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New Titles for the Week of July 31

BOOKS

FICTION
Fredrik Backman A man called Ove
Katie Crouch Abroad
Rebecca Makkai The hundred-year house
Tom McNeal Far far away
Bill Morris Motor City burning
Rebecca Rasmussen Evergreen
Tiphanie Yanique Land of love & drowning

Historical Fiction
John Boyne This house is haunted

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
James Lee Burke Wayfaring stranger
Lindsey Davis Enemies at home
Paul Doiron The bone orchard
Matthew Quirk The directive
Daniel Silva The heist
Stuart Woods Cut & thrust

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Joe Abercrombie Half a king
Deborah Harkness The book of life

Short Stories
William T. Vollmann Last stories & other stories

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Kristy Ann Kutch The new colored pencil: create luminous works with innovative materials & techniques 741.24 K974

Biography & Genealogy
Maya Angelou I know why the caged bird sings 92 A584
Geoff Dyer Out of sheer rage: wrestling with D.H. Lawrence 92 L4195d
Sylvia Jukes Morris Price of fame: the honorable Clare Boothe Luce 92 L935mor
Helen Rappaport The Romanov sisters: the lost lives of the daughters of Nicholas & Alexandra 920 R759r

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Laura Damon-Moore The artist's library: a field guide, from the library as incubator project 021.2 D163

Business & Economics
Sharon Lechter Think & grow rich for women: using your power to create success & significance 650.1 L459
Mikołaj Jan Piskorski A social strategy: how we profit from social media 658.872 P677

Food & Drink
Laurey Masterton The fresh honey cookbook 641.68 M423
Nina Planck The real food cookbook: traditional dishes for modern cooks 641.5 P711

Health & Medicine
To repair the world: Paul Farmer speaks to the next generation 362.1 F233
Brian Goldman The secret language of doctors: cracking the code of hospital slang 610 G619
Stanley B. Prusiner Madness & memory: the discovery of prions--a new biological principle of disease 610.92 P972

History
Richard Campanella Bourbon Street: a history 976.335 C186
Gordon Corrigan A great & glorious adventure: a history of the Hundred Years War & the birth of Renaissance England 944.025 C825
Chris DeRose The presidents' war: six American presidents & the Civil War that divided them 973.7 L73d
Philip Leigh Trading with the enemy: the covert economy during the American Civil War 973.71 L528
Gary Noy Sierra stories: tales of dreamers, schemers, bigots & rogues 979.44 N949
William Philpott War of attrition: fighting the First World War 940.4 P571
Procopius The secret history 949.5 P963
Claudio Saunt West of the Revolution: an uncommon history of 1776 973.3 S257
Thomas P. Slaughter Independence: the tangled roots of the American Revolution 973.311 S63
Rodney Stark How the West won: the neglected story of the triumph of modernity 909.098 S795
Barrett Tillman Forgotten Fifteenth: the daring airmen who crippled Hitler's war machine 940.5449 T57f
Fergal Tobin The Irish revolution: an illustrated history, 1912-25 941.5 T629

Home & Family Management
C.L. Fornari Coffee for roses: ...and 70 other misleading myths about backyard gardening 635 F727
Shauna Shapiro Mindful discipline: a loving approach to setting limits & raising an emotionally intelligent child 649.64 S5298

Languages & Linguistics
Michael Erard Babel no more: the search for the world's most extraordinary language learners 401.9 E65b
David Northrup How English became the global language 420.9 N877
Ammon Shea Bad English: a history of linguistic aggravation 428.2 S53

Law
Richard Gabriel Acquittal: an insider reveals the stories & strategies behind today's most infamous verdicts 345.73 G118

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Cathy Cobb The chemistry of alchemy: from dragon's blood to donkey dung, how chemistry was forged 540.1 C653
Gene Helfman Sharks: the animal answer guide 597.3 H474
Tai Moses Zooburbia: meditations on the wild animals among us 304.2 M911
Dale Stokes The fish in the forest: salmon & the web of life 597.5 S874

Performing Arts & Music
Michael Daly Topsy: the startling story of the crooked-tailed elephant, P.T. Barnum & the American wizard, Thomas Edison 791.32 D153

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Sarah Christensen Fu Bad birthdays: the truth behind your crappy sun sign 133.5 F949
Bonnie Gray Finding spiritual whitespace: awakening your soul to rest 248.4 G778
Patricia Miller Good Catholics: the battle over abortion in the Catholic Church 241 M647
S. Brent Plate A history of religion in 5 1/2 objects: bringing the spiritual to its senses 203.7 P716
Antonio Sausys Yoga for grief relief: simple practices for transforming your grieving mind & body 204.36 S259

Politics & Government
Seyed Hossein Mousavian Iran & the United States: an insider's view on the failed past & the road to peace 327.73 M932
William Zimmerman Ruling Russia: authoritarianism from the revolution to Putin 320.947 Z723

Social Sciences & Current Events
Shane Bauer A sliver of light: three Americans imprisoned in Iran 365.45 B344
Michael Blastland The Norm chronicles: stories & numbers about danger & death 363.1 B644
Novella Carpenter Gone feral: tracking my dad through the wild 306.874 C29
Laura DeNardis The global war for Internet governance 384.3 D391
Colin Evans The Valentino affair: the Jazz Age murder scandal that shocked New York society & gripped the world 364.152 E924
Femen 305.4 F328
James B. Twitchell Winnebago nation: the RV in American culture 303.4832 T974

Travel & Geography
Alastair Bonnett Unruly places: lost spaces, secret cities & other inscrutable geographies 910 B717
Bradt Estonia 914.798 B81
Bradt Trekking in Peru: 50 of the best walks & hikes 918.5 B81t
Falcon Guides Hiking Lassen Volcanic National Park 917.9424 F181
Fodor's Berlin 914.315 F65
Fodor's Florence & Tuscany 914.551 F65
Fodor's Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada 917.15 F65
Fodor's Provence & the French Riviera 914.49 F65
Fodor's Turkey 915.61 F65
Great Destinations Charleston, Savannah & the Coastal islands 917.579 G786
Lonely Planet Central Asia 915.8 L847
Lonely Planet Florida & the South's best trips: 28 amazing road trips 917.5 L847b
Lonely Planet Guatemala 917.281 L847
Lonely Planet Hiking & tramping in New Zealand 919.3 L847h
Lonely Planet Hong Kong 915.125 L847
Lonely Planet Iceland 914.91 L847
Lonely Planet Southwest USA's best trips: 32 amazing road trips 917.9 L847b
Moon handbooks. New Mexico 917.89 M818
Moon handbooks. New York State 917.47 M818
NFT: not for tourists guide to Seattle 917.977 N899
Elizabeth Pisani Indonesia etc.: exploring the improbable nation 915.98 P674
The rough guide to Scotland 914.11 R856
The rough guide to Scottish Highlands & Islands 914.115 R856
Secret Florence 914.551 S446
Rick Steves' Switzerland 914.94 S848
Zagat Chicago restaurants 2014 917.731 Z18

Posted on Aug. 1, 2014 by Sarah Cruz