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New Titles for the Week of May 10

BOOKS

FICTION
Maeve Binchy Chestnut Street
Grégoire Delacourt My wish list
Christopher Moore The serpent of Venice
Tatiana de Rosnay The other story
Mona Simpson Casebook
Linn Ullmann The cold song
Evie Wyld All the birds, singing

Historical Fiction
Francine Prose Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
John Spurling The ten thousand things

Multi-Gen Literature
Robin LaFevers Grave mercy
Elizabeth Ross Belle epoque

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
R.J. Ellory City of lies
Kjell Eriksson Black lies, red blood
Greg Iles Natchez burning
Catriona McPherson Dandy Gilver & an unsuitable day for a murder
Nora Roberts The collector

Short Stories
Ellen Gilchrist Acts of God: stories
Elizabeth McCracken Thunderstruck & other stories

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Robert Bringhurst The elements of typographic style 686.2 B858

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Beauty revealed: images of women in Qing Dynasty Chinese painting 757 B384
Judy Chicago The dinner party: restoring women to history 738 C53r

Business & Economics
Nikil Saval Cubed: a secret history of the workplace 651.09 S264

Chess
How to play the Queen's Gambit: training with Garry Kasparov 794.122 K19q
Boris Schipkov Queen's Gambit accepted 794.122 S336

Health & Medicine
Sharon Moalem Inheritance: how our genes change our lives-- & our lives change our genes 616.042 M687i

History
John Baxter Paris at the end of the world: the City of Light during the Great War, 1914-1918 944.36 B35p

Home & Family Management
Andrea Q. Robinson Toss the gloss: beauty tips, tricks & truths for women 50+ 646.7 R658

Law
Jo Becker Forcing the spring: inside the fight for marriage equality 346.0168 B395

Literature & Writing
I am the beggar of the world: landays from contemporary Afghanistan 891.593 I111
The poetic species: a conversation with Edward O. Wilson & Robert Hass 809.1 W74

Performing Arts & Music
Bill Zarchy Showdown at Shinagawa: tales of filming from Bombay to Brazil 791.4 Z36

Reference
Recommended reference books for small & medium-sized libraries & media centers 016 R31

Social Sciences & Current Events
Anand Giridharadas The true American: murder & mercy in Texas 364.152 G525
Sylvia Longmire Border insecurity: why big money, fences & drones aren't making us safer 363.285 L856
Brigid Schulte Overwhelmed: work, love & play when no one has the time 331.4 S386
David F. Selvin A terrible anger: the 1934 waterfront & general strikes in San Francisco 331.89 S46
Astra Taylor The people's platform: taking back power & culture in the digital age 302.23 T238

Sports & Games
Pelé Why soccer matters 796.334 P381w

Travel & Geography
Marlise Kast-Myers Day hikes & overnights on the Pacific Crest Trail: Southern California: from the Mexican Border to Los Angeles County 917.949 K193
Mustsees Andalucía 914.68 M623
Patricia Wells The food lover's guide to Paris: the best restaurants, bistros, cafés, markets, bakeries & more 647.9544 W45

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Amy Gutierrez ; illustrated by Adam McCauley Smarty Marty's got game

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AUDIOBOOKS
Nonfiction
Patrick N. Allitt The rise & fall of the British Empire 909.097 A439
Kenneth R. Bartlett The development of European civilization 940 B289

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
Harbor command: the complete television series

Drama
American hustle
Philomena

Musicals
It happened in Brooklyn

Nonfiction
A brief history of time 523.1 H39d
The Third Reich 943.086 T445

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CDs
Classical
Janáček. Cypresses String quartets 1 & 2 CD Classical New

Folk
King Bishop & the Squares Deeper blues CD Folk King

Jazz
Christian Mendoza Group Arbr'-en-ciel CD Jazz Christian
Ryan Keberle Heavy dreaming CD Jazz Keberle

Vocals
David Rose & his Orchestra Songs of the fabulous thirties CD Vocals Rose

World
Rhythm of the Celts: traditional & contemporary Irish airs & dance tunes CD World Rhythm

Posted on May. 10, 2014 by Sarah Cruz