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BOOKS

FICTION
Héctor Abad Recipes for sad women
Wilton Barnhardt Lookaway, lookaway
Lars Eighner Pawn to queen four
Jenni Fagan The Panopticon

Historical Fiction
Andrea Barrett Archangel
Ivan Doig Sweet thunder
Thomas Keneally The daughters of Mars
James McBride The good lord bird

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Benjamin Black Holy orders: a Quirke novel
Robin Blake Dark waters
Barbara Cleverly A spider in the cup
David Downing Silesian station
A.S.A. Harrison The silent wife
John Harwood The asylum
Gregg Hurwitz Tell no lies
Alex Marwood The wicked girls
Marisha Pessl Night film
Bill Pronzini Nemesis: a Nameless Detective novel
Lynn Shepherd A fatal likeness
Charles Souby Winifred
Stephen White Compound fractures

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Samantha Shannon The bone season

Short Stories
Carolyn Cooke Amor & Psycho
Peter Orner Last car over the Sagamore Bridge

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Joshua Kendall America's obsessives: the compulsive energy that built a nation 609.2 K333

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Concrete 721 C744

Biography & Genealogy
Richard Bisgrove William Robinson: the wild gardener 712.092 R666
Annette Blaugrund The essential John James Audubon 92 A914be
Larry Colton Goat brothers: the true-life American epic of five men who meet as fraternity brothers in the early 1960s & live out the dreams, failures, loves & betrayals of their tumultuous generation 920 C725
Jeff Guinn Manson: the life & times of Charles Manson 364.152 M289
Timothy Mowl William Beckford: composing for Mozart 92 B3964

Business & Economics
Kiana Danial Invest Diva's guide to making money in Forex 332.45 D183
A guide to the project management body of knowledge 658.4 G946
Mal Warwick Revolution in the mailbox: your guide to successful direct mail fundraising 658.152 W311

Chess
Encyclopaedia of chess middlegames: combinations ... 794.123 E562
Vassily Ivanchuk: 100 selected games 794.15 I932
New in chess yearbook 794.1 N53y
The world champions I knew 794.1 S715w

Food & Drink
Monty Waldin Wines of South America 641.22 W163

Health & Medicine
Star Bobatoon I hate muscular dystrophy: loving a child with a life-altering disease 616.748 B663
Suzanne Corkin Permanent present tense: the unforgettable life of the amnesic patient, H.M. 616.8523 H111
Tommye-Karen Mayer One-handed in a two-handed world: your step-by-step guide to managing single-handedly 362.4 M468

History
Roy & Lesley Adkins Jane Austen's England 942.07 A23
Patrick Barbier Vivaldi's Venice: music & celebration in the Baroque era 945.31 B236
Susan Dunn 1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler--the election amid the storm 973.917 D92

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Thomas D. Seeley Honeybee democracy 595.79 S452

Performing Arts & Music
Tom Folsom Hopper: a journey into the American dream 792.092 H7985

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Robert H. Jackson Missions & the frontiers of Spanish America: a comparative study of the impact of environmental, economic, political & socio-cultural variations on the missions in the Río de la Plata Region & on the Northern Frontier of New Spain 266.28 J138

Politics & Government
Mark Leibovich This town: two parties & a funeral--plus, plenty of valet parking!--in America's gilded capital 306.2 L525
George P. Shultz Issues on my mind: strategies for the future 320.6 S562

Social Sciences & Current Events
Nate Anderson The Internet police: how crime went online -- & the cops followed 364.168 A548
Rose George Ninety percent of everything: inside shipping, the invisible industry that puts clothes on your back, gas in your car & food on your plate 388 G349
Alison Stewart First class: the legacy of Dunbar, America's first Black public high school 373.753 S849
Thomas J. Tierney Give $mart: philanthropy that gets results 361.74 T564
Kenneth Worthy Invisible nature: healing the destructive divide between people & the environment 304.2 W934

Sports & Games
David M. Ewalt Of dice & men: the story of Dungeons & dragons & the people who play it 793.93 E942

Travel & Geography
the Marquis de Custine Empire of the czar: a journey through eternal Russia 914.7 C98

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Susan Howatch The high flyer
Georgette Heyer Detection unlimited

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Eve Bunting ; illustrated by Chris Soentpiet So far from the sea

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Benjamin Black Holy orders: a Quirke novel
Jess Walter Beautiful ruins

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EBOOKS
Emily Baime & Darin Michaels A year in food & beer: recipes & beer pairings for every season
Douglas Hofstadter & Emmanuel Sander Surfaces & essences: analogy as the fuel & fire of thinking
Thanhha Lai Inside out & back again
Sean McMeekin July 1914: countdown to war

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CDs

Jazz
Louie Bellson Jazz Giants CD Jazz Bellson
Tony Bennett Hot & cool: Bennett sings Ellington CD Jazz Bennett
Stan Getz & Arthur Fiedler at Tanglewood CD Jazz Getz

World
Nuevo CD World Kronos

Posted on Sep. 3, 2013 by Heather Terrell