New Case Nonfiction

May 2012


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000 – Computer science, information, and general works | 100 - Philosophy and psychology | 200 – Religion | 300 – Social sciences | 400 – Language | 500 – Science | 600 – Technology | 700 – Arts and recreation | 800 – Literature | 900 – History and geography | Biography

000 - Computer science, information, and general works

No new titles this month.

100 - Philosophy and psychology

Heaven is for real : a little boy's astounding story of his trip to heaven and back
Burpo, Todd.
133.901 BURPO

The passionate muse : exploring emotion in stories
Oatley, Keith.
152.4 OATLEY

The science of evil : on empathy and the origins of cruelty
Baron-Cohen, Simon.
152.41 BARON-CO

Healing the angry brain : how understanding the way your brain works can help you control anger & aggression
Potter-Efron, Ronald T.
152.47 POTTER

Memory : fragments of a modern history
Winter, Alison, 1965-
153.1 WINTER

Total memory makeover : uncover your past, take charge of your future
Henner, Marilu.
153.12 HENNER

The 7 laws of magical thinking : how irrational beliefs keep us happy, healthy, and sane
Hutson, Matt, 1978-
153.4 HUTSON

Subliminal : how your unconscious mind rules your behavior
Mlodinow, Leonard, 1954-
154.2 MLODINOW

The defining decade : why your twenties matter and how to make the most of them now
Jay, Meg.
155.65 JAY

Brain power : improve your mind as you age
Gelb, Michael.
155.6713 GELB

Games primates play : an undercover investigation of the evolution and economics of human relationships
Maestripieri, Dario.
155.7 MAESTRIP

Good self, bad self : transforming your worst qualities into your biggest assets
Smith, Judy.
158 SMITH

The fire starter sessions : a soulful + practical guide to creating success on your own terms
LaPorte, Danielle, 1969-
158.1 LAPORTE

Stop saying you're fine
Robbins, Mel, 1968-
158.1 ROBBINS

Search inside yourself : the unexpected path to achieving success, happines, (and World peace)
Tan, Chade-Meng.
158.1 TAN

What money can't buy : the moral limits of markets
Sandel, Michael J.
174 SANDEL

Why have children? : the ethical debate
Overall, Christine, 1949-
176 OVERALL

Like any normal day : a story of devotion
Kram, Mark, Jr.
179.7 KRAM

Adequate wisdom : essays on the nature of existence : a layman's observations of life & the cosmos
Smolin, Ronald P.
191 SMOLIN

 

200 – Religion

Did Jesus exist? : the historical argument for Jesus of Nazareth
Ehrman, Bart D.
232.908 EHRMAN

Let it go : forgive so you can be forgiven
Jakes, T. D.
234.5 JAKES

Do yourself a favor-- forgive : learn how to take control of your life through forgiveness
Meyer, Joyce, 1943-
248.4 MEYER

Falling upward : a spirituality for the two halves of life
Rohr, Richard.
248.4 ROHR

Almost Amish : one woman's quest for a slower, simpler, more sustainable life
Sleeth, Nancy.
248.4 SLEETH

When God talks back : understanding the American evangelical relationship with God
Luhrmann, T. M. (Tanya M.), 1959-
277.3083 LUHRMANN

The Mormon people : the making of an American faith
Bowman, Matthew Burton.
289.309 BOWMAN

Open heart, open mind : awaking the power of essence love
Tsoknyi Rinpoche.
294.3444 TSOKNYI

The Jewish Gospels : the story of the Jewish Christ
Boyarin, Daniel.
296.396 BOYARIN

300 – Social sciences

Risk intelligence : how to live with uncertainty
Evans, Dylan, 1966-
302.12 EVANS

Consent of the networked : the world-wide struggle for Internet freedom
MacKinnon, Rebecca.
302.231 MACKINNO

The end of leadership
Kellerman, Barbara.
303.34 KELLERMA

The drama years : real girls talk about surviving middle school -- bullies, brands, body image, and more
Kilpatrick, Haley.
305.235 KILPATRI

The richer sex : how the new majority of female breadwinners is transforming sex, love, and family
Mundy, Liza, 1960-
305.40973 MUNDY

The unfinished revolution : voices from the global fight for women's rights
305.42 UNFINISH

Dear White America : letter to a new minority
Wise, Tim J.
305.809 WISE

Devil in the grove : Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the dawn of a new America
King, Gilbert.
305.896 KING

Bloom : finding beauty in the unexpected--a memoir
Hampton, Kelle.
305.9 HAMPTON

House of stone : a memoir of home, family, and a lost Middle East
Shadid, Anthony.
306.0956 SHADID

Trip of the tongue : cross-country travels in search of America's languages
Little, Elizabeth.
306.44 LITTLE

Act like a lady, think like a man : what men really think about love, relationships, intimacy, and commitment
Harvey, Steve, 1956-
306.7 HARVEY

Love, InshAllah : the secret love lives of American Muslim women
306.7088 MATTU

The onion presents love, sex and other natural disasters : relationship reporting from America's finest news source
306.7302 ONION

If walls could talk : an intimate history of the home
Worsley, Lucy.
306.850942 WORSLEY

My two moms : lessons of love, strength, and what makes a family
Wahls, Zach.
306.874 WAHLS

Burn down the ground : a memoir
Crews, Kambri.
306.874092 CREWS

Liberty defined : 50 essential issues that affect our freedom
Paul, Ron, 1935-
320.011 PAUL

The Tea Party : a brief history
Formisano, Ronald P., 1939-
320.520973 FORMISAN

Covenant of liberty : the ideological origins of the Tea Party movement
Leahy, Michael Patrick, 1955-
320.520973 LEAHY

The crisis of Zionism
Beinart, Peter.
320.5409 BEINART

No, they can't : why government fails--but individuals succeed
Stossel, John.
320.60973 STOSSEL

Ameritopia : the unmaking of America
Levin, Mark R. (Mark Reed), 1957-
320.97301 LEVIN

Sword of the spirit, shield of faith : religion in American war and diplomacy
Preston, Andrew, 1973-
322.10973 PRESTON

Power, Inc. : the epic rivalry between big business and government-- and the reckoning that lies ahead
Rothkopf, David J. (David Jochanan), 1955-
322.3 ROTHKOPF

Corporations are not people : why they have more rights than you do and what you can do about it
Clements, Jeffrey D.
322.30973 CLEMENTS

Rez life : an Indian's journey through reservation life
Treuer, David.
323.1197 TREUER

Uncompromised : the rise, fall, and redemption of an Arab American patriot in the CIA
Prouty, Nada.
327.1273009 PROUTY

Our supreme task : how Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech defined the Cold War alliance
White, Philip.
327.4107 WHITE

Pakistan on the brink : the future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
Rashid, Ahmed.
327.5491 RASHID

Reagan and Thatcher : the difficult relationship
Aldous, Richard.
327.7304 ALDOUS

Breakout nations : in pursuit of the next economic miracles
Sharma, Ruchir.
330.9172 SHARMA

India becoming : a portrait of life in modern India
Kapur, Akash.
330.954 KAPUR

Becoming China's bitch : and nine more catastrophes we must avoid right now : a manifesto for the radical center
Kiernan, Peter D.
330.973 KIERNAN

Land of promise : an economic history of the United States
Lind, Michael, 1962-
330.973 LIND

America's first Great Depression : economic crisis and political disorder after the Panic of 1837
Roberts, Alasdair (Alasdair Scott).
330.973 ROBERTS

The man who quit money
Sundeen, Mark, 1970-
332.4 SUNDEEN

Before they're gone : a family's year-long quest to explore America's most endangered national parks
Lanza, Michael.
333.720973 LANZA

The man who planted trees : lost groves, the future of our forests, and a radical plan to save our planet
Robbins, Jim.
333.7516 ROBBINS

The very hungry city : urban energy efficiency and the economic fate of cities
Troy, Austin.
333.79 TROY

Harvest the wind : America's journey to jobs, energy independence, and climate stability
Warburg, Philip.
333.9 WARBURG

White House burning : the founding Fathers, our national debt, and why it matters to you
Johnson, Simon, 1963-
336.34 JOHNSON

Need, speed, and greed : how the new rules of innovation can transform businesses, propel nations to greatness, and tame the world's most wicked problems
Vaitheeswaran, Vijay V., 1969-
338.064 VAITHEES

The great divergence : America's growing inequality crisis and what we can do about it
Noah, Timothy.
339.2 NOAH

Heaven on earth : a journey through shari'a law from the deserts of ancient Arabia to the streets of the modern Muslim world
Kadri, Sadakat.
340.59 KADRI

US Constitution for beginners
Bachmann, Steve.
342.73029 BACHMAN

Mr. president : how and why the founders created a chief executive
Raphael, Ray.
352.2309 RAPHAEL

New York at war : four centuries of combat, fear, and intrigue in Gotham
Jaffe, Steven H.
355.0097 JAFFE

Soldier dogs : the untold story of America's canine heroes
Goodavage, Maria, 1962-
355.424 GOODAVAG

The admirals : Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--the five-star admirals who won the war at sea
Borneman, Walter R., 1952-
359.0092 BORNEMAN

Leaning into sharp points : practical guidance and nurturing support for caregivers
Goldberg, Stan, 1945-
362.1 GOLDBERG

Power, politics, and universal health care : the inside story of a century-long balttle
Altman, Stuart H.
362.10973 ALTMAN

Am I my genes? : confronting fate and family secrets in the age of genetic testing
Klitzman, Robert.
362.196 KLITZMAN

The AIDS conspiracy : science fights back
Nattrass, Nicoli.
362.1969 NATTRASS

The final leap : suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge
Bateson, John, 1951-
362.28 BATESON

Tobacco and smoking / Kelly Wand, book editor
362.29 TOBACCO

Ninety days : a memoir of recovery
Clegg, Bill.
362.29092 CLEGG

What to look for in winter : a memoir in blindness
McWilliam, Candia.
362.41 MCWILLIA

Run to failure : BP and the making of the Deepwater Horizon disaster
Lustgarten, Abrahm.
363.11 LUSTGART

Delayed justice : inside stories from America's best cold case investigators
Branson, Jack.
363.250973 BRANSON

The shadow catcher : a U.S. agent infiltrates Mexico's deadly crime cartels
Acosta, Hipolito.
363.285 ACOSTA

Oklahoma City
Gumbel, Andrew.
363.325 GUMBEL

Permanent emergency : inside the TSA and the fight for the future of American security
Hawley, Edmund S. (Edmund Summers), 1953-
363.325 HAWLEY

Hunting in the shadows : the pursuit of Al Qa'ida since 9/11
Jones, Seth G., 1972-
363.325 JONES

Front burner : al Qaeda's attack on the USS Cole
Lippold, Kirk S.
363.325 LIPPOLD

Learning from the octopus : how secrets from nature can help us fight terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and disease
Sagarin, Rafe.
363.34 SAGARIN

The global warming reader : a century of writing about climate change
363.73874 GLOBAL

Food and the city : urban agriculture and the new food revolution
Cockrall-King, Jennifer, 1971-
363.8 COCKRALL

Deadly valentines : the story of Capone's henchman "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn and Louise Rolfe, his blonde alibi
Gusfield, Jeffrey.
364.1092 MCGURN

Game over : Penn State, Jerry Sandusky, and the culture of silence
Moushey, Bill.
364.15 MOUSHEY

Midnight in Peking : how the murder of a young Englishwoman haunted the last days of old China
French, Paul, 1966-
364.1523 FRENCH

The awful grace of God : religious terrorism, white supremacy, and the unsolved murder of Martin Luther King Jr
Wexler, Stuart.
364.1524 KING

L.A. '56 : a devil in the City of Angels
Engel, Joel, 1952-
364.1532097 ENGEL

The barefoot bandit
Friel, Bob.
364.162 HARRIS

Hot art : chasing thieves and detectives through the secret world of stolen art
Knelman, Joshua.
364.16287 KNELMAN

The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
Alexander, Michelle.
364.973 ALEXANDE

Escape from Camp 14 : one man's remarkable odyssey from North Korea to freedom in the west
Harden, Blaine.
365.45092 SHIN

What teachers make : in praise of the greatest job in the world
Mali, Taylor.
371.1 MALI

The will to lead, the skill to teach : transforming schools at every level
Muhammad, Anthony.
371.207 MUHAMMAD

The idea factory : Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation
Gertner, Jon.
384 GERTNER

Cruising attitude : tales of crashpads, crew drama, and crazy passengers at 35,000 feet
Poole, Heather, flight attendant.
387.742092 POOLE

Straphanger : saving our cities and ourselves from the automobile
Grescoe, Taras.
388.4 GRESCOE

French kids eat everything : how our family moved to France, cured picky eating, banned snacking, and discovered 10 magic rules for raising healthy, happy eaters
Le Billon, Karen.
394.1 LEBILLON

An economist gets lunch : new rules for everyday foodies
Cowen, Tyler.
394.12 COWAN

Hilarity ensues
Max, Tucker.
394.13 MAX

 

400 - Language

The story of English in 100 words
Crystal, David, 1941-
422 CRYSTAL

500 – Science

The magic of reality : how we know what's really true
Dawkins, Richard, 1941-
501 DAWKINS

When women were birds : fifty-four variations on voice
Williams, Terry Tempest.
508.092 WILLIAMS

The scientific revolution : a very short introduction
Principe, Lawrence.
509 PRINCIPE

The man of numbers : Fibonacci's arithmetic revolution
Devlin, Keith J.
512.72 DEVLIN

The quantum universe : (and why anything that can happen, does)
Cox, Brian, 1968-
530.12 COX

The story of Earth : the first 4.5 billion years, from stardust to living planet
Hazen, Robert M., 1948-
550 HAZEN

Waking the giant : how a changing climate triggers earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes
McGuire, Bill.
551.6 MCGUIRE

The life of super-Earths : how the hunt for alien worlds and artificial cells will revolutionize life on our planet
Sasselov, Dimitar D.
576.839 SASSELOV

A planet of viruses
Zimmer, Carl, 1966-
579.2 ZIMMER

What the animals taught me : stories of love and healing from a farm animal sanctuary
Marohn, Stephanie.
590 MAROHN

Calls beyond our hearing : unlocking the secrets of animal voices
Menino, H. M.
591.594 MENINO

Engineering animals : how life works
Denny, Mark, 1953-
591.7 DENNY

Horseshoe crabs and velvet worms : the story of the animals and plants that time has left behind
Fortey, Richard A.
595 FORTEY

Bird sense : what it's like to be a bird
Birkhead, T. R.
598 BIRKHEAD

Dolphin confidential : confessions of a field biologist
Bearzi, Maddalena.
599.53 BEARZI

Masters of the planet : the search for our human origins
Tattersall, Ian.
599.93 TATTERSA

The social conquest of earth
Wilson, Edward O.
599.938 WILSON

 

600 – Technology

The women's pill book : your complete guide to prescription and over-the -counter medications
Mitchell, Deborah R.
613.0424 MITCHELL

The happiness diet : a nutritional prescription for a sharp brain, balanced mood, and lean, energized body
Graham, Tyler, author.
613.2 GRAHAM

Drop dead healthy : one man's humble quest for bodily perfection
Jacobs, A. J., 1968-
613.2092 JACOBS

The drop 10 diet : add to your plate to lose the weight
Danziger, Lucy S.
613.25 DANZIGER

Survival mom : how to prepare your family for everyday disasters and worst-case scenarios
Bedford, Lisa.
613.69 BEDFORD

The first 20 minutes : surprising science reveals how we can exercise better, train smarter, live longer
Reynolds, Gretchen.
613.7 REYNOLDS

Tinderbox : how the West sparked the AIDS epidemic and how the world can finally overcome it
Timberg, Craig.
614 .599392 TIMBERG

Better homes and gardens herb gardening / Herb Gardening
Better Homes and Gardens Books (COR).
615.321 BETTER

The epigenetics revolution : how modern biology is rewriting our understanding of genetics, disease, and inheritance
Carey, Nessa.
616.042 CAREY

The forever fix : gene therapy and the boy who saved it
Lewis, Ricki.
616.042 LEWIS

Control the crazy : my plan to stop stressing, avoid drama, and maintain inner cool
Guadagnino, Vinny.
616.85 GUADAGNI

Shades of hope : a program to stop dieting and start living
McCarty, Tennie.
616.85 MCCARTY

The partner's guide to asperger syndrome
Moreno, Susan.
616.85 MORENO

What doesn't kill us : the new psychology of posttraumatic growth
Joseph, Stephen, Dr.
616.8521 JOSEPH

Stop eating your heart out : the 21-day program to free yourself from emotional eating
Beck, Meryl Hershey.
616.8526 BECK

Dosed : the medication generation grows up
Bell Barnett, Kaitlin, 1983-
616.89 BELL

Memoir of a debulked woman : enduring ovarian cancer
Gubar, Susan, 1944-
616.99 GUBAR

You can heal yourself : a guide to physical and emotional recovery after injury or illness
Silver, J. K. (Julie K.), 1965-
617.03 SILVER

The impatient woman's guide to getting pregnant
Twenge, Jean M., 1971-
618.2 TWENGE

Choosing cesarean : the natural birth plan
Murphy, Magnus, 1963-
618.86 MURPHY

The shape of the eye : Down syndrome, family, and the stories we inherit
Estreich, George.
618.92 ESTREICH

Next stop : a son with autism grows up
Finland, Glen.
618.9285 FINLAND

Carly's voice : breaking through autism
Fleischmann, Arthur.
618.9285 FLEISCHM

Inventing iron man : the possibility of a human machine
Zehr, E. Paul.
629.8 ZEHR

Darwin's devices : what evolving robots can teach us about the history of life and the future of technology
Long, John, 1964 Jan. 12-
629.892 LONG

Turn here sweet corn : organic farming works
Diffley, Atina.
631.584 DIFFLEY

Better homes and gardens gardening made simple : the complete step-by- step guide to gardening
635 BETTER

The anxious gardener's book of answers / Teri Dunn Chace ; illustrations by Colleen Coover
Dunn Chace, Teri.
635 DUNN

Small plot big harvest
Halsall, Lucy.
635.967 HALSALL

Things your dog doesn't want you to know : eleven courageous canines tell you what your dog won't
Conrad, Hy.
636.7 CONRAD

Angel on my shoulder : my life with an American pit bull terrier
Mercadante, Jolene.
636.7 MERCADAN

All in good time : when to save, stock up, and schedule everything for your home
Kuczykowski, Tara.
640 KUCZYKOW

Deliciously g-free : food so flavorful they'll never believe it's gluten -free
Hasselbeck, Elisabeth.
641.3 HASSELBE

Feed yourself, feed your family good nutrition, and healthy cooking for new moms and growing families
641.302 FEED

The preservation kitchen : the craft of making and cooking with pickles, preserves, and aigre-doux
Virant, Paul, 1970-
641.42 VIRANT

How to cook everything. The basics : all you need to make great food
Bittman, Mark.
641.5 BITTMAN

Good housekeeping light & healthy cooking : 250 delicious, satisfying, guilt-free recipes
641.5 GOOD

Vintage tea party
Caldicott, Carolyn.
641.53 CALDICOT

Everyday food light : the quickest and easiest recipes, all under 500 calories
641.555 EVERYDAY

What's for supper : 30-minute meals everyone will love
641.555 WHATS

The occasional vegetarian : 100 delicious dishes that put vegetables at the center of the plate
Louie, Elaine.
641.5636 LOUIE

Vegan cooking for carnivores : over 150 recipes so tasty you won't miss the meat
Martin, Roberto, 1973-
641.5636 MARTIN

Cooking Light way to cook grilling
641.578 COOKING

Slow cooking : 100 recipes for the slow cooker, the oven and the stove top
Thompson, Antony Worrall.
641.588 THOMPSON

Ploughman's lunch and the miser's feast : authentic pub food, restaurant fare, and home cooking from small towns, big cities, and country villages across the British Isles
Yarvin, Brian.
641.5942 YARVIN

In pursuit of garlic : an intimate look at the divinely odorous bulb
Primeau, Liz.
641.6526 PRIMEAU

The gardener & the grill : the bounty of the garden meets the sizzle of the grill
Adler, Karen.
641.76 ADLER

CelebraTORI : unleashing your inner party planner to entertain friends and family
Spelling, Tori, 1973-
642.4 SPELLING

The Holmes inspection : everything you need to know before you buy or sell your home
Holmes, Mike, 1963-
643.12 HOLMES

The Colette sewing handbook : inspired styles and classic techniques for the new seamstress
Mitnick, Sarai.
646.404 MITNICK

Sealing the deal : the love mentor's guide to lasting love
Kirschner, Diana Adile, 1948-
646.7 KIRSCHNE

What would Michelle do? : a modern-day guide to living with substance and style
Samuels, Allison.
646.70082 SAMUELS

The soul mate myth : a 3-step plan for finding real love
Cirillo, Jean.
646.77 CIRILLO

The 6 husbands every wife should have : how couples who change together, stay together
Craig, Steven, 1964-
646.78 CRAIG

Screamfree marriage : calming down, growing up, and getting closer
Runkel, Hal Edward.
646.78 RUNKEL

Spousonomics : using economics to master love, marriage & dirty dishes
Szuchman, Paula.
646.78 SZUCHMAN

Linchpin : are you indispensible?
Godin, Seth.
650.1 GODIN

Just run it! : running an exceptional business is easier than you think
Cross, Dick.
658.022 CROSS

All in : how the best managers create a culture of belief and drive big results
Gostick, Adrian Robert.
658.314 GOSTICK

The 4 disciplines of execution : achieving your wildly important goals
McChesney, Chris.
658.4 MCCHESNE

The art of the sale : learning from the masters about the business of life
Broughton, Philip Delves.
658.85 BROUGHTO

Get rich click! : the ultimate guide to making money on the Internet! : if you can click a mouse, you can make money on the Internet! This book is filled with hundreds of ways to make you money and save you money. Learn more about "reverse e-commerce," pay-per-action, Internet real estate, blog marketing 100+ SEO tactics and much, much more
Ostrofsky, Marc, author.
658.872 OSTROFSK

 

700 – Arts and recreation

The artist and the warrior : military history through the eyes of the masters
Rabb, Theodore K.
704.9 RABB

Guide to contemporary New York City architecture
Hill, John, 1973-
720.9747 HILL

Silversmithing for jewelry makers : a handbook of techniques and surface treatments
Bone, Elizabeth.
739.27 BONE

Knitting stitches visual encyclopedia : 350 stitch patterns, edgings, and more
Turner, Sharon, 1962-
746 TURNER

AUSTENtatious crochet : 36 contemporary designs from the world of Jane Austen
Horozewski, Melissa.
746.432 HOROZEWS

Sasha Kagan's classic collection
Kagan, Sasha.
746.432 KAGAN

The granny square book : timeless techniques & fresh ideas for crocheting square by square
Hubert, Margaret.
746.434 HUBERT

The right color
Ashcraft, Eve.
747.94 ASHCRAFT

Black & white (and a bit in between) : timeless interiors, dramatic accents, and stylish collections
Kemble, Celerie.
747.94 KEMBLE

Herb Ritts : L.A. style
Ritts, Herb.
770.747 RITTS

The landscape photography field guide : capturing the great outdoors with your digital SLR camera
Heilman, Carl, 1954-
778.936 HEILMAN

The great animal orchestra : finding the origins of music in the world's wild places
Krause, Bernard L.
780 KRAUSE

To Selena, with love
Perez, Chris.
782.42164 SELENA Perez

A natural woman : a memoir
King, Carole, 1942-
782.42166 KING Auto

Eco-friendly crafting with kids : 35 step-by-step projects for preschool kids and adults to create together
Lilley, Kate.
790.1922 LILLEY

Apocalypse on the set : nine disastrous film productions
Taylor, Ben.
791.4309 TAYLOR

The Godfather effect : changing Hollywood, America, and me
Santopietro, Tom.
791.437 SANTOPIE

Getting started in Pinewood Derby : step-by-step workbook to building your first car
Thorne, Troy.
796.156 THORNE

Illegal procedure : a sports agent comes clean on the dirty business of college football
Luchs, Josh.
796.332 LUCHS

The emerald diamond : how the Irish transformed America's greatest pastime
Rosen, Charles.
796.357 ROSEN

Driving Mr. Yogi : Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and baseball's greatest gift
Araton, Harvey.
796.3570922 ARATON

A talk in the park : nine decades of baseball tales from the broadcast booth
Smith, Curt.
796.3570973 SMITH

800 – Literature

The mindful writer
Moore, Dinty W., 1955-
808.02 MOORE

Collected poems
Gilbert, Jack, 1925-
811.54 GILBERT

Almost invisible
Strand, Mark, 1934-
811.54 STRAND

Chinoiserie
Rigby, Karen.
811.6 RIGBY

Life sentences : literary judgments and accounts
Gass, William H., 1924-
814.54 GASS

World enough & time : on creativity and slowing down
McEwen, Christian, 1956-
814.6 MCEWEN

As consciousness is harnessed to flesh : journals and notebooks, 1964- 1980
Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.
818.5409 SONTAG

The FSG book of twentieth-century Italian poetry : an anthology
851.91 FSG BOOK

900 – History and geography

Five days that shocked the world : eyewitness accounts from Europe at the end of World War II
Best, Nicholas, 1948-
940.534 BEST

Hitlerland : American eyewitnesses to the Nazi rise to power
Nagorski, Andrew.
940.54 NAGORSKI

Hell above earth : the incredible true story of an American WWII bomber commander and the copilot ordered to kill him
Frater, Stephen.
940.544973 FRATER

On an Irish island
Kanigel, Robert.
941.96 KANIGEL

The Spanish holocaust : inquisition and extermination in twentieth- century Spain
Preston, Paul, 1946-
946.0811 PRESTON

The anatomy of a moment : thirty-five minutes in history and imagination
Cercas, Javier, 1962-
946.083 CERCAS

We heard the heavens then : a memoir of Iran
Minu-Sepehr, Aria.
955.05 MINU-SEP

The invisible Arab : the promise and peril of the Arab revolutions
Bisharah, Marwan.
956.054 BISHARAH

The Arab uprising : the unfinished revolutions of the new Middle East
Lynch, Marc, 1969-
956.054 LYNCH

Israel : an introduction
Rubin, Barry M.
956.9405 RUBIN

Side by side : competing histories of Israel-Palestine
956.9405 SIDE

In my father's country : an Afgan woman defies her fate
Wahab, Saima.
958.104 WAHAB

No way out : a story of valor in the mountains of Afghanistan
Weiss, Mitch.
958.104 WEISS

No worse enemy : the inside story of the chaotic struggle for Afghanistan
Anderson, Ben.
958.1047 ANDERSON

Outlaw platoon : heroes, renegades, infidels, and the brotherhood of war in Afghanistan
Parnell, Sean, 1981-
958.1047 PARNELL

Honor in the dust : Theodore Roosevelt, war in the Philippines, and the rise and fall of America's imperial dream
Jones, Gregg R.
959.9031 JONES

African American almanac : 400 years of triumph, courage and excellence
Bracks, Lean'tin L.
973.0496073 BRACKS

The Siege of Fort William Henry : a year on the Northeastern frontier
Hughes, Ben.
973.26 HUGHES

Enjoy the same liberty : Black Americans and the revolutionary era
Countryman, Edward.
973.6089 COUNTRYM

America's great debate : Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the compromise that preserved the Union
Bordewich, Fergus M.
973.64 BORDEWIC

Abraham Lincoln and white America
Dirck, Brian R., 1965-
973.7092 DIRCK

Shiloh, 1862
Groom, Winston, 1944-
973.731 GROOM

After Camelot : a personal history of the Kennedy family, 1968 to the present
Taraborrelli, J. Randy.
973.922 KENNEDY

Leak : why Mark Felt became Deep Throat
Holland, Max.
973.924 HOLLAND

Bush's wars
Anderson, Terry H., 1946-
973.931 ANDERSON

Pity the billionaire : the hard times swindle and the unlikely comeback of the Right
Frank, Thomas, 1965-
973.932 FRANK

Trickle down tyranny : crushing Obama's dream of the socialist states of America
Savage, Michael, 1942-
973.932 SAVAGE

Overreach : leadership in the Obama presidency
Edwards, George C.
973.932092 EDWARDS

Rogues and redeemers : when politics was king in Irish Boston
O'Neill, Gerard.
974.4610049 ONEILL

Mile marker zero : the moveable feast of Key West
McKeen, William, 1954-
975.941 MCKEEN

Detroit : a biography
Martelle, Scott, 1958-
977.434 MARTELLE

Call of the cow country : true stories : cowboys, Indians, outlaws, Will James, Butch Cassidy, Buffalo Bill, mustangs, coyotes, bobcats, lions
Webb, Harry E.
978 WEBB

Empire of shadows : the epic story of Yellowstone
Black, George, 1949-
978.7 BLACK

Biography

Prague winter : a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948
Albright, Madeleine Korbel.
BIO ALBRIGHT MADELINE Auto

A wedding in Haiti
Alvarez, Julia.
BIO ALVAREZ JULIA Auto

A friendly life : the autobiography of S. Prestley Blake, co-founder of Friendly Ice Cream Corp
Blake, S. Prestley.
BIO BLAKE S PRESTL Auto

Wherever I wind up : my quest for truth, authenticity, and the perfect knuckleball
Dickey, R. A. (Robert Allen), 1974-
BIO DICKEY R A Auto

Can't is not an option : my American story
Haley, Nikki, 1972-
BIO HALEY NIKKI Auto

A difficult woman : the challenging life and times of Lillian Hellman
Kessler-Harris, Alice.
BIO HELLMAN LILLIAN Kessler

Winter king : Henry VII and the dawn of Tudor England
Penn, Thomas.
BIO HENRY VII 1457 Penn

Mrs. Kennedy and me
Hill, Clint.
BIO HILL CLINT Auto

Paris in love
James, Eloisa.
BIO JAMES ELOISA Auto

The maid and the queen : the secret history of Joan of Arc
Goldstone, Nancy Bazelon.
BIO JOAN OF ARC Goldston

Indomitable will : LBJ in the presidency
Updegrove, Mark K.
BIO JOHNSON LYNDON Updegrov

Kasher in the rye : the true tale of a white boy from Oakland who became a drug addict, criminal, mental patient, and then turned 16
Kasher, Moshe.
BIO KASHER MOSHE Auto

Let's pretend this never happened : (a mostly true memoir)
Lawson, Jenny, 1979-
BIO LAWSON JENNY Auto

The kings' mistresses : the liberated lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and her sister, Hortense, Duchess Mazarin
Goldsmith, Elizabeth C.
BIO MANCINI MARIA Goldsmit

Queen of the conqueror : the life of Matilda, wife of William I
Borman, Tracy.
BIO MATILDA 1083 Borman

Lots of candles, plenty of cake
Quindlen, Anna.
BIO QUINDLEN ANNA Auto

Roosevelt's navy : the education of a warrior president, 1882-1920
De Kay, James T.
BIO ROOSEVEL FRANKLIN Dekay

Joseph Roth : a life in letters
Roth, Joseph, 1894-1939.
BIO ROTH JOSEPH Auto

Tough sh*t : life advice from a fat, lazy slob who did good
Smith, Kevin, 1970-
BIO SMITH KEVIN Auto

A magnificent obsession : Victoria, Albert, and the death that changed the British monarchy
Rappaport, Helen.
BIO VICTORIA 1819 Rappapor

Gypsy boy : my life in the secret world of the Romany Gypsies
Walsh, Mikey.
BIO WALSH MIKEY Auto

My friend Tom : the poet-playwright Tennessee Williams
Smith, William Jay, 1918-
BIO WILLIAMS TENNESSE Smith

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updated : May 1, 2012