Selected New Books Spring / Summer 2010
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History & Social Sciences
Adams, Rachel. Continental divides: remapping the cultures of North America
Allen, Michael J. Until the last man comes home: POWs, MIAs, and the unending Vietnam War
Angela, Alberto. Day in the life of ancient Rome
Appleby, Joyce Oldham. Relentless revolution: a history of capitalism
Auletta, Ken. Googled: the end of the world as we know it
Axelrod, Alan. Real history of the Cold War: a new look at the past
Baker, James W. Thanksgiving: the biography of an American holiday
Beevor, Antony D-day: the Battle for Normandy
Berlin, Ira. Making of African America: the four great migrations
Black, Timothy. When a heart turns rock solid: the lives of three Puerto Rican brothers on and off the streets
Bloom, Stephen G. Tears of mermaids: the secret story of pearls
Bockstoce, John R. Furs and frontiers in the far north.
Bradley, Patricia. Making American culture: a social history, 1900-1920
Branch, Taylor. Clinton tapes: wrestling history with the president
Breger, Louis. Dream of undying fame: how Freud betrayed his mentor and invented psychoanalysis
Brower, Benjamin Claude. Desert named peace: the violence of France's empire in the Algerian Sahara, 1844-1902
Brown, David S. Beyond the frontier: the midwestern voice in American historical writing
Cathcart, Thomas. Heidegger and a hippo walk through those pearly gates: using philosophy (and jokes!) to explore life, death, the afterlife, and everything in between
Cole, Jonathan R. Great American university: its rise to preeminence, its indispensable national role, why it must be protected
Collins, Gail. When everything changed: the amazing journey of American women, from 1960 to the present
Colodny, Len. Forty years war: the rise and fall of the neocons, from Nixon to Obama
Dando-Collins, Stephen. Ides: Caesar's murder and the war for Rome
Desjardin, Thomas A. Stand firm ye boys from Maine: the 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign
Diamond, John. CIA and the culture of failure: U.S. intelligence from the end of the Cold War to the invasion of Iraq
East, Elyssa. Dogtown: death and enchantment in a New England ghost town
Edelstein, Dan. Terror of natural right: republicanism, the cult of nature, and the French Revolution
Egan, Timothy. Big burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America
Faber, David. Munich, 1938: appeasement and World War II
Faddis, Charles S. Beyond repair: the decline and fall of the CIA
Farmer, John J. Ground truth: the untold story of America under attack on 9/11
Feiler, Bruce S. America's prophet: Moses and the American story
Ferguson, Robert. Vikings: a history
Field, Jonathan Beecher. Errands into the metropolis: New England dissidents in revolutionary London
Fisher, Len. Perfect swarm: the science of complexity in everyday life
Flannery, Tim F. Now or never: why we must act now to end climate change and create a sustainable future
Friedman, Barry. Will of the people: how public opinion has influenced the Supreme Court and shaped the meaning of the Constitution
Freeland, David. Automats, taxi dances, and vaudeville: excavating Manhattan's lost places of leisure
Freeman, John. Tyranny of e-mail: the four-thousand-year journey to your inbox
Frost, Mark. Game six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series : the triumph of America's pastime
Gassan, Richard H. Birth of American tourism: New York, the Hudson Valley, and American culture, 1790-1830
Giesberg, Judith Ann. Army at home: women and the Civil War on the northern home front
Gitlin, Jay. Bourgeois frontier: French towns, French traders, and American expansion
Henry, William. Coffin ship: the wreck of the brig St. John
Goldfarb, Michael. Emancipation: how liberating Europe's Jews from the ghetto led to revolution and renaissance
Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah. Worse than war: genocide, eliminationism, and the ongoing assault on humanity
Goldhill, Simon. Love, sex & tragedy: how the ancient world shapes our lives
Grandchamp, Robert. Boys of Adams' Battery G: the Civil War through the eyes of a Union light artillery unit
Greenstein, Fred I. Inventing the job of president: leadership style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson
Hamilton, Marsha L. Social and economic networks in early Massachusetts: Atlantic connections
Hancock, David. Oceans of wine: Madeira and the emergence of American trade and taste
Harris, J. William. Hanging of Thomas Jeremiah: a free Black man's encounter with liberty
Hastings, Max. Finest years: Churchill as warlord 1940-45
Hayden, Tom. Long sixties: from 1960 to Barack Obama
Heilemann, John. Game change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the race of a lifetime
Hessler, Peter. Country driving: a journey through China from farm to factory
Hinderaker, Eric. Two Hendricks: unraveling a Mohawk mystery
Hoffer, Richard. Something in the air: American passion and defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics
Jackson, Jeffrey. Paris under water: how the city of light survived the great flood of 1910
James, Lawrence. Aristocrats: power, grace and decadence : Britain's great ruling classes since 1066
Jaramillo, Deborah Lynn. Ugly war, pretty package: how CNN and Fox News made the invasion of Iraq high concept
Jones, John Bush. All-out for victory!: magazine advertising and the World War II home front
Kimbro, Edna E. California missions: history, art, and preservation
Knights : in history and legend
Kranish, Michael. Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at war
Kristof, Nicholas D. Half the sky: turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide
Koster, John P. Custer survivor: the end of a myth, the beginning of a legend
Manegold, C. S. Ten Hills Farm: the forgotten history of slavery in the North
Kuzmarov, Jeremy. Myth of the addicted army: Vietnam and the modern war on drugs
Lacey, Robert. Inside the Kingdom: kings, clerics, modernists, terrorists, and the struggle for Saudi Arabia
LaNier, Carlotta Walls. Mighty long way: my journey to justice at Little Rock Central High School
Lanier, Jaron. You are not a gadget: a manifesto
Lattin, Don. Harvard Psychedelic Club: how Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil killed the fifties and ushered in a new age for America
MacFarquhar, Neil. Media relations department of Hizbollah wishes you a happy birthday: unexpected encounters in the changing Middle East
MacMahon, Hugh G. E. Progress, stability, and the struggle for equality: a ramble through the early years of Maine law, 1820-1920
Marcus, Greil. Lipstick traces: a secret history of the twentieth century
Martin, Chlotilde R. Northern money, southern land.
Martin, Morag. Selling beauty: cosmetics, commerce, and French society, 1750-1830
Mathieu, Jon. History of the Alps, 1500-1900: environment, development, and society
Menand, Louis. Marketplace of ideas: [reform and resistance in the American university]
Montell, William Lynwood. Tales from Kentucky funeral homes
Morgan, Ted. Valley of death: the tragedy at Dien Bien Phu that led America into the Vietnam War
Mortenson, Greg. Stones into schools: promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Nathan, Linda F. Hardest questions aren't on the test: lessons from an innovative urban school
Nicolson, Juliet. Great silence, 1918-1920: living in the shadow of the Great War
O'Brien, Conor Cruise. First in peace: how George Washington set the course for America
Ford, Lacy K. Deliver us from evil: the slavery question in the old South
O'Brien, Michael. Mrs. Adams in winter: a journey in the last days of Napoleon
Overy, R. J. Twilight year: the paradox of Britain between the wars
Owen, David. Green metropolis: why living smaller, living closer, and driving less are the keys to sustainability
Partridge, Elizabeth. Marching for freedom: walk together, children, and don't you grow weary
Paxton, Robert O. Collaboration and resistance: French literary life under the Nazi occupation
Poole, Robert M. On hallowed ground: the story of Arlington National Cemetery
Pollack, H. N. World without ice
Posner, Richard A. Crisis of capitalist democracy
Propst, Matthew. Savannah cemeteries
Ratnesar, Romesh. Tear down this wall: a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War
Robinson, Jane. Bluestockings: the remarkable story of the first women to fight for an education
Rosenthal, Steve. White on white: churches of rural New England
Sandel, Michael J. Justice: what's the right thing to do?
Shachtman, Tom. Airlift to America: how Barack Obama, Sr., John F. Kennedy, Tom Mboya, and 800 East African students changed their world and ours
Schoen, Brian. Fragile fabric of Union: cotton, federal politics, and the. . .origins of the Civil War
Schiffrin, André. Dr. Seuss & Co. go to war: the World War II editorial cartoons of America's leading comic artists
Sebestyen, Victor. Revolution 1989: the fall of the Soviet empire
Sheehan, Neil. Fiery peace in a cold war: Bernard Schriever and the ultimate weapon
Sorkin, Andrew Ross. Too big to fail: the inside story of how Wall Street and Washington fought to save the financial system from crisis--and themselves
Stott, Richard Briggs. Jolly fellows: male milieus in nineteenth-century America
Summers, Mark W. Dangerous stir: fear, paranoia, and the making of Reconstruction
Viesturs, Ed. K2 : life and death on the world's most dangerous mountain
Weber, Lauren. In cheap we trust : the story of a misunderstood American virtue
Weatherford, J. McIver. Secret history of the Mongol queens: how the daughters of Genghis
Khan rescued his empire
Wilson, Peter H. Thirty Years War: Europe's tragedy
Wills, Clair. Dublin 191 : the siege of the GPO
Wood, Gordon S. Empire of liberty: a history of the early Republic, 1789-1815
Wortman, Marc. Bonfire: the siege and burning of Atlanta
Wylie, David A. City, save thyself!: nuclear terror and the urban ballot
Zelner, Kyle F. Rabble in arms: Massachusetts towns and militiamen during King Philip's War
Zucchero, Michael. Loyal hearts: histories of American Civil War canines
Buckland, Gail. Who shot rock & roll: a photographic history, 1955 to the present
Kot, Greg. Ripped: how the wired generation revolutionized music
Tawa, Nicholas E. From psalm to symphony: a history of music in New England
Williams, Richard. Blue moment : Miles Davis' Kind of blue and the remaking of modern music
Achebe, Chinua. Education of a British-protected child: essays
Conolly, L. W. Bernard Shaw and the BBC
Dudgeon, Piers. Neverland: J.M. Barrie, the Du Mauriers, and the dark side of Peter Pan
Fenster, J. M. FDR's shadow: Louis Howe, the force that shaped Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt
Gardner, Mark L. To hell on a fast horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the epic chase to justice in the Old West
Haring, Keith. Keith Haring journals
Kelley, Robin D. G. Thelonious Monk: the life and times of an American original
Hayes, Kevin J. Edgar Allan Poe
Husain, Ed. Islamist: why I became an Islamic fundamentalist, what I saw inside, and why I left
Hulsman, John C. To begin the world over again: Lawrence of Arabia from Damascus to Baghdad
Kennedy, Edward M. Wit and wisdom of Ted Kennedy: a treasury of reflections, statements of belief, and calls to action
Krakauer, Jon. Where men win glory: the odyssey of Pat Tillman
Lambert, Andrew D. Gates of hell: Sir John Franklin's tragic quest for the North West Passage
Lamster, Mark. Master of shadows: the secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens
Merry, Robert W. Country of vast designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the conquest of the American continent
Morris, James McGrath. Pulitzer: a life in politics, print, and power
Minutaglio, Bill. Molly Ivins: a rebel life
Page, Tim. Parallel play: growing up with undiagnosed Asperger's
Pakula, Hannah. Last empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the birth of modern China
Robertson, David. W.C. Handy: the life and times of the man who made the blues
Schenkar, Joan. Talented Miss Highsmith: the secret life and serious art of Patricia Highsmith
Sheeler, Jim. Obit.: inspiring stories of ordinary people who led extraordinary lives
Sitiki. Odyssey of an African slave
Uglow, Jennifer S. Gambling man: Charles II's Restoration game
Unger, Harlow G. Last founding father: James Monroe and a nation's call to greatness
Weir, Alison. Lady in the tower: the fall of Anne Boleyn
Best of Punch cartoons: 2,000 humor classics
Birkerts, Gunnar. Gunnar Birkerts: metaphoric modernist
Black, Jonathan. Subtlety and strength: the drawings of Dora Gordine
Brewer, John. American Leonardo: a tale of obsession, art and money
Cooper, Dan. New classic American houses: the architecture of Albert, Righter & Tittmann
Dolkart, Andrew. Row house reborn: architecture and neighborhoods in New York City, 1908-1929
Duncan, Alastair. Art deco complete: the definitive guide to the decorative arts of the 1920s and 1930s
Edvard Munch
Gerbino, Anthony. Compass and rule: architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750
Girouard, Mark. Elizabethan architecture: its rise and fall, 1540-1640
Gogh, Vincent van. Vincent Van Gogh: the letters : the complete illustrated and annotated edition
Hall, Thomas. Planning Europe's capital cities: aspects of nineteenth century urban development
Harmon, Katharine A. Map as art: contemporary artists explore cartography
Hollis, Edward. Secret lives of buildings: from the ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in thirteen stories
Lemonedes, Heather. Paul Gauguin: the breakthrough into modernity
Long Island moderns: art and architecture on the North Shore and beyond
Millais, Malcolm. Exploding the myths of modern architecture
Navarrete, Sylvia. Diego Rivera: the cubist portraits 1913-1917
O'Gorman, James F. Henry Austin: in every variety of architectural style
Pennoyer, Peter. Architecture of Grosvenor Atterbury
Rose Art Museum at Brandeis
Slash : paper under the knife
Suchtelen, Ariane van. Room for art in seventeenth-century Antwerp
American fantastic tales : terror and the uncanny from Poe to the pulps.
Beaton, M. C. Death of a valentine
Bell, Madison Smartt. Devil's dream
Berry, Steve. Paris vendetta : a novel
Butler, Robert Olen. Hell
Caputo, Philip. Crossers
Coetzee, J. M. Summertime : fiction
Davis, Lindsey. Rebels and traitors
Eagleman, David. Sum : forty tales from the afterlives
Echlin, Kim. Disappeared
Ellroy, James. Big nowhere : a crime novel
Foden, Giles. Turbulence : a novel of the atmosphere
Goldstein, Rebecca. 36 arguments for the existence of God : a work of fiction
Hall, Sarah. How to paint a dead man
Hall, Tarquin. Case of the missing servant : from the files of Vish Puri, India's "most private investigator"
Hamilton, Barbara. Ninth daughter
Harris, Robert. Conspirata : a novel of ancient Rome
Hornby, Nick. Juliet, naked
Hough, John. Seen the glory : a novel of the Battle of Gettysburg
Huyler, Frank. Right of thirst : a novel
Howard, Maureen. Rags of time
Jin, Ha. Good fall
Kanon, Joseph. Stardust : a novel
Kostova, Elizabeth. Swan thieves : a novel
Kingsolver, Barbara. Lacuna : a novel
Lever, James. Me Cheeta : my life in Hollywood
Lively, Penelope. Family album
McCall Smith, Alexander. Unbearable lightness of scones
Malouf, David. Ransom
Munro, Alice. Too much happiness : stories
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich. Original of Laura (Dying is fun)
Parker, Robert B. Split image
Schine, Cathleen. Three Weissmanns of Westport
Shaara, Jeff. No less than victory : a novel of World War II
Shields, David. Dead languages : a novel
Vonnegut, Kurt. Look at the birdie : unpublished short fiction
Walls, Jeannette. Half broke horses : a true-life novel
Anderson, Gary A. Sin: a history
Armstrong, Karen. The Case for God
Bremer, Francis J. Puritanism: a very short introduction
Crisp, Quentin. Manners from heaven: a divine guide to good behaviour
Collier-Thomas, Bettye. Jesus, jobs, and justice: African American women and religion
Davetian, Benet. Civility: a cultural history
D'Elia, Anthony F. Sudden terror: the plot to murder the Pope in Renaissance Rome
Freeman, Charles. New history of early Christianity / Charles Freeman
Gordon, Mary. Reading Jesus: a writer's encounter with the Gospels
Janney, Rebecca Price. Who goes there?: a cultural history of heaven and hell
Knitter, Paul F. Without Buddha I could not be a Christian
Makdisi, Ussama Samir. Artillery of heaven: American missionaries and the failed conversion of the Middle East
Visser, Margaret. Gift of thanks: the roots and rituals of gratitude
Baynton-Williams, Roger. Art of the printmaker, 1500-1860
Book of codes: understanding the world of hidden messages : an illustrated guide to signs, symbols, ciphers, and secret languages
Black, Alistair. Books, buildings and social engineering: early public libraries in Britain from past to present
Darnton, Robert. Case for books: past, present, and future
Enduring book: print culture in postwar America
Johnson, Marilyn. This book is overdue!: how librarians and cybrarians can save us all
Lyons, Martyn. History of reading and writing in the Western world
Chang, David. Momofuku
Chu, Wai Hon. Dumpling: a seasonal guide
Elias, Megan J. Food in the United States, 1890-1945
Foer, Jonathan Safran. Eating animals
Grimes, William. Appetite city: a culinary history of New York
Jones, Judith. Pleasures of cooking for one
Lynch, Barbara. Stir: mixing it up in the Italian tradition
Mair, Victor H. True history of tea
McWilliams, James E. Just food : where locavores get it wrong and how we can truly eat responsibly
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