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New Titles for the Week of June 19

BOOKS

FICTION
Sarah Bird Above the East China Sea
Louis-Ferdinand Céline Castle to castle
Courtney Collins The untold
Kimberly Elkins What is visible
Boris Fishman A replacement life
Adam Foulds In the wolf's mouth
Dorothea Benton Frank The hurricane sisters
Sadie Jones Fallout
Lily King Euphoria
Herman Koch Summer house with swimming pool
Simon Sebag Montefiore One night in winter
Lisa See China Dolls
Emma Straub The vacationers
Beatriz Williams The secret life of Violet Grant

Historical Fiction
David Fuller Sundance
Jeff Shaara The smoke at dawn: a novel of the Civil War

Multi-Gen Literature
Barbara Stuber Girl in reverse

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Margery Allingham Mr Campion's farewell
Simon Brett The strangling on the stage
Adam Brookes Night heron
Alan Furst Midnight in Europe
Smith Henderson Fourth of July Creek
Michael Koryta Those who wish me dead
Leonardo Padura Havana red
Andrew Vachss Shockwave

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Douglas Preston The Kraken Project

Short Stories
Anton Chekhov The Russian master & other stories
Anton Chekhov The steppe & other stories
The unknown Chekhov: stories & other writings hitherto untranslated
Jane Gardam The stories
David Guterson Problems with People

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Mimi Pond Over easy 741.5 P796

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Adrian McEwen Designing the Internet of things 621.4 M142
Steven Parissien The life of the automobile: the complete history of the motor car 629.222 P234

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
The surreal Calder 730.92 C14r
Isabelle Dervaux Roy Lichtenstein: the black-and-white drawings 1961-1968 741.9 L699
Sally Muir Knit your own dog: easy-to-follow patterns for 25 pedigree pooches 746.43 M95kn
Raynal Pellicer Mug shots: an archive of the famous, infamous & most wanted 779.2 P391
Darrel Rees How to be an illustrator 741.6 R328

Biography & Genealogy
Patricia Barey Julia's cats: Julia Child's life in the company of cats 92 C536b
Roland Barthes Mourning diary: October 26, 1977-September 15, 1979 92 B285m
Thomas J. Craughwell Thomas Jefferson's crème brûlée: how a Founding Father & his slave James Hemings introduced French cuisine to America 92 J45cra
This star won't go out: the life & words of Esther Grace Earl 92 E121
Lorna Gibb The extraordinary life of Rebecca West 92 W519gi
Denis Guénoun A Semite: a memoir of Algeria 92 G927
Nigel Hamilton The mantle of command: FDR at war, 1941-1942 92 R778h
Mollie Moran Minding the manor: the memoir of a 1930s English kitchen maid 92 M829
All God's dangers: the life of Nate Shaw 92 S536
Kenan Trebincevic The Bosnia list: a memoir of war, exile & return 92 T782

Business & Economics
Karen Hough Be the best bad presenter ever: break the rules, make mistakes & win them over 658.45 H838
Nick Morgan Power cues: the subtle science of leading groups, persuading others & maximizing your personal impact 658.45 M847
James Rickards The death of money: the coming collapse of the international monetary system 332.4 R539d

Chess
Jacob Aagaard Strategic play 794.1 A112s
Johan Hellsten Mastering endgame strategy 794.124 H369
Willy Hendriks Move first, think later: sense & nonsense in improving your chess 794.15 H498
Olimpiu G. Urcan Arthur Kaufmann: a chess biography, 1872-1938 794.1 K214

Computer Science
John MacCormick Nine algorithms that changed the future: the ingenious ideas that drive today's computers 006.3 M131
Steven S. Skiena The algorithm design manual 005.1 S628

Food & Drink
Chris Schlesinger The big-flavor grill: no-marinade, no-hassle recipes for delicious steaks, chicken, ribs, chops, vegetables, shrimp & fish 641.76 S342
Laura Silver Knish: in search of the Jewish soul food 641.5676 S587

Health & Medicine
Jonathan Bush Where does it hurt?: an entrepreneur's guide to fixing health care 362.1 B978
Gary Kaplan Total recovery: solving the mystery of chronic pain & depression 616.047 K172
Sam Kean The tale of the dueling neurosurgeons: the history of the human brain as revealed by true stories of trauma, madness & recovery 617.48 K25
Carl J. Lavie The obesity paradox: when thinner means sicker & heavier means healthier 616.398 L411
Bruce Lourie Toxin toxout: getting harmful chemicals out of our bodies & our world 613 L892

History
A.J. Baime The arsenal of democracy: FDR, Detroit & an epic quest to arm an America at war 940.531 B161
The New Yorker The 40s: the story of a decade 973.917 F741
Donald L. Miller Supreme city: how Jazz Age Manhattan gave birth to modern America 974.71 M647
Evan Osnos Age of ambition: chasing fortune, truth & faith in the new China 951.06 O834
Jürgen Osterhammel The transformation of the world: a global history of the nineteenth century 909.81 O852
David Reynolds The long shadow: the legacies of the Great War in the twentieth century 940.314 R46
Craig L. Symonds Neptune: the Allied invasion of Europe & the D-Day landings 940.542 S988

Home & Family Management
Robin Berman Permission to parent: how to raise your child with love & limits 649.1 B518

Law
Laurence Tribe Uncertain justice: the Roberts Court & the Constitution 342.73 T82u
Ralph Warner How to buy a house in California 643.12 W28

Literature & Writing
Nina Amir The author training manual: develop marketable ideas, craft books that sell, become the author publishers want, self-publish effectively 808.02 A517
Garrison Keillor The Keillor reader 818 K27k
Adam Resnick Will not attend: lively stories of detachment & isolation 817 R434

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Joe Hutto Touching the wild: living with the mule deer of Deadman Gulch 599.65 H984

Performing Arts & Music
Paul G. Bahn The archaeology of Hollywood: traces of the golden age 791.4 B151
John Waters Carsick 791.4 W329c

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Alain Badiou Jacques lacan, past & present: a dialogue 150.19 L129b
Jeffrey Brantley Calming your angry mind: how mindfulness & compassion can free you from anger & & bring peace to your life 152.47 B821
Pope Francis The church of mercy: a vision for the church 282 F818

Politics & Government
Invisible hands: voices from the global economy 323 I629

Social Sciences & Current Events
Adam Braun The promise of a pencil: how an ordinary person can create extraordinary change 370.9 B825
Aviva Chomsky Undocumented: how immigration became illegal 364.137 C548
James Mackay World encyclopedia of stamps & stamp collecting 383.22 M15w

Sports & Games
Barbara Seagram 25 bridge conventions you should know 795.41 S438t

Travel & Geography
Lonely Planet Discover Italy: experience the best of Italy 914.5 L847d
Lonely Planet Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island 917.15 L847

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Gary Blackwood Curiosity

Posted on Jun. 21, 2014 by Sarah Cruz