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New Titles for the Week of January 11

BOOKS

FICTION
Roberto Bolaño Woes of the true policeman
Horacio Castellanos Moya Senselessness
Janet Frame In the memorial room
Alexander McCall Smith Bertie plays the blues: a 44 Scotland Street novel
John Edgar Wideman Identities: three novels

Multi-Gen Literature
Holly Black The coldest girl in Coldtown
John M. Cusick Cherry money baby
Matt de la Peña The living
Alaya Dawn Johnson The summer prince

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
C.C. Benison Ten lords a-leaping: a Father Christmas mystery
J.M. Gregson Cry of the children: a Lambert & Hook mystery
Jack Higgins The death trade
Bill James Noose
Rett MacPherson A comedy of heirs
Marcia Muller The spook lights affair
Suzanne Rindell The other typist
Betsy Thornton High lonesome road

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Jessica Stilling Betwixt & between

Short Stories
A very southern Christmas: holiday stories from the South's best writers V573

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
The art of Rube Goldberg: (A) inventive (B) cartoon (C) genius 741.092 G81
Charles Marville: photographer of Paris 770.92 M391
Duncan Wall The ordinary acrobat: a journey into the wondrous world of the circus, past & present 796.47 W187

Biography & Genealogy
Hammarskjöld: a life 92 H224
Scott C. Johnson The wolf & the watchman: a father, a son & the CIA 070.92 J692
David Laskin The family: three journeys into the heart of the twentieth century 929.2 K119
Theodora: empress of Byzantium 92 T388

Business & Economics
Jordan Belfort The wolf of Wall Street 332.62 B428

Chess
Isaak & Vladimir Linder Emanuel Lasker: second world chess champion 794.15 L34L

Food & Drink
Tammy Donroe Inman Wintersweet: seasonal desserts to warm the home 641.86 I57

Health & Medicine
Mark Mincolla Whole health: a holistic approach to healing for the 21st century 613 M663

History
Richard Rashke Useful enemies: John Demjanjuk & America's open-door policy for Nazi war criminals 341.69 D381
Alan Taylor The internal enemy: slavery & war in Virginia, 1772-1832 975.5 T238

Literature & Writing
Roberto Bolaño The unknown university 861 B68u
London: a history in verse 821.08 L847
Jesmyn Ward Men we reaped: a memoir 813 W259

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
The New York Times book of physics & astronomy: more than 100 years of covering the expanding universe 530 N532
Christopher O'Toole Bees: a natural history 595.79 O885

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
H.G. Wells The time machine

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Stephen King Doctor sleep
Ian Rankin Knots & crosses: an Inspector Rebus novel

Nonfiction
Scott Anderson Lawrence in Arabia: war, deceit, imperial folly & the making of the modern Middle East 940.4 A549c
A. Scott Berg Wilson 92 W754bec
Sheri Fink Five days at Memorial: life & death in a storm-ravaged hospital 362.11 F499c
Mario Livio Brilliant blunders: from Darwin to Einstein: colossal mistakes by great scientists that changed our understanding of life & the universe 500 L78c

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DVDs
Nonfiction
Pedal-driven 796.64 P371
Ping pong 796.346 P653

Posted on Jan. 11, 2014 by Sarah Cruz