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BOOKS

FICTION
Michelle de Kretser Questions of travel
Maria Dermoût The ten thousand things
Cristina García King of Cuba
D.R. MacDonald The ice bridge
W. Somerset Maugham Of human bondage
Philipp Meyer The son
Cathie Pelletier The one-way bridge
Kathleen Tessaro The perfume collector
Daniel Wallace The kings & queens of roam

Multi-Gen Literature
Jennifer H. Lyne Catch rider

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
A.X. Ahmad The caretaker
Larry Bond Shattered trident
Jane Casey The last girl: a crime novel
Lee Child Killing floor
Deborah Coonts Lucky bastard
Stephen Coonts Pirate Alley
Gary Corby Sacred games
James Forrester The roots of betrayal
Hallgrimur Helgason The hitman's guide to housecleaning
Barbara Hambly Good man Friday: a Benjamin January novel
Mo Hayder Poppet
Mick Herron Dead lions
Maureen Jennings Beware this boy: a Detective Inspector Tom Tyler mystery
Richard Lange Angel baby
David Mark Original skin
Derek B. Miller Norwegian by night
Walter Mosley Little green: an Easy Rawlins mystery
Dan Smith The child thief
Josephine Tey The singing sands
Antti Tuomainen The healer
Steve Ulfelder Shotgun lullaby

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Peter V. Brett The daylight war
Kerry Greenwood Medea: a Delphic woman novel
Dean Koontz Deeply Odd: an Odd Thomas novel
Benjamin Percy Red moon

Short Stories
Janet Frame Between my father & the king: new & uncollected stories

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Kevin M. Bailey Billion-dollar fish: the untold story of Alaska pollock 639.3 B154

Biography & Genealogy
Chuck McFadden Trailblazer: a biography of Jerry Brown 92 B8775m
Charles Moore Margaret Thatcher. Volume one, Not for turning: the authorized biography 92 T367m

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Travis McDade Thieves of Book Row: New York's most notorious rare book ring & the man who stopped it 364.16 M478
Daniel Berkeley Updike The well-made book: essays & lectures 686.2 U66

Business & Economics
Elizabeth Dunn & Michael Norton Happy money: the science of smarter spending 332.024 D923
Bob Garfield & Doug Levy Can't buy me like: how authentic customer connections drive superior results 658.812 G231
Robert Kuttner Debtors' prison: the politics of austerity versus possibility 339.52 K97
Jonathan Schlefer The assumptions economists make 330 S339

Computer Science
Massimo Banzi Getting started with Arduino 004.165 A677b
Matthew Helmke Ubuntu unleashed 005.432 U15h
Michael Margolis Arduino cookbook 004.165 A677m
David Pogue iPhone: the missing manual 004.1675 I647p
Matt Richardson & Shawn Wallace Getting started with Raspberry Pi 004.165 R226r
Eben Upton & Gareth Halfacree Raspberry Pi user guide 004.165 R226u

Food & Drink
Nathalie Jordi, David Carrell & Joel Hororowitz People's Pops: 55 recipes for ice pops, shave ice & boozy pops from Brooklyn's coolest pop shop 641.86 J826
Joseph Tychonievich Plant breeding for the gardener: how to create unique vegetables & flowers 635 T978

Health & Medicine
Janet Bond Brill Blood pressure down: the 10-step plan to lower your blood pressure in four weeks-without prescription drugs 616.13 B857
T. Colin Campbell Whole: rethinking the science of nutrition 613.2 C191w

History
The Countess of Carnarvon Lady Almina & the real Downton Abbey: the lost legacy of Highclere Castle 942.271 C288
The history of the gold discoveries in the northern mines of California's mother lode gold belt: as told by the newspapers & miners, 1848-1875 979.404 S978n
The history of the gold discoveries in the southern mines of California's mother lode gold belt as told by the newspapers & miners, 1848-1860 979.404 S978s
Bruce Levine The fall of the house of Dixie: the Civil War & the social revolution that transformed the South 973.713 L665
Andrew Marr A history of the world 909 M358

Home & Family Management
Jennifer Margulis The business of baby: what doctors don't tell you, what corporations try to sell you & how to put your pregnancy, childbirth & baby before their bottom line 649.1 M331
Denise Schipani Mean moms rule: why doing the hard stuff now creates good kids later 306.874 S336

Languages & Linguistics
Conversational Swedish 439.7 P644

Law
Larry J. Sabato A more perfect Constitution: why the Constitution must be revised: ideas to inspire a new generation 342.7303 S11

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Curtis Ebbesmeyer & Eric Scigliano Flotsametrics & the floating world: how one man's obsession with runaway sneakers & rubber ducks revolutionized ocean science 551.46 E153
Mario Livio Brilliant blunders: from Darwin to Einstein--colossal mistakes by great scientists that changed our understanding of life & the universe 500 L78

Performing Arts & Music
Burt Bacharach Anyone who had a heart: my life & music 780.92 B121

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Green egg omelette: an anthology of art & articles from the legendary pagan journal 299.94 G795
Cris Putnam & Thomas Horn Exo-Vaticana: Petrus Romanus, Project L.U.C.I.F.E.R & the Vatican's astonishing plan for the arrival of an alien savior 282 P989
Elisabeth Sifton The serenity prayer: faith & politics in times of peace & war 242 S573

Politics & Government
Bob Woodward The price of politics 973.932 W899p

Reference
Library & book trade almanac 020.5 L697
The encyclopedia of New York City 974.71 E563

Social Sciences & Current Events
William J. Bernstein Masters of the word: how media shaped history, from the alphabet to the Internet 302.23 B531
John Gerzema, Michael D'Antonio The Athena doctrine: how women (and men who think like them) will rule the future 305.42 G388
Jason Lankow, Josh Ritchie, Ross Crooks Infographics: the power of visual storytelling 302.23 L289
Mark Mazzetti The way of the knife: the CIA, a secret army & a war at the ends of the Earth 356.16 M477

Travel & Geography
LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski Europe by Eurail 2013: touring Europe by train 914 F35
Fodor's Arizona & the Grand Canyon 917.91 F65
Fodor's Switzerland 914.94 F65
Frommer's Bahamas 917.296 F93
Frommer's Montréal & Québec City 917.1428 F93
Frommer's New York City, 2013 917.471 F93
Frommer's Vietnam with Angkor Wat 915.97 F93
Bill Gillham Parisians' Paris 914.436 G482
Lonely Planet China 915.1 L847
Robert E. Manning, Martha S. Manning Walking distance: extraordinary hikes for ordinary people 910 M284
Sarah Moss Names for the sea: strangers in Iceland 914.91 M913
The rough guide to Canada 917.1 R856
Terri Peterson Smith Off the beaten page: the best trips for lit lovers, book clubs & girls on getaways 910.4 S642

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Dan Brown Inferno

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Nonfiction
Philippe Coudray Benjamin Bear in Fuzzy thinking: a Toon book 741.5 C854
Poems to learn by heart 821.08 P744k
Gillian Richardson 10 plants that shook the world 581.63 R522

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DVDs
Comedy
Mrs. Doubtfire

Drama
The age of innocence
The conspirator
Gods & monsters
The portrait of a lady
Saturday night fever

Posted on Jun. 16, 2013 by Heather Terrell