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New Titles: October 20-26, 2012

BOOKS

FICTION
Sharon G. Flake Pinned
Christina Diaz Gonzalez A thunderous whisper
Adele Griffin All you never wanted
Jane Higgins The bridge
Carolyn Marsden My own revolution
Alice Mattison When we argued all night
Terry Pratchett Dodger

Historical Fiction
William Heffernan When Johnny came marching home
Janice Weizman The wayward moon

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
Anna Blundy Faith without doubt
Stella Rimington The Geneva trap: a Liz Carlyle novel

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Iain M. Banks The hydrogen sonata
Robert Bloch Psycho

Short Stories
Sherman Alexie Blasphemy
The urban fantasy anthology U722

Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Comic Strips
The best American comics 2012 741.5 B561
Shimura Takako Wandering son, vol. 1 741.5 S556 v.1

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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Mary Ellen Hannibal The spine of the continent: the most ambitious wildlife conservation project ever undertaken 639.9 H245
Jackson Landers Eating aliens: one man's adventures hunting invasive animal species 639.1 L255
Georgia Pellegrini Girl hunter: revolutionizing the way we eat, one hunt at a time 639.1 P386

Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Thom Atkins Beading artistry for quilts: basic stitches & embellishments add texture & drama 746.46 A874
Whitney Chadwick Women, art & society 704.042 C432

Biography & Genealogy
Joe Carlen The Einstein of money: the life & timeless financial wisdom of Benjamin Graham 332.092 G73c
William H. Chafe Bill & Hillary: the politics of the personal 929.2 C641
Shelley Emling Marie Curie & her daughters: the private lives of science's first family 929.2 C975
Caitlin Moran How to be a woman 070.92 M829
Marco Roth The scientists: a family romance 362.19 R845

Business & Economics
Sara Canaday You according to them: uncovering the blind spots that impact your reputation & your career 650.1 C212
Jane Gleeson-White Double entry: how the merchants of Venice created modern finance 657.09 G555
Michael J. Kosares The ABCs of gold investing: how to protect & build your wealth with gold 332.63 K86 2012
Kevin Pritchard & John Eliot Help the helper: building a culture of extreme teamwork 658.4 P961
Mel & Patricia Ziegler Wild company: the untold story of Banana Republic 381.456 Z664

Chess
Glenn Flear Starting out: open games 794.122 F59so

Food & Drink
Best food writing 641 B56
Naomi Duguid Burma: rivers of flavor 641.5959 D868

Health & Medicine
Kenneth Brigham & Michael M.E. Johns Predictive health: how we can reinvent medicine to extend our best years 362.1 B855
Margaret I. Cuomo A world without cancer: the making of a new cure & the real promise of prevention 616.994 C973
Bernd Heinrich Why we run: a natural history 612 H469
The Mayo Clinic breast cancer book REF 616.994 M473
David Quammen Spillover: animal infections & the next human pandemic 614.43 Q16
Peter A. Ubel Critical decisions: how you & your doctor can make the right medical choices together 610.696 U13
Moises Velasquez-Manoff An epidemic of absence: a new way of understanding allergies & autoimmune diseases 616.97 V434

History
Allan R. Millett, Peter Maslowski & William B. Feis For the common defense: a military history of the United States from 1607 to 2012 355.09 M653
Michael Neiberg The blood of free men: the liberation of Paris, 1944 940.542 N397
Sönke Neitzel & Harald Welzer Soldaten: on fighting, killing & dying: the secret World War II transcripts of German POWs 940.5472 N417
Evan Thomas Ike's bluff: President Eisenhower's secret battle to save the world 973.921 T455

Home & Family Management
Shea Darian Sanctuaries of childhood: nurturing a child's spiritual life 649.1 D218

Languages & Linguistics
Pimsleur Conversational Brazilian Portuguese 469.8 P644
Pimsleur Conversational French 448 P644
Pimsleur Conversational German 438 P644
Pimsleur Conversational Italian 458 P644
Pimsleur Conversational Norwegian 439.82 P644

Law
Stephen Elias The new bankruptcy: will it work for you? 346.078 E42n
Jack Lo & David Pressman How to make patent drawings: a patent it yourself companion 608.022 L795
Anthony Mancuso Form your own limited liability company 346.0668 M269
Mike McKeever How to write a business plan 658.15 M15

Literature & Writing
Joseph Epstein Essays in biography 814 E64e
Daniel Mendelsohn Waiting for the barbarians: essays on the classics & pop culture 801.95 M537
The 20th century in poetry 808.81 T971

Music & Performing Arts
David Denby Do the movies have a future? 791.43 D39
Michael Feinstein The Gershwins & me: a personal history in twelve songs 780.92 G385f
Mike Goodridge Directing 791.43 G655
Hendrix on Hendrix: interviews & encounters with Jimi Hendrix 780.92 H498h
David Konow Reel terror: the scary, bloody, gory, hundred-year history of classic horror films 791.43 K825

Natural Sciences & Mathematics
George M. Church & Ed Regis Regenesis: how synthetic biology will reinvent nature & ourselves 572.8 C561
Bernd Heinrich Bumblebee economics 595.79 H469
Bernd Heinrich Ravens in winter 598.8 H46
Lawrence E. Joseph Solar cataclysm: how the sun shaped the past & what we can do to save our future 551.52 J83
James McClintock Lost Antarctica: adventures in a disappearing land 559.89 M478
Steven Strogatz The joy of X: a guided tour of math, from one to infinity 510 S92

Philosophy, Psychology & Religion
Edward J. Blum & Paul Harvey The color of Christ: the Son of God & the saga of race in America 232 B658
Peter Brown Through the eye of a needle: wealth, the fall of Rome & the making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD 270.2 B879
Harold S. Kushner The book of Job: when bad things happened to a good person 223.1 K97

Social Sciences & Current Events
Bully: an action plan for teachers & parents to combat the bullying crisis: an empowering companion to the acclaimed film 371.58 B938
Chrystia Freeland Plutocrats: the rise of the new global super-rich & the fall of everyone else 305.52 F854
Harriet Welty Rochefort Joie de vivre: secrets of wining, dining & romancing like the French 390.0944 R67
Peter Selg The essence of Waldorf education 371.391 S465
Ginger Strand Killer on the road: violence & the American interstate 364.152 S897

Travel & Geography
The complete guide to European cruises: a cruise lover's guide to selecting the right trip, with all the best ports of call 914.04 F65c
Fodor's 25 best Rio de Janeiro 918.153 F65b
Fodor's Amsterdam & the Netherlands 914.92 F65
Fodor's see it: Brazil 918.1 F65s
Frommer's Maui 919.692 F93
Frommer's Montana & Wyoming 917.86 F93
Frommer's Oregon 917.95 F93
Frommer's South Korea 915.195 F93
Frommer's Turkey 915.61 F93
Gary Fuller The trivia lover's guide to the world: geography for the lost & found 910 F965

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LARGE PRINT
Fiction
Lee Child A wanted man: a Jack Reacher novel
Dennis Lehane Live by night
Ruth Rendell The St. Zita Society

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CHILDREN'S COLLECTION

BOOKS
Fiction
Ashley Bryan Who built the stable?: a nativity poem
Emma Thompson The further tale of Peter Rabbit

Nonfiction
Hélène Rajcak & Damien Laverdunt Small & tall tales of extinct animals 591.68 R161
Elizabeth Rusch The mighty Mars rovers: the incredible adventures of Spirit & Opportunity 523.43 R951

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AUDIOBOOKS
Fiction
Mitch Albom The time keeper
Thomas Hardy Wessex tales
Jennifer Weiner Fly away home

Nonfiction
Penny Marshall My mother was nuts: a memoir 792.092 M369c
Cheryl Strayed Wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail 92 S913c

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DVDs
Comedy
The best exotic Marigold Hotel

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
The game

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Marvel's The Avengers

Nonfiction
Carbon nation 363.738 C264
Cooking from A to zest: a step-by-step guide to planning, preparing & cooking like a pro 641.5 C773
Hungry for change 613.2 H936

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CDs
Jazz
Diana Krall Only trust your heart
Diana Krall When I look in your eyes

Posted on Oct. 26, 2012 by Matt Montgomery