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New Titles for the Week of May 17

BOOKS

FICTION
Robert Glancy Terms & conditions
Favel Parrett Past the shallows

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Janet Dawson What you wish for
John Lescroart The keeper
John Sandford Field of prey
John Straley The woman who married a bear
Jane Tesh Mixed signals: a Grace Street mystery

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Abstraction 709.04 A164
Documentary 709.05 D637
Thomas Eakins A drawing manual 741.2 E11
Hyonjeong Kim Han In grand style: celebrations in Korean art during the Joseon dynasty 709.519 H233
Sue Hostetler Oceans 778.937 H831
Ian Jenkins The Greek body 733.3 J52
The market 701 M345
Crimes & splendors: the desert cantos of Richard Misrach 770.92 M678
Participation 700.1 P273
So the story goes: photographs by Tina Barney, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Nan Goldin, Sally Mann & Larry Sultan 770.92 S675

Biography & Genealogy
The unknown Henry Miller: a seeker in Big Sur 92 M6478

Business & Economics
Francis H. Bradford Hall-Scott: the untold story of a great American engine maker 338.762 B799
Thomas Piketty Capital in the twenty-first century 332.041 P636

Food & Drink
Colman Andrews My usual table: a life in restaurants 641.092 A565
Yvette Van Boven Home made: the ultimate DIY cookbook, featuring over 200 from-scratch recipes 641.5 B783
Michael Murphy Eat dat New Orleans: a guide to the unique food culture of the Crescent City 647.9576 M978

History
Gerald Horne The counter-revolution of 1776: slave resistance & the origins of the United States of America 973.31 H815

Home & Family Management
Mike Lawrence The complete book of home improvement 643.7 L422

Performing Arts & Music
The little girl who fought the Great Depression: Shirley Temple & 1930s America 792.092 T287

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Bart D. Ehrman How Jesus became God: the exaltation of a Jewish preacher from Galilee 232 E339
Irving Finkel The ark before Noah: decoding the story of the flood 220.93 F499
Gerd Gigerenzer Risk savvy: how to make good decisions 153.83 G459
Anthony Louis Tarot: beyond the basics: gain a deeper understanding of the meanings behind the cards 133.324 L888
Christie Matheson The art of the compliment: using kind words with grace & style 158.2 M427
David McCullough, Jr. You are not special & other encouragements 170.44 M133
The object 111.85 O127
Peter Watson The age of atheists: how we have sought to live since the death of God 211.8 W34

Social Sciences & Current Events
Jules Cashford The Moon: myth & image 398.362 C338
William D. Cohan The price of silence: the Duke lacrosse scandal, the power of the elite & the corruption of our great universities 364.153 C678
John Dickie Blood brotherhoods: a history of Italy's three mafias 364.106 D55b
John H. McWhorter The language hoax: why the world looks the same in any language 306.44 M177

Travel & Geography
Philip Hoare The sea inside 910.4 H67
Sidra Stich Art-SITES San Francisco: the indispensable guide to contemporary art-architecture-design 917.946 S854

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DVDs
Drama
The firm

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Independence Day

Posted on May. 17, 2014 by Sarah Cruz