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New Titles for the Week of December 21

BOOKS

FICTION
Cesar Aira Conversations
Cesar Aira Ghosts
César Aira How I became a nun
César Aira Shantytown
Cesar Aira The hare
César Aira The literary conference
César Aira The miracle cures of Dr. Aira
César Aira Varamo
Catherine Armsden Dream House
David Baillie What we salvage
David Baker Vintage
Kevin Barry Beatlebone
Will Chancellor A brave man seven storeys tall
Teju Cole Every day is for the thief
Elisabeth Egan A window opens
Peter Golden Wherever there is light
Sonallah Ibrahim Beirut, Beirut
Sonollah Ibrahim That smell, and, Notes from prison
Dave Reidy Voiceover artist
Mercè Rodoreda War, so much war
Jonah C. Sirott This is the night
Mark R. Thornton Kid Moses
Enrique Vila-Matas Because she never asked
John Cheever The Wapshot scandal
Michael Golding A poet of the invisible world

Historical Fiction
Maurice Druon The lily & the lion
Oscar Hijuelos Twain & Stanley enter paradise
Renée Rosen White collar girl
Norah Vincent Adeline: a novel of Virginia Woolf

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Rhys Bowen Away in a manger
Ken Bruen The devil
Robin Cook Host
Judith Cutler Guilty as sin
Didier Daeninckx Nazis in the Metro
P. T. Deutermann Cold frame
Susan Dunlap Diamond in the buff
Carin Gerhardsen Cinderella girl
Carin Gerhardsen The gingerbread house
Carin Gerhardsen The last lullaby
Kerry Greenwood Blood & circuses
Kerry Greenwood Death at Victoria Dock
Kerry Greenwood Death before wicket
Kerry Greenwood Raisins & almonds
Antonia Hodgson The Devil in the Marshalsea
Craig Johnson The cold dish
Jennifer Kincheloe The secret life of Anna Blanc
Charlie Lovett First impressions: a novel of old books, unexpected love & Jane Austen
Barry Maitland Crucifixion Creek: a Belltree mystery
Gordon McAlpine Woman with a blue pencil
Bernard Minier The circle
James Patterson Cross justice
Karin Slaughter Pretty girls
Sarah Ward In bitter chill
Conrad Williams Dust & desire

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Gregory Maguire After Alice
Ilana C. Myer Last song before night

Short Stories
Michael Cunningham A wild swan
Marian Thurm Today is not your day
Buffalo noir SS B929
Zagreb noir SS Z18

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler 943.086 M685 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Cities, museums & soft power 069 C581
Molly Crabapple Drawing blood: a memoir 741.6 C883
Blair Jackson This is all a dream we dreamed: an oral history of the Grateful Dead 780.92 G771jt
John Berger Portraits: John Berger on artists 709.22 B49

Biography & Genealogy
Patrick Modiano Pedigree: a memoir 92 M691
Jon Meacham Destiny & power: the American odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush 92 B975m

Business & Economics
Peter Bregman 18 minutes: find your focus, master distraction & get the right things done 650.1 B833
Gabriel Metcalf Democratic by design: how carsharing, co-ops & community land trusts are reinventing America 334 M588
Ben S. Bernanke The courage to act: a memoir of a crisis & its aftermath 332.11 B517

Food & Drink
Dave Asprey Bulletproof: the cookbook: lose up to a pound a day, increase your energy & end food cravings for good 641.563 A843
Renee Behnke Memorable recipes: to share with family & friends 642.4 B419
John Clem Nordstrom entertaining at home cookbook: delicious recipes for memorable gatherings 641.5 C625
Linda West Eckhardt Pears 641.64 E192
Great cakes: home-baked creations from the Country living kitchen 641.8653 G786
Made with love: the Meals on Wheels family cookbook 641.5 M181
Man with a pan: culinary adventures of fathers who cook for their families 641.5973 M266
Nancie McDermott Southern cakes: sweet & irresistible recipes for everyday celebrations 641.8653 M134
Gabi Moskowitz The brokea$$ gourmet cookbook 641.55 M911
Diane Roupe Blue ribbon country canning: state fair award-winning traditional & modern favorite recipes 641.4 R861
Diane Rossen Worthington The taste of the season: inspired recipes for fall & winter 641.5 W933

Health & Medicine
Ramiel Nagel Cure tooth decay: remineralize cavities & repair your teeth naturally with good food 617.6 N147

History
Graham Hancock Magicians of the gods: the forgotten wisdom of Earth's lost civilization 001.94 H234
Ian Kershaw To hell & back: Europe, 1914-1949 940.5 K41
Lisa McGirr The war on alcohol: Prohibition & the rise of the American state 363.41 M145
Alex Perry The rift: a new Africa breaks free 960 P462
Marie Simon Underground in Berlin: a young woman's extraordinary tale of survival in the heart of Nazi Germany 940.5318 S594
Peggy Noonan The time of our lives: collected writings 973.927 N81t

Languages & Linguistics
William Shakespeare All's well that ends well 822 S521a

Literature & Writing
Vivian Gornick The odd woman & the city: a memoir 818 G671o
Werner Herzog Of walking in ice: Munich-Paris, 23 November-14 December 1974 838 H582
C. S. Lewis The Pilgrim's regress 823 C67p
Joseph Loconte A hobbit, a wardrobe & a great war 823 T64L
Walter Benjamin's archive: images, texts, signs 838 B468w

Patrick McGilligan Young Orson: the years of luck & genius on the path to Citizen Kane 791.4 W44m
Brian Seibert What the eye hears: a history of tap dancing 792.7 S457

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Heidi Grant Halvorson No one understands you & what to do about it 158.2 H197
Pico Iyer The art of stillness: adventures in going nowhere 204.3 I97

Politics & Government
Roger Scruton Fools, frauds & firebrands: thinkers of the new left 320.5 S435

Social Sciences & Current Events
Christopher Lukas Silent grief: living in the wake of suicide 362.28 L954
Karen Lynch Good cop, bad daughter: memoirs of an unlikely police officer 363.2 L987
Linsey McGoey No such thing as a free gift: the gates foundation & the price of philanthropy 361.763 M146

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Linda Bailey When Santa was a baby

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DVDs

Drama
Lost in Thailand

Nonfiction
Going clear: Scientology & the prison of belief DVD 299.93 G615

Posted on Dec. 22, 2015 by Cherilyn Chang