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New Titles for the Week of June 8

BOOKS

FICTION
Gail Godwin Flora
Christopher Hacker The Morels
Khaled Hosseini And the mountains echoed
Stefan Zweig Confusion: the private papers of Privy Councillor R. von D.

Historical Fiction
Bill Cheng Southern cross the dog
Jeff Shaara A chain of thunder: a novel of the Siege of Vicksburg
Fay Weldon Long live the king

Multi-Gen Literature
Rick Yancey The 5th Wave

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Jussi Adler-Olsen A conspiracy of faith: a Department Q novel
Ace Atkins Robert B. Parker's Wonderland
Ann Cleeves Silent voices: a Vera Stanhope mystery
Carolyn Hart Dead, white & blue
Michael Harvey The innocence game
Camilla Läckberg The stranger
Jennifer McMahon The one I left behind
Victoria Thompson Murder in Chelsea: a gaslight mystery
David Whellams The drowned man: a Peter Cammon mystery

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Sidney Portier Montaro Caine
Koji Suzuki Loop

Short Stories
Thomas H. Cook Fatherhood & other stories
Lily Tuck The house at Belle Fontaine: stories

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Blutch So long, silver screen 741.5 B659s

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Samuel Avery The pipeline & the paradigm: Keystone XL, tar sands & the battle to defuse the carbon bomb 665.5 A954

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Greg Bottoms Spiritual American trash: portraits from the margins of art & faith 709.22 B751
Kendall H. Brown Quiet beauty: Japanese gardens of North America 712 B877
Kathryn E. Holliday Ralph Walker: architect of the century 720.92 W177h

Business & Economics
Roman Krznaric How to find fulfilling work 650.1 K949
David A. Stockman The great deformation: the corruption of capitalism in America 330.973 S865

Computer Science
Guillermo Rauch Smashing Node.js: JavaScript everywhere 005.2762 J416r

Food & Drink
Mark Bittman VB6: eat vegan before 6:00 to lose weight & restore your health ... for good: the flexible diet you can really stick to, with more than 60 easy, delicious recipes 641.5636 B62v
Hanna Neuschwander Left coast roast: a guide to the best coffee & roasters from San Francisco to Seattle 641.637 N495
Eric Toensmeier Paradise lot: two plant geeks, one-tenth of an acre & the making of an edible garden oasis in the city 635 T64pa

Health & Medicine
Gary Greenberg The book of woe: the DSM & the unmaking of psychiatry 616.89 G798

History
Bevin Alexander MacArthur's war: the flawed genius who challenged the American political system 951.9 A37
Alberto Angela A day in the life of ancient Rome 937.07 A581
William Dalrymple From the holy mountain: a journey among the Christians of the Middle East 915.6 D151
Graham Hancock Fingerprints of the gods 930 H23
George Packer The unwinding: an inner history of the new America 973.924 P119
Anthony Pagden The Enlightenment & why it still matters 940.25 P134

Law
Fred S. Steingold Legal guide for starting & running a small business 346.73 S82

Literature & Writing
Melissa Ginsburg Dear weather ghost 811 G493

Performing Arts & Music
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong Mary & Lou & Rhoda & Ted & all the brilliant minds who made The Mary Tyler Moore show a classic 791.45 A735
Robert K. Elder The best film you've never seen: 35 directors champion the forgotten or critically savaged movies they love 791.43 E375
David Whiteis Southern soul-blues 781.644 W593

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Rüdiger Safranski Schopenhauer & the wild years of philosophy 193 S373s

Social Sciences & Current Events
Charles Graeber The good nurse: a true story of medicine, madness & murder 364.152 G734
Dan Savage American Savage: insights, slights & fights on faith, sex, love & politics 306.76 S263
David Stuckler, Sanjay Basu The body economic: why austerity kills: recessions, budget battles & the politics of life & death 306.3 S932

Sports & Games
Jimmy Connors The outsider: a memoir 796.34 C752

Posted on Jun. 9, 2013 by Heather Terrell