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New Titles for the Week of January 18

BOOKS

FICTION
Rudolfo A. Anaya Bless me, Ultima
Lindsay Hill Sea of Hooks

Historical Fiction
Fay Weldon The new countess

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Rafael Bernal The Mongolian conspiracy
Robert Olen Butler The star of Istanbul: a Christopher Marlowe Cobb thriller
Drew Chapman The ascendant: a thriller
Martha Grimes The way of all fish
David Hewson The killing
Jonnie Jacobs Lying with strangers
Adam Langer The Salinger contract
Carol Miller Murder & moonshine: a mystery
Jeffrey Moore The extinction club
Theresa Schwegel The good boy
Sam Thomas The harlot's tale: a midwife mystery
Stuart Woods Standup guy: a Stone Barrington novel

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
J. Kathleen Cheney The golden city
Kathryn Davis Duplex
Chang-rae Lee On such a full sea

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Ted Kerasote Pukka's promise: the quest for longer-lived dogs 636.7 K39p

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Ros Badger Simple knitting: 30 quick-to-knit projects for stylish accessories 746.43 B135
Breakfast with Lucian: the astounding life & outrageous times of Britain's great modern painter 750.92 F88
Andrew Graham-Dixon Howard Hodgkin 750.92 H6889
Panza: the legacy of a collector: 1943T01969, 1982T01993: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 709.04 M986
Self-taught artists of the 20th century: an American anthology 709.73 S465
Dorothea Tanning Birthday 709.2 T167

Biography & Genealogy
Paul Auster Report from the interior 92 A934
Berel Lang Primo Levi: the matter of a life 92 L66L
Amanda Lindhout A house in the sky 070.92 L745
Twelve years a slave: narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841 & rescued in 1853 92 N878
Carol & John Steinbeck: portrait of a marriage 920 S819

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism
Scott Norton Developmental editing: a handbook for freelancers, authors & publishers 808.02 N888

Business & Economics
Matthew Hart Gold: the race for the world's most seductive metal 332.422 H32

Health & Medicine
Naheed Ali Understanding Parkinson's disease: an introduction for patients & caregivers 616.833 A398
Liz Neporent Weight training for dummies 613.71 N442

History
Donald Albrecht Only in New York: photographs from Look magazine 974.71 A341
Gary J. Bass The blood telegram: Nixon, Kissinger & a forgotten genocide 327.73 B317
Ian Mortimer The time traveler's guide to Elizabethan England 942.05 M888
Joe Sacco The Great War: July 1, 1916: the first day of the Battle of the Somme: an illustrated panorama 940.42 S119 Comics

Literature & Writing
David Biespiel Charming gardeners: poems 811 B5892

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Glyn Williams Naturalists at sea: scientific travellers from Dampier to Darwin 508 W723

Performing Arts & Music
Robert L. Carringer The magnificent Ambersons: a reconstruction 791.43 C318
Greg Sestero & Tom Bissell The disaster artist: my life inside The room, the greatest bad movie ever made 791.43 S494

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
James Altucher Choose yourself: be happy, make millions, live the dream 158.1 A469
Daniel Goleman Focus: the hidden driver of excellence 153.733 G625

Social Sciences & Current Events
Erez Aiden Uncharted: big data as a lens on human culture 302.23 A288
Ilana Garon Why do only White people get abducted by aliens?: teaching lessons from the Bronx 371.1 G237
Robin Marantz Henig Twentysomething: why do young adults seem stuck? 305.242 H511
Phil Lapsley Exploding the phone: the untold story of the teenagers & outlaws who hacked Ma Bell 364.168 L317
Alice E. Marwick Status update: celebrity, publicity & branding in the social media age 305.52 M391

Travel & Geography
The rough guide to India 915.4 R856
The rough guide to the Lake District 914.278 R856

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Jonathan Bean Building our house

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
Top gun

Drama
The karate kid
Platoon
What Maisie knew

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Trance

Nonfiction
The endless summer 797.32 E566
The human spark 599.93 H918

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CDs

Vocals
BBC Singers A babe is born CD Vocals BBC

Posted on Jan. 18, 2014 by Sarah Cruz