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New Titles: April 29 - May 5

BOOKS

FICTION
Jane Gardam Last friends
Rachel Kushner The flamethrowers
Jennie Shortridge Love water memory

Historical Fiction
James Salter All that is
Rose Tremain Merivel: a man of his time

Multi-Gen Literature
Peggy Riley Amity & Sorrow

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Loren D. Estleman Alive! a Valentino mystery
Andrew Gross No way back
Iris Johansen Taking Eve
Philip Kerr A man without breath: a Bernie Gunther novel
Brian McGilloway The nameless dead
Bart Paul Under Tower Peak
Alexander Söderberg The Andalucian friend
Donald Thomas Death on a pale horse: Sherlock Holmes on Her Majesty's secret service
Robert Wilson Capital punishment

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Evie Manieri Blood's pride
Liesel Schwarz A conspiracy of alchemists

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Brian Michael Bendis All-new X-Men: Yesterday's X-Men 741.5 X7
Scott Snyder American vampire: Volume three 741.5 S675a v.3
Daredevil: Volume three 741.5 D217w v.3

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Barb Blair Furniture makeovers: simple techniques for transforming furniture with paint, stains, paper, stencils & more 684 B635

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Elizabeth Armstrong More real: art in the age of truthiness 709.05 A735
Diane Keaton House 720.286 K25
Richard Meyer What was contemporary art? 709.04 M613
Out of character: decoding Chinese calligraphy 745.6 O942
Derek Sayer Prague, capital of the twentieth century: a surrealist history 700.9437 S274
Dickran Tashjian A boatload of madmen: surrealism & the American avant-garde, 1920-1950 709.73 T19

Biography & Genealogy
Maya Angelou Mom & me & mom 92 A584m
Hawa Abdi Keeping hope alive: one woman, 90,000 lives changed 323.092 H389
Julia Sweeney If it's not one thing, it's your mother 362.734 S974

Computer Science
Steve Krug Rocket surgery made easy: the do-it-yourself guide to finding & fixing usability problems 006.7 K942

Food & Drink
Caitlin Freeman Modern art desserts: recipes for cakes, cookies, confections & frozen treats based on iconic works of art 641.86 F855
Jeanne Kelley Salad for dinner: complete meals for all seasons 641.83 K294

Health & Medicine
Letty Cottin Pogrebin How to be a friend to a friend who's sick 610 P746

History
Max Boot Invisible armies: an epic history of guerrilla warfare from ancient times to the present 355.02 B725i
William Dalrymple Return of a king: the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 958.1 D151
Sean McMeekin July 1914: countdown to war 940.311 M167j

Literature & Writing
Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm The annotated Brothers Grimm 398.2943 G864a 2012
Postmodern American poetry: a Norton anthology 811.08 P85 2013

Social Sciences & Current Events
Evgeny Morozov To save everything, click here: the folly of technological solutionism 302.23 M871
James Sherwood The perfect gentleman: the pursuit of timeless elegance & style in London 391 S554

Sports & Games
Pete Jordan In the city of bikes: the story of the Amsterdam cyclist 796.6 J824

Travel & Geography
Alastair Sawday's special places to stay: French châteaux & hotels 647.9444 S271
Alastair Sawday's special places to stay: Italy 647.9445 S271

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION
DVDs
Frankenweenie

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Edward Rutherfurd Paris: the novel

Nonfiction
Michael Pollan Cooked: a natural history of transformation 641.5 P771c

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DVDs
Drama
Coriolanus
Mrs. Parker & the vicious circle

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Our man in Havana

Posted on May. 5, 2013 by Heather Terrell