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New Titles for the Week of May 29

BOOKS

FICTION
Emmanuel Carrère Limonov
Aleksandar Hemon The making of Zombie wars
Sara Nović Girl at war

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Vivien Armstrong Roll over play dead
Jo Bannister A taste for burning
Mark Billingham From the dead
David Corbett The mercy of the night
Jane Finnis Shadows in the night
Craig Johnson Dry bones
Catriona McPherson Dandy Gilver & the proper treatment of bloodstains
James Patterson & Marshall Karp NYPD red 2
James Patterson & Marshall Karp NYPD red
James Runcie Sidney Chambers & the perils of the night
James Runcie Sidney Chambers & the problem of evil

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Lincoln Child The forgotten room

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Gregg Hurwitz Batman, the Dark Knight. Volume 3, Mad 741.5 B333dn
Scott Snyder Batman. Volume 5, Zero Year - Dark City 741.5 B333n
Scott Snyder Batman. Volume 6, Graveyard shift 741.5 B333n
Geoff Johns Green Lantern. Volume 2, The revenge of Black Hand 741.5 G795n
Alan Cowsill Marvel Comics: 75 years of cover art 741.5 M391
Alex Raymond Flash Gordon & Jungle Jim 741.5 R268
Brian Azzarello Wonder Woman. Volume 2, Guts 741.5 W872n
Brian Azzarello Wonder Woman. Volume 3, Iron 741.5 W872n

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Sandy Antunes DIY satellite platforms 629.46 A636
Simon Quellen Field Electronics for artists: adding light, motion & sound to your artwork 621.381 F456
Oliver Montenbruck, Eberhard Gill Satellite orbits: models, methods & applications 629.4 M777

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Robin Givhan The Battle of Versailles: the night American fashion stumbled into the spotlight & made history 746.9 G539
Dan Mazur & Alexander Danner Comics: a global history, 1968 to the present 741.59 M476 Comics
Stanley Meisler Shocking Paris: Soutine, Chagall & the outsiders of Montparnasse 759.4 M515
Isabel Allende & James Yood William Morris: mazorca: objects of common ceremony 748 M877
Oscar Riera Ojeda Arcadian architecture: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - 12 houses 728.37 R558
Annie Cohen-Solal Mark Rothko: toward the light in the chapel 750.92 R84co

Biography & Genealogy
Leon Panetta Worthy fights: a memoir of leadership in war & peace 92 P191
H.W. Brands Reagan: the life 92 R287br

Business & Economics
Robert J. Shiller Irrational exuberance 332.6322 S556
Richard H. Thaler Misbehaving: the making of behavioral economics 330 T365m

Computer Science
Nick Vandome iPad for seniors in easy steps 004.1675 I646v

Food & Drink
Sally Butcher Salmagundi: a celebration of salads from around the world 641.83 B983

Health & Medicine
Mitchell L. Gaynor The gene therapy plan: taking control of your genetic destiny with diet & lifestyle 616.042 G287
Andrew Scull Madness in civilization: a cultural history of insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the madhouse to modern medicine 616.89 S437
Ruth Quillian Wolever The mindful diet: how to transform your relationship with food for lasting weight loss & vibrant health 613.25 W852

History
Philipp Blom Fracture: life & culture in the West, 1918-1938 909.821 B653
Michael Farquhar Bad days in history: a gleefully grim chronicle of misfortune, mayhem & misery for every day of the year 909 F238
Dexter Hoyos Mastering the West: Rome & Carthage at war 937 H868
Jonathan W. Jordan American warlords: how Roosevelt's high command led America to victory in World War II 973.917 R778j
L. Douglas Keeney The eleventh hour: how Great Britain, the Soviet Union & the U.S. brokered the unlikely deal that won the war 940.5314 K266
Gary Zuercher The glow of Paris: the bridges of Paris at night 914.436 Z944

Literature & Writing
Wisława Szymborska Map: collected & last poems 891.85 S99ma

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Pieter van Dokkum Dragonflies: magnificent creatures of water, air & land 595.73 D658

Performing Arts & Music
Charles L. Hughes Country soul: making music & making race in the American South 781.642 H893

Politics & Government
Controlling the message: new media in American political campaigns 324.73 C764
Henry M. Paulson Jr. Dealing with China: an insider unmasks the new economic superpower 330.951 P332

Social Sciences & Current Events
Christian Hageseth Big weed: an entrepreneur's high-stakes adventures in the budding legal marijuana business 381.413 H144
Master the GRE 378.166 M423

Travel & Geography
Abroad at home: the 600 best international travel experiences in North America 917.3 A163
Mark Adams Meet me in Atlantis: my obsessive quest to find the sunken city 398.23 A215

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Nonfiction
Kate Duke In the rainforest 577.34 D877

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DVDs
Comedy
Party girl
Top five

Drama
Lords of Dogtown
Safe
Shallow grave
Wendy & Lucy

Foreign Language
Late spring (Banshun)
35 shots of rum (35 rhums)

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
The friends of Eddie Coyle

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

Nonfiction
Beauty is embarrassing DVD 750.92 W589
Dogtown & Z-boys DVD 796.22 D654
The greatest pet rescue ever: a story of the amazing animal rescue during Hurricane Katrina DVD 636.083 G786
Inside animal minds DVD 591.5 I591
The Internet's own boy DVD 005.1 I619
Latino Americans: the 500-year legacy that shaped a nation DVD 973.0468 L357
Leviathan DVD 639.2 L664
Lost rivers DVD 551.48 L881
Mona Lisa is missing: piecing together the true story of the man who stole the masterpiece DVD 759.5 M734
Once in a lifetime: the extraordinary story of the New York Cosmos DVD 796.334 O583
The punk singer: a documentary film about Kathleen Hanna DVD 780.92 H243
The oath DVD 958.1 O119
30 day shred DVD 613.71 T447
This ain't no mouse music! DVD 781.64 T448

Posted on Jun. 1, 2015 by Sarah Cruz