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New Titles for the Week of April 16

BOOKS

FICTION
Elisa Albert After birth
T. Coraghessan Boyle The harder they come
John Boyne A history of loneliness
M.J. Carter The strangler vine
Sara Gruen At the water's edge
Aislinn Hunter The world before us
Nina Stibbe Man at the helm

Historical Fiction
Anne Perry The angel court affair: a Charlotte & Thomas Pitt novel

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Steve Berry The patriot threat
Andrea Camilleri Game of mirrors
Hallie Ephron Night night, sleep tight
Joy Fielding Someone is watching
Laura Lebow The Figaro Murders
David Morrell Inspector of the dead
Dan Simmons The fifth heart
Randy Wayne White Cuba straits

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Claire North Touch
Simon Kurt Unsworth The devil's detective

Short Stories
W. P. Kinsella The essential
Thomas McGuane Crow fair: stories
Kirstin Valdez Quade Night at the Fiestas

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Lucy Knisley Displacement 741.5 K718
Kazuo Koike Lone Wolf & Cub omnibus 741.5 L847

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Jim Bell The interstellar age: inside the forty-year Voyager mission 919.92 B433

Biography & Genealogy
Brent Schlender & Rick Tetzeli Becoming Steve Jobs: the evolution of a reckless upstart into a visionary leader 92 J629s
Debra Marquart The horizontal world: growing up wild in the middle of nowhere 92 M3572

Business & Economics
Kabir Sehgal Coined: the rich life of money & how its history has shaped us 332.49 S456
Paul Sullivan The thin green line: the money secrets of the super wealthy 332.024 S951

Chess
Gino Di Felice Chess results, 1747-1900: a comprehensive record with 465 tournament crosstables & 590 match scores REF 794.157 D569
Gino Di Felice Chess results, 1901-1920: a comprehensive record with 860 tournament crosstables & 375 match scores REF 794.157 D569
Gino Di Felice Chess results, 1921-1930: a comprehensive record with 940 tournament crosstables & 210 match scores REF 794.157 D569
Gino Di Felice ; with a foreword by Ivo Fasiori Chess results, 1931-1935: a comprehensive record with 1,065 tournament crosstables & 190 match scores REF 794.157 D569
Gino Di Felice Chess results, 1936-1940: a comprehensive record with 990 tournament crosstables & 125 match scores REF 794.157 D569
Gino Di Felice Chess results, 1941-1946: a comprehensive record with 810 tournament crosstables & 80 match scores, with sources REF 794.157 D569
Gino Di Felice Chess results, 1947-1950: a comprehensive record with 980 tournament crosstables & 155 match scores, with sources REF 794.157 D569
Gino Di Felice Chess results, 1951-1955: a comprehensive record with 1,620 tournament crosstables & 144 match scores, with sources REF 794.157 D569
Gino Di Felice Chess results, 1956-1960: a comprehensive record with 1,390 tournament crosstables & 142 match scores, with sources REF 794.157 D569
Nenad Nesh Stanković The greatest secret of Bobby Fischer 794.1 F52s

Food & Drink
Jeff Cox From vines to wines: the complete guide to growing grapes & making your own wine 634.8 C87

Health & Medicine
Michio Kaku The future of the mind: the scientific quest to understand, enhance & empower the mind 612.8 K139
Desda Zuckerman Your sacred anatomy: an owner's guide to the human energy structure 615.852 Z942

History
Blaine Harden The great leader & the fighter pilot: the true story of the tyrant who created North Korea & the young lieutenant who stole his way to freedom 951.9 K48h
Joseph Luzzi My two Italies 945.092 L979
Eugene Rogan The fall of the Ottomans: the Great War in the Middle East 940.356 R721

Home & Family Management
Pamela Druckerman Bringing up bébé: one American mother discovers the wisdom of french parenting 649.1 D794

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
William DeBuys The last unicorn: a search for one of Earth's rarest creatures 591.68 D289
Helen Macdonald H is for Hawk 598.9 M135

Performing Arts & Music
Carlos Santana The universal tone: bringing my story to light 780.92 S232

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Alice Dreger Galileo's middle finger: heretics, activists & the search for justice in science 174.2 D771

Social Sciences & Current Events
Umberto Eco How to write a thesis 378.2 E192

Sports & Games
Mary Flanagan Values at play in digital games 794.8 F583

Travel & Geography
Footprint Uganda handbook 916.761 F689
San Francisco: the Michelin guide: map of great places to eat 917.946 M623s

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION
DVDs
Big Hero 6
Song of the sea
The tale of the Princess Kaguya

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AUDIOBOOKS
Nonfiction
Brian Grazer A curious mind: the secret to a bigger life CD 153.8 G785
Ann Rule Empty promises & other true cases CD 364.152 R935

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
Interstellar

Drama
Foxcatcher
The pillars of the Earth
Slaves of New York
Surviving Picasso
Wild

Foreign Language
À double tour
Ida
Marius & Fanny
Playing dead
The well-digger's daughter (La fille du puisatier)

Nonfiction
Patrick N. Allitt The art of teaching: best practices from a master educator DVD 371.1 A784
Finding Vivian Maier DVD 770.92 M217

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CDs
Classical
Henryk Górecki Already it is dusk: string quartet no. 1, op. 62 ; Quasi una fantasia: string quartet no. 2, op. 64 CD Classical Górecki
Clarinett music of the 19th & 20th century CD Classical Kanoff

Jazz & Blues
Frank Bey & Anthony Paule Soul for your blues CD Jazz Bey
Blind Boys of Alabama Spirit of the century CD Jazz Blind Boys
Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy's diamonds: the best of the Verve years CD Jazz Gillespie

Musicals & Soundtracks
Lea DeLaria Play it cool CD Musicals/Soundtracks DeLaria

Opera
The Salieri album CD Opera Salieri

Popular
A Tori Amos collection: tales of a librarian CD Pop Amos
Tori Amos Little earthquakes CD Pop Amos
Harry Belafonte Belafonte at Carnegie Hall CD Pop Belafonte
Chicago Greatest hits, 1982-1989 CD Pop Chicago
Eric Clapton From the cradle CD Pop Clapton
Ani Difranco Dilate CD Pop DiFranco
The legacy of Phyllis Hyman CD Pop Hyman

Posted on Apr. 17, 2015 by Sarah Cruz