Selected New Books, Winter 2013
Fiction and Literature | Biography and Memoir | History | Art and Architecture | Science
Achebe, Chinua. There Was a Country: a Personal History of Biafra
Alcott, Kathleen. The Dangers of Proximal Alphabets
Anderson, Kurt. True Believers: a Novel
Beaton, M.C. Death of a Chimney Sweep
Boyle, T. Coraghessan. San Miguel
Cain, James M. The Cocktail Waitress
Carnoy, David. The Big Exit
Connelly, Michael. The Black Box: a Novel
Cornwell, Bernard. 1356
Cotkin, George. Dive Deeper: Journeys with Moby-Dick
Díaz, Junot. This Is How You Lose Her
Erdrich, Louise. The Round House
Fossum, Karin. The Caller
Galassi, Jonathan. Left-Handed: Poems
Høeg, Peter. The Elephant Keepers' Children
Karunatilaka, Shehan. The Legend of Pradeep Mathew: a Novel
Khair, Tabish. The Thing About Thugs
Lehane, Dennis. Live By Night
Masters, Ben. Noughties: a Novel
Mattison, Alice. When We Argued All Night: a Novel
NDiaye, Marie. Three Strong Women: a Novel
Pamuk, Orhan. Silent House
Powers, Kevin. The Yellow Birds: a Novel
Reddi, Rishi. Karma and Other Stories
Rowling, J.K. The Casual Vacancy
Selecky, Sarah. This Cake Is For the Party
Sharratt, Mary. Illuminations: a Novel of Hildegard von Bingen
Sloan, Robert. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Theyil, Jeet. Narcopolis: a Novel
Vila-Matas, Enrique. Dublinesque
Wallace, David Foster. Both Flesh and Not: Essays
White, Edmund. Sacred Monsters
Wolfe, Tom. Back to Blood: a Novel
Yan, Mo. The Garlic Ballads: a Novel
British Academy. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows X
Castner, Brian. The Long Walk: a Story of War and the Life That Follows
Chafe, William H. Bill and Hillary: the Politics of the Personal
De Barros, Paul. Shall We Play That One Together?: the Life and Art of Jazz Piano Legend Marian McPartland
Gillette, Michael L. Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History
Johnson, Joyce. The Voice is All: the Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac
LaPlante, Eva. Marmee & Louisa: the Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother
Maier, Thomas. The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings
Max, D.T. Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: a Life of David Foster Wallace
Meacham, John. Thomas Jefferson: the Art of Power
Peeters, Benoît. Derrida: a Biography
Roig-Franzia, Manuel. The Rise of Marco Rubio
Russo, Richard. Elsewhere
Samuelsson, Marcus. Yes, Chef: a Memoir
Schad, Martha. Hitler's Spy Princess: the Extraordinary Life of Stephanie von Hohenlohe
Shawcross, William [ed.] Counting One's Blessings: the Selected Letters of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Staggs, Sam. Inventing Elsa Maxwell: How an Irrepressible Nobody Conquered High Society, Hollywood, the Press, and the World
Stahr, Walter. Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man
Wilson, Richard Guy. Edith Wharton at Home: Life at the Mount
Applebaum, Anne. Iron Curtain: the Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
Barber, Peter. London: a History in Maps
Barnett, Richard. The Book of Gin
Bizot, François. Facing the Torturer
Bonanos, Christopher. Instant: the Story of Polaroid
Burton, Richard. Prague: a Cultural History
Campbell, Donal. Edinburgh: a Cultural and Literary History
De Vries, Andre. Brussels: a Cultural and Literary History
Dolin, Eric Jay. When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail
Dower, John W. Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering: Japan in the Modern World
Duffett, Rachel. The Stomach for Fighting: Food and the Soldiers of the Great War
Fletcher, Catherine. The Divorce of Henry VIII: the Untold Story From Inside the Vatican
Haley, Dianna. Generous-Minded Women: a History of the Winsor School
Holland, Tom. In the Shadow of the Sword: the Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
House, Karen Elliot. On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Contradictions, and Future
Howard, Deborah & Laura Moretti [ed.] The Music Room in Early Modern France and Italy: Sound, Space, and Object
Junne, George H Jr. A History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Colored Infantry of the Civil War: the Real Story Behind the Movie Glory
Kupperman, Karen Ordahl. The Atlantic in World History
Lisicky, Michael J. Filene's: Boston's Great Specialty Store
Lucas, Edward. Deception: the Untold Story of East-West Espionage Today
Mayer, Emanuel. The Ancient Middle Classes: Urban Life and Aesthetics in the Roman Empire, 100 BCE-250 BCE
Mishra, Pankaj. From the Ruins of Empire: the Intellectuals Who Remade Asia
Nelson, James Carl. Five Lieutenants: the Heartbreaking Story of Five Harvard Men Who Led America to Victory in World War I
Northrup, Solomon. Twelve Years a Slave
Pargeter, Alison. Libya: the Rise and Fall of Qaddafi
Romano, Carlin. America the Philosophical
Schroeder, Charlie. Man of War: My Adventures in the World of Historical Reenactment
Sciolino, Elaine. La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life
Skinner, David. The Story of Ain't: America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published
Smith, Sherry L. Hippies, Indians, and the Fight for Red Power
Srodes, James. On Dupont Circle: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Progressives Who Shaped Our World
Stephenson, Michael. The Last Full Measure: How Soldiers Die in Battle
Sterba, Jim. Nature Wars: the Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards Into Battlegrounds
Tammita-Delgoda, SinhaRaja. A Traveller's History of India
Treuer, Anton. Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid To Ask
Warnicke, Retha M. Wicked Women of Tudor England: Queens, Aristocrats, Commoners
Wiencek, Henry. Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves
Wolmar, Christian. The Great Railroad Revolution: the History of Trains in America
Zinn, Howard. The Historic Unfulfilled Promise
Addams, Charles. Creature Comforts
Bluestone, Daniel. Buildings, Landscapes, and Memory: Case Studies in Historic Preservation
Charles, Bryan. Wowee Zowee
Craft, Catherine A. An Audience of Artists: Dada, Neo-Dada, and the Emergence of Abstract Expressionism
Ganz, James A. Artistic San Francisco
Hahn, Alexander J. Mathematical Excursions to the World's Great Buildings
Jones, Jonathan. The Lost Battles: Leonardo, Michelangelo, and the Artistic Duel That Defined the Renaissance
Kavaler, Ethan Matt. Renaissance Gothic: Architecture and the Arts in Northern Europe, 1470-1540
Lenain, Thierry. Art Forgery: the History of a Modern Obsession
Lethem, Jonathan. Fear of Music
McCullagh, Suzanne Folds [ed.] Capturing the Sublime: Italian Drawings of the Renaissance and Baroque
Murase, Miyeko. Bridge of Dreams: the Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art
Naumann, Francis M. The Recurrent, Haunting Ghost: Essays on the Art, Life and Legacy of Marcel Duchamp
Paglia, Camille. Glittering Images: a Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars
Quentin, Buvelot. Masters From the Mauritshuis
Robinson, John Martin. James Wyatt, 1746-1813: Architect to George III
Rothfarb, Edward Leland. Orchha and Beyond: Design at the Court of Raja Bir Singh Dev Bundela
Shteamer, Hank. Chocolate and Cheese
Slautterback, Catharina. Chromo-mania!: the Art of Chromolithography in Boston, 1840-1910
Zubravskaya, Viktoria [ed.] Russian Avant-Gardes: Malevich, Kandinsky, Chagall, Rodcenko, Tatlin and the Others
Barash, David P. Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature
Chaplin, Joyce E. Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit
Gottschall, Jonathan. The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
Holt, Jim. Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
Logan, William Bryant. Dirt: the Ecstatic Skin of the Earth
Plantiga, Alvin. Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism
Sykes, Bryan. DNA USA: a Genetic Portrait of America
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