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BOOKS

FICTION
Jane Austen Pride & prejudice
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Oleander girl
Ernest Hemingway A farewell to arms
Virginia Woolf Orlando: a biography

Historical Fiction
Ann Chamberlin The sword of God
Alana White The sign of the weeping virgin

Multi-Gen Literature
Lauren Roedy Vaughn OCD, the Dude & me
Blythe Woolston Black helicopters

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Jo Bannister Deadly virtues
Lucretia Grindle Villa triste
James Patterson Alex Cross, run

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Deb Taber Necessary ill

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Camaren Subhiyah Agent Gates & the secret adventures of Devonton Abbey: (a parody) 741.5 S941

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Denyse Beaulieu The perfume lover: a personal history of scent 668.5 B377

Business & Economics
Ben S. Bernanke The Federal Reserve & the financial crisis: lectures 330.973 B517
Juan Pablo Cardenal & Heriberto Araújo China's silent army: the pioneers, traders, fixers & workers who are remaking the world in Beijing's image 337.51 C266

Food & Drink
Eugenia Bone Well-preserved: recipes & techniques for putting up small batches of seasonal foods 641.4 B712

Health & Medicine
John S. Link with James Waisman, Nancy Link The breast cancer survival manual: a step-by-step guide for women with newly diagnosed breast cancer 616.994 L796
Jane E. Drichta & Jodilyn Owen The essential homebirth guide: for families planning or considering birthing at home 618.2 D779
Rebecca Katz with Mat Edelson The longevity kitchen: satisfying, big-flavor recipes featuring the top 16 age-busting power foods 612.68 K199
John Elder Robison Raising Cubby: a father & son's adventures with Asperger's, trains, tractors & high explosives 616.8588 R66r

History
Ancient Nubia: African kingdoms on the Nile 939.78 A541
Rory Carroll Comandante: Hugo Chávez's Venezuela 987.06 C512c
Christopher Clark The sleepwalkers: how Europe went to war in 1914 940.311 C593
Tom Huntington Searching for George Gordon Meade: the forgotten victor of Gettysburg 973.741 M481
Dane Kennedy The last blank spaces: exploring Africa & Australia 916 K353
Lary May Screening out the past: the birth of mass culture & the motion picture industry 302.2343 M466
Military history: the definitive visual guide to the objects of warfare 355.09 S664
Lynne Olson Those angry days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh & America's fight over World War II, 1939-1941 940.531 O52t
Monte Reel Between man & beast: an unlikely explorer, the evolution debates & the African adventure that took the Victorian world by storm 916.721 R327

Home & Family Management
Brad Wilson Do more, spend less: the new secrets of living the good life for less 640.73 W746

Languages & Linguistics
Sarah Ogilvie Words of the world: a global history of the Oxford English Dictionary 423 O349

Law
Martin Clancy & Tim O'Brien Murder at the Supreme Court: lethal crimes & landmark cases 345.73 C587
John Douglas & Mark Olshaker Law & disorder: [the legendary FBI profiler's relentless pursuit for justice] 345.05 D73

Literature & Writing
Always apprentices: the Believer magazine presents twenty-two conversations between writers 809 A477
Mathew Henderson The lease 811 H497
Phillip Lopate Portrait inside my head: essays 814 L86pi
W.S. Merwin Selected translations, 1948-2011 808.81 M576
Andrea Pitzer The secret history of Vladimir Nabokov 813 N11ps

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Virginia Morell Animal wise: the thoughts & emotions of our fellow creatures 591.51 M841
Marlene Zuk Paleofantasy: what evolution really tells us about sex, diet & how we live 599.93 Z945

Performing Arts & Music
Rita Moreno Rita Moreno: a memoir 792.092 M843

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
John Corvino What's wrong with homosexuality? 176.4 C832
Lauren Drain with Lisa Pulitzer Banished: surviving my years in the Westboro Baptist Church 286.5 D7598
Ennis B. Edmonds Rastafari: a very short introduction 299.676 E241
Peter Eisner The Pope's last crusade: how an American Jesuit helped Pope Pius XI's campaign to stop Hitler 282.092 L159
Chan Master Guo Jun Essential Chan Buddhism: the character & spirit of Chinese Zen 294.39 G977
Gary Kowalski Goodbye, friend: healing wisdom for anyone who has ever lost a pet 636.088 K886
David Malouf The happy life: the search for contentment in the modern world 170 M258
Anthony Peake The labyrinth of time: the illusion of past, present & future 115 P357

Reference
Allen J. Coombes The A to Z of plant names: a quick reference guide to 4000 garden plants 635.03 C775

Social Sciences & Current Events
Marina Adshade Dollars & sex: how economics influences sex & love 306.7 A244
Dan Baum Gun guys: a road trip 683.4 B347
Joel F. Harrington The faithful executioner: life & death, honor & shame in the turbulent sixteenth century 364.66 H299
Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, & Joshua Green Spreadable media: creating value & meaning in a networked culture 302.23 J524
Michael Muhammad Knight Tripping with Allah: Islam, drugs & writing 305.6 K711
Andy Molinsky Global dexterity: how to adapt your behavior across cultures without losing yourself in the process 395.52 M723
David Priestland Merchant, soldier, sage: a history of the world in three castes 305.09 P949

Sports & Games
Elly Blue Everyday bicycling: how to ride a bike for transporation (whatever your lifestyle) 796.6 B658
Bill Jones The ghost runner: the epic journey of the man they couldn't stop 796.42 T192
Joe Peta Trading bases: a story about Wall Street, gambling & baseball (not necessarily in that order) 796.357 P477

Travel & Geography
Charlie LeDuff Detroit: an American autopsy 977.434 L44
The rough guide to Croatia 914.972 R856
Michael Sorkin Twenty minutes in Manhattan 720.9747 S714

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Nonfiction
Kathleen Monaghan, Hermon Joyner You can weave!: projects for young weavers 746.14 M825

DVDs
The adventures of Tintin. Season one

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Jussi Adler-Olsen The absent one: a Department Q novel
Stephen Crane The red badge of courage
Jo Nesbø Phantom
George Saunders Tenth of December: stories

Nonfiction
Louis Markos The life & writings of C.S. Lewis 823 L67
Amy Stewart The drunken botanist: the plants that create the world's great drinks 581.632 S84c

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EBOOKS
Isaac Adamson Complication
In pursuit of Spenser: mystery writers on Robert B. Parker & the creation of an American hero
Yann Martel Life of Pi
Joel C. Rosenberg Damascus Countdown
Staten Island noir

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DVDs
Comedy
Midnight

Foreign Language
Commissar (Komissar)

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Perry Mason. Season 3, volume 1

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CDs
Classical
Philip Glass Glassworks
Evelyn Glennie Shadow behind the iron sun

Musicals & Soundtracks
Edward Kleban A class act

Vocals
R.E.M Monster

Posted on Apr. 7, 2013 by Heather Terrell