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Wrong : why experts* keep failing us-- and how to know when not to trustthem : *scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, high-powered consultants, health officials and more
Freedman, David H., 1954-
New York : Little, Brown and Company, c2010.
001 FRE


Messages : signs, visits, and premonitions from loved ones lost on 9/11
McEneaney, Bonnie.
New York : William Morrow, c2010.
133.9 MCE
The wife of a 9/11 victim relates true stories about the spiritual and paranormal experiences--including premonitions, signs, dreams, visitations, and communications through mediums and psychics--of others who lost loved ones during the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil. .9780061974076. .0061974072.

How pleasure works : the new science of why we like what we like
Bloom, Paul, 1963-
New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c2010.
152.42 BLO


The upside of irrationality : the unexpected benefits of defying logic at work and at home
Ariely, Dan.
New York : Harper, c2010.
153.4 ARI


Life is what you make it
Buffett, Peter.
New York : Harmony Books, c2010.
158 BUF


Creative aging : rethinking retirement and non-retirement in a changing world
Bankson, Marjory Zoet.
Woodstock, VT : SkyLight Paths Pub., c2010.
248.85 BAN


Every other Monday : twenty years of life, lunch, faith, and friendship
Kasich, John.
New York : Atria Books, c2010.
277.3 KAS


Travels in a gay nation : portraits of LGBTQ Americans
Gambone, Philip.
Madison, WI : University of Wisconsin Press, c2010.
306.766 GAM


Common nonsense : Glenn Beck and the triumph of ignorance
Zaitchik, Alexander, 1974-
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010.
320.52092 ZAI
"Traces Beck's personal history from his troubled childhood through his years as a 'morning zoo' DJ to his sudden and meteoric rise to the conservative media heap. [The author] pays special attention to Beck's transformation from alcoholic-snorting, failed disc jockey without a political thought in his head to wealthy, bile-spewing, right-wing demagogue." -- Dust jacket. .9780470557396. .0470557397.

At the water's edge : a personal quest for wildness
Lister-Kaye, John, 1946-
Edinburgh ; New York : Canongate, 2010.
333.78 LIS


Lights out! : ten myths about (and real solutions to) America's energy crisis
Abraham, Spencer.
New York : St. Martin's Press, c2010.
333.790973 ABR


Fortune's fool : Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Warner Music, and an industry in crisis
Goodman, Fred.
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2010.
338.7 GOO


Doing both : how Cisco captures today's profit and drives tomorrow's growth
Sidhu, Inder, 1960-
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press, c2010.
338.7621 SID


Broke, USA : from pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. : how the working poor became big business
Rivlin, Gary.
New York : Harper Business/HarperCollinsPublishers, c2010.
339.4 RIV
"A unique and riveting exploration of one of America's largest and fastest-growing industries--the business of poverty" --Provided by publisher. .9780061733215. .0061733210.

Fur, fortune, and empire : the epic history of the fur trade in America
Dolin, Eric Jay.
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2010.
341.4568 DOL


Grunts : inside the American infantry combat experience, World War II through Iraq
McManus, John C., 1965-
New York, N.Y. : New American Library, 2010.
356.1140973 MCM


Jan's story : love lost to the long goodbye of Alzheimer's
Petersen, Barry (Barry Rex), 1949-
Lake Forest, Calif. : Behler Publications, c2010.
362.196 PET


Beat cop to top cop : a tale of three cities
Timoney, John F.
Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press in collaboration with : Penn Institute for Urban Research, c2010.
363.2092 TIM


The measure of madness : inside the disturbed and disturbing criminal mind
Paradis, Cheryl.
New York : Citadel Press , c2010.
364.3 PAR


Inside America's concentration camps : two centuries of internment & torture
Dickerson, James.
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review ; Lancaster : Gazelle [distributor], c2010.
365.4509 DIC


Wordwatching : how to break into the dictionary : it's his word against theirs
Horne, Alex, 1978-
London, England : Virgin Books, c2010.
422 HOR


Drink this, not that! : the no-diet weight loss solution, sip your way to a flat belly!
Zinczenko, David.
New York : Rodale, c2010.
541.2 ZIN


Voyager : seeking newer worlds in the third great age of discovery
Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
New York : Viking, c2010.
559.925 PYN


Zoo story : life in the garden of captives
French, Thomas, 1958-
New York : Hyperion, c2010.
590.73 FRE
Based on six years of research, behind the scenes at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo. .9781401323462. .1401323464.

Insectopedia
Raffles, Hugh, 1958-
New York : Pantheon Books, c2010.
595.7 RAF


The shallows : what the Internet is doing to our brains
Carr, Nicholas G., 1959-
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2010.
612.80285 CAR


Dodging the toxic bullet : how to protect yourself from everyday environmental health hazards
Boyd, David R. (David Richard), 1964-
Vancouver, BC : David Suzuki Foundation : Greystone Books : D&M Publishers, Inc., c2010.
615.902 BOY


Once a warrior-always a warrior : navigating the transition from combat to home--including combat stress, PTSD, and mTBI
Hoge, Charles W.
Guilford, CT : GPP Life, c2010.
616.85212 HOG


Women food and God : an unexpected path to almost everything
Roth, Geneen.
New York : Scribner, c2010.
616.8526 ROT


Golden Gate : the life and times of America's greatest bridge
Starr, Kevin.
New York : Bloomsbury Press, c2010.
624.2 STA


Mixt salads : a chef's bold salad creations
Swallow, Andrew.
Berkeley, Calif. : Ten Speed Press, 2010.
641.83 SWA
"A bold collection of more than 60 salad recipes featuring unusual and dynamic ingredient pairings and an on-trend approach to healthy, mindful eating"--Provided by publisher. .9781580080576.

Shift : how to reinvent your business, your career, and your personal brand
Arnell, Peter.
New York : Broadway Books, c2010.
650.1 ARN
A branding expert who has worked with such companies as DKNY, Pepsi, and Home Depot shares insights into how to transform oneself or one's business through branding strategies that he successfully applied to his career and weight-loss goals. .038552627X. .9780385526272.

Predictable success : getting your organization on the growth track--andkeeping it there
McKeown, Les (John Leslie), 1956-
Austin, TX : Greenleaf Book Group Press, c2010.
658 MCK


Conquer the chaos : how to grow a successful small business without going crazy
Mask, Clate.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010.
658.022 MAS


The house advantage : playing the odds to win big in business
Ma, Jeffrey.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2010.
658.4033 MA
"As part of the notorious MIT Team depicted in Ben Mezrich's now classic Bringing Down the House, Jeff Ma used math and statistics to master the game of blackjack and reap handsome rewards at casinos. Years later, Ma has inspired not only a bestselling novel and hit movie, but has also started three different companies--the latest of which, Citizen Sports, is an innovative marriage of sports, betting, and digital technology--and launched a successful corporate speaking career. The House Advantage reveals Ma's cutting-edge mathematical insights into the world of statistics and makes them applicable to a wide business audience. He argues that numbers are the key to analyzing nearly everything in the world of business, from how to spot and profit from global market inefficiencies to having multiple backup plans in anticipation of every probability. Ma's stories and business lessons are as intriguing as they are universally applicable" --Provided by publisher. .0230622720. .9780230622722.

The why of work : how great leaders build abundant organizations that win
Ulrich, David, 1953-
Chicago, IL : McGraw-Hill, c2010.
658.4092 ULR
A leadership guru and a clinical psychologist provide information about sustainability in the post-recession era and offer frameworks and tools for building a winning company culture and seizing the competitive advantage. .0071739351.

If you're not first, you're last : sales strategies to dominate your market and beat your competition
Cardone, Grant.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010.
658.82 CAR


Tyranny
Fairfield, Lesley, 1949-
Toronto : Tundra Books, c2009.
741.5971 FAI


The anatomy & figure drawing artist's handbook
Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's, c2009.
743.4 ANA
A comprehensive guide to anatomy and figure drawing that instructs in a wide range of techniques and materials. Includes step-by-step projects that will build your confidence, and a special section on developing technique. .0764162845. .9780764162848.

Alice Neel : painted truths
Houston, Texas : Museum of Fine Arts ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, c2010.
759.13 NEE
"Explores the themes and stylistic developments of the art of Alice Neel, one of the greatest American painters of the twentieth century, with works spanning nearly seven decades, four essays and additional texts addressing themes and specific works, three artists' appreciations, and a chronology and bibliography"--Provided by publisher. .9780300163322. .0300163320.

Furious love : Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the marriage of thecentury
Kashner, Sam.
New York : Harper/HarperCollinsPublishers, c2010.
791.4302 KAS


Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. : Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the dawn of the modern woman
Wasson, Sam.
New York : HarperStudio/HarperCollinsPublishers, c2010.
791.4372 WAS
A closeup examination of Blake Edwards' classic film, Breakfast at Tiffany's, winner of two Oscars. .9780061774157. .0061774154.

Mad men unbuttoned : a romp through 1960s America
Vargas-Cooper, Natasha.
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2010.
791.4575 COO


Kissing the mask : beauty, understatement, and femininity in Japanese Noh theater : with some thoughts on muses (especially Helga Testorf), transgender women, kabuki goddesses, porn queens, poets, housewives, makeup artists, geishas, valkyries, and Venus figurines
Vollmann, William T.
New York, NY : Ecco, c2010.
792.0952 VOL
Explores the enigma surrounding Noh theater and the traditions that have made it intrinsic to Japanese culture for centuries and extracts the secrets of staged femininity and the mystery of perceived and expressed beauty. .9780061228483 : .0061228486.

The American stage : writing on theater from Washington Irving to Tony Kushner
New York : Library of America, c2010.
792.0973 AME


Lay the favorite : a memoir of gambling
Raymer, Beth.
New York : Spiegel & Grau, c2010.
795.092 RAY


Bad sports : how owners are ruining the games we love
Zirin, Dave.
New York : Scribner, c2010.
796.06 ZIR


The only game in town : sports writing from the New Yorker
New York : Random House, c2010.
796.0973 ONL


Home team : coaching the Saints and New Orleans back to life
Payton, Sean.
New York : New American Library, c2010.
796.3326 PAY
Details the author's decision to become head coach for the devastated New Orleans Saints in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and how he led the team to a Super Bowl victory in 2009 and helped revitalize the city's spirit. .0451232615. .9780451232618.

Rickwood Field : a century in America's oldest ballpark
Barra, Allen.
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2010.
796.357 BAR


No way down : life and death on K2
Bowley, Graham.
New York : Harper, 2010.
796.522 BOW
"A dramatic account of the worst disaster in the history of mountain climbing on K2, the world's second highest peak"--Provided by publisher. .9780061834783. .0061834785.

The lost cyclist : the epic tale of an American adventurer and his mysterious disappearance
Herlihy, David V.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2010.
796.6092 HER


Without a paddle : racing twelve hundred miles around Florida by sea kayak
Richey, Warren.
New York : St. Martin's Press, c2010.
797.122 RIC


In rough country : essays and reviews
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
New York : Ecco/HarperCollinsPublishers, c2010.
808 OAT


Bar book : poems and otherwise
Sheehan, Julie.
New York : W. W. Norton & Co., 2010.
811.6 SHE


Scout, Atticus, and Boo : a celebration of fifty years of to kill a mockingbird
Murphy, Mary McDonagh.
New York : Harper/HarperCollinsPublishers, c2010.
813.54 MCD
"In celebration of the 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird (June 8, 2010), an American classic that sells almost a million copies per year, Scout, Atticus, and Boo features interview selections with prominent figures including Oprah Winfrey, Tom Brokaw, Wally Lamb, and Anna Quindlen on how the book has impacted their lives" --Provided by publisher. .9780061924071. .0061924075.

Overboard! : a true blue-water odyssey of disaster and survival
Tougias, Mike, 1955-
New York : Scribner, c2010.
910.91634 TOU


Deadliest sea : the untold story behind the greatest rescue in Coast Guard history
Thompson, Kalee.
New York : William Morrow : HarperCollins Publishers, c2010.
910.9164 THO
Relates the story of the stunning Coast Guard rescue of members of a sunken fishing trawler in the freezing Bering Sea, an effort that was unprecedented in its success, despite gale-force winds, high waves, and formidable darkness. .9780061766299. .0061766291.

Faces of America : how 12 extraordinary people discovered their pasts
Gates, Henry Louis.
New York : New York University Press, c2010.
920.073 GAT


Beneath the sands of Egypt : adventures of an unconventional archaeologist
Ryan, Donald P.
New York : William Morrow/HarperCollinsPublishers, c2010.
932 RYA


If the Allies had fallen : sixty alternate scenarios of World War II
London : Frontline Books ; New York : Skyhorse Publishing, 2010.
940.542 IF


The Korean War : a history
Cumings, Bruce, 1943-
New York : Modern Library, c2010.
951.9042 CUM


A nightmare's prayer : a Marine Corps Harrier pilot's war in Afghanistan
Franzak, Michael.
New York : Threshold Editions, c2010.
958.1047 FRA


The Manchurian president
Klein, Aaron.
Washington, D.C. : Wnd Books, c2010.
973.932 KLE
This book postulates that Obama has deep ties to communists, socialists, and anti-American extremists and these ties influence policy decisions. .1935071874. .9781935071877.

The Obama diaries
Ingraham, Laura.
New York : Threshold Editions, c2010.
973.93202 ING


Farms, vineyards & small towns of the North Fork of Long Island
Miller, Bob.
[New York] : B. Miller, c2008.
974.725 MIL


Nobody turn me around : a people's history of the 1963 march on Washington
Euchner, Charles C.
Boston, MA : Beacon Press, c2010.
975.3041 EUC


Empire of the summer moon : Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history
Gwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.), 1953-
New York : Scribner, c2010.
978.004 GWY


Radical : a portrait of Saul Alinsky
Von Hoffman, Nicholas.
New York : Nation Books, c2010.
B ALINSKY


Chords of strength : a memoir of soul, song, and the power of perseverance
Archuleta, David, 1990-
New York : New American Library, c2010.
B ARCHULETA


Portrait of an addict as a young man : a memoir
Clegg, Bill.
New York : Little, Brown and Company, c2010.
B CLEGG


Chuck Close : life
Finch, Christopher.
Munich, Germany : Prestel, c2010.
B CLOSE


The fine wisdom and perfect teachings of the kings of rock and roll : a memoir
Edmundson, Mark, 1952-
New York : Harper, 2010.
B EDMUNDSON
"A coming-of-age memoir about one man's miscues and false starts as he enters the world after college and attempts to answer the timeless question of who he is, while contemplating what role music, love, work, drugs, money, and books will play in his life"--Provided by publisher. .9780061713477. .0061713473.

The last living sl{232}ut : born in Iran, bred backstage
Shirazi, Roxana.
New York : It Books, c2010.
B SHIRAZI


Uncharted terriTORI
Spelling, Tori, 1973-
New York : Gallery Books, c2010.
B SPELLING
Tori comes clean about doing her time on jury duty, stalking herself on Twitter, discovering her former 90210 castmates{7f2019} "I Hate Tori" club, contracting swine flu, and contacting Farrah Fawcett from the dead. Like many mothers, she struggles to find balance (Stars, they{7f2019}re just like us!){7f2014}only most women don{7f2019}t have to battle it out with paparazzi at the grocery store. She talks openly about the darker side of life in the spotlight: media scrutiny over her weight and her marriage to Dean McDermott, her controversial relationship with Dean{7f2019}s ex-wife, and her unfolding reconciliation with her mother.