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BOOKS

FICTION
Alaa Al Aswany The Automobile Club of Egypt
John Banville The blue guitar
Adrienne Celt The daughters
Laurie Foos The blue girl
Christopher Moore Secondhand souls

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Massimo Carlotto Gang of lovers
Amanda Coe The love she left behind
Maurizio de Giovanni By My Hand: The Christmas Of Commissario Ricciardi
Maurizio De Giovanni Viper: no resurrection for Commissario Ricciardi
Philippe Georget Autumn, all the cats return
Victor Gischler Stay
Wolf Haas Brenner & God
Wolf Haas Come, sweet death!
M.L. Longworth Death at the Château Bremont
M.L. Longworth Death in the Vines: a Verlaque & Bonnet Provencal mystery
M.L. Longworth Murder in the Rue Dumas
M.L. Longworth Murder on the Île Sordou: a Verlaque & Bonnet Provençal mystery
M. L. Longworth The mystery of the lost Cézanne: a Verlaque & Bonnet Provençal mystery
Helen Phillips The beautiful bureaucrat
Serge Quadruppani The sudden disappearance of the worker bees
Leah Stewart The new neighbor

Westerns
Charles Neider The authentic death of Hendry Jones

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Megan Prelinger Inside the machine: art & invention in the electronic age 621.381 P924

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Matthias Koddenberg (editor) Christo & Jeanne-Claude: in/out studio 730.92 C55i
Alva Noë Strange tools: art & human nature 700.1 N763
Francine Prose Peggy Guggenheim: the shock of the modern 708 G94pr
Jonas Reif Cultivating chaos: how to enrich landscapes with self-seeding plants 715 R361
Emily Eliza Scott (editor) Critical landscapes: art, space, politics 704.943 C934

Biography & Genealogy
Michael D'Antonio Never enough: Donald Trump & the pursuit of success 92 T871d
Lawrence Ferlinghetti Writing across the landscape: travel journals 1960-2010 92 F357w

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
The Writer's market. 655.52 W95

Business & Economics
Charles D. Ellis Falling short: the coming retirement crisis & what to do about it 331.252 E471
Philip Warburg Harness the sun: America's quest for a solar-powered future 333.79 W253

Computer Science
Guy Hart-Davis Apple Watch 004.1675 A648
Paul McFedries Teach yourself visually Windows 10 005.432 W10
Andy Rathbone Windows 10 for dummies 005.432 W10r
Marc Saltzman Apple Watch for dummies 004.1675 A648s

Food & Drink
Aaron Franklin Franklin barbecue: a meat-smoking manifesto 641.76 F831
Alejandro Junger Clean eats: over 200 delicious recipes to reset your body's natural balance & discover what it means to be truly healthy 641.563 J953

Health & Medicine
Alejandro Junger Clean gut: the breakthrough plan for eliminating the root cause of disease & revolutionizing your health 616.3 J953

History
Matthew Coolidge Around The Bay: Man-Made Sites of Interest in the San Francisco Bay Region 979.46 C774
Joy-Ann Reid Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons & the racial divide 973.932 R356
Timothy Snyder Black earth: the Holocaust as history & warning 940.5318 S675

Literature & Writing
Novel & short story writer's market 655.52 N937
Dinty W. Moore Dear mister essay writer guy: advice & confessions on writing, love & cannibals 808 M821
Ilan Stavans Quixote: the novel & the world 863 C419st
Guide to literary agents 655.52 G941
Poet's market 655.52 P745
Children's writer's & illustrator's market 655.52 C53

Performing Arts & Music
Emanuel Levy Gay directors, gay films?: Pedro Almodóvar, Terence Davies, Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, John Waters 791.43 L668
John Lydon Anger is an energy: my life uncensored 780.92 L983
Mark Ribowsky Dreams to remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records & the transformation of Southern soul 780.92 R313
John Seabrook The song machine: inside the hit factory 781.64 S438
Lucy Miller Murray Chamber music: an extensive guide for listeners 785 M982

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Jimmy Burns Francis, Pope of good promise 282.092 F818b
Margalis Fjelstad Stop caretaking the borderline or narcissist: how to end the drama & get on with life 155.232 F567
Paul Vallely Pope Francis: untying the knots: the struggle for the soul of Catholicism 282.092 F818v

Politics & Government
Jonathan Haslam Near & distant neighbors: a new history of Soviet intelligence 327.12 H352
The Statesman's year-book 310 S79

Reference
Chase's ... calendar of events 394 C48
Guinness book of world records 032 G96
The Old farmer's almanack 051 O44c

Social Sciences & Current Events
Jon Birger Date-onomics: how dating became a lopsided numbers game 306.73 B618
Kathryn J. Edin $2.00 a day: living on almost nothing in America 339.46 E235
Karen Kelsky The professor is in: the essential guide to turning your Ph.D. into a job 378.12 K299
Dale Russakoff The prize: who's in charge of America's schools? 371.2 R958

Sports & Games
John Branch Boy on ice: the life & death of Derek Boogaard 796.96 B724
Mark Miller Pain don't hurt: fighting inside & outside the ring 796.81 M649
Lonnie Wheeler Intangiball: the subtle things that win baseball games 796.357 W563

Travel & Geography
Richard Di Giacomo Historical gems of the San Francisco Bay Area: a guide to museums, historical sites, history parks & historical homes: over 200 fascinating sites to visit!: includes Santa Cruz & Monterey Counties 917.946 D574
Georg Henke Landscapes of the Cinque Terre & Riviera di Levante: a countryside guide 914.518 H512

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Marcia Bartusiak Black hole: how an idea abandoned by Newtonians, hated by Einstein & gambled on by Hawking became loved CD 523.88 B294

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CDs

Folk
Lucinda Williams Essence CD Folk Williams

Popular
Stevie Wonder Innervisions CD Pop Wonder

Posted on Oct. 13, 2015 by Cherilyn Chang