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New Titles for the Week of October 19

BOOKS

FICTION
Sandra Cisneros Caramelo, or, Puro cuento
Michael Fitzgerald The fracking war
Spalding Gray Impossible vacation
Valeria Luiselli The story of my teeth
Fiston Mwanza Mujila Tram 83
Vladimir Pištalo Tesla, a portrait with masks
Christine Schutt Prosperous friends
Amy Stewart Girl waits with gun
Jean-Christophe Valtat Aurorarama
Richard Voorhees A little too rambunctious
Charlie Lovett The bookman's tale: a novel of obsession

Historical Fiction
Frances Itani Tell

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Stephen Booth The Devil's Edge
Julia Dahl Run you down
Catherine Dilts Stone cold dead
Karin Fossum The drowned boy
Julia Keller Last ragged breath
Ian A. O'Connor The Barbarossa covenant
Fred Vargas Dog will have his day

Short Stories
Ali Eteraz Falsipedies & fibsiennes
Guadalupe Nettel Natural Histories
Robert Thomas Bridge
Juan Villoro The guilty: stories
Best European fiction SS B5635

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Simon Hanselmann Megahex 741.5 H249 comics
Jack Baxter Mike's place: a true story of love, blues & terror in Tel Aviv 363.325 B355 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Guru Madhavan Applied minds: how engineers think 620 M181
Craig Ryan Sonic wind: the story of John Paul Stapp & how a renegade doctor became the fastest man on Earth 571.4 S794

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Not nothing: selected writings by Ray Johnson, 1954-1994 750.92 J686
Ray Johnson Ray Johnson: Taoist Pop Heart School 750.92 J686p
John Ott Manufacturing the modern patron in Victorian California: cultural philanthropy, industrial capital & social authority 707.9 O892
Paul Goldberger Building art: the life & work of Frank Gehry 720.92 G31g
Betty Kirke Madeleine Vionnet 746.92 V798
Kristine Stiles (editor) Theories & documents of contemporary art: a sourcebook of artists' writings 709.04 T396

Biography & Genealogy
Cecelia Tichi Jack London: a writer's fight for a better America 92 L84ti

Business & Economics
Elmira Bayrasli From the other side of the world: extraordinary entrepreneurs, unlikely places 338.04 B361
Thomas Sowell Wealth, poverty & politics: an international perspective 339 S731
Ashish J. Thakkar The lion awakes: adventures in Africa's economic miracle 330.96 T364
Mike Veseth Money, taste & wine: it's complicated! 338.4766 V57m

Chess
Anish Giri After Magnus: who can dethrone the world chess champion? 794.157 G525

Computer Science
AutoCAD 2016 for beginners 005.3 A93c

Food & Drink
Tom Acitelli American wine: a coming-of-age story 338.4766 A181
Lisa Leake 100 days of real food: how we did it, what we learned & 100 easy, wholesome recipes your family will love 613.2 L435

Health & Medicine
Leslie D. Michelson The patient's playbook: how to save your life & the lives of those you love 610.696 M623
Casey Schwartz In the mind fields: exploring the new science of neuropsychoanalysis 616.89 S399
Tim Spector The diet myth: why the secret to health & weight loss is already in your gut 613.2 S741

History
Victor Brooks The longest year: America at war & at home in 1944 940.54 B873
Richard W. Harrison (editor) Battle of Moscow 1941-1942: the Red Army's defensive operations & counter-offensive along the Moscow Strategic Direction 940.542 S729
Michael Jones Bosworth, 1485: the battle that transformed England 942.04 J783
Stephen F. Knott Washington & Hamilton: the alliance that forged America 973.4 K729
Susanna Moore Paradise of the Pacific: approaching Hawaiʻi 996.9 M824
Göran Rosenberg A brief stop on the road from Auschwitz 940.5318 R893

Home & Family Management
Kenneth R. Ginsburg Raising kids to thrive: balancing love with expectations & protection with trust 649.1 G4934
Tovah Martin The indestructible houseplant: 200 beautiful plants that everyone can grow 635.965 M38i
Tao Orion Beyond the war on invasive species: a permaculture approach to ecosystem restoration 631.58 O698

Literature & Writing
Yellowlees Douglas The reader's brain: how neuroscience can make you a better writer 808 D734
Chad Harbach (editor) MFA vs NYC: the Two Cultures of American Fiction 808.02 M617
Ikkyū Having once paused: poems of Zen Master Ikkyū (1394-1481) 895.61 I267h

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Herbert A. Simon The sciences of the artificial 501 S594

Performing Arts & Music
Mark Beaumont Kanye West: god & monster 780.92 W518
Jon Fine Your band sucks: what I saw at indie rock's failed revolution (but can no longer hear) 781.66 F495
Mary G. Hurd Kris Kristofferson: Country Highwayman 780.92 K929
J. D. McClatchy Seven Mozart librettos: a verse translation 782.1 M126
Andrew Schartmann Super Mario Bros. 781.54 K821
Elijah Wald Dylan goes electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan & the night that split the sixties 781.66 D996
Julian Upton (editor) Offbeat: British cinema's curiosities, obscurities & forgotten gems 791.43 O321

Politics & Government
David Milne Worldmaking: the art & science of American diplomacy 327.73 M659

Social Sciences & Current Events
Stephen M. Chambers No God but gain: the untold story of Cuban slavery, the Monroe doctrine & the making of the United States 306.362 C445
Lillian Faderman The gay revolution: the story of the struggle 306.76 F144g
Anthony Galvin Old sparky: the electric chair & the history of the death penalty 364.66 G182
Tom Gjelten A nation of nations: a great American immigration story 305.8 G539
Julie Lythcott-Haims How to raise an adult: break free of the overparenting trap & prepare your kid for success 306.874 L996
John C. Mutter The disaster profiteers: how natural disasters make the rich richer & the poor even poorer 363.34 M993
Richard J. Perry Killer apes, naked apes, & just plain nasty people: the misuse & abuse of science in politics 304.5 P464
Ed Regis Monsters: the Hindenburg disaster & the birth of pathological technology 303.48 R337
Samuel I. Schwartz Street smart: the rise of cities & the fall of cars 388.4 S399
Joe Urschel The year of fear: Machine Gun Kelly & the manhunt that changed the nation 364.152 K297
Tony Wagner Most likely to succeed: preparing our kids for the innovation era 371.2 W135
Leonard Cassuto The graduate school mess: what caused it & how we can fix it 378.1 C345
Eileen Pollack The only woman in the room: why science is still a boys' club 305.42 P771

Posted on Oct. 20, 2015 by Cherilyn Chang