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BOOKS

FICTION
Catherine O'Flynn Mr. Lynch's holiday
Richard North Patterson Loss of innocence

Historical Fiction
Jo Baker Longbourn
Charles Belfoure The Paris architect
Michael Dobbs Winston's war
Martin Fletcher Jacob's oath
Jonathan Grimwood The last banquet
Douglas Lain Billy Moon
Jim Lehrer Top down: a novel of the Kennedy assassination

Multi-Gen Literature
Nancy Farmer The lord of Opium
Mindy McGinnis Not a drop to drink
Matthew Quick Forgive me, Leonard Peacock
Rainbow Rowell Fangirl

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Michael Brandman Robert B. Parker's Damned if you do: a Jesse Stone novel
Jeffery Deaver The October list
Felix Francis Dick Francis's refusal
Elizabeth George Just one evil act
M.C. Grant Devil with a gun: a Dixie Flynn mystery
Patricia Hall Dressed to kill
Anne Hillerman Spider Woman's daughter: a Leaphorn & Chee novel
Bill James Play dead
Christobel Kent A darkness descending: a mystery in Florence
Archer Mayor Three can keep a secret: a Joe Gunther novel
Brian McGilloway The rising
Jo Nesbø Police
Anne Rice The wolves of midwinter: the Wolf Gift chronicles
Liad Shoham Lineup
Jeffrey Siger Mykonos after midnight: a Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis mystery
Vidar Sundstøl The land of dreams
Valerie Plame & Sarah Lovett Blowback: a Vanessa Pierson novel

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Toby Barlow Babayaga
Mark Chadbourn The burning man
Fritz Leiber The wanderer
Kim Stanley Robinson Shaman: a novel of the Ice Age
Michael Shea Assault on sunrise
Gene Wolfe. Shadow & claw: the first half of The book of the new sun
Gene Wolfe Sword & citadel: the second half of The book of the new sun

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
The best American comics 741.5 B56
All new X-Men. [Vol. 3], Out of their depth 741.5 X7 v.3

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
David Romanowski The legacy of flight: images from the archives of the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum 629.13 R759
Eric Sloane A museum of early American tools 621.9 S63
William S. Wicks Little book of log cabins: how to build & furnish them 690.8 W637

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Art in theory, 1900-1990: an anthology of changing ideas 709.04 A7845
More than you wanted to know about John Baldessari. Volume 1: 1957-1974 709.2 B176m v.1
Anna Barbara Invisible architecture: experiencing places through the sense of smell 720.1 B229
Harriet Baskas Hidden treasures: what museums can't or won't show you 069.5 B315
Constantine A. Belash Braiding & knotting: techniques & projects 746.42 B426
Judy Brittain Step-by-step needlecraft encyclopedia 746 B862

Biography & Genealogy
Stephen Brumwell George Washington, gentleman warrior 92 W318br
Jeremy Dauber The worlds of Sholem Aleichem: the remarkable life & afterlife of the man who created Tevye 92 S5579
Monique Brinson Demery Finding the Dragon Lady: the mystery of Vietnam's Madame Nhu 92 T772

Business & Economics
Dana Ardi The fall of the alphas: the new beta way to connect, collaborate, influence--and lead 658.4 A676
Jean Drèze & Amartya Sen An uncertain glory: India & its contradictions 338.954 D778
Susie J. Pak Gentlemen bankers: the world of J.P. Morgan 332.12 M848
Timothy Spangler One step ahead: private equity & hedge funds after the global financial crisis 332.041 S735
George R. Tyler What went wrong: how the 1% hijacked the American middle class...and what other countries got right 330.973 T982

Chess
C.J.S. Purdy My search for chess perfection 794.15 P98 2010

Computer Science
Mint.com for dummies 005.54 M667p
QuickBooks 2013 all-in-one for dummies 005.54 Q63n
Quickbooks 2013 quicksteps 005.54 Q63b

Food & Drink
Emmanuel Hadjiandreou How to make bread: step-by-step recipes for yeasted breads, sourdoughs, soda breads & pastries 641.815 H129

Health & Medicine
Mary L. Gemignani Prevention, the ultimate guide to breast cancer: your essential resource from diagnosis to treatment & beyond 616.994 G322

History
Peter Ackroyd Tudors: the history of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I 941.05 A182
Robert Dallek Camelot's court: inside the Kennedy White House 973.922 D14
Leanda De Lisle Tudor: passion, manipulation, murder: the story of England's most notorious royal family 941.05 D354
Graham Farmelo Churchill's bomb: how the United States overtook Britain in the first nuclear arms race 355.8 F233
John Ferling Jefferson & Hamilton: the rivalry that forged a nation 973.09 J45
David Kynaston Modernity Britain: opening the box, 1957-59 941.085 K99m

Home & Family Management
Jonathan Swift's directions to servants 647.2 S977

Languages & Linguistics
John Maher Introducing Chomsky 410 C54m

Literature & Writing
Jonathan Bracker A little patch of shepherd's-thyme: prose passages of Thomas Hardy 811 B797L
Garrison Keillor O, what a luxury: verses lyrical, vulgar, pathetic & profound 811 K27

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Edward Frenkel Love & math: the heart of hidden reality 510.92 F879

Performing Arts & Music
Murphy Hicks Henry Pretty good for a girl: women in bluegrass 780.92 H523
Graham Nash Wild tales: a rock & roll life 780.92 N249
Terry Teachout Duke: a life of Duke Ellington 780.92 E46t
Rickey Vincent Party music: the inside story of the Black Panthers' band & how black power transformed soul music 781.644 V773
World film locations. San Francisco 791.43 W927

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Susan Forward Mothers who can't love: a healing guide for daughters 155.6 F745
A.A. Long Epictetus: a Stoic & Socratic guide to life 188 E63L
Martha C. Nussbaum Political emotions: why love matters for justice 320.01 N975

Social Sciences & Current Events
Samantha Geimer The girl: a life in the shadow of Roman Polanski 362.88 G312
Dorothy Hartley Medieval costume & how to recreate it 391 H33
Sharron Kahn Luttrell Weekends with Daisy 362.4 L974
Robert W. McChesney Digital disconnect: how capitalism is turning the Internet against democracy 302.23 M12d
Bill McKibben Oil & honey: the education of an unlikely activist 363.7 M158o
Joan L. Severa My likeness taken: daguerreian portraits in America 391 S498

Sports & Games
Rodney Fort & Jason Winfree 15 sports myths & why they're wrong 338.4779 F736

Travel & Geography
Bradt Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion 916.982 B81
Eyewitness Travel San Francisco & Northern California 917.946 E97
Fodor's 2013 Montréal & Québec City 917.14 F65
Lonely Planet Maldives 915.495 L847
Lonely Planet Panama 917.287 L847
Lonely Planet West Africa 916.6 L847
The Michelin guide: New York City restaurants 2014 647.9574 M62
National Geographic New Zealand 919.3 N27
Time Out London eating & drinking 2013: over 1,000 restaurants, cafés, gastropubs & bars 647.9542 T583

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Meg Wolitzer The Interestings

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Sara Gran Claire DeWitt & the bohemian highway: a mystery
Khaled Hosseini And the mountains echoed
Colum McCann TransAtlantic

Nonfiction
Daniel James Brown The boys in the boat: nine Americans & their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 797.123 B877c
Stephen P. Hinshaw Origins of the human mind 612.82 H665

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DVDs
Foreign Language
Bicycle thieves (Ladri di biciclette)

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Cadfael. Set II
Cadfael. Set III
Psychomania
Witness for the prosecution

Nonfiction
Ferlinghetti: a rebirth of wonder 92 F357
The First Amendment project: what's left of our rights? 342.085 F527
Superpower: America's quest for global domiance through the military-industrial complex 327.73 S959

Posted on Oct. 26, 2013 by Sarah Cruz