New Fiction

Spanish dagger / Susan Wittig Albert.

Flight  : a novel / Sherman Alexie.

A poisoned season / Tasha Alexander.

The spirit of liberty / Ted Allbeury.

Aria / Nassim Assefi.

Simple genius / David Baldacci.

A fall from grace / Robert Barnard.

Quantico / Greg Bear.

Dream when you're feeling blue : a novel / Elizabeth Berg.

Free fire / C.J. Box.

Before I forget / Andre Brink.

The rope walk / Carrie Brown.

Strike force / Dale Brown.

Boomsday : a novel / Christopher Buckley.

Chasers : a novel / Lorenzo Carcaterra.

The Yiddish policemen's union : a novel / Michael Chabon.

The nature of monsters / Clare Clark.

Deadly appraisal / Jane K. Cleland.

Cupcake / Rachel Cohn.

A whisper of life / Gloria Cook.

The pesthouse : a novel / Jim Crace.

Tallgrass / Sandra Dallas.

Cat in a red hot rage : a Midnight Louie mystery / Carole Nelson Douglas.

Baby Shark's Beaumont blues / Robert Fate.

The unknown terrorist / Richard Flanagan.

Tumbling blocks / Earlene Fowler.

A handbook to luck / Cristina Garcia.

Helpless : a novel / Barbara Gowdy.

Deadly retreat / Christine Green.

American outrage / Tim Green.

Lying with strangers / James Grippando.

The blue zone / Andrew Gross.

Lies : a novel / Enrique de Heriz.

Death comes for the Fat Man / Reginald Hill.

The Society of S / Susan Hubbard.

No!  I don't want to join a book club : a diary of a 60th year / Virginia Ironside.

Letters from Carthage / Bill James.

The custodian of paradise / Wayne Johnston.

Bluebird, or, The invention of happiness : a novel / Sheila Kohler.

Angry housewives eating bon bons / Lorna Landvik.

Back on Blossom Street / Debbie Macomber.

Afternoons with Emily : a novel / Rose MacMurray.

Wildwood dancing / Juliet Marillier.

This fire down in my soul / J.D. Mason.

Lone Creek / Neil McMahon.

The missing : a thriller / Chris Mooney.

Season of the witch / Natasha Mostert.

Rant : an oral biography of Buster Casey / by Chuck Palahniuk.

Blind spot : a novel / Terri Persons.

The river knows / Amanda Quick.

The Picasso flop / Vince Van Patten and Robert J. Randisi.

Delirium : a novel / Laura Restrepo.

The year of fog : a novel / Michelle Richmond.

Staying home is a killer / Sara Rosett.

Dead man's switch / Barbara Seranella.

Body surfing : a novel / Anita Shreve.

The next thing on my list : a novel / Jill Smolinski.

Zig zag : a novel / Jose Carlos Somoza.

The dark side of yesterday / Janet Tanner.

Narn i chin Hurin : the tale of the children of Hurin / by J.R.R. Tolkien.

The glass devil / Helene Tursten.

To my dearest friends / Patricia Volk.

Luncheon of the boating party / Susan Vreeland.

The Wilde women : a novel / Paula Wall.

New Non-Fiction

Google and the myth of universal knowledge : a view from Europe / Jean-Noèl Jeanneney.   025.04 Je

Soul lessons and soul purpose : a channeled guide to why you are here / Sonia Choquette.   133.9 Ch

I thought it was just me : women reclaiming power and courage in a culture of shame / Brene Brown.   152.44 Br

U-turn : what if you woke up one morning and realized you were living the wrong life? / Bruce Griers.   155.2 Gr

No two alike : human nature and human individuality / Judith Rich Harris.   155.2 Ha

The lucifer effect : understanding how good people turn evil / Philip Zimbardo.   155.9  Zi

Here's the bright side : of failure, fear, cancer, divorce, and other bum raps / Betty Rollin.   155.93 Ro

Death's door : modern dying and the ways we grieve / Sandra M. Gilbert.   155.937 Gi

From the heart : seven rules to live by / Robin Roberts.   158 Ro

Worker in the light : unlock your five senses and liberate your limitless potential / George Noory.   158.1 No

Why can't we be good? / Jacob Needleman.   170 Ne

Socrates in love : philosophy for a passionate heart / Christopher Phillips.   183.2 Ph

Religious literacy : what every American needs to know, and doesn't / Stephen Prothero.   200.71 Pr

Will the real you please stand up? : 7 spiritual strategies to help you discover your purpose and live it with passion /­ Fran Harris.   204.4 Ha

The truth war : fighting for certainty in an age of deception / John MacArthur.   239 Ma

Mother Angelica's little book of life lessons and everyday spirituality / edited, with additional material by Raymond Arroyo.   248.482 Ma

Happily ever after : walking with peace and courage through a year of divorce / Kristin Armstrong.   248.843 Ar

A short trip to the edge : a pilgrimage to where earth meets heaven / Scott Cairns.   281.9 Ca

Finding God in the story of amazing grace / Kurt Bruner and Jim Ware.   283 Br

The big turnoff : confessions of a TV-addicted mom trying to raise a TV-free kid / by Ellen Ellen Currey-Wilson.   302.234 Cu

Virgin : the untouched history / Hanne Blank.    306.7 Bl

China : fragile superpower / Susan L. Shirk.   320.951 Sh

Leviathan on the Right : how big-government conservatism brought down the Republican revolution / Michael D. Tanner.   324.2734 Ta

The new golden age : the coming revolution against political corruption and economic chaos / Ravi Batra.   330 Ba

Do this, get rich! : twelve things you can do now to gain financial freedom / Jim Britt.   332.02401 Br

Hope's horizon : three visions for healing the American land / Chip Ward.   333.72 Wa

The sixth extinction : journeys among the lost and left behind / Terry Glavin.   333.95 Gl

Presidential power : unchecked and unbalanced / Matthew Crenson and Benjamin Ginsberg.   352.23 Cr

The utility of force : the art of war in the modern world / Rupert Smith.   355.02 Sm

Annihilation from within : the ultimate threat to nations / Fred Charles Ikle.   355.033 Ik

The baby business : how money, science, and politics drive the commerce of conception / Debora L. Spar.   362.198178 Sp

If I am missing or dead / Janine Latus.   362.8292 La

The brotherhoods : the true story of two cops who murdered for the Mafia / Guy Lawson and William Oldham.   364.1523 La

The red parts : a memoir / Maggie Nelson.   364.1523 Ne

Stealing your life : the ultimate identity theft prevention plan / Frank W. Abagnale.   364.163 Ab

Prisoner of Tehran : a memoir / Marina Nemat.   365.45 Ne

You can hear me now : how microloans are connecting the world's poor to the global economy / Nicholas P. Sullivan.   384.5 Su

Conquering Gotham : a Guilded Age epic : the construction of Penn Station and its tunnels / Jill Jonnes.   385.314 Jo

The canon : a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science / Natalie Angier.   500 An

Crime scene science fair projects / Elizabeth Snoke Harris.   507.8 Ha

Logical universe : a layman's reality / Michael F. Jones.   520 Jo

The motion paradox : the 2,500-year-old puzzle behind all the mysteries of time and space / Joseph Mazur.   530.11 Ma

Why beauty is truth : a history of symmetry / Ian Stewart.   539.7 St

Darwin's Origin of species : a biography / Janet Browne.   576.82 Br

One kingdom : our lives with animals : the human-animal bond in myth, history, science, and story / by Deborah Noyes.   590 No

The emotional lives of animals : a leading scientist explores animal joy, sorrow, and empathy, and why they matter /­ Marc Bekoff.   591.5 Be

The gecko's foot : bio-inspiration : engineering new materials from nature / Peter Forbes.   600 Fo

Chasing life : new discoveries in the search for immortality to help you age less today / Sanjay Gupta.   613 Gu

The skinny : how to fit into your little black dress forever : the eat-what-you-want way to lose weight and keep it off  / Melissa Clark & Robin Aronson.   613.25 Cl

Secrets of a former fat girl : how to lose two, four (or more!) dress sizes, and find yourself along the way /­ Lisa Delaney.   613.25 De

The EatingWell diet : introducing the university-tested VTrim weight-loss program / Jean Harvey-Berino.   613.25 Ha

Weight watchers she loses, he loses : the truth about men, women, and weight loss / Weight Watchers.   613.25 We

Survival of the sickest : a medical maverick discovers why we need disease / Sharon Moalem.   616.042 Mo

Shattered nerves : how science is solving modern medicine's most perplexing problem / Victor D. Chase.   616.8  Ch

Carved in sand : when attention fails and memory fades in midlife / Cathryn Jakobson Ramin.   616.83 Ra

Wish I could be there : notes from a phobic life / Allen Shawn.   616.85225 Sh

Stolen tomorrows : understanding and treating women's childhood sexual abuse / Steven Levenkron.   616.8583 Le

The food-mood solution : all-natural ways to banish anxiety, depression, anger, stress, overeating, and alcohol and rug problems-- and feel good again / Jack Challem.   616.89 Ch

Muses, madmen, and prophets : rethinking the history, science, and meaning of auditory hallucination / Daniel B. Smith.   616.89 Sm

Healing the new childhood epidemics : autism, ADHD, asthma, and allergies : the groundbreaking program for the 4-A disorders / Kenneth Bock and Cameron Stauth.   618.92 Bo

Sensational kids : hope and help for children with sensory processing disorder (SPD) / Lucy Jane Miller.   618.928 Mi

Success through failure : the paradox of design / Henry Petroski.   620.0042 Pe

Strange angel : the otherworldly life of rocket scientist John Whiteside Parsons / George Pendle.   621.4356 Pe

Too far from home : a story of life and death in space / Chris Jones.   629.45 Jo

Perennials : the gardener's reference / Susan Carter, Carrie Becker, and Bob Lilly.   635.932 Ca

Delphiniums / David and Shirley Bassett.   635.9333 Ba

Encyclopedia of garden ferns / Sue Olsen.   635.9373 Ol

Parties, potlucks & barbecues / [editor, Janet Briggs]   641.5 Pa

Tea party : 20 themed tea parties with recipes for every occasion, from fabulous showers to intimate gatherings /­ Tracy Stern.   641.536 St

Meals made easy / written by Renee Schettler ; photographs by Anna Williams.   641.555 Sc

Sandra Lee semi-homemade cooking made light.   641.5638 Le

Vegetable harvest : vegetables at the center of the plate / Patricia Wells.   641.65 We

Tapas : the little dishes of Spain / Penelope Casas ; photographs by Jim Smith.   641.812 Ca

Icebox cakes : simply irresistible no-bake desserts / Lauren Chattman.   641.8653 Ch

The Confetti Cakes cookbook : spectacular cookies, cakes, and cupcakes from New York City's famed bakery  / cElisa Strauss with Christie Matheson.   641.8653 St

Small bites, big nights : seductive little plates for intimate occasions and lavish parties / Govind Armstrong.   642.4 Ar

Celebrations / written by Valerie Rains ; photographs by Annie Schlechter.   642.4 Ra

Men's style : the thinking man's guide to dress / Russell Smith.   646.32 Sm

Glamour's big book of dos & don'ts : fashion help for every woman / Cindi Leive & the editors of Glamour magazine.   646.34 Le

99 ways to cut, sew, trim & tie your t-shirt into something special / Faith Blakeney ... [et al.].   646.404 Ni

The 5-minute face : the quick and easy makeup guide for every woman / Carmindy.   646.72 Ca

Ending the food fight : guide your child to a healthy weight in a fast food/fake food world / David S. Ludwig with Suzanne Rostler.   649.3 Lu

Rustic fireplaces / written and photographed by Ralph Kylloe.   697.1 Ky

Twenty-eight artists and two saints : essays / Joan Acocella.   700.92 Ac

1001 gardens you must see before you die / general editor, Rae Spencer-Jones.   712 On

The English garden / Ursula Buchan ; photographs by Andrew Lawson.   712.0942 Bu

Small buildings, small gardens : creating gardems around structures / Gordon Hayward.   712.6 Ha

Great pools, spas & outdoor living.   728.96 Gr

Ghost Rider : the visual guide / written by Andrew Darling.   741.59 Da

Creating the artful home : the Aesthetic movement / Karen Zukowski.   745.0973 Zu

Paper every day / Laurie Dewberry.   745.54 De

Magenta style paper magic : ideas and techniques for creating stunning albums, cards, gift wrap, home decor, and more /­ Nathalie Mâetivier and Leslie Conron Carola.   745.54 Me

The Kodak book of scrapbooking your baby photos : easy & fun techniques for beautiful scrapbook page   745.593 Ar

The art of jewelry : polymer clay : techniques, projects, inspiration / Katherine Duncan-Aimone.   745.5942 Du

Metal clay and mixed media jewelry : innovative projects featuring resin, polymer clay, glass, fiber, concrete, collage materials, and more /­ Sherri Haab.   745.5942 Ha

Floral gifts : creating flower-filled gifts for every occasion / Jacky Hobbs.   745.922 Ho

Simple stunning wedding flowers / by Karen Bussen ; photographs by William Geddes.   745.926 Bu

Victoria : wedding cakes and flowers / Kathleen Hackett, Allison Kyle Leopold, with Gerit Quealy.   745.926 Ha

Amazing crochet lace : new fashions inspired by old-fashioned lace / Doris Chan.   746.434 Ch

Get hooked : simple steps to crochet cool stuff / by Kim Werker.   746.434 We

Jessica McClintock's simply romantic decorating : creating elegance and intimacy throughout your home / cJessica McClintock with Karen Kelly.   747 Mc

The southern cottage : from the Blue Ridge mountains to the Florida keys/  ; text and photographs by Susan Sully.   747.0975 Su

Creative ideas for kid's rooms.   747.77 La

On the porch : creating your place to watch the world go by / James M. Crisp and Sandra L. Mahoney.   747.79 Cr

100 masterpieces of painting : from Lascaux to Basquiat, from Florence to Shanghai / Michel Nuridsan.   759 Nu

1001 paintings you must see before you die / general editor, Stephen Farthing.   759 On

Leonardo and the Mona Lisa story : the history of a painting told in pictures / Donald Sassoon.   759.5 LEO

White nature / photography by Vincent Munier.   778.932 Mu

What they'll never tell you about the music business : the myths, the secrets, the lies (& a few truths) /  Peter M. Thall.   780.23 Th

Growing up country : what makes country life county / edited by Charlie Daniels.   781.642 Gr

All those moments : stories of heroes, villains, replicants, and Blade Runners / Rutger Hauer.   791.43 Ha

Considering Doris Day / Tom Santopietro.   791.43 Sa

All that glittered  : the golden age of drama on Broadway, 1919-1959 / Ethan Mordden.   792.0974 Mo

Simple stunning wedding showers / by Karen Bussen ; photographs by William Geddes.   793.2 Bu

The psychology of baseball : inside the mental game of the major league player / Mike Stadler.   796.357 St

Being Sugar Ray : the life of Sugar Ray Robinson, America's greatest boxer and first celebrity athlete /­ Kenneth Shropshire.   796.83 Sh

Feeling like a kid : childhood and children's literature / Jerry Griswold.   809.8928 GRI

Saving daylight / Jim Harrison.   811.54 HAR

Captivity / Laurie Sheck.   811.54 SHE

Selected poems / Derek Walcott ; edited by Edward Baugh.   811.54 WAL

The mistress's daughter / A. M. Homes.   813.54 HOM

Cultural amnesia : necessary memories from history and the arts / Clive James.   828.914 JAM

The Great Pyramid : ancient Egypt revisited / John Romer.   932 Ro

D-Day in the Pacific : the battle of Saipan / Harold J. Goldberg.   940.5426 Go

The making of Victorian values : decency and dissent in Britain, 1789-1837 / Ben Wilson.   941.07 Wi

The last Mughal : the fall of a dynasty : Delhi, 1857 / William Dalrymple.   954.0317 Da

The occupation of Iraq : winning the war, losing the peace / Ali A. Allawi.   956.7044 Al

Africa / Olivier Fèollmi ; translated from the French by Gerald Williams.   q960.022 Fo

Ask a Mexican : everything you wanted to know about Mexicans but were too politically correct to ask / by Gustavo Arellano.   972 Ar

The most famous man in America : the biography of Henry Ward Beecher / Debby Applegate.   B BEECHER

The Clinton crack-up : the boy president's life after the White House / R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.   B CLINTON

In search of Nella Larsen : a biography of the color line / George Hutchinson.   B LARSEN

Bay of spirits : a love story / Farley Mowat.   B MOWAT

Edith Wharton / Hermione Lee.   B WHARTON

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