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New Titles for the Week of May 22

BOOKS

FICTION
Kate Atkinson A god in ruins
Elena Ferrante The lost daughter
Angela Flournoy The Turner house
Karl Ove Knausgaard My struggle. Book four
Attica Locke Pleasantville
Toni Morrison God help the child
Edna O'Brien The love object: selected stories
Nora Roberts The liar
Marcia Willett Postcards from the past

Historical Fiction
Maureen Gibbon Paris red
Marge Piercy City of darkness, city of light

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Ann Cleeves Thin air
Elizabeth J. Duncan Slated for death
Iris Johansen Your next breath
John Lescroart The fall
Malcolm Mackay How a gunman says goodbye
James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 14th deadly sin
John Sandford Gathering prey
Emily Schultz The blondes
Lisa Scottoline Every fifteen minutes
Vidar Sundstøl The ravens

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Charlaine Harris Day shift

Short Stories
Steven Millhauser Voices in the night: stories
B.J. Novak One more thing: stories & other stories

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
David McCullough The Wright brothers 629.13 W947m

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Daniel Arasse Take a closer look 750.1 A662
The new nomads: temporary spaces & a life on the move 720.44 N532

Biography & Genealogy
Elizabeth Alexander The light of the world 92 A3755
Kate Bolick Spinster: making a life of one's own 92 B6891
Robert Crawford Young Eliot: from St. Louis to The Waste Land 92 E422cr
Peter Longerich Goebbels: a biography 92 G593L
Thomas R. Flynn Sartre: a philosophical biography 92 S25f

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Ben Bizzle Start a revolution: stop acting like a library 021.7 B625
John Palfrey BiblioTech: why libraries matter more than ever in the age of Google 020.285 P159

Business & Economics
Laszlo Bock Work rules!: insights from inside Google that will transform how you live & lead 658.4 B665

Food & Drink
Mark Bittman A bone to pick: the good & bad news about food, with wisdom, insights & advice on diets, food safety, GMOs, farming & more 338.1 B624
Ivan Orkin Ivan Ramen: love, obsession & recipes from Tokyo's most unlikely noodle joint 641.5952 O699

Health & Medicine
Alanna Collen 10% human: how your body's microbes hold the key to health & happiness 612.3 C697
Christian Jarrett Great myths of the brain 612.86 J378

History
Bernard Bailyn Sometimes an art: nine essays on history 907.2 B161
John P. Riordan They are all my family: a daring rescue in the chaos of Saigon's fall 959.7 R585

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Leonard Mlodinow The upright thinkers: the human journey from living in trees to understanding the cosmos 509 M685
Mitchell Symons Numberland: the world in numbers 032 S988

Performing Arts & Music
Candice Bergen A fine romance 792.092 B495f
Sandy Tolan Children of the stone: the power of music in a hard land 780.956 T647
Josh Karp Orson Welles's last movie: the making of The other side of the wind 791.4 W44k

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
David Brooks The road to character 170.44 B873
John Dominic Crossan How to read the Bible & still be a Christian: struggling with divine violence from Genesis through Revelation 220.6 C951
Joseph Dispenza God on your own: finding a spiritual path outside religion 204 D612
Amanda Enayati Seeking serenity: the 10 new rules for health & happiness in the age of anxiety 155.9 E561
Barbara G. Walker Belief & unbelief 200 W177

Social Sciences & Current Events
Åsne Seierstad One of us: the story of Anders Breivik & the massacre in Norway 363.325 S458
Meghan Daum (editor) Selfish, shallow & self-absorbed: sixteen writers on the decision not to have kids 306.874 S465

Travel & Geography
Corrado Augias The secrets of Rome: love & death in the eternal city 914.56 A921

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AUDIOBOOKS
Nonfiction
Rhonda K. Garelick Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel & the pulse of history CD 746.9 C45gm
Leonard Mlodinow The upright thinkers: the human journey from living in trees to understanding the cosmos CD 509 M685

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DVDs
Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
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Posted on May. 22, 2015 by Sarah Cruz