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BOOKS

FICTION
Anton Chekhov The wife & other stories
Alexander McCall Smith The forever girl
Susan Minot Thirty girls
Matthew Quick The good luck of right now
Anthony Trollope The Eustace diamonds

Historical Fiction
Tracy Groot The sentinels of Andersonville
Elizabeth Jane Howard Confusion
Sigrid Undset Kristin Lavransdatter

Multi-Gen Literature
David Klass Grandmaster

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Peggy Blair The poisoned pawn: an Inspector Ramirez novel
Laura Lippman After I'm gone
Ed McBain Cop hater
Men from boys M534
Karen Perry The innocent sleep
Steven Saylor Raiders of the Nile: a novel of the ancient world
Martin Walker The Resistance man: a Bruno, Chief of Police novel

Short Stories
Molly Antopol The UnAmericans

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Max Bemis Polarity. Volume one 741.5 B455 v.1
Kim Deitch The amazing, enlightening & absolutely true adventures of Katherine Whaley! 741.5 D325
Robert Kirkman The walking dead. Book seven 741.5 K596 bk.7

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Françoise Astorg Bollack Old buildings, new forms: new directions in architectural transformations 720.286 B691
Mr. Collier's letter racks: a tale of art & illusion at the threshold of the modern information age 759.9492 C699
Edward Hollis The memory palace: a book of lost interiors 729 H74
Sally Muir Knit your own zoo: easy-to-follow patterns for 24 animals 746.43 M95k
Various small books: referencing various small books by Ed Ruscha 709.04 R951
Frank Lloyd Wright: inside & out 720.973 W949

Biography & Genealogy
Dear Abigail: the intimate lives & revolutionary ideas of Abigail Adams & her two remarkable sisters 929.2 A21j
Charles II: his life & times 92 C4761f 1993
The letters of Robert Frost. Volume 1, 1886-1920 92 F939s v.1
Ida McKinley: the turn-of-the-century first lady through war, assassination & secret disability 92 M1584
Eliot Ness: the rise & fall of an American hero 363.25 N463
The tastemaker: Carl Van Vechten & the birth of modern America 92 V284

Business & Economics
Gary Blake & Robert W. Bly The elements of copywriting 659.132 B636
Christopher Leonard The meat racket: the secret takeover of America's food business 338.763 L581
Jason Matthews How to make, market & sell ebooks all for free: ebooksuccess4free 658.8 M4395
Kevin Roose Young money: inside the hidden world of Wall Street's post-crash recruits 332.64 R781

Food & Drink
Rachael Ray Express lane meals: what to keep on hand, what to buy fresh for the easiest-ever 30-minute meals 641.555 R264e
Michelle Tam Nom nom paleo: food for humans 641.5638 T153

Health & Medicine
Nicholas Freudenberg Lethal but legal: corporations, consumption & protecting public health 362.1 F889
Obamacare simplified: a clear guide to making Obamacare work for you 362.1 O121

History
Hannah Clayborn Historic photos of San Francisco crime 364.9794 C622
Michael Grant The ancient historians 907 G762
Jonathan Hennessey The Gettysburg Address: a graphic adaptation 973.7 H515 Comics
Pamela Horn Pleasures & pastimes in Victorian Britain 941.081 H81
Richard Overy The bombers & the bombed: Allied air war over Europe, 1940-1945 940.544 O96
Daniel Roche France in the Enlightenment 944.034 R673
Hilary Wilson People of the Pharaohs: from peasant to courtier 932 W748

Home & Family Management
Anne Fogarty Wife dressing: the fine art of being a well-dressed wife 646.34 F655

Law
Gretchen McCord What you need to know about privacy law: a guide for librarians & educators 342.7308 M478

Literature & Writing
The wicked wit of Winston Churchill 800.8 C56
Tom Clark The new world 811 C59n
Gareth Hinds The most excellent & lamentable tragedy of Romeo & Juliet 822.33 U366 Comics

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Brian Clegg Inflight science: a guide to the world from your airplane window 500 C624
John Dvorak Earthquake storms: the fascinating & volatile future of the San Andreas Fault 551.872 D988

Performing Arts & Music
Lucy Barton Historic costume for the stage 792.026 B293
The Walt Disney Family Museum: the man, the magic, the memories 791.4 D61wd
The fifth Beatle: the Brian Epstein story 780.92 E645 Comics
Jimi Hendrix Starting at zero: his own story 780.92 H498n

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Paul Bloom How pleasure works: the new science of why we like what we like 152.42 B655
Richard B. Gunderman We make a life by what we give 177.7 G975
John D. Mayer Personal intelligence: the power of personality & how it shapes our lives 155.2 M468
Daniel Odier The doors of joy: 19 meditations for authentic living 158.12 O24

Social Sciences & Current Events
Sarah Carr Hope against hope: three schools, one city & the struggle to educate America's children 371.93 C312
Gregory Feifer Russians: the people behind the power 947.086 F29
David Gessner My green manifesto: down the Charles River in pursuit of a new environmentalism 304.2 G392
Melanie Notkin Otherhood: modern women finding a new kind of happiness 305.4 N913

Sports & Games
Nate Jackson Slow getting up: a story of NFL survival from the bottom of the pile 796.33 J136

Travel & Geography
Lonely Planet Western Europe 914 L847w

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
John Keir Cross The stolen sphere: an adventure & a mystery

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AUDIOBOOKS
Nonfiction
Virginia Morell Animal wise: the thoughts & emotions of our fellow creatures 591.51 M841c

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
All is lost

Comedy
Much ado about nothing

Foreign Language
Amour
Blue is the warmest color (La vie D'Adèle)
Cronos

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
The silent partner

Nonfiction
Life in the freezer 508.989 L722

Drama
The Buddy Holly story
Lee Daniels' the butler
Downton Abbey. Season 4
La Bamba
The master
Selena

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CDs
Classical
Elliott Carter In sleep, in thunder ; Triple duo CD Classical Carter
Jacob Heringman Jane Pickeringe's lute book CD Classical Heringman

Vocals
Madeleine Peyroux Careless love CD Vocals Peyroux

World
Xavier Cugat Bim bam bum: 1935-1940 CD World Cugat

Posted on Mar. 8, 2014 by Sarah Cruz