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New Titles for the Week of May 17

BOOKS

FICTION
Kate Atkinson Life after life
Paulo Coelho Manuscript found in Accra
Elinor Lipman The view from penthouse B
Claire Messud The woman upstairs
David Poyer The whiteness of the whale
Elif Shafak Honor
Jessica Soffer Tomorrow there will be apricots

Historical Fiction
Neil Gordon The company you keep
Ken Kalfus Equilateral

Multi-Gen Literature
C.D. Payne Youth in revolt: the journals of Nick Twisp, volumes I, II, III: Youth in revolt, Youth in bondage, Youth in exile

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Richard Crompton Hour of the Red God
Hallie Ephron There was an old woman
Gregory Gibson The old Turk's load
Charlotte Link The other child
Phillip Margolin Sleight of hand: a novel of suspense
Urban Waite The carrion birds

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Charlaine Harris Dead ever after
Daniel O'Malley The rook
Nathaniel Rich Odds against tomorrow
Freda Warrington Grail of the summer stars

Short Stories
Alexander MacLeod Light lifting: stories

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Crochet one-skein wonders: 101 projects from crocheters around the world 746.43 C9376

Business & Economics
Michelle Bowden How to present: the ultimate guide to presenting your ideas & influencing people using techniques that actually work 658.45 B784
Steven J. Harper The lawyer bubble: a profession in crisis 331.7 H295
Andrea Kay This is how to get your next job: an inside look at what employers really want 650.14 K231
Peter Shankman Nice companies finish first: why cutthroat management is over-- & collaboration is in 658 S528
Carl E. Van Horn Working scared (or not at all): the lost decade, great recession & restoring the shattered American dream 331.1 V256

Chess
Sam Palatnik & Lev Alburt Chess tactics for the tournament player 794.123 P154

Food & Drink
William Davis Wheat belly cookbook: 150 recipes to lose the wheat, lose the weight & find your path back to health 641.563 D265

Health & Medicine
Jane Fonda Prime time 612.68 F67
Walter A. Hunt Kidney disease: a guide for living 616.61 H943
Creek Stewart Build the perfect bug out bag: your 72-hour disaster survival kit 613.69 S849

History
J. Edward Chamberlin Island: how islands transform the world 909.0942 C443
Thomas Dyja The third coast: when Chicago built the American dream 977.311 D996
Simon Esmonde Cleary The Roman West, AD 200-500: an archaeological study 937.06 E76
Stephane Kirkland Paris reborn: Napoléon III, Baron Haussmann & the quest to build a modern city 307.12 K596
Caroline Shenton The day Parliament burned down 942.1 E76

Literature & Writing
Anne Carson Red doc> 811 C321r
Alex Dimitrov Begging for it 811 D582
John Huston The treasure of the Sierra Madre 812 H972
Marcel Proust The collected poems: a dual-language edition with parallel text 841 P968
Will Schutt Westerly 811 S396
David Sedaris Let's explore diabetes with owls 814 S447L
Margaret C. Sullivan The Jane Austen handbook: a sensible yet elegant guide to her world 823 A933sj

Performing Arts & Music
B. Ruby Rich New queer cinema: the director's cut 791.43 R498

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Stephen T. Asma Against fairness 179 A836
Erica Brown Happier endings: a meditation on life & death 128.5 B877
Lawrence R. Samuel Shrink: a cultural history of psychoanalysis in America 150.195 S193

Politics & Government
Vali Nasr The dispensable nation: American foreign policy in retreat 327.73 N26
Victor S. Navasky The art of controversy: political cartoons & their enduring power 320.02 N32

Social Sciences & Current Events
Daniel Brook A history of future cities 307.76 B871
Jacob Darwin Hamblin Arming Mother Nature: the birth of catastrophic environmentalism 363.34 H199

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Martin Amis Lionel Asbo: state of England
Joan Didion Blue nights
Jeffrey Eugenides The marriage plot
Dashiell Hammett The Maltese falcon
James Joyce Dubliners
Michael Ondaatje The cat's table

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Chris Raschka Everyone can learn to ride a bicycle

Nonfiction
Jon Richards & Ed Simkins The natural world 508 R516

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
B.A. Shapiro The art forger

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DVDs
Comedy
The Americanization of Emily

Drama
J. Edgar
Zero dark thirty

Foreign Language
Cast me if you can

Musicals
Les misérables

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Hereafter

Nonfiction
The power of nightmares: the rise of the politics of fear 363.325 P887
Triumph of the will 943.086 T841

Posted on May. 19, 2013 by Heather Terrell