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New Titles: October 29 - November 4, 2011

BOOKS

FICTION
Helen DeWitt Lightning rods
Ian Holding Of beasts & beings
Ben Lerner Leaving the Atocha Station
Lydia Millet Ghost lights
Péter Nádas Parallel stories

Historical Fiction
Forrest Dylan Bryant Dragon in the snow: a Sid Friedman adventure
Stella Tillyard Tides of war
Gerard Woodward Letters from an unknown woman

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Tasha Alexander A crimson warning: a Lady Emily mystery
C.C. Benison Twelve drummers drumming: a Father Christmas mystery
Percival Everett Assumption
Tess Gerritsen Call after midnight
John Grisham The litigators

Science Fiction & Fantasy
Richard Matheson Steel, & other stories

Short Stories
Will Boast Power ballads
Ry Cooder Los Angeles stories
Melinda Moustakis Bear down, bear north: Alaska stories
Amos Oz Scenes from village life
A study in Sherlock: stories inspired by the Holmes canonS934

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Dennis Calero Ray Bradbury's The Martian chronicles: the authorized adaptation 741.5 C149
Daniel Clowes The death-ray 741.5 C648d
Frank Miller Holy terror 741.5 M647h
Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá Daytripper 741.5 M818
Anders Brekhus Nilsen Big questions, or, Asomatognosia: whose hand is it anyway 741.5 N712

NONFICTION

Applied Sciences
Andrew Nikiforuk Empire of the beetle: how human folly & a tiny bug are killing North America's great forests 634.9 N692

Arts & Architecture
Pacific standard time: Los Angeles art, 1945-1980 709.794 P117

Biography & Genealogy
Carl T. Bogus Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. & the rise of American conservatism 070.92 B92b
Donna M. Johnson Holy Ghost girl: a memoir 92 J669
Jane Rule Taking my life 92 R935
Ro'i Tov The cross of Bethlehem: the memoirs of a refugee 956.94 T736

Books, Reading, Publishing & Journalism
Hunter S. Thompson Fear & loathing at Rolling stone: the essential writing of Hunter S. Thompson 070.1 T47

Business & Economics
Richard L. Brandt One click: Jeff Bezos & the rise of Amazon.com 381 B574
Neville Isdell Inside Coca-Cola: a CEO's life story on building the world's most popular brand 338.766 I77

Health & Medicine
MCAT: Medical College Admission Test 610.7 B277
Penelope Quest The reiki manual: a training guide for reiki students, practitioners & masters 615.852 Q5

History
T.M. Devine To the ends of the earth: Scotland's global diaspora, 1750-2010 909.04916 D495
Stephen G. Fritz Ostkrieg: Hitler's war of extermination in the East 940.542 F919
David Gilmour The pursuit of Italy: a history of a land, its regions, & their peoples 945 G48
Andrew J. McLean The Las Vegas chronicles: the inside story of Sin City, celebrities, special players, & fascinating casino owners 979.31 M163
Frank McLynn The Burma campaign: disaster into triumph, 1942-45 940.542 M478
Colin Woodard American nations: a history of the eleven rival regional cultures of North America 970.004 W881

Home & Family Management
Erik Cosselmon & Janet Fletcher Kokkari: contemporary Greek flavors 641.5949 C836
Sarah B. Hood We sure can! How jams & pickles are reviving the lure & lore of local food 641.85 H777
Michael Litchfield In-laws, outlaws, & granny flats: your guide to turning one house into two homes 643.7 L77i
Sam Mogannam & Dabney Gough Bi-Rite Market's eat good food: grocer's guide to shopping, cooking, & creating community through food 641.3 M696
Jamie Oliver Jamie Oliver's meals in minutes 641.555 O48
Jacques Pépin Essential Pepin: more than 700 all-time favorites from my life in food 641.5944 P415
Marilou K. Suszko The locavore's kitchen: a cook's guide to seasonal eating & preserving 641.3 S964

Law
'The law is a ass' 340 L415

Literature & Writing
The Penguin anthology of twentieth-century American poetry 811.08 P399
Nathaniel Philbrick Why read Moby-Dick? 813.3 M34p
Garry Wills Verdi's Shakespeare: men of the theater 822.3 W741

Music & Performing Arts
Ellen DeGeneres Seriously… I'm kidding 792.092 D317
Paul Grushkin Dead letters: the very best Grateful Dead fan mail 780.92 G771g
Bill C. Malone Music from the true vine: Mike Seeger's life & musical journey 780.92 S45
Pearl Jam twenty 780.92 P359
William Shatner Shatner rules: your guide to understanding the Shatnerverse & the world at large 792.092 S529s
Michael E. Uslan The boy who loved Batman: a memoir: the true story of how a comics-obsessed kid conquered Hollywood to bring the Dark Knight to the silver screen 791.4 U86

Philosophy, Psychology& Religion
Dan Cryer Being alive & having to die: the spiritual odyssey of Forrest Church 289.1092 C561
Ken Robinson The element: how finding your passion changes everything 153.9 R658
Julia Scheeres A thousand lives: the untold story of hope, deception, & survival at Jonestown 289.9 S315

Politics & Government
Morley Winograd & Michael D. Hais Millennial momentum: how a new generation is remaking America 323 W77

Pure Sciences
Peter Goodfellow Avian architecture: how birds design, engineer & build 598.156 G651
Marjorie C. Malley Radioactivity: a history of a mysterious science 539.72 M253
Ian Stirling Polar bears: the natural history of a threatened species 599.786 S86

Social Sciences & Current Events
Fawaz A. Gerges The rise & fall of al-Qaeda 363.325 G36
Claudia Kolker The immigrant advantage: the new Americans: what we can learn from newcomers to America about health, happiness, & hope 305.9 K813
Robert Levine Free ride: how digital parasites are destroying the culture business, & how the culture business can fight back 364.1662 L665
Charles Moore Plastic ocean: how a sea captain's chance discovery launched a quest to save the oceans 363.73 M821
William J. Stuntz The collapse of American criminal justice 364.4 S934

Travel & Geography
Thant Myint-U Where China meets India: Burma & the new crossroads of Asia 959.1 T36w

LARGE PRINT

Fiction
John Grisham The litigators

CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS

Nonfiction
Lise Lunge-Larsen ; illustrated by Gareth Hinds Gifts from the gods: ancient words & wisdom from Greek & Roman mythology 401 L963

AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Patrick Lencioni The five dysfunctions of a team [sound recording]: a leadership fable 658.4 L563

DVDs
Classics
King Rat

Drama
Ladies & gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

Foreign Language
Congorama

Musicals
A hard day's night

Mystery & Suspense

Nonfiction
Classic artists: Cream

Travel & Geography
Travel with Barry & Corinne: Vietnam
Vietnam

Posted on Nov. 4, 2011 by Matt Montgomery