS

FICTION
Sefi Atta A bit of difference
Sabina Berman Me, who dove into the heart of the world
Louise Erdrich The round house
Joanne Harris Peaches for Father Francis
Mark Helprin In sunlight & in shadow
Sheila Heti How should a person be?: a novel from life
Susan Isaacs Goldberg variations
Lawrence Osborne The forgiven
Per Petterson It's fine by me
J.K. Rowling The casual vacancy
Robin Sloan Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour bookstore
Penny Vincenzi Wicked pleasures
Antoine Wilson Panorama city

Historical Fiction
Maggie Anton Rav Hisda's daughter, book 1: Apprentice: a novel of love, the Talmud & sorcery
Pat Barker Toby's room
Julian Stockwin Betrayal

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Robert Olen Butler The hot country
Linda Castillo Gone missing
Linda Castillo Pray for silence
Blake Crouch Pines
Justin Evans The white devil
James Forrester Sacred treason
Felix Francis Dick Francis's bloodline
Gerald Hammond The unkindest cut
Steven F. Havill Red, green, or murder
Keigo Higashino Salvation for a saint
Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnete Friis Invisible murder
Christobel Kent The dead season
Dennis Lehane Live by night
Donna Leon The jewels of paradise
Anna Loan-Wilsey A lack of temperance
Attica Locke The cutting season
Archer Mayor Paradise city: a Joe Gunther novel
Jo Nesbø Phantom
Stella Rimington Present danger
Imogen Robertson Island of bones
Michael Robotham Say you're sorry
John Sandford Mad River
Maggie Stiefvater The Raven Boys
Frank Tallis Death & the maiden: a Max Liebermann mystery
Tarun J. Tejpal The story of my assassins
Ariel S. Winter The twenty-year death

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Steve Bein Daughter of the sword: a novel of the fated blades
Jasper Fforde The last dragonslayer
Max Gladstone Three parts dead
Jo Walton Among others

Short Stories
Hugh Sheehy The invisibles: stories
Charles Yu Sorry please thank you

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Timothy Egan Short nights of the Shadow Catcher: the epic life & immortal photographs of Edward Curtis 770.92 C978e
Douglas Fairbanks In his own words 792.092 F163

Biography & Genealogy
Laura Fraser An Italian affair 92 F841

Business & Economics
Sheila Bair Bull by the horns: fighting to save Main Street from Wall Street & Wall Street from itself 332.0973 B163
Jason Kelly The new tycoons: inside the trillion dollar private equity industry that owns everything 332.6 K295
Laura Stack What to do when there's too much to do: reduce tasks, increase results & save 90 minutes a day 650.1 S77w
Michael D. Watkins Your next move: the leader's guide to navigating major career transitions 658.4 W335y

Health & Medicine
Nathaniel Comfort The science of human perfection: how genes became the heart of American medicine 616.042 C732
Clifford A. Pickover The medical book: from witch doctors to robot surgeons: 250 milestones in the history of medicine 610.9 P59
Rajiv Chandrasekaran Little America: the war within the war for Afghanistan 958.1 C456
Tom Elmore A carnival of destruction: Sherman's invasion of South Carolina 975.7 E484

Literature & Writing
Sharon Olds Stag's leap 811 O44s
George Steiner The poetry of thought: from Hellenism to Celan 801 S82

Music & Performing Arts
Penny Marshall My mother was nuts: a memoir 792.092 M369

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Deepak Chopra God: a story of Revelation 202 C549

Social Sciences & Current Events
Brooke Magnanti The sex myth: why everything we're told is wrong 306.7 M196

Sports & Games
Tyler Hamilton & Daniel Coyle The secret race: inside the hidden world of the Tour de France: doping, cover-ups & winning at all costs 796.62 H217

Travel & Geography
Frommer's Honolulu, Waikiki & Oahu 919.693 F93

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Louise Penny The beautiful mystery

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
The tourist

Children's
The great locomotive chase

Comedy
Head of state

Foreign Language
Soul kitchen

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Buried
Point blank
The underneath

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Excalibur

Nonfiction
The French chef with Julia Child 641.5944 C53f
Histoire(s) du cinéma 791.43 G577h

Posted on Oct. 19, 2012 by Matt Montgomery