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New Titles for the Week of January 18

BOOKS

FICTION
Jonathan Barrow On the run with Mary
Andrew Battershill Pillow
C. Joseph Greaves Tom & Lucky (and George & Cokey Flo)
Amy Koppelman Hesitation wounds
Paul Meloy The night clock
Deborah Moggach In the dark
Scott Nadelson Between you & me
Shann Ray American copper
Andrew Roe The miracle girl
Joan Schweighardt The accidental art thief
Edward Lewis Wallant The pawnbroker
Elizabeth Day Paradise city
Rajia Hassib In the language of miracles

Historical Fiction
Marina Fiorato Beatrice & Benedick

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Chris Bohjalian The guest room
Donis Casey All men fear me
Bavo Dhooge Styx
Loren D. Estleman The sundown speech
Jonathan Kellerman The golem of Paris
Dean Koontz Ashley Bell
Denzil Meyrick The last witness: a Detective Daley thriller
Margaret Mizushima Killing trail: a Timber Creek K-9 mystery
Kristina Ohlsson Hostage
D.K. Wilson The traitor's mark

Short Stories
Mia Alvar In the country: stories
Tara Ison Ball: stories
Simon Van Booy Tales of accidental genius: stories

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Dan Mishkin The Warren Commission Report: a graphic investigation into the Kennedy assassination 364.152 M678 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Robert Hughes The spectacle of skill: selected writings of Robert Hughes 709 H89s
Africa junctions: capturing the city: Lard Buurman 779.092 B989
Anselm Kiefer ; translated by Tess Lewis Notebooks 709.2 K471n
Christopher Rothko Mark Rothko: from the inside out 750.92 R84r
Nato Thompson Seeing power: socially engaged art in the age of cultural production 700.1 T474
Dan Cruickshank A history of architecture in 100 buildings 720.9 C955
Richard Fernau Houses of Fernau + Hartman 720.47 F363
Susan Meller Textile designs: two hundred years of European & American patterns for printed fabrics organized by motif, style, color, layout & period 746.6 M525

Biography & Genealogy
David Potter Theodora: actress, empress, saint 92 T388p

Business & Economics
Amit Kumar Short selling: finding uncommon short ideas 332.6322 K963
Suzanne Mustacich Thirsty dragon: China's lust for Bordeaux & the threat to the world's best wines 338.4766 M991

Food & Drink
Steve Coomes The home distiller's guide to spirits: reviving the art of the American home still 663 C775
Gena Hamshaw Food 52 vegan: 60 vegetable-driven recipes for any kitchen 641.5636 H232
Kristen Miglore Food52 genius recipes: 100 recipes that will change the way you cook 641.5 M634

Health & Medicine
Scott H. Podolsky The antibiotic era: reform, resistance & the pursuit of a rational therapeutics 615.79 P742

History
John Higgs Stranger than we can imagine: making sense of the twentieth century 909.82 H637
Gerard Koeppel City on a grid: how New York became New York 307.12 K784
Samuel Podberesky Never the last road 940.5318 P742
Nancy Warner This place, these people: life & shadow on the Great Plains 978.2 W283
Robert S. Wells Voices from the bottom of the South China Sea: the untold story of America's largest Chinese emigrant disaster 363.123 W455
David Drake Paris at war, 1939-1944 940.5344 D761
David Horspool Richard III: a ruler & his reputation 942.04 H818
Janet E. Mullin A sixpence at whist: gaming & the English middle classes, 1680-1830 940.2 M959
John Robertson Iraq: a history 956.7 R651
Robert Service The End of the Cold War, 1985-1991 909.828 S491
The English Revolution c.1590-1720: politics, religion & communities 942.06 E586

Literature & Writing
Robert Alter Pen of iron: American prose & the King James Bible 810.9 A466

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Gerardo Ceballos The annihilation of nature: human extinction of birds & mammals 591.38 C387
David R. Montgomery The hidden half of nature: the microbial roots of life & health 579.17 M787
Alan P. Trujillo Essentials of oceanography 551.46 T866

Performing Arts & Music
David Evanier Woody 791.4 A43e

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Andy Clark Surfing uncertainty: prediction, action & the embodied mind 128.2 C592
Mormon feminism: essential writings 289.3 M865
Pope Francis Encyclical on climate change & inequality: on care for our common home 261.8 C363

Politics & Government
Irene L. Gendzier Dying to forget: oil, power, Palestine, & the foundations of U.S. policy in the Middle East 327.73 G325

Social Sciences & Current Events
Bill Ferster Teaching machines 371.3 F399
Roxane Gay Bad feminist: essays 305.42 G285
Edward Lucas Cyberphobia: identity, trust, security & the Internet 364.168 L933

Sports & Games
Bryan Soderholm-Difatte The golden era of major league baseball: a time of transition & integration 796.357 S679

Travel & Geography
Jonathan Franklin 438 days: an extraordinary true story of survival at sea 910.9164 F832

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DVDs

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
The Martian

Posted on Jan. 19, 2016 by Cherilyn Chang