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New Titles List for the Week of September 3

BOOKS

FICTION
Máirtín Ó Cadhain Graveyard clay = Cré na cille: a narrative in ten interludes
Todd Rykaczewski Master of revels
Anna Yen Sophia of Silicon Valley

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Lawrence Block Everybody dies
Stav Sherez The intrusions

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Martyn Walker The development of the mechanics' institute movement in Britain & beyond: supporting further education for the adult working classes 606 W151

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
John Archer Architecture & suburbia: from English villa to American dream house, 1690--2000 728.09 A23
Gateway to New Orleans: Bayou St. John, 1708-2018 720.976 L930

Biography & Genealogy
Penny Starns Odette: World War Two's darling spy 92 B731

Business & Economics
Kevin J. Davey Building winning algorithmic trading systems: a trader's journey from data mining to Monte Carlo simulation to live trading 332.64 D279
Steven Davis In defense of public lands: the case against privatization & transfer 338.925 D290
Ashoka Mody Eurotragedy: a drama in nine acts 332.494 M721
Greg Satell Mapping innovation: a playbook for navigating a disruptive age 658.4 S12
Tom Y. Sawyer Financial modeling for business owners & entrepreneurs: developing Excel models to raise capital, increase cash flow, improve operations, plan projects & make decisions 658.15 S971
Adam Zaremba Price-based investment strategies: how research discoveries reinvented technical analysis 332.63 Z187
Tom Ahern Keep your donors: the guide to better communications & stronger relationships 658.152 A34
Diana S. Newman Nonprofit essentials: endowment building 658.152 N462
Thomas J. Stanley Stop acting rich: --and start living like a real millionaire 332.024 S789s
Larry Stelter How to raise planned gifts by mail 658.152 S39
Douglas E. White The art of planned giving: understanding donors & the culture of giving 658.152 W582

Computer Science
Jamshid Gharajedaghi Systems thinking: managing chaos & complexity: a platform for designing business architecture 003 G341
Michael J. Hernandez Database design for mere mortals: a hands-on guide to relational database design 005.74 H430

Health & Medicine
Catharine Arnold Pandemic 1918: eyewitness accounts from the greatest medical holocaust in modern history 614.518 A752p
Kim E. Nielsen A disability history of the United States 362.4 N554

History
Bruno Cabanes August 1914: France, the Great War & a month that changed the world forever 940.344 C111
David Carle Putting California on the map: von Schmidt's lines 979.4 V897
Lynn Hunt History: why it matters 901 H911
In the depths of darkness: days of remembrance: commemoration planning guide 940.5318 H741
Michael Johns San Francisco: instant city, promised land 979.461 J62
Iris Origo A chill in the air: an Italian war diary, 1939-1940 940.5345 O69c
Dave Weinstein It came from Berkeley: how Berkeley changed the world 979.467 W424i
Rick Wilson Everything Trump touches dies: a Republican strategist gets real about the worst president ever 973.933 W691

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Paul Feyerabend Against method 501 F434a
Philip Ball Invisible: the dangerous allure of the unseen 535.1 B187

Performing Arts & Music
Ryan Leas LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver 780.2 L48
T.J. Morris (editor) Atom Egoyan: interviews 791.4 E77
John Niven Music from Big Pink 780.2 N644

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Alain Corbin A history of silence: from the Renaissance to the present day 204.47 C811
Meg Selig Changepower!: 37 secrets to habit change success 158.1 S487

Politics & Government
Jasmin Mujanović Hunger & fury: the crisis of democracy in the Balkans 320.9 M892

Social Sciences & Current Events
Bob Harris Who hates whom: well-armed fanatics, intractable conflicts & various things blowing up: a woefully incomplete guide 303.6 H240
Neville Morley Classics: why it matters 370.11 M827
Peter D. Norton Fighting traffic: the dawn of the motor age in the American city 388.32 N821
Peter Sahlins 1668: the year of the animal in France 304.27 S197

Travel & Geography
American South: Wildsam field guides 917.504 W674a
The Original guide to barbecue in the South 917.504 W674
The rough guide to the Lake District 914.2 R856

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DVDs
Action & Adventure
The kingdom

Classics
High Sierra

Comedy
I love you, man
Noises off
Tenacious D in the Pick of destiny

Drama
Tristan + Isolde
Who's that knocking at my door

Musicals
Brigadoon

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Secret window
Murder in suburbia. Series 2

Posted on Sep. 6, 2018 by Cherilyn Chang