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New Titles List for the Week of January 23

BOOKS

FICTION
Charles Dickens Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the riots of 'eighty
George Eliot Adam Bede
George Eliot Silas Marner: the weaver of Raveloe
Thomas Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Stephen King The stand
Adam Levin Hot pink
Mary McCarthy The company she keeps
Alice Munro The beggar maid: stories of Flo & Rose
Pola Oloixarac Savage theories
Padgett Powell The interrogative mood: a novel?
Sheila Radley Who saw him die?
John Steinbeck The pearl
Jane Austen Emma
Jane Austen Mansfield Park
Jane Austen Persuasion
Jane Austen Pride & prejudice
Jane Austen Sense & sensibility
Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre
Lewis Carroll Alice's adventures in Wonderland ; and, Through the looking-glass & What Alice found there
Charles Dickens A Christmas carol & other Christmas writings
Charles Dickens A tale of two cities
George Eliot Felix Holt, the radical
Samanta Schweblin Fever dream
Shanthi Sekaran Lucky boy
Angela Thirkell Pomfret Towers
Angela Thirkell Summer half
Angela Thirkell The Brandons
Oscar Wilde The picture of Dorian Gray

Historical Fiction
Robert Coover Huck out west

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Chris Bohjalian The sleepwalker
Paul Charles St. Ernan's blues
Agatha Christie Death in the clouds
Agatha Christie They do it with mirrors
Janet Evanovich Turbo twenty-three
Declan Hughes The wrong kind of blood
Ed McBain Blood relatives
Ed McBain Eight black horses
Ed McBain Give the boys a great big hand
Ed McBain Shotgun
Ed McBain The house that Jack built
Nicholas Petrie Burning bright
Ian Rankin Black & blue
Brad Taylor Ring of fire
Ronald Tierney Concrete pillow
Ronald Tierney Iron glove
Ronald Tierney Steel web
Ronald Tierney The stone veil
Katie Williams The space between trees
Alison Bruce A cry in the night
Alison Bruce The silence

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Warren Ellis Normal
Stephen King The shining
Alastair Reynolds Slow bullets
China Miéville The last days of new Paris

Short Stories
The Pushcart prize: best of the small presses 810.8 P98

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
Kieron Gillen The wicked + the divine. Vol. 3, Commercial suicide 741.5 G476 comics
Alexandro Jodorowsky The Metabaron. Book 1, The techno-admiral & the anti-baron 741.5 J63m comics
Amy Kurzweil Flying couch: a graphic memoir 741.5973 K969 comics

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
John Z. Komurki Stationery fever: from paper clips to pencils & everything in between 676 K819

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Susan Beal World of geekcraft: step-by-step instructions for 25 super-cool craft projects 745.5 B366
Nienke Denekamp The Vincent Van Gogh atlas 759.9492 G61
Austin Granger Elegy from the edge of a continent: photographing Point Reyes 779 G758
Owen Hatherley Landscapes of communism: a history through buildings 720.947 H363
Rob Stone Auditions: architecture & aurality 720.1 S877
William Allin Storrer The architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: a complete catalog 720.92 W94st
Robert Storr September: a history painting by Gerhard Richter 759.3 R535

Biography & Genealogy
John Kerner Combat medic, World War II 92 K398
Donald Trump Trump: the art of the deal 92 T871
John Edgar Wideman Writing to save a life: the Louis Till file 92 T574

Books, Reading, Publishing, Journalism, Library & Information Science
Julie A. Gerber Navigating Indieworld: a beginner's guide to self-publishing & marketing your book 070.5 G362

Business & Economics
Kelly Hoey Build your dream network: forging powerful relationships in a hyper-connected world 658 H696

Chess
Sam Collins Gambit busters 794.122 C712g

Food & Drink
Stanley Ginsberg The rye baker: classic breads from Europe & America 641.815 G493

Health & Medicine
Sylvia Tara The secret life of fat: the science behind the body's least understood organ & what it means for you 613.2 T176
Gary Taubes The case against sugar 613.2 T22c
Belisa Vranich Breathe: the simple, revolutionary 14-day program to improve your mental & physical health 613.192 V978

History
Ben Ehrenreich The way to the spring: life & death in Palestine 956.95 E335
Donnie Eichar Dead Mountain: the untold true story of the Dyatlov Pass incident 914.74 E341
Norma Watkins The last resort: taking the Mississippi cure 976.2 W335
Michael Kazin War against war: the American fight for peace, 1914-1918 940.3 K239
Myra MacDonald Defeat is an orphan: how Pakistan lost the great South Asian war 355.02 M135

Languages & Linguistics
Eleanor Dickey Learning Latin the ancient way: Latin textbooks from the ancient world 478.2 D551

Law
Barbara Weltman J.K. Lasser's 1001 deductions & tax breaks 2017: your complete guide to everything deductible 343.7305 J11
Barbara Weltman J.K. Lasser's small business taxes 2017: your complete guide to a better bottom line 343.7306 J11

Literature & Writing
James Harold Flye (editor) Letters of James Agee to Father Flye 816.54 A265
David Hathwell Muses 811 H364
Paul Simpson A brief guide to Oz 813.4 S613

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Donna J. Haraway Staying with the trouble: making kin in the Chthulucene 599.9 H254

Performing Arts & Music
Molly Haskell Steven Spielberg: a life in films 791.4 S755h
Tippi Hedren Tippi: [ a memoir ] 791.45 H456
Ethan Mordden When Broadway went to Hollywood 791.43 M834
Steve Roden I listen to the wind that obliterates my traces: music in vernacular photographs, 1880-1955 780.92 R687
Brad Tolinski & Alan di Perna Play it loud: the epic history of the style, sound & revolution of the electric guitar 787.87 T649
Jeff Burger (editor) Lennon on Lennon: conversations with John Lennon 780.92 L56bu

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Gary Gutting Talking God: philosophers on belief 210 G985
Andrew Klavan The great good thing: a secular Jew comes to faith in Christ 248.2 K637
Ian Robertson The stress test: how pressure can make you stronger & sharper 155.9 R649

Politics & Government
Richard Rorty Achieving our country: leftist thought in twentieth-century America 320.51 R787

Social Sciences & Current Events
Cleve Jones When we rise: my life in the movement 306.76 J762
T.N. Ninan Turn of the tortoise: the challenge & promise of India's future 330.954 N714

Travel & Geography
Rick Steves Venice 914.53 S848

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Rick Walton 10 little monsters visit San Francisco

Nonfiction
Pam Muñoz Ryan Our California Child 979.4 R988

Posted on Jan. 19, 2017 by Cherilyn Chang