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New Titles List for the Week of July 1

BOOKS

FICTION
John Braine The queen of a distant country
Martyn Burke The commissar's report
Péter Esterházy The book of Hrabal
Albert J. Guerard Christine/Annette
Jia Pingwa Turbulence
Theodor Kallifatides Masters & peasants
Jaime Manrique Latin moon in Manhattan
João Ubaldo Ribeiro The lizard's smile
Sembene Ousmane Xala
Josef Škvorecký The miracle game
Abram Tert︠s︡ Goodnight!

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Håkan Nesser The darkest day
Marian Babson Reel murder
Nicolas Freeling Castang's city

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Neal Asher Jupiter war
Neal Asher Zero point
Eugene Linden Deep past

Short Stories
Richard Rive (editor) Quartet: new voices from South Africa SS Q28

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Jody LeHeup The weatherman. Volume 1 741.5 L527 comics
Don Rosa The complete life & times of Scrooge McDuck. Volume 1 741.5 R710 comics
Marcelo D'Salete Angola janga: kingdom of runaway slaves 741.5 S163a comics

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NONFICTION

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Wool & the gang Raffia crochet: 10 contemporary crochet patterns with raffia yarn 746.4 W88

Biography & Genealogy
Gary Scharnhorst The life of Mark Twain: the middle years, 1871-1891 92 T969sc
Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science

Business & Economics
Safi Bahcall Loonshots: how to nurture the crazy ideas that win wars, cure diseases & transform industries 658.4 B147
Walker Deibel Buy then build: how acquisition entrepreneurs outsmart the startup game 658.11 D367
Sara Zeff Geber Essential retirement planning for solo agers: a retirement & aging roadmap for single & childless adults 332.024 G263
Hermann Simon Confessions of the pricing man: how price affects everything 658.816 S531

Computer Science
David Weinberger Everyday chaos: technology, complexity & how we're thriving in a new world of possibility 006.3 W430
Mike Amundsen RESTful web clients: enabling reuse through hypermedia 006.7 A93

Health & Medicine
Travis Rieder In pain: a bioethicist's personal struggle with opioids 362.293 R441

History
Andrea Carandini Rome: day one 937.6 C176
History of the world map by map 911 H629

Literature & Writing
Jonathan Bate How the classics made Shakespeare 822.33 B32
Ivan Bunin Cursed days: a diary of Revolution 891.78 B94c

Performing Arts & Music
William Berger Wagner without fear: learning to love--and even enjoy--opera's most demanding genius 782.1 W134b
Chris Nashawaty Caddyshack: the making of a Hollywood Cinderella story 791.437 N178
Liliana Betti Fellini 791.4 F31b
Laurent Bouzereau The DePalma cut: the films of America's most controversial director 791.4 D440

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Eva Hoffman How to be bored 152.4 H699
Henri J.M. Nouwen Love, Henri: letters on the spiritual life 282.092 N93

Politics & Government
Simon Reid-Henry Empire of democracy: the remaking of the West since the Cold War, 1971-2017 320.9 R272

Social Sciences & Current Events
Andrei Amalrik Notes of a revolutionary 365.45 A132

Travel & Geography
Elizabeth Byers Bay Area Ridge Trail: the official guide for hikers, mountain bikers & equestrians 917.946 B991
Steve Wide Tokyo: a pocket guide to the city's best cultural hangouts, shops, bars & eateries 915.2135 P751

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

DVDs
Babe ; Babe, pig in the city DVD Children's

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EBOOKS
Mary Kay Andrews Sunset beach
Rick Atkinson The British are coming: the war for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
David Bach The latte factor: why you don't have to be rich to live rich
Sarah Blake The guest book
David Brooks The second mountain: the quest for a moral life
Terry Brooks The Stiehl assassin
Susanna Calkins Murder Knocks Twice
Jennifer Chiaverini Resistance women
Blake Crouch Recursion
Jeffery Deaver The never game
Richard Paul Evans The road home
Dorothea Benton Frank Queen bee
Melinda Gates The moment of lift: how empowering women changes the world
Mark Greaney Mission critical
Thomas Harris Cari Mora
Joseph Henrich The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species & Making Us Smarter
Rachel Hollis Girl, stop apologizing: a shame-free plan for embracing & achieving your goals
Mark R. Levin Unfreedom of the press
Mark Manson Everything is f*cked: a book about hope
George R.R. Martin Fire & blood
Mary Norris Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen
Michelle Obama Becoming
Dennis Prager The Rational Bible: Genesis
Adam Savage Every tool's a hammer: life is what you make it
Julia Shaw Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side
Howard Stern Howard Stern comes again
F.R. Tallis Mephisto waltz
Lysa Terkeurst It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered
Joe William Trotter, Jr. Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America
Nick Trout The Wonder of Lost Causes
Bruce Usher Renewable Energy: A Primer for the Twenty-First Century
Vicky Ward Kushner, Inc.: greed. Ambition. Corruption. The extraordinary story of Jared Kushner & Ivanka Trump
Kaite Welsh The Unquiet Heart
Robert Zaretsky Catherine & Diderot: The Empress, the Philosopher & the Fate of the Enlightenment

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CDs
Classical
J.S. Bach Partitas, preludes, fugues, fughettas CD Classical Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven The 5 piano concertos CD Classical Beethoven
Glenn Gould The Glenn Gould silver jubilee album CD Classical Gould
Yo-Yo Ma Soul of the tango: the music of Astor Piazzolla CD Classical Ma
András Schiff Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Partitas CD Classical Schiff

Popular
Joni Mitchell Hejira CD Pop Mitchell
Old Glory: the best of Electric Flag, an American music band CD Pop Electric
The best of Dorothy Love Coates & the Original Gospel Harmonettes CD Pop Coates
Iris DeMent Sing the Delta CD Pop DeMent

World
Putumayo presents an Afro-Portuguese odyssey CD World Putumayo
Putumayo presents Latino! Latino! CD World Putumayo
Putumayo presents Mexico CD World Putumayo
The Rough guide to Fado CD World Rough
Women of Latin America CD World Women

Posted on Jul. 3, 2019 by Cherilyn Chang