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New Titles for the Week of December 28

BOOKS

FICTION
Sinan Antoon I'jaam
Gillian Flynn The Grownup
Jon Foyt The mind of an American revolutionary
Michel Houellebecq Submission
Patrick Modiano Paris nocturne
Patrick Modiano The occupation trilogy: La Place de l'Étoile, The night watch, Ring roads
Michael J. Seidlinger The strangest

Historical Fiction
Christopher Buckley The relic master

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Winston Graham The merciless ladies

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Kyle Higgins C.O.W.L. Volume 1, Principles of power 741.5 C875 comics
Kyle Higgins C.O.W.L. Volume 2, The greater good 741.5 C875 comics
Nic Kelman How to pass as human 741.5 K299 comics
Peter Kuper Ruins 741.5 K967 comics
Peanuts, a tribute to Charles M. Schulz: over 40 artists celebrate the work of Charles M. Schulz 741.5 P358 comics
Rick Remender Low. Vol. 2, Before the dawn burns us 741.5 L912 comics
Alex Robinson Our expanding universe 741.5 R658 comics
Guy A. Sims Monster: a graphic novel 741.5 M996 comics
Jillian Tamaki SuperMutant Magic Academy 741.5 T153s comics
Stan Lee Amazing fantastic incredible: a marvelous memoir 741.5973 L481 comics
John Leguizamo Ghetto Klown: a graphic novel 92 L521 comics

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Hugh Ball Flight out of time: a Dada diary 700 B187
Nancy Marie Brown Ivory Vikings: the mystery of the most famous chessmen in the world & the woman who made them 736.6 B879
Syne Mitchell Inventive weaving on a little loom: discover the full potential of the rigid-heddle loom, for beginners & beyond 746.14 M682
Scott Schuman The sartorialist X 746.9 S392
Robert Walser Looking at pictures 709 W222

Biography & Genealogy
Christopher Buckley Holy days of obligation: essays on Santa Barbara & the writing life, at home & abroad 92 B924
Jonathan Bate Ted Hughes: the unauthorised life 92 H8945b
Lisa Hilton Elizabeth: Renaissance prince 92 E434h
Richard Holmes Wellington: the Iron Duke 92 W451ho

Chess
Lev Alburt Three days with Bobby Fischer & other chess essays: how to meet champions & choose your openings 794.12 A345t
Sam Collins Karpov, move by move 794.15 C713
Alex Dunne Great chess books of the twentieth century in English 016.794 D92
Nick de Firmian Modern chess openings: MCO-15 794.122 F524m
Hastings 1895: the centennial edition 794.157 H357
Dan Heisman The improving annotator: from beginner to master 794.1 H473ia
Garry Kasparov The test of time 794.15 K197t
Igor Khmelnitsky Chess exam & training guide: rate yourself & learn how to improve! 794.1 K457
John Nunn Understanding chess middlegames 794.123 N97u
John C. Owen The match tournament at St. Petersburg, 1895-6: a turning point in chess history 794.157 O971
Bruce Pandolfini Solitaire chess 794.15 P189s
Vasily Smyslov Smyslov's best games 794.15 S66sb

Food & Drink
Jorge Fernandez Rustic: simple food & drink, from morning to night 641.5 F363
Michael Mina Michael Mina: the cookbook 641.5973 M663

Health & Medicine
Anil Ananthaswamy The man who wasn't there: investigations into the strange new science of the self 616.8 A533
J. Eric Ahlskog The new Parkinson's disease treatment book: partnering with your doctor to get the most from your medications 616.833 A285

History
Diane C. Donovan San Francisco relocated 979.461 D687
Alistair Horne Hubris: the tragedy of war in the twentieth century 355.02 H815
Devon Cox The street of wonderful possibilities: Whistler, Wilde & Sargent in Tite Street 942.1 C877
Peter Rex The English resistance 941.02 R455
Anna Reynolds A royal welcome: making magnificence at Buckingham Palace 942.1 R462

Languages & Linguistics
The Horologicon: a day's jaunt through the lost words of the English language/ Mark Forsyth 420.9 F735

Law
Ben Carson A more perfect union: what we the people can do to protect our constitutional liberties 342.7308 C321

Literature & Writing
Matthew Beaumont Nightwalking: a nocturnal history of London Chaucer to Dickens 820.9 B379

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Newton's apple & other myths about science 001.96 N567
John Allen Paulos A numerate life: a mathematician explores the vagaries of life, his & probably yours 510 P33n

Performing Arts & Music
David Buckley Kraftwerk: publikation 780.92 K892
Peter Guralnick Sam Phillips: the man who invented rock 'n' roll 781.66 P563
Paul Lester In search of Pharrell Williams 780.92 W726
Selected letters of Berlioz 780.92 B51m
Warren Zanes Petty: the biography 780.92 P512

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Sam Harris Lying 177.3 H316
Immanuel Kant Critique of pure reason 193 K167cp
Ruth Davis Konigsberg The truth about grief: the myth of its five stages & the new science of loss 155.93 K824
The new Oxford annotated Bible 220.5 B58no
Robert Beaken The Church of England & the home front, 1914-1918: civilians, soldiers & religion in wartime Colchester 283.42 B365

Politics & Government
Judith Butler Notes toward a performative theory of assembly 323.47 B985

Social Sciences & Current Events
Jesse Berg Visual leap: a step-by-step guide to visual learning for teachers & students 371.3 B493
Jason Burke The new threat: the past, present & future of Islamic militancy 363.325 B959
Jenny Nordberg The Underground Girls of Kabul: the Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised as Boys 305.3 N828
Unequal Englishes: the politics of Englishes today 306.44 U566

Sports & Games
Bruce Bochy A book of walks 796.5 B664
Caleb Daniloff Running ransom road: confronting the past, one marathon at a time 796.42 D186
Steve Sieberson The naked mountaineer: misadventures of an Alpine traveler 796.52 S571

Travel & Geography
Lonely Planet Australia 919.4 L847
Lonely Planet Buenos Aires 918.211 L847
Lonely Planet East coast Australia 919.404 L847
Lonely Planet Jamaica 917.292 L847
Lonely Planet Puerto Rico 917.295 L847
Lonely Planet Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef 919.43 L847
Lonely Planet Tasmania 919.46 L847
Lonely Planet West coast Australia 919.41 L847
Lonely Planet Argentina 918.2 L847
Lonely Planet Chile & Easter Island 918.3 L847
Lonely Planet Colombia 918.6 L847
Lonely Planet Dominican Republic 917.293 L847
Lonely Planet Eastern Europe 914.7 L847e
Lonely Planet Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands 918.66 L847
Lonely Planet Mexico 917.2 L847
Lonely Planet South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland 916.8 L847
Lonely PlanetCuba 917.291 L847
Monocle Madrid 914.641 M751
Lucia Jay von Seldeneck 111 places in Berlin that you shouldn't miss 914.315 O584
Henry Stedman Kilimanjaro: the trekking guide to Africa's highest mountain 916.78 S812
John Summerson The complete guide to climbing (by bike) in California 917.94 S955
Siobhan Wall Quiet London Culture 914.21 W187cu
Siobhan Wall Quiet London Quiet corners 914.21 W187co
Wallpaper City Guide Austin 917.6431 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Berlin 914.315 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Chicago 917.731 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Istanbul 914.961 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Johannesburg 916.82 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Mauritius, Réunion & Seychelles 916.98 L847
Wallpaper City Guide Miami 917.593 W215
Wallpaper City Guide New York 917.471 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Osaka 915.2183 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Paris 914.436 W215
Wallpaper City Guide San Francisco 917.9461 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Santiago 918.3315 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Sao Paulo 918.161 W215
Wallpaper City Guide Singapore 915.957 W215
Wallpaper City GuideShanghai 915.113 W215
Wallpaper City GuideVancouver 917.112 W215
Michelin Châteaux of the Loire 914.45 M623g
Fodor's the complete African safari planner 916 F65

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Bob Woodward The last of the president's men CD 973.924 W899L

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EBOOKS
Mitch Albom The magic strings of Frankie Presto
Isabel Allende The Japanese lover
David Baldacci The guilty
Paul Beatty The sellout
James Lee Burke House of the rising sun
Robert Crais The promise
Rachel Cusk Outline
Philip K. Dick The Man in the High Castle
Janet Evanovich Tricky twenty-two
Joseph Fink Welcome to Night Vale: novel
Dolores Gordon-Smith The Chessman
Charles McCarry The mulberry bush
Val McDermid Splinter the silence
Kyle Mills The survivor: a Mitch Rapp novel
Denise Mina Blood, Salt, Water
Viet Thanh Nguyen The sympathizer
James Patterson Cross justice
Andy Weir The Martian

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DVDs

Nonfiction
Lang Lang Live in Versailles DVD 786.2 L269

Posted on Dec. 29, 2015 by Cherilyn Chang