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New Titles: July 23 - July 29, 2011

BOOKS

FICTION
Katie Arnold-Ratliff Bright before us: a novel
Goldie Goldbloom The paperbark shoe
Stephen Kelman Pigeon English
Man Martin Paradise dogs
Jojo Moyes The last letter from your lover

Mystery & Suspense
Jeff Abbott Adrenaline
S.J. Bolton Now you see me
William Dietrich Blood of the Reich: a novel
Helon Habila Oil on water: a novel
J. A. Jance Betrayal of trust: a J.P. Beaumont novel
David Rosenfelt One dog night: an Andy Carpenter mystery
Daniel Silva Portrait of a spy
Jason Starr The pack
Robert K. Tanenbaum Outrage
Michael Van Rooy Your friendly neighborhood criminal
Anne Zouroudi The taint of Midas: a novel

Science Fiction & Fantasy
John Klima, editor Happily ever after

Short Stories
Ellen Datlow, editor Naked city: tales of urban fantasy

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Lauren Davis, editor The comic book guide to the Mission: a cartoon tour through San Francisco's Mission District 741.5 C731
Grant Morrison Supergods: what masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants, and a sun god from Smallville can teach us about being human 741.53 M878
Fred Van Lente & Andrew Foley, writers Cowboys & aliens 741.5 V259

NONFICTION

Arts & Architecture
Jennifer Grant Good stuff: a reminisce of my father, Cary Grant 792.092 G76
Harriet Lane Paris portraits: stories of Picasso, Matisse, Gertrude Stein, and their circle 700.92 L265
Richard Nagler Word on the street 779.2 N14
Eileen Wallace, editor Masters: book arts: major works by leading artists 709.04 M423

Biography & Genealogy
John English Just watch me: the life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000 92 T8662e
Joby Warrick The triple agent: the al-Qaeda mole who infiltrated the CIA 363.325 B171

Business & Economics
Thomas J. DeLong Flying without a net: turn fear of change into fuel for success 658.3 D361
Simon Mainwaring We first: how brands and consumers use social media to build a better world 658.8 M227

Chess
Tibor Karolyi Karpov's strategic wins 1: the making of a champion: [1961-1985] 794.157 K18ks v.1
Jurgen Kaufeld & Guido Kern Grandmaster chess strategy: what amateurs can learn from Ulf Andersson's positional masterpieces 794.15 A552
Vladimir Popov Chess lessons 794.1 P829

History
Richard F. Cassady The emperor and the saint: Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, Francis of Assisi, and journeys to medieval places 943.02 C343
R.E.G. Davies Airlines of the jet age: a history 387.7 D255
Richard Miles Carthage must be destroyed: the rise and fall of an ancient civilization 939 M643
Kevin Nelson Wheels of change: from zero to 600 m.p.h.: the amazing story of California and the automobile 629.209 N42
Yoani Sánchez Havana real: one woman fights to tell the truth about Cuba today 972.91 S669
Christine Sismondo America walks into a bar: a spirited history of taverns and saloons, speakeasies, and grog shops 394.1 S623
Daniel F. Solomon Breaking up with Cuba: the dissolution of friendly relations between Washington and Havana, 1956-1961 327.7291 S689

Home & Family Management
Vincent T. Covello and Yuji Yoshimura The Japanese art of stone appreciation: suiseki and its use with bonsai 745.584 C873
Yotam Ottolenghi Plenty: vibrant vegetable recipes from London's Ottolenghi 641.65 O918

Languages & Linguistics
Ina Lipkowitz Words to eat by: five foods and the culinary history of the English language 422 L764

Literature & Writing
Tim Dlugos A fast life: the collected poems of Tim Dlugos 811 D626
Ruth Nolan, editor No place for a Puritan: the literature of the California deserts 810.9 N739
Annie Proulx Bird Cloud: a memoir 813 P968b
Richard Tagett Demodulating angel: selected poems, 1960-2010 811 T119d
Paul Verlaine Poems under Saturn 841 V52p

Music & Performing Arts
David Evanier All the things you are: the life of Tony Bennett 780.92 B472e
Ricky Jay Celebrations of curious characters 790.2 J42c

Philosophy, Psychology& Religion
Adele Ahlberg Calhoun Invitations from God: accepting God's offer to rest, weep, forgive, wait, remember and more 248.4 C152
B. Alan Wallace Minding closely: the four applications of mindfulness 294.3 W187

Politics & Government
Fred Burton and John Bruning Chasing shadows: a special agent's lifelong hunt to bring a Cold War assassin to justice 364.152 B974

Pure Sciences
Bob Berman The sun's heartbeat: and other stories from the life of the star that powers our planet 523.7 B51
Rowan Jacobsen Shadows on the Gulf: a journey through our last great wetland 508.7 J175
Sheila N. Kee Backyard birds of the Inland Empire 598.07 K261

Social Sciences & Current Events
Jay Bahadur The pirates of Somalia: inside their hidden world 364.164 B151
Phyllis Chesler Mothers on trial: the battle for children and custody 346.7301 C524
Ellis Cose The end of anger: a new generation's take on race and rage 305.8 C834
Judith Flanders The invention of murder: how the Victorians revelled in death and detection and created modern crime 364.152 F584
Lewis D. Solomon America's water and wastewater crisis: the role of private enterprise 363.6 S689
Michel Chossudovsky & Andrew Gavin Marshall, editors The global economic crisis: the Great Depression of the XXI century 330.9 G562

Travel & Geography
Tom Courtney Walkabout Northern California: hiking inn to inn 917.94 C865
Explorer's Guide New Jersey 917.49 E96
Explorer's Guide Vermont 917.43 E96
Barrie Kerper, editor Paris: the collected traveler 914.436 P2327
Lonely Planet Central America on a shoestring 917.28 L847
Lonely Planet Central Asia 915.8 L847
Lonely Planet Indonesia 915.98 L847
Lonely Planet Korea 915.19 L847
Lonely Planet South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland 916.8 L847
Lonely Planet South Pacific 919 L847
Lonely Planet Venezuela 918.7 L847
Moon Handbooks Argentina 918.2 M818
Moon Handbooks Illinois 917.73 M818
Moon Handbooks Peru 918.5 M818
Moon Handbooks Rhode Island 917.45 M818
Gary Noy and Rick Heide, editors The illuminated landscape: a Sierra Nevada anthology 917.944 I298

CHILDREN’S COLLECTION

BOOKS

Nonfiction - Reference
National Geographic kids almanac, 2012 030 N277

AUDIOBOOKS

Nonfiction
John R. Hale The art of public speaking: lessons from the greatest speeches in history 808.5 H162
Michael A. Roberto The art of critical decision making 153.83 R642

DVDs
Action & Adventure
Clear and present danger
Hell is for heroes
Unforgiven

Classics
A letter to three wives
High noon
The man who never was
On the waterfront
Sweet smell of success

Comedy
Pleasantville

Drama
If these walls could talk

Mystery & Suspense
Clockers
Marnie

Nonfiction
Games people play
The world was never the same
Understanding the human body

Posted on Jul. 29, 2011 by Matt Montgomery