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BOOKS

FICTION
Jamil Ahmad The wandering falcon
Thomas Fox Averill Rode
Julian Barnes The sense of an ending
Sally Bellerose The Girls Club
Chris Bohjalian The night strangers
Jeffrey Eugenides The marriage plot
David Guterson Ed King
Philip Hensher King of the badgers
Alan Hollinghurst The stranger's child
Chuck Klosterman The visible man
Michael Ondaatje The cat's table
José Saramago Cain
Nicholas Sparks The best of me
Terese Svoboda Bohemian girl
Melanie Rae Thon The voice of the river
Jean-Philippe Toussaint The truth about Marie
Laurie Weeks Zipper mouth
Isabel Wolff The very picture of you

Historical Fiction
Aharon Appelfeld Until the dawn's light
Kimberly Cutter The maid
Martin Fletcher The list
Philippa Gregory The lady of the rivers
Victor Davis Hanson The end of Sparta
Alice Hoffman The dovekeepers
Ha Jin Nanjing requiem
Sharon Kay Penman Lionheart
Alison Pick Far to go
David Rowell The train of small mercies

Mystery & Suspense
Beryl Bainbridge The girl in the polka dot dress
M.C. Beaton As the pig turns: an Agatha Raisin mystery
Stuart Dill Murder on Music Row: a music industry thriller
Esi Edugyan Half blood blues
Iris Johansen Bonnie
Val McDermid Trick of the dark
Patricia Melo Lost world
Stuart Neville Stolen souls
Eduardo Sacheri The secret in their eyes
A.D. Scott A double death on the Black Isle
Ransom Stephens The God patent
Simon Toyne Sanctus

Science Fiction & Fantasy
Isaac Marion Warm bodies
Haruki Murakami 1Q84
Terry Pratchett Snuff: a novel of Discworld
Neal Stephenson Reamde
Colson Whitehead Zone one

Short Stories
Dennis E. Bolen Anticipated results
Michel Faber The apple: crimson petal stories
Daniel Woodrell The outlaw album: stories

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Art Spiegelman MetaMaus 741.592 S75

NONFICTION

Arts & Architecture
California design, 1930-1965: living in a modern way 745.0979 C153
Judith Miller Miller's antiques handbook & price guide REF 745.1 M64

Biography & Genealogy
John Edwards Mary I: England's Catholic queen 92 M3923e
Terryl L. Givens, Matthew J. Grow Parley P. Pratt: the Apostle Paul of Mormonism 92 P916
Paul Johnson Socrates: a man for our times 183 S67j
Jacqueline Kennedy Historic conversations on life with John F. Kennedy 973.922 K355h
Elizabeth Lev The tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's most courageous & notorious countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de' Medici 92 S523
Lauren Manning Unmeasured strength 973.931 M283

Books, Reading, Publishing & Journalism
Wolcott Gibbs Backward ran sentences: the best of Wolcott Gibbs from The New Yorker 818 G44

Business & Economics
R. William Holland Cracking the new job market: the 7 rules for getting hired in any economy 650.14 H734
James Hoopes Corporate dreams: big business in American democracy from the Great Depression to the great recession 338.0973 H788
Michael Lewis Boomerang: travels in the new Third World 330.9 L675
Robert Neuwirth Stealth of nations: the global rise of the informal economy 330 N498
Richard Pomfret The age of equality: the twentieth century in economic perspective 330.9 P786
Jeffrey D. Sachs The price of civilization: reawakening American virtue & prosperity 330.973 S12
Donald J. Trump & Robert T. Kiyosaki Midas touch: why some entrepreneurs get rich-- & why most don't 658.11 T871

Chess
Yuri Averbakh Centre-stage & behind the scenes: the personal memoir of a Soviet chess legend 794.1 A952c
Boris Avrukh The Grünfeld defence. Volume 1 794.122 A963g v.1
Boris Avrukh The Grünfeld defence. Volume 2 794.122 A963g v.2
James Eade Chess for dummies 794.1 E105
Cyrus Lakdawala The Slav: move by move 794.122 L192
David Vigorito Attacking chess: King's Indian. Volume 2 794.122 V691k v.2

Health & Medicine
The pregnant body book 618.2 P923
Paul Starr Remedy & reaction: the peculiar American struggle over health care reform 362.1 S796
Nathan Wolfe The viral storm: the dawn of a new pandemic age 616.91 W855

History
Nigel Cliff Holy war: how Vasco da Gama's epic voyages turned the tide in a centuries-old clash of civilizations 909 C637
Heather M. David Mid-century by the Bay: a celebration of the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1950s & 1960s 979.461 D249
Robert Gudmestad Steamboats & the rise of the cotton kingdom 386 G923
Jonathan M. Hansen Guantánamo: an American history 359.7 H249
Michael Hiltzik The New Deal: a modern history 973.917 H656
Michael Krondl Sweet invention: a history of dessert 641.86 K936
William McKeen Mile marker zero: the moveable feast of Key West 975.9 M154
Robert Morgan Lions of the West: heroes & villains of the westward expansion 978.02 M849
James Robertson The untold Civil War: exploring the human side of war 973.7 R65
James Romm Ghost on the throne: the death of Alexander the Great & the war for crown & empire 938.08 R766
Teofilo F. Ruiz The terror of history: on the uncertainties of life in Western civilization 909.098 R934

Home & Family Management
Ferran Adrià The family meal: home cooking with Ferran Adrià 641.5 A243
Melissa Clark Cook this now: 120 easy & delectable dishes you can't wait to make 641.5973 C594

Languages & Linguistics
David Bellos Is that a fish in your ear?: translation & the meaning of everything 418.02 B447

Law
Patricia Aufderheide & Peter Jaszi Reclaiming fair use: how to put balance back in copyright 346.048 A918
Richard Thompson Ford Rights gone wrong: how law corrupts the struggle for equality 342.7308 F711

Literature & Writing
Margaret Atwood In other worlds: SF & the human imagination 813 A887i
Beauty is a verb: the new poetry of disability 811.08 B384
Juris Dilevko, Keren Dali, & Glenda Garbutt Contemporary world fiction: a guide to literature in translation REF 016.808 D576
Celia Blue Johnson Dancing with Mrs. Dalloway: stories of the inspiration behind great works of literature 809.3 J661
Meghan O'Rourke Once: poems 811 O74o

Music & Performing Arts
Harry Belafonte with Michael Shnayerson My song: a memoir 780.92 B425
James Curtis Spencer Tracy: a biography 792.092 T76c
Mike Evans Fleetwood Mac: the definitive history 780.92 F595
Jens Malte Fischer Gustav Mahler 780.92 M214fg
John Lithgow Drama: an actor's education 792.092 L776
Tom Piazza Devil sent the rain: music & writing in desperate America 781.64 P584

Philosophy, Psychology& Religion
Stephen Batchelor Confession of a Buddhist atheist 294.3 B32c
Melvyn Bragg The book of books: the radical impact of the King James Bible, 1611-2011 220.5 B81
Paul Harvey Through the storm, through the night: a history of African American Christianity 277.3 H342
G. Randy Kasten Just trust me: finding the truth in a world of spin 177.3 K194
James Martin, S.J Between heaven & mirth: why joy, humor, & laughter are at the heart of the spiritual life 248.4 M381

Politics & Government
Matt Taibbi The griftocracy: bubble machines, vampire squids, & the long con that is breaking America 973.932 T129

Pure Sciences
Robert P. Crease World in the balance: the historic quest for an absolute system of measurement 530.8 C91
Adam Frank About time: cosmology & culture at the twilight of the big bang 523.1 F82
John Lloyd & John Mitchinson The second book of general ignorance: everything you think you know is (still) wrong REF 001.96 L793
Dava Sobel A more perfect heaven: how Copernicus revolutionized the cosmos 520.92 C78s

Social Sciences & Current Events
Gilad Atzmon The wandering who?: a study of Jewish identity politics 305.892 A887
Patrick J. Buchanan Suicide of a superpower: will America survive to 2025? 973.932 B918
Anita Hill Reimagining equality: stories of gender, race, & finding home 305.896 H645
Michael Huesemann & Joyce Huesemann Techno-fix: why technology won't save us or the environment 303.483 H887
Mary Ellen O'Toole & Alisa Bowman Dangerous instincts: how gut feelings lead us astray 364.3 O887

Sports & Games
David Wangerin Distant corners: American soccer's history of missed opportunities & lost causes 796.334 W246d

Travel & Geography
The Grand Canyon reader 917.91 G751
David Labua Finding the sweet spot: the insider's guide to parking in San Francisco 388.474 L127

LARGE PRINT

Fiction
Robert Dugoni Murder one

CHILDREN’S COLLECTION

BOOKS

Fiction
Amy Martin Symphony city

Nonfiction
Dear bully: 70 authors tell their stories
Debbie Glasser & Emily Schenck New kid, new scene: a guide to moving & switching schools
Michael O. Tunnell Candy bomber: the story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot"

AUDIOBOOKS

Fiction
Jean M. Auel The land of painted caves
William Golding Lord of the flies

Nonfiction
Johnston McCulley The mark of Zorro 812 M345
Janet Reitman Inside Scientology: the story of America's most secretive religion 299.936 R379c
Amy Stewart Wicked bugs: the louse that conquered Napoleon's army & other diabolical insects 632.7 S84c
Mark Twain Roughing it 817 T969rc
Nathan Wolfe The viral storm: the dawn of a new pandemic age 616.91 W855c

DVDs
Action & Adventure
Desperado
Once upon a time in Mexico

Comedy
Get Shorty
Happy-go-lucky

Drama
The believer
The razor's edge
Suburbia

Foreign Language
The crime of Monsieur Lange
El Mariachi

Mystery & Suspense
Bad day at Black Rock
Blue velvet
The client
The gingerbread man
Killer's kiss
Presumed innocent

Nonfiction
Rodney Yee's A.M. yoga for your week 613.7 Y42

Travel & Geography
Cambodia 915.96 G562

CDs

Classical
Terry Riley Shri camel

Folk
Louis Moreau Gottschalk Cakewalk

Jazz
Christopher Lowell Clarke, Dewayne Oakley Second session
Diana Krall The girl in the other room
Leslie Pintchik with Scott Hardy, Mark Dodge, Satoshi Takeishi We're here to listen

Musicals & Soundtracks
Mark Schoenfeld & Barri McPherson Bklyn, the musical, live!: original Broadway cast recording

Vocal
Susana Baca Eco de sombras
Shawn Colvin Fat city

World
Será Una Noche Será Una Noche

Posted on Oct. 28, 2011 by Matt Montgomery