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New Titles: September 17 - September 23, 2011

BOOKS

FICTION
Jesse Ball The curfew
Sebastian Barry On Canaan's side
Christopher Bollen Lightning people: a novel
Emmanuel Carrère Lives other than my own
Lorene Cary If sons, then heirs: a novel
John F. Deane Where no storms come
Yvvette Edwards A cupboard full of coats
Chad Harbach The art of fielding: a novel
Irmgard Keun After midnight
Patricia Marx Starting from happy
Jacquelyn Mitchard Second nature: a love story
Alberto Moravia Two friends
Tom Perrotta The leftovers
Ali Smith There but for the
Luke Williams The echo chamber

Espionage & Intrigue
Edward Wilson The darkling spy

Historical Fiction
Helen Dunmore The betrayal
Sharyn McCrumb The ballad of Tom Dooley: a ballad novel
Julie Otsuka The Buddha in the attic
Steve Sem-Sandberg The emperor of lies

Mystery & Suspense
Sara Blaedel Call me princess
Rhys Bowen Naughty in Nice
Michael Brandman Robert B. Parker's Killing the blues
Eoin Colfer Plugged: a novel
John Connolly The burning soul: a thriller
Laurie R. King Pirate king: a novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes
Laura Lippman The most dangerous thing
Mary McGarry Morris Light from a distant star
Jo Nesbø Headhunters
Spencer Quinn The dog who knew too much: a Chet & Bernie mystery
Judith Rock The eloquence of blood
Michael Stanley Death of the mantis: a Detective Kubu mystery
Charles Todd A bitter truth
Amanda Kyle Williams The stranger you seek

Science Fiction & Fantasy
Cassandra Clare Clockwork angel
Erin Morgenstern The night circus
Guillermo del Toro & Christophe Golden ; illustrations by Troy Nixey Don't be afraid of the dark: Blackwood's guide to dangerous fairies

Short Stories
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Apricot jam & other stories

NONFICTION

Applied Sciences
Simon Garfield Just my type: a book about fonts 686.2 G231
Mick McCarthy & Patricia Ahern In search of the missing: working with search & rescue dogs 636.7 M123

Arts & Architecture
Susan Briscoe Japanese quilt inspirations: 14 easy-to-make projects using Japanese fabrics 746.46 B85j
William Todd Schultz An emergency in slow motion: the inner life of Diane Arbus 770.092 A66s

Biography & Genealogy
William M. Adler The man who never died: the life, times, & legacy of Joe Hill, American labor icon 331.88 H645
Jean-Vincent Blanchard Éminence: Cardinal Richelieu & the rise of France 92 R528
Marianne Boruch The glimpse traveler 92 B739
Quinton Dixie & Peter Eisenstadt Visions of a better world: Howard Thurman's pilgrimage to India & the origins of African American nonviolence 92 T539d
Steve Wick The long night: William I. Shirer & the rise & fall of the Third Reich 92 S5575w

Books, Reading, Publishing & Journalism
Dave Bricker The one hour guide to self-publishing 070.5 B849

Business & Economics
Ryan Blair Nothing to lose, everything to gain: how I went from gang member to multimillionaire entrepreneur 658.11 B635
Jared Dillian Street freak: money & madness at Lehman Brothers: a memoir 332.62 D578
Ellen E. Schultz Retirement heist: how companies plunder & profit from the nest eggs of American workers 331.252 S387

History
Richard Bak The big jump: Lindbergh & the great Atlantic air race 629.13 L74b
Douglas Hunter The race to the New World: Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, & a lost history of discovery 970.01 H885
Anna Reid Leningrad: the epic siege of World War II, 1941-1944 940.542 R353
Edith Sheffer Burned Bridge: how East & West Germans made the Iron Curtain 943.087 S542
David Stevenson With our backs to the wall: victory & defeat in 1918 940.43 S84

Literature & Writing
Charles Bukowski More notes of a dirty old man: the uncollected columns 818 B932m
Jez Butterworth Jerusalem 822 B988
David Lindsay-Abaire Good people 812 L749g
Mina Loy Stories & essays 818 L92
Jonathan Raban Driving home: an American journey 828.9 R11d
Calvin Trillin Quite enough of Calvin Trillin: forty years of funny stuff 814 T82q

Music & Performing Arts
Roger Ebert Life itself: a memoir 791.43 E16L
Chuck Eddy Rock & roll always forgets: a quarter century of music criticism 781.64 E213
Barbara Eden Jeannie out of the bottle 792.092 E22
Carol Verburg Edward Gorey plays Cape Cod: puppets, people, places, & plots 792 G666
Steven J. Ross Hollywood left & right: how movie stars shaped American politics 791.43 R828

Philosophy, Psychology& Religion
Richard J. Foster Sanctuary of the soul: a journey into meditative prayer 248.3 F75s
Julian Guthrie The grace of everyday saints: how a band of believers lost their church & found their faith 282.7946 G984
Mary Johnson An unquenchable thirst: following Mother Teresa in search of love, service, & an authentic life 271.9 J661
Betsy Myers with John David Mann Take the lead: motivate, inspire, & bring out the best in yourself & everyone around you 158.4 M996
Kathy Rudy Loving animals: toward a new animal advocacy 179.3 R917
Anthony Scioli & Henry B. Biller Hope in the age of anxiety 149 S417

Politics & Government
Jim Lehrer Tension city: inside the Presidential debates from Kennedy-Nixon to Obama-McCain 324.73 L52
Mark Steyn After America: get ready for Armageddon 973.932 S853

Reference
2012 standard catalog of world coins, 1901-2000 737.4 S785

Social Sciences & Current Events
Siddhartha Deb The beautiful & the damned: a portrait of the new India 954.05 D286
Joshua S. Goldstein Winning the war on war: the decline of armed conflict worldwide 355.02 G62
Jeanne Guillemin American anthrax: fear, crime, & the investigation of the nation's deadliest bioterror attack 364.1 G958
Tyler Hamilton Mad like Tesla: underdog inventors & the relentless pursuit of clean energy 333.79 H221
Ronald Kessler The secrets of the FBI 363.25 K42
John R. Schmidt The unraveling: Pakistan in the age of jihad 954.9105 S352

Travel & Geography
Frommer's Virgin Islands 917.297 F93
Nicholas Kralev Decoding air travel: a guide to saving on airfare & flying in luxury 387.7 K894

CHILDREN’S COLLECTION

BOOKS

Fiction
Chinua Achebe ; illustrated by Edel Rodriguez Chike & the river
Sonya Hartnett ; illustrated by Andrea Offermann The midnight zoo
Tony Johnston ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst Levi Strauss gets a bright idea
Ellen Leroe ; illustrated by Kathy O'Malley Wild parrots of San Francisco
Brian Selznick Wonderstruck: a novel in words & pictures

AUDIOBOOKS

Fiction
Håkan Nesser Borkmann's point: an Inspector Van Veeteren mystery

DVDs

Foreign Language
Micmacs

CDs

Classical
Liszt Orchestral works CD Classical Liszt

Opera
John Adams Nixon in China CD Opera Adams

Vocal
The Rolling Stones Exile on Main St CD Vocal Rolling

Posted on Sep. 23, 2011 by Matt Montgomery