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BOOKS

FICTION
Baxter Black Ride, cowboy, ride!: 8 seconds ain't that long: a rodeo novel
Cylin Busby Blink once
E.L. James Fifty shades of Grey
Susan Straight Between heaven & here
Irvine Welsh Skagboys

Historical Fiction
Randy Boyagoda Beggar's feast
Michael Ennis The malice of fortune
J. R. Moehringer Sutton

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Harry Bingham Talking to the dead
Bill James Undercover: a Harpur & Iles mystery
Eva Joly & Judith Perrignon The eyes of Lira Kazan
Raymond Khoury The devil's elixir

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Lauren Beukes Zoo city
N.K. Jemisin The hundred thousand kingdoms: book one of the Inheritance trilogy
N.K. Jemisin The broken kingdoms: book two of the Inheritance trilogy
N.K. Jemisin The kingdom of gods: book three of the Inheritance trilogy

Short Stories
The best American mystery stories B563 2012
The best American short stories B56 2012

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Richard Sala The chuckling whatsit 741.5 S159c

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Thomas Padon Contemporary photography & the garden: deceits & fantasies 779 P124
Elizabeth A.T. Smith Case study houses: the complete CSH program, 1945-1966 728.37 S642

Biography & Genealogy
Christopher de Bellaigue Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh & a tragic Anglo-American coup 92 M894
Damien Echols Life after death 364.66 E188
Mary Soames A daughter's tale: the memoir of Winston Churchill's youngest child 92 S676
Walter Stahr Seward: Lincoln's indispensable man 92 S514
Mark Twain Autobiography of Mark Twain: reader's edition, vol. 1 92 T969r

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Preserving local writers, genealogy, photographs, newspapers & related materials 025.84 P933

Business & Economics
Alan Axelrod Julius Caesar, CEO: 6 principles to guide & inspire modern leaders 658.4 A969
Steve Blank & Bob Dorf The startup owner's manual, vol. 1: the step-by-step guide for building a great company 658.11 B642
Randall Stross The launch pad: inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's most exclusive school for startups 338.761 S924L

Chess
New in chess yearbook = Neu im Schach Jahrbuch 794.1 N53y v.104, 2012

Computer Science
Ben Frain Responsive web design with HTML5 & CSS3: learn responsive design using HTML5 & CSS3 to adapt websites to any browser or screen size 006.76 F812

Food & Drink
Deborah Schneider The Mexican slow cooker: recpies for mole, enchiladas, carnitas, chile verde pork & more favorites 641.5972 S359m

Health & Medicine
Alasdair & Jean Philips The powerwatch handbook: simple ways to make you & your family safer 612.014 P554

History
Catharine Arnold Underworld London: crime & punishment in the capital city 364.9421 A752
Eric Jay Dolin When America first met China: an exotic history of tea, drugs & money in the Age of Sail 382.0973 D66
The great famine in China, 1958-1962: a documentary history 363.8 G786
Philip McFarland Mark Twain & the Colonel: Samuel L. Clemens, Theodore Roosevelt & the arrival of a new century 973.8 M143
Antonio J. Mendez & Matt Baglio Argo: how the CIA & Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history 327.12 M538a
James Srodes On Dupont Circle: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt & the progressives who shaped our world 973.91 S774
Stanley Weintraub Final victory: FDR's extraordinary World War II presidential campaign 324.973 W424

Languages & Linguistics
Robert Hartwell Fiske The dimwit's dictionary REF 423.1 F541

Law
Denis Clifford Make your own living trust 346.052 C63
Stephen Elias Legal research: how to find & understand the law 340.072 E42
Stephen Fishman The copyright handbook: what every writer needs to know 346.048 F53c
Lisa Guerin & Amy DelPo Create your own employee handbook: a legal & practical guide for employers 658.3 G93
Anthony Mancuso How to form a nonprofit corporation in California 346.064 M269
Mary Randolph Deeds for California real estate 346.0438 R194
Fred S. Steingold The complete guide to buying a business 346.065 S822
Marcia Stewart & Ralph Warner & Janet Portman Leases & rental agreements 346.0434 S851
Richard Stim Getting permission: how to license & clear copyrighted materials online & off 346.048 S858
Ralph Warner & Robin Leonard 101 law forms for personal use 347.055 W28
Mimi Lyster Zemmelman Building a parenting agreement that works: child custody agreements step by step 346.0173 Z53

Literature & Writing
The best American essays 814.8 B56 2012
The best American nonrequired reading 814.8 B561 2012
Many genres, one craft: lessons in writing popular fiction 808.3 M295

Music & Performing Arts
I'm your man: the life of Leonard Cohen 780.92 C678

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
The best American science & nature writing 500 B56n 2012
Wayne Biddle A field guide to radiation 539.2 B58

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Rosemary Mahoney The singular pilgrim: travels on sacred ground 263.041 M21
Robert R. Provine Curious behavior: yawning, laughing, hiccupping & beyond 152.32 P969
Jonathan Sacks The great partnership: science, religion & the search for meaning 201.65 S121

Politics & Government
Sasha Issenberg The victory lab: the secret science of winning campaigns 324.7 I86
Charles R. Kesler I am the change: Barack Obama & the crisis of liberalism 320.51 O12
Craig Unger Boss Rove: inside Karl Rove's secret kingdom of power 973.931 R87u

Reference
Russell Ash Top 10 of everything REF 031.02 A81

Social Sciences & Current Events
Ty Burr Gods like us: on movie stardom & modern fame 306.48 B968
Matthew Carr Fortress Europe: dispatches from a gated continent 363.285 C31
Angela Y. Davis The meaning of freedom 305.896 D261m
From text to txting: new media in the classroom 371.33 F931
David Cay Johnston The fine print: how big companies use "plain English" to rob you blind 364.16 J72
David Shaw King Food for the flames: idols & missionaries in central Polynesia 306.46 K525
Errol Morris A wilderness of error: the trials of Jeffrey MacDonald 364.152 M135
Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu When half is whole: multiethnic Asian American identities 305.895 M978
Lynn Povich The good girls revolt: how the women of Newsweek sued their bosses & changed the workplace 331.481 P879

Sports & Games
The best American sports writing 796 B56a 2012
Margaret Drabble The pattern in the carpet: a personal history with jigsaws 793.73 D756
Christian Hosoi Hosoi: my life as a skateboarder junkie inmate pastor 796.22 H827
Dorothy Hayden Truscott Bid better, play better: how to think at the bridge table 795 T873

Travel & Geography
The best American travel writing 910 B561 2012
Philip P. Choy San Francisco Chinatown: a guide to its history & its architecture 979.461 C552
Karen Elliot House On Saudi Arabia: its people, past, religion, fault lines--and future 953.8 H842

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Arthur Bradford ; pictures by Lisa Hanawalt Benny's brigade
Robert Burleigh ; illustrated by Ross MacDonald Hit the road, Jack
Sharon Creech The great unexpected
Louise Erdrich Chickadee
Mario Ramos I am so handsome

Nonfiction
Sarah Drew Junk box jewelry: 25 DIY low cost (or no cost) jewelry projects
Elin Kelsey ; artwork by Soyeon Kim You are stardust
Doreen Rappaport Beyond courage: the untold story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust
Martin W. Sandler The impossible rescue: the true story of an amazing Arctic adventure
Helen Ward The town mouse & the country mouse: an Aesop fable

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AUDIOBOOKS
Nonfiction
Simon Winchester The professor & the madman: a tale of murder, insanity & the making of the Oxford English dictionary 423 W75c

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EBOOKS
Donald L. Barlett & James B. Steele The betrayal of the American dream Ebook
Dinesh D'Souza Obama's America: unmaking the American dream Ebook
David Levithan Every day Ebook

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DVDs
Comedy
Bernie
The science of sleep
Team America: world police

Drama
A world apart

Nonfiction
The end of the line 333.956 E565
From the other side 364.137 F931
Martha's baking favorites 641.815 M377
Surviving progress 303.44 S963

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CDs
Jazz
Horace Silver Song for my father

Opera
The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess

Vocals
Eagles Hotel California

Posted on Oct. 5, 2012 by Matt Montgomery