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BOOKS

FICTION
Ruth Galm Into the valley
Lauren Groff Fates & furies
Adam Johnson Fortune smiles
Liana Maeby South on Highland
Ayn Rand Ideal: the novel & the play
Salman Rushdie Two years eight months & twenty-eight nights
Georges Simenon The Mahé circle
Jennifer Weiner Who do you love
Sung J. Woo Love love

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
James R. Benn The white ghost
Lee Child Make me: a Jack Reacher novel
Julia Dahl Invisible City
Katie Gilmartin Blackmail, my love
Sue Grafton X
Elsa Hart Jade Dragon Mountain
Harry N. MacLean The joy of killing
T. Frank Muir Life for a life: a DCI Gilchrist novel
Anne Perry Corridors of the night: a William Monk novel
Georges Simenon The dancer at the Gai-Moulin
Chevy Stevens Those girls
Fred Vargas Wash this blood clean from my hand

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Karen Robards The last time I saw her
Michael Swanwick Chasing the Phoenix
Harry Turtledove Bombs away: the hot war

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Neil Gaiman Hansel & Gretel: a Toon graphic 741.5 G14h

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NONFICTION
Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Matthew Brehm Sketching on location 741.2 B834
Hereward Lester Cooke Painting techniques of the masters 751.4 C772
Bente Starcke King Beautiful botanicals: painting & drawing flowers & plants 760 K522
Elizabeth Leavy Stroman The art & life of Jean Varda 750.92 V291
Anne Middleton Wagner A house divided: American art since 1955 709.73 W132

Biography & Genealogy
Bob Mankoff How about never--is never good for you?: my life in cartoons 741.5 M278 Comics

Business & Economics
Ann Handley Everybody writes: your go-to guide to creating ridiculously good content 658.872 H236

Chess
Alexei Kornev Rossolimo & friends: a complete repertoire vs. the Sicilian 794.1 K847

Health & Medicine
Jon Palfreman Brain storms: the race to unlock the mysteries of Parkinson's Disease 616.833 P159
David Perlmutter Brain maker: the power of gut microbes to heal & protect your brain -- for life 612.3 P451

History
Gary W. Gallagher Causes won, lost & forgotten: how Hollywood & popular art shape what we know about the Civil War 973.7 G162
Erika Lee The making of Asian America: a history 973.0495 L477
J. Matthew Gallman & Gary W. Gallagher (editors) Lens of war: exploring iconic photographs of the Civil War 973.7 L573
David Maraniss Once in a great city: a Detroit story 977.434 M311
Andrew M. Shanken Into the void Pacific: building the 1939 San Francisco World's Fair 979.461 S528

Law
Linda Hirshman Sisters in Law: how Sandra Day O'Connor & Ruth Bader Ginsburg went to the Supreme Court & changed the world 347.732 H669

Literature & Writing
Richard E. Goodkin Around Proust 843.9 P96g
Mary Karr The art of memoir 809 K188

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Arthur Benjamin The magic of math: solving for x & figuring out why 510 B468
Andrea Wulf The invention of nature: Alexander von Humboldt's new world 509.2 H91w

Performing Arts & Music
Jessica Abel Out on the wire: the storytelling secrets of the new masters of radio 791.44 A139 Comics
Anshel Brusilow & Robin Underdahl Shoot the conductor: too close to Monteux, Szell & Ormandy 784.2 B912
Brian Kellow Can I go now?: the life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood's first superagent 792.092 M544

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
A course in miracles: combined volume 299.93 C861

Politics & Government
Peter Schweizer Clinton cash: the untold story of how & why foreign governments & businesses helped make Bill & Hillary rich 364.132 S413c

Social Sciences & Current Events
The Daily Californian Fifty years of free speech: perspectives on the movement that revolutionized Berkeley 378.198 F469
Sophie Fontanel The art of sleeping alone: why one French woman suddenly gave up sex 306.81 F679

Travel & Geography
Lonely Planet Chateaux of the Loire Valley: road trips 914.45 L847
Moon living abroad. Paris 914.436 M818L
Floriana Petersen 111 places in San Francisco that you must not miss 917.9461 P484

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EBOOKS
Basic Spanish: (Beginner) 325 Exercises + Flashcard App + 90-Minute Audio
Ted Bell Patriot: an Alex Hawke novel
Rose Levy Beranbaum The baking bible
Bill Bryson A walk in the woods: rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Benedict Carey How we learn: the surprising truth about when, where & why it happens
Clive Cussler & Russell Blake The Solomon curse
Dinesh D'Souza America: imagine a world without her
Peter Gay Modernism: the lure of heresy: from Baudelaire to Beckett & beyond
Doris Kearns Goodwin The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft & the Golden Age of Journalism
S.C. Gwynne Rebel yell : the violence, passion & redemption of Stonewall Jackson
Yuval Noah Harari Sapiens: a brief history of humankind
J.A. Jance Dance of the bones: a Beaumont & Walker novel
Marie Kondo The life-changing magic of tidying up: the Japanese art of decluttering & organizing
David Lagercrantz The girl in the spider's web: a Lisbeth Salander novel
Anne Lamott Small victories: spotting improbable moments of grace
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
John McCain & Mark Salter Thirteen soldiers: a personal history of Americans at war
David McCullough 1776
Christopher Moore Secondhand souls
Amy Morin 13 things mentally strong people don't do: take back your power, embrace change, face your fears & train your brain for happiness & success
Brian Murphy 81 days below zero: the incredible survival story of a World War II pilot in Alaska's frozen wilderness
Richard O'Connor Rewire: change your brain to break bad habits, overcome addictions,conquer self-destructive behavior
Thomas Piketty Capital in the twenty-first century
Ron Rash Above the waterfall
Alexandra Robbins The nurses: a year of secrets, drama & miracles with the heroes of the hospital
Alvin E. Roth Who gets what--and why: the new economics of matchmaking & market design
Jay Sekulow The rise of ISIS: the coming massacre
Hampton Sides In the kingdom of ice: the grand & terrible polar voyage of the USS Jeannette
Rosemary Sullivan Stalin's daughter: the extraordinary & tumultuous life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
Steve Toltz Quicksand
Lily Tuck The double life of Liliane
Dr. H. Gilbert Welch Less medicine, more health: 7 assumptions that drive too much medical care

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DVDs
Nonfiction
Royal cousins at war DVD 940.311 R888

Posted on Sep. 26, 2015 by Sarah Cruz