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BOOKS

FICTION
Meg Cabot Abandon
Sylvia Day Bared to you
Sylvia Day Reflected in you
Jon Foyt Time to retire
Assaf Gavron The hilltop
Jessica Shirvington Embrace

Historical Fiction
Philippa Gregory Fallen skies
Ayşe Kulin Last train to Istanbul
Imogen Robertson The Paris winter

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Lynn Chandler Willis Wink of an eye
Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke The Cinderella murder
Karin Fossum The murder of Harriet Krohn
Anthea Fraser Justice postponed
Parnell Hall Safari
Peter James Want you dead
Diane Lawson A tightly raveled mind
Kimberly McCreight Reconstructing Amelia
Catriona McPherson A deadly measure of brimstone: a Dandy Gilver mystery
Fredrik T. Olsson Chain of events

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Stacey Jay Of beast & beauty
Sherrilyn Kenyon Born of shadows
Ursula K. Le Guin A wizard of Earthsea
Karen Marie Moning Into the dreaming

Short Stories
Belfast noir SS B428
Edward Hoagland The Devil's tub: collected stories

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
The best American comics 741.5 B56 2014
Mike Mignola Hellboy in Hell: the descent 741.5 H476hd

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Rob Manning & William L. Simon Mars rover Curiosity: an inside account from Curiosity's chief engineer 629.295 M283

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Who's who in art REF 703 W62 2014

Biography & Genealogy
Jamie Malanowski Commander Will Cushing: daredevil hero of the Civil War 92 C9863m
Kirstin Downey Isabella: the warrior queen 92 I74d
Philip Dwyer Citizen emperor: Napoleon in power 92 N216dwc

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Literary market place REF 655.52 L77 2015

Business & Economics
Bartow J. Elmore Citizen Coke: the making of Coca-Cola capitalism 338.766 E484
Jake Halpern Bad paper: chasing debt from Wall Street to the underworld 332.7 H195
Bill Tancer Everyone's a critic: winning customers in a review-driven world 658.8 T162

Chess
Valentin Bogdanov Chess explained: the Grünfeld 794.122 B674cg
Reg Cload Battles of Hastings: a history of the Hastings International Chess Congress 794.157 C643b
John Emms Starting out: King's Indian attack 794.122 E54sk
Geert van der Stricht & Sipke Ernst Gambits & flank openings 794.122 E714g
Sipke Ernst & Geert van der Stricht Indian defences: Catalan & Benoni 794.122 E714i
Friso Nijboer & Geert van der Stricht French defence: & other half-open games 794.122 N691f
Dorian Rogozenko Anti-Sicilians: a guide for Black 794.122 R735a
Evgeny Sveshnikov French defence advance variation: white repertoire 794.122 S968f
A.C. van der Tak & Friso Nijboer Open games 794.122 T136o
A.C. van der Tak & Friso Nijboer Sicilian defence 794.122 T136s
Reinaldo Vera Chess explained: the Meran semi-Slav 794.122 V473cm

Food & Drink
Andrea Quynhgiao Nguyen The banh mi handbook: recipes for crazy-delicious Vietnamese sandwiches 641.5959 N57b

Health & Medicine
Richard A. Deyo Watch your back!: how the back pain industry is costing us more & giving us less--and what you can do to inform & empower yourself in seeking treatment 617.56 D529
Jeremy A. Greene Generic: the unbranding of modern medicine 615.1 G799
Mike Power Drugs unlimited: the web revolution that's changing how the world gets high 363.45 P887
Allan H. Ropper & Brian David Burrell Reaching down the rabbit hole: a renowned neurologist explains the mystery & drama of brain disease 616.8 R785

History
Peter Ackroyd Rebellion: the history of England, from James I to the Glorious Revolution 941.06 A182
Mark Bailey Of all the gin joints: stumbling through Hollywood history 979.494 B154
James E. Cronin Global rules: America, Britain & a disordered world 909.82 C947
Maria Goodavage Top dog: the story of Marine hero Lucca 956.7 G646
K.M. Kostyal Founding fathers: the fight for freedom & the birth of American Liberty 973.3 K869
Gary Krist Empire of sin: a story of sex, jazz, murder & the battle for modern New Orleans 976.335 K928
Edward M. Lamont The forty years that created America: the story of the explorers, promoters, investors & settlers who founded the first English colonies 973.3 L234
James Risen Pay any price: greed, power & endless war 973.931 R595
Gareth C. Sampson The collapse of Rome: Marius, Sulla & the first Civil War, 91-70 BC 937.05 S192
Ziauddin Sardar Mecca: the sacred city 953.8 S244
Susan R. Stein The worlds of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello 973.46 S819
Adam Tooze The deluge: the Great War, America & the remaking of global order, 1916-1931 940.31 T672

Literature & Writing
What do I read next? REF 809.3 W555 2015

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Judy Bachrach Glimpsing heaven: the stories & science of life after death 133.9 B124
Eric Kaplan Does Santa exist?: a philosophical investigation 111 K172
Gerard Russell Heirs to forgotten kingdoms: journeys into the disappearing religions of the Middle East 200.956 R961

Politics & Government
John Bicknell America 1844: religious fervor, westward expansion & the presidential election that transformed the nation 324.73 B583

Reference
RIA federal tax handbook REF 336.24 R10 2015

Social Sciences & Current Events
Amy Alkon Good manners for nice people: who sometimes say f*ck 395 A41g
Scott Bonn Why we love serial killers: the curious appeal of the world's most savage murderers 364.152 B699
Gabriella Coleman Hacker, hoaxer, whistleblower, spy: the many faces of Anonymous 364.168 C692
Lewis Hyde The gift: creativity & the artist in the modern world 306.3 H993
Peter Pomerantsev Nothing is true & everything is possible: the surreal heart of the new Russia 306.0947 P785
Mark C. Taylor Speed limits: where time went & why we have so little left 303.483 T238

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
W.E.B. Griffin & William E. Butterworth IV Covert warriors

Posted on Dec. 5, 2014 by Sarah Cruz