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New Titles for the Week of January 11

BOOKS

FICTION
Nadine Darling She came from beyond!
Chris Ewan Dark tides
Paolo Giordano Like family
Jim Kokoris It's. Nice. Outside.
Karen Olsson All the houses
Gwen Roland Postmark Bayou Chene
Carl-Johan Vallgren The merman
Christian Kracht Imperium

Historical Fiction
B. A. Shapiro The muralist
György Spiró Captivity

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Jo Bannister Desperate measures
Robert Crais The promise
Charles Cumming The hidden man
Mark de Castrique A specter of justice
Mark Greaney Tom Clancy: commander-in-chief
Kerry Greenwood Dead man's chest
Kerry Greenwood Murder on a midsummer night
Sue Ann Jaffarian A body to spare
Marek Krajewski The end of the world in Breslau
Kim Powers Dig two graves
David Poyer Tipping point: the war with China -- the first salvo

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Mary Robinette Kowal Word puppets

Short Stories
John Keene Counternarratives
Kelly Link Get in trouble
Mary Rickert You have never been here

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Gregory Benton Smoke 741.5 B4782 comics
Keef Cross DayBlack. Vol. 1 741.5 C951 comics
Oliver Morel Walking wounded 616.8521 M839 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Scott M. Mueller Upgrading & repairing PCs 621.3916 M947
Valerie Lester Giambattista Bodoni: his life & his world 686.2 B668L

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Michael Peppiatt Francis Bacon in your blood: a memoir 750.92 B12pi
Kaja Silverman The miracle of analogy, or, The history of photography 770 S587
Gabrielle G. Starr Feeling beauty: the neuroscience of aesthetic experience 700.1 S796
Richard Diebenkorn The sketchbooks revealed 759.13 D559s

Biography & Genealogy
Lucinda Hawksley Queen Victoria's mysterious daughter: a biography of Princess Louise 92 L8882
Richard H. King Arendt & America 92 A68k

Business & Economics
Isabelle Saporta Vino business: the cloudy world of French wine 338.4766 S241

Computer Science
Amelia Bellamy-Royds SVG colors, patterns & gradients: painting vector graphics 006.6 S968
Stephen Burge Joomla! 3 explained: your step-by-step guide 006.78 J81
Neil J. Salkind Excel statistics: a quick guide 005.3 M611s
John Savill Mastering Microsoft Azure infrastructure services 004.6 W359
Herbert Schildt Java: the complete reference 005.1 J415s
John Sharp Microsoft Visual C# step by step 005.1 C41s
Jessica Thornsby iWork 005.5 I969
Mahesh Venkitachalam Python playground: geeky projects for the curious programmer 005.1 P99v
Owen Yamauchi Hack & HHVM: programming productivity without breaking things 005.43 H118

Food & Drink
America's Test Kitchen the complete cooking for two cookbook: 650 recipes for everything you'll ever want to make 641.561 C737
Dynise Balcavage Pies & tarts with heart: expert pie-building techniques for 60+ sweet & savory vegan pies 641.865 B174
Andy King Baking by hand: make the best artisanal breads & pastries better without a mixer 641.815 K521
Julie Wampler Dinner for two: easy & innovative recipes for one, two, or a few 641.561 W243

Health & Medicine
Sara Gottfried The hormone reset diet: heal your metabolism to lose up to 15 pounds in 21 days 613.2 G685
Jeanne Marie Laskas Concussion 617.5 L345

History
Winston Groom The generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall & the winning of World War II 940.5412 G876
John Kelly Never surrender: Winston Churchill & Britain's decision to fight Nazi Germany in the fateful summer of 1940 940.5341 K297

Literature & Writing
Reginald Dwayne Betts Bastards of the Reagan era 811 B565
On life-writing|Zachary Leader (editor) 808 O581

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Stuart Firestein Failure: why science is so successful 501 F523
Edward F. Ricketts Between Pacific tides 591.926 R539

Performing Arts & Music
James Curtis William Cameron Menzies: the shape of films to come 791.4 M551
Karen E. Dill-Shackleford Mad men unzipped: fans on sex, love & the sixties on TV 791.45 D578
Wheeler Winston Dixon Black & white cinema 791.43 D621b
George Grella, Jr. Bitches brew 780.92 D26g
Strayhorn: an illustrated life 780.92 S913
Jim Beviglia Counting down the Rolling Stones: their 100 finest songs 780.92 R75be
Barbara Young The persona of Ingmar Bergman: conquering demons through film 791.43 B49y

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Alister McGrath The big question: why we can't stop talking about science, faith & God 201.65 M147
Thich Nhat Hanh How to relax 294.3 N57ho
Peter Singer Famine, affluence & morality 170 S61f
Allene Symons Aldous Huxley's hands: his quest for perception & the origin & return of psychedelic science 154.4 S988

Social Sciences & Current Events
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian The cosmopolites: the coming of the global citizen 364.16 A159
Sarah E. Fiarman Becoming a school principal: learning to lead, leading to learn 371.2 F441
Tim Flannery Atmosphere of hope: searching for solutions to the climate crisis 363.738 F585
Matt Ridley The evolution of everything: how new ideas emerge 303.483 R546

Sports & Games
Matthew Algeo Pedestrianism: when watching people walk was America's favorite spectator sport 796.5 A394
Gregg Easterbrook The game's not over: in defense of football 796.332 E135
Kevin Mitchell Break point: the inside story of modern tennis 796.34 M681

Travel & Geography
David L. Ulin Sidewalking: coming to terms with Los Angeles 917.9494 U39

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AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
Sarah Vowell Lafayette in the somewhat United States CD 973.33 V97

Posted on Jan. 12, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang