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New Titles for the Week of February 22

BOOKS

FICTION
Christina Baker Kline Orphan train
Lisa Moore Caught

Historical Fiction
Elisabeth de Waal The exiles return
Masuji Ibuse Waves
Dewey Lambdin The King's marauder: an Alan Lewrie naval adventure
Leila Meacham Somerset
Jennifer Vanderbes The secret of Raven Point

Multi-Gen Literature
J.C. Carleson The tyrant's daughter
Kami Garcia & Margie Stohl Beautiful creatures
Veronica Roth Allegiant
Veronica Roth Divergent
Veronica Roth Insurgent
J.D. Salinger The catcher in the rye

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Alex Berenson The counterfeit agent
Judith Cutler Power on her own
Didier Daeninckx Murder in memoriam
Wolf Haas The bone man
Marek Krajewski Death in Breslau
John Malcolm Whistler in the dark: a Tim Simpson mystery
Mukoma Wa Ngugi Black Star Nairobi
Gerald Seymour The dealer & the dead
Chris Simms A price to pay
Judy Troy Quiet streets of Winslow

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Terry Pratchett The colour of magic
Andy Weir The Martian
G. Willow Wilson Alif the unseen

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Audrey Yoshiko Seo Ensō: Zen circles of enlightenment 704.948 S47
Giorgio Vasari Lives of the painters, sculptors & architects 709.2 V32 1996

Biography & Genealogy
Bolívar: American liberator 92 B6894a
Call me Burroughs: a life 92 B9727mc
E.E. Cummings: a life 92 C971c
Joachim Fest Not I: memoirs of a German childhood 92 F418
André Schiffrin A political education: coming of age in Paris & New York 070.5092 S333
Journey to the sun: Junipero Serra's dream & the founding of California 92 S487o

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Harry Y. Gamble Books & readers in the early church: a history of early Christian texts 002 G191

Business & Economics
John Mauldin Endgame: the end of the debt supercycle & how it changes everything 336.3 M449
Stephen Roach Unbalanced: the codependency of America & China 337.73 R628
Robert I. Sutton Good boss, bad boss: how to be the best-- & learn from the worst 658.4 S96

Health & Medicine
Kevin Fong Extreme medicine: how exploration transformed medicine in the twentieth century 616.025 F674
Steven Masley The 30-day heart tune-up: a breakthrough medical plan to prevent & reverse heart disease 616.12 M397
Betsy McCaughey Beating Obamacare 2014: avoid the landmines & protect your health, income & freedom 362.1 R823

History
The almanac of American history 973 A445
Zhu Fayuan From moon cakes to Mao to modern China: an introduction to Chinese civilization 951 F931
Anthony F.C. Wallace Jefferson & the Indians: the tragic fate of the first Americans 323.1197 J45
William H. McNeill Venice: the hinge of Europe, 1081-1797 945.31 M16

Languages & Linguistics
Eugene Ehrlich The highly selective dictionary for the extraordinarily literate REF 423.1 E33h
Karen Elizabeth Gordon The deluxe transitive vampire: the ultimate handbook of grammar for the innocent, the eager & the doomed 428.2 G66 1993
Walter W. Skeat A concise etymological dictionary of the English language REF 422 S62 1961

Literature & Writing
E.A. Abbott A Shakespearian grammar: an attempt to illustrate some of the differences between Elizabethan & modern English REF 822.3 A13
Gilbert Adair The real Tadzio: Thomas Mann's Death in Venice & the boy who inspired it 833 M282a
Veronica Roth The world of Veronica Roth's Divergent series 813 R845
K.M. Weiland Outlining your novel: map your way to success 808.3 W422

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Gary Paul Nabhan Enduring seeds: native American agriculture & wild plant conservation 581.5 N115

Performing Arts & Music
The Grateful Dead & philosophy: getting high minded about love & Haight 782.421 G771

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Alan Watts Become what you are 181 W34

Politics & Government
Geoff Dyer The contest of the century: the new era of competition with China--and how America can win 327.73 D996
David I. Kertzer The Pope & Mussolini: the secret history of Pius XI & the rise of Fascism in Europe 322.1 K419
T.V. Paul The warrior state: Pakistan in the contemporary world 954.91 P324
Ahdaf Soueif Cairo: memoir of a city transformed 962.16 S719

Social Sciences & Current Events
John Beckman American fun: four centuries of joyous revolt 306.0973 B397
David Sedlak Water 4.0: the past, present & future of the world's most vital resource 333.91 S449
Tom Zoellner Train: riding the rails that created the modern world--from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief 385.09 Z85

Sports & Games
Diane Swintal Winging it: Oracle Team USA's incredible comeback to defend the America's Cup 797.14 S979

Travel & Geography
Edith Wharton A motor-flight through France: selected letters 914.4 W553

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION
DVDs
The best of Boris & Natasha. Volume 1
Cartoon rarities of the 1930s
Ghost stories. Semester 1, Freshman frights

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Sebastian Faulks Jeeves & the wedding bells: an homage to P.G. Wodehouse
Frederick Forsyth The kill list
James McBride The good lord bird
Donna Tartt The goldfinch

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
The man in the iron mask

Comedy
Betty Boop: 42 classic cartoons

Foreign Language
I have found it (Kandukondain kandukondain)

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
One hour photo
Stir of echoes
We own the night

Nonfiction
Malcolm W. Watson Theories of human development 155 W341

Posted on Mar. 1, 2014 by Sarah Cruz