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New Titles for the Week of April 19

BOOKS

FICTION
Julia Glass And the dark sacred night
Michelle Huneven Off course
Audre Lorde Zami: a new spelling of my name
Val McDermid Northanger Abbey
Alison Moore The lighthouse
Bonnie Nadzam Lamb
Ted Thompson The land of steady habits
Ayelet Waldman Love & treasure
Gabrielle Zevin The storied life of A.J. Fikry

Historical Fiction
Helen Dunmore The lie
Jude Morgan The secret life of William Shakespeare
Ann Weisgarber The promise

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
C.J. Box Stone cold
Donna Leon By its cover
Denise Mina The red road
Joyce Carol Oates High crime area: tales of darkness & dread
Peter Robinson Children of the revolution
Lori Roy Until she comes home

Short Stories
Jamie Quatro I want to show you more

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Brian K. Vaughan Saga. Volume three 741.5 S1289 v.3

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Katie Blakesley Vintage quilt revival: 22 modern designs from classic blocks 746.46 B637
Jessica Pigza Bibliocraft: a modern crafter's guide to using library resources to jumpstart creative projects 745.5 P633

Biography & Genealogy
The crusades of Cesar Chavez 331.88 C51p
Pearl Cleage Things I should have told my daughter: lies, lessons & love affairs 92 C623
Antonia Crane Spent 792.7 C891
Deborah Feldman Exodus 92 F312
Ernesto Che Guevara Diary of a combatant: from the Sierra Maestra to Santa Clara, Cuba 1956-58 92 G939d
A taste for intrigue: the multiple lives of François Mitterrand 92 M6849

Computer Science
Adobe Illustrator CS6: classroom in a book 006.6 A293c

Food & Drink
Tom Burford Apples of North America: 192 exceptional varieties for gardeners, growers & cooks 634 B953
Lisa Fain The Homesick Texan's family table 641.5976 F162
Carla Hall Carla's comfort foods: favorite dishes from around the world 641.59 H174
Paul Lowe Sweet Paul eat & make: charming recipes + kitchen crafts you will love 641.5 L913
Michael Ruhlman Egg: a culinary exploration of the world's most versatile ingredient 641.675 R933

History
Frederick Brown The embrace of unreason: France, 1914-1940 944.081 B87e
Averil Cameron Byzantine matters 949.5 C182
Emilio Lussu A soldier on the southern front: the classic Italian memoir of World War I 940.414 L972
Tilar J. Mazzeo The hotel on Place Vendôme: life, death & betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris 647.9444 M477
James H.S. McGregor Athens 949.512 M14
Shigeru Mizuki Showa: a history of Japan, 1926-1939 952.03 M685 v.1 Comics
Todd S. Purdum An idea whose time has come: two presidents, two parties & the battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 342.085 P98

Home & Family Management
Carol Wall Mister Owita's guide to gardening: how I learned the unexpected joy of a green thumb & an open heart 635 W187

Languages & Linguistics
Anne H. Groton From alpha to omega: a beginning course in classical Greek 488.2 G881

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Ray Cole The ultimate talent: creativity's anthem 153.35 C689

Politics & Government
Best editorial cartoons of the year 320.973 B561
Bruce Jones Still ours to lead: America, rising powers & the tension between rivalry & restraint 327.73 J764
Elaine Scarry Thermonuclear monarchy: choosing between democracy & doom 327.17 S287

Social Sciences & Current Events
Melinda Chateauvert Sex workers unite: a history of the movement from Stonewall to SlutWalk 306.74 C492
Divided: the perils of our growing inequality 305 D618
Kim Heacox John Muir & the ice that started a fire: how a visionary & the glaciers of Alaska changed America 333.72 H432
John Gilbert McCurdy Citizen bachelors: manhood & the creation of the United States 306.81 M133
Glenn Harlan Reynolds The new school: how the information age will save American education from itself 370.973 R463

Sports & Games
John Feinstein Where nobody knows your name: life in the minor leagues of baseball 796.357 F299w
Vin T. Sparano Complete outdoors encyclopedia: camping, fishing, hunting, boating, wilderness survival, first aid REF 796.03 S736

Travel & Geography
Fodor's Japan 915.2 F65
Moon Handbooks Santa Barbara & the central coast 917.9491 M818
NFT: not for tourists guide to New York City 917.471 N899
Christopher Winn I never knew that about New York 974.71 W776

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Marshall Saunders Beautiful Joe: an autobiography of a dog
Carol Diggory Shields ; illustrated by Lauren Tobia Baby's got the blues

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Gabriel García Márquez Love in the time of cholera
Colm Tóibín The testament of Mary

Nonfiction
Billy Crystal Still foolin' 'em: where I've been, where I'm going & where the hell are my keys? 792.092 C957sc

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DVDs
Comedy
Buona sera, Mrs. Campbell ; The fortune cookie

Musicals
Good news
Silk stockings

Posted on Apr. 19, 2014 by Sarah Cruz