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New Titles for the Week of August 24

BOOKS

FICTION
Maurice Blanchot Aminadab
Mia Couto Confession of the lioness
Louis de Bernières The dust that falls from dreams
Amitav Ghosh Flood of fire
Joanna Hershon Swimming
Alice Hoffman The marriage of opposites: a novel based on the life of Rachel Pizzarro
James McGee The blooding
Haruki Murakami Wind/Pinball: two novels
Stuart Rojstaczer The Mathematician's Shiva
Elizabeth Rosner The speed of light
Lucy Sanna The cherry harvest

Historical Fiction
Jennifer Chiaverini Mrs. Grant & Madame Jule

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Linwood Barclay Broken promise
Carrie Bebris The suspicion at Sanditon: or, the disappearance of Lady Denham
Ken Bruen Green hell: a Jack Taylor novel
Raymond Chandler The high window
Martin Clark The Jezebel remedy
Catherine Coulter Nemesis
Linda Fairstein Devil's bridge
Christopher Fowler Full dark house
A.D. Garrett Believe no one
Elizabeth Gunn Noontime follies
Sophie Hannah Woman with a secret
Andrew Hughes The convictions of John Delahunt
Sophie Littlefield The missing place
Margaret Maron Long upon the land
Elizabeth Redfern The music of the spheres
Jon Talton High country nocturne
Vu Tran Dragonfish
Martin Walker The Patriarch: a Bruno, chief of police novel

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Ernest Cline Armada
Andrew Smith The Alex crow

Short Stories
Ann Beattie The state we're in: Maine stories
China Miéville Three moments of an explosion: stories

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Michael Lesy Angel's world: the New York photographs of Angelo Rizzuto 770.92 R627
Jeremy Rosenberg Under Spring: voices+art+Los Angeles 709.7949 R813
Twenty Eight Chinese: Rubell Family Collection ( Zhonghua nian ba ren: Lubei'er jia zu shou cang) 709.51 T971
John Whitenight Under glass: a Victorian obsession 745.594 W594

Biography & Genealogy
Janice P. Nimura Daughters of the samurai: a journey from East to West & back 920.72 N713
Evan Thomas Being Nixon: a man divided 92 N718t

Business & Economics
Thomas Piketty The economics of inequality 339.22 P636

Chess
Valery Aveskulov Attack with black 794.12 A955
Steve Giddins (editor) New In Chess: the first 25 years 794.1 N53g
John Hall, Jan R. Cartier A view from the top: the Kasparov-Anand PCA match, New York, 1995 794.159 H177

History
Jonathan M. Bryant Dark places of the earth: the voyage of the slave ship Antelope 342.7308 B915
Kathleen DuVal Independence lost: lives on the edge of the American Revolution 973.3 D983
Daniel Francis Closing time: prohibition, rum-runners & border wars 363.41 F818
James Kunetka The general & the genius: Groves & Oppenheimer: the unlikely partnership that built the atom bomb 355.8 K964
Andy McSmith Fear & the muse kept watch: the Russian masters--from Akhmatova & Pasternak to Shostakovich & Eisenstein--under Stalin 700.92 M175

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Susan Casey Voices in the ocean: a journey into the wild & haunting world of dolphins 599.53 C338

Politics & Government
Arthur C. Brooks The conservative heart: how to build a fairer, happier & more prosperous America 320.52 B873
Stephen Grey The new spymasters: inside the modern world of espionage from the Cold War to global terror 327.12 G845

Social Sciences & Current Events
Kristina Rizga Mission High: one school, how experts tried to fail it & the students & teachers who made it triumph 371.26 R627

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CDs

Opera
Strauss Four last songs 12 lieder CD Opera Strauss

Popular
the Beach Boys Pet sounds CD Pop Beach Boys
Elvis Costello My aim is true CD Pop Costello
Dido No angel CD Pop Dido
Little Feat Sailin' shoes CD Pop Little Feat
Tom Petty Full moon fever CD Pop Petty

Posted on Aug. 25, 2015 by Cherilyn Chang