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006.5 SHO Kate Shoup.
IPod & iTunes visual quick tips
153.69 KUH Elizabeth Kuhnke.
Body language for dummies
153.69 REI Tonya Reiman.
The power of body language : how to succeed in every business and social encounter
212.092 FLE Antony Flew ; with Roy Abraham Varghese.
There is a God : how the world's most notorious atheist changed his mind
220.9 ISB Jean-Pierre Isbouts
The biblical world : an illustrated atlas
220.91 BIB chief consultant, Barry J. Beitzel.
Biblica : the Bible atlas ; a social and historical journey through the lands of the Bible
220.91 CUR Adrian Curtis
Oxford Bible atlas.
225.93 RED Jonathan L. Reed.
The Harpercollins visual guide to the New Testament : what archaeology reveals about the first Christians
226.06 GOM Peter J. Gomes.
The scandalous Gospel of Jesus : what's so good about the good news
232.91 BRO Sylvia Browne Dutton.
The two Marys : the hidden history of the mother and wife of Jesus
232.91 FOR Mary Ford-Grabowsky.
The way of Mary : following her footsteps toward God
232.92 VER Geza Vermes.
The Nativity : history & legend
232.921 BOR Marcus Borg & John Dominic Crossan.
The first Christmas : what the gospels really teach about Jesus's birth
248.3 BEC Wendy Beckett
Sister Wendy on prayer
248.3 ST.J Bonnie St. John.
How strong women pray
248.4 WAR Kay Warren.
Dangerous surrender : what happens when you say yes to God
277.3 KIN David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons.
Unchristian : what a new generation really thinks about Christianity-- and why it matters
299.93 REE Gregory L. Reece.
UFO religion : inside flying saucer cults and culture
306.85 FIG Orlando Figes.
The whisperers : private life in Stalin's Russia
323.6 DOB Lou Dobbs.
Independents day : awakening the American spirit
327.209 REY David Reynolds.
Summits : six meetings that shaped the twentieth century
332.6 HAF Alan Haft.
You can never be too rich : essential investing advice you cannot afford to overlook
332.6 KAY Michael Kaye.
The Standard & Poor's guide to the perfect portfolio : 5 steps to allocate your assets and ensure a lifetime of wealth
332.63 DEP James "RevShark" DePorre.
Invest like a shark : how a deaf guy with no job and limited capital made a fortune investing in the stock market
333.79 RIC Bill Richardson.
Leading by example : how we can inspire an energy and security revolution
333.95 COU Jacques Cousteau and Susan Schiefelbein.
The human, the orchid, and the octopus : exploring and conserving our natural world
336.242 LAS prepared by the J.K. Lasser Institute.
J.K. Lasser's your income tax 2008
336.242 WEL Barbara Weltman.
J.K. Lasser's 1001 deductions and tax breaks 2008 : your complete guide to everything deductible
343.7305 WEL Barbara Weltman.
J.K. Lasser's small business taxes 2008 : your complete guide to a better bottom line
343.7307 JAS Margaret C. Jasper.
Consumer rights law
346.73 WAR Mark Warda.
The weekend small business start-up kit : (+CD-ROM)
346.7307 JAS Margaret C. Jasper.
Credit cards and the law
355.0092 SWO Wiley Sword.
Courage under fire : profiles in bravery from the battlefields of the Civil War
355.0209 GRA R.G. Grant.
Warrior : a visual history of the fighting man
356 ZIM Dwight Jon Zimmerman and John D. Gresham.
Beyond hell and back : how America's Special Operations Forces became the world's greatest fighting unit
359.9 BRA James Brady.
Why Marines fight
363.325 KES Ronald Kessler.
The terrorist watch : inside the desperate race to stop the next attack
364.152 LEA John Leake.
Entering Hades : the double life of a serial killer
364.152 MCG Joe McGinniss.
Never enough
364.973 MOS edited by Life Magazine.
The most notorious crimes in American history
395.22 MOD Anthonia Van Der Meer, editor-in-chief with Lisa Milbrand and the editors of Modern bride.
The Modern bride survival guide
597.92 FRA Carl J. Franklin
Turtles : an extraordinary natural history 245 million years in the making
598.47 LYN Wayne Lynch.
Penguins of the world
598.864 SAV Candace Savage.
Crows : encounters with the wise guys of the avian world
613 PER Nicholas Perricone.
Ageless face, ageless mind : erase wrinkles and rejuvenate the brain
613.2 YOU Mehmet C. Oz ... [et al.]
You, staying young : the owner's manual to extending your warranty
615.5 BAU R. Barker Bausell.
Snake oil science : the truth about complementary and alternative medicine
616.89 BOR Joan Borysenko ; with Larry Rothstein.
Minding the body, mending the mind
618.92 JON Janice Vickerstaff Joneja.
Dealing with food allergies in babies and children
635 DIL Helen Dillon
Down to earth with Helen Dillon.
635 SMI P. Allen Smith
P. Allen Smith's living in the garden home : connecting the seasons with containers, crafts, and celebrations
636.7 BOR Janice Borzendowski.
Caring for your aging dog : a quality-of-life guide for your dog's senior years
636.7 BUR Barbara Burg.
The good treats cookbook for dogs : 50 homemade treats for special occasions plus everything you need to know to throw a dog party!
636.7 O'HU John O'Hurley.
Before your dog can eat your homework, first you have to do it : life lessons from a wise old dog to a young boy
636.752 SUM Judith Summers.
My life with George : love, loss, and utter chaos with the King of the canines
636.76 CLA S. Meyer Clark.
Poodle
636.8 WIL Carole C. Wilbourn.
The complete guide to understanding and caring for your cat
641.3009 COL Kate Colquhoun.
Taste : the story of Britain through its cooking
641.5 COO Heather Averett, editor.
Cooking light annual recipes 2008
641.5 RAY Rachael Ray.
Just in time! : all-new 30-minutes meals, plus super-fast 15-minute meals and slow it down 60-minute meals
641.5 SOU Editors of Southern Living
Southern living 2007 annual recipes.
641.555 BAR Melanie Barnard
Simple suppers
641.555 LAW Nigella Lawson.
Nigella express : 130 recipes for good food, fast
641.563 GAZ Donald A. Gazzaniga and Maureen A. Gazzaniga
The no-salt, lowest-sodium international cookbook
641.563 HYM Mark Hyman.
The ultrametabolism cookbook : 250 easy to make delicious recipes that will turn on your fat burning DNA
641.568 HOL general editor, Chuck Williams
Holiday entertaining
641.59 SMA Brigit L. Binns
Small plates
641.59 SPE Grady Spears, with June Naylor
The Texas cowboy kitchen 
641.5946 ORT Simone Ortega.
1080 recipes
641.5973 SEI Jessica Seinfeld
Deceptively delicious : simple secrets to get your kids eating good foods
641.5976 DIS Paula Disbrowe.
Cowgirl cuisine : rustic recipes and cowgirl adventures from a Texas ranch
641.6 BYR Anne Byrn.
What can I bring? : cookbook
641.651 KAT Mollie Katzen.
The vegetable dishes I can't live without
641.672 VON G edited by Diana C. von Glahn ;
The great big butter cookbook : because everything is better with butter
641.86 DES Elinor Klivans
Desserts
641.86 YAR Sherry Yard, with Martha Rose Shulman
Desserts by yard : from Brooklyn to Beverly Hills : recipes from the sweetest life ever
643.12 VEN Craig Venezia.
Buying a second home : income, getaway, or retirement
643.7 PET C.J. Petersen.
Popular mechanics when duct tape just isn't enough : quick fixes for everyday disasters
643.7 ULT Editors of Homeowner
Ultimate guide to floors, walls, and ceilings : build, remodel, repair.
646.7 BIT Davis Biton.
Great hair : elegant styles for every occasion
646.7 BUC Andrea Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz.
The daring book for girls
649.154 LEN Mike Linderman, with Gary Brozek.
The teen whisperer : how to break through the silence and secrecy of teenage life
658.4 JAS Margaret C. Jasper.
Protecting your business : disaster preparation and the law
658.4 MAG David Magee.
How Toyota became #1 : leadership lessons from the world's greatest car company
658.4 TIC Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis.
Judgment : how winning leaders make great calls
658.5 HAU Denis J. Hauptly.
Something really new : three simple steps to creating truly innovative products
658.87 GRI Jim "Griff" Griffith.
The official eBay bible : the newly revised and updated version of the most comprehensive eBay how-to manual for everyone from first-time users to eBay experts
690.837 DEC R.J. DeCristoforo
Housebuilding : a do-it-yourself guide
697.1 STI Karen Stickels.
Design ideas for fireplaces
698.12 HER Susan Hershman.
House colors : exterior color by style of architecture
712.6 DIL Tara Dillard.
Garden paths & stepping stones
726.509 MIL Keith Miller.
St. Peter's
745.1075 ANT edited by Kyle Husfloen.
Antique Trader antiques & collectibles 2008 price guide
745.5 DON Pattie Donham.
The crafter's guide to glue : techniques & projects
745.7 HOU Curtis L. Heuser.
Your home, a living canvas
746.432 BUD Ann Budd.
Getting started knitting socks
746.432 DUR Judith Durant.
101 designer one-skein wonders
746.432 NIC Kristin Nicholas.
Kristin knits
746.434 CRO Susan Cropper
Vintage crochet : 30 gorgeous designs for home, garden, fashion, giftsPerers.
747 GOM Mariette Himes Gomez.
Houses : inside and out
747 HAY Cecil Hayes.
Art of decorative details : creative ways to design the home of your dreams
747.5 ELL Lynn Elliot and Lisa Lent.
The smart approach to window décor
747.75 EVE Tessa Evelegh.
Design & decorate living and dining rooms : creating beautiful rooms from start to finish
747.78 BES Creative Homeowner
The best of Signature Baths.
747.94 MCC Kevin McCloud.
Choosing colors : an expert choice of the best colors to use in your home
759.972 KAH edited by Elizabeth Carpenter
Frida Kahlo
796.332 EIS Rich Eisen.
Total access : a journey to the center of the NFL universe
796.332 HAW Bobby Hawthorne.
Longhorn football : an illustrated history
796.332 ST.A Ron St. Angelo, Norm Hitzges.
Greatest team ever : the Dallas Cowboys dynasty of the 1990s
796.352 DAL John Daly with Glen Waggoner.
Golf my own damn way : a real guy's guide to chopping ten strokes off your score
796.352 FRO Mark Frost.
The match : the day the game of golf changed forever
808.02 NEW edited by Philip Martin
The new writer's handbook 2007 : a practical anthology of best advice for your craft & career
808.3 LEO Elmore Leonard
Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing.
808.5 TRU John Truby.
The anatomy of  story : 22 steps to becoming a master storyteller
811.509 WIN Christian Wiman.
Ambition and survival : becoming a poet
812 MOR edited by Roger Ellis.
More scenes and monologs from the best new plays : an anthology of new dramatic writing from professionally produced plays
818.5403 QUI Anna Quindlen.
Good dog. Stay
910.4092 BOU Anthony Bourdain.
No reservations : around the world on an empty stomach
915.604 COH Jared Cohen.
Children of Jihad : a young American's travels among the youth of the Middle East
92 ADK Trace Adkins ; with Keith and Kent Zimmerman.
A personal stand : observations and opinions from a freethinking roughneck
92 DAV Ed Sikov.
Dark victory : the life of Bette Davis
92 DUN Angelo Dundee with Bert Sugar.
My view from the corner : a life in boxing
92 HER Rich Blake.
The day Donny Herbert woke up : a true story
92 JEF Natalie S. Bober.
Thomas Jefferson : draftsman of a nation
92 JEN edited by Kate Darnton, Kayce Freed Jennings & Lynn Sherr.
Peter Jennings : a reporter's life
92 MACL Shirley MacLaine.
Sage-ing while age-ing
92 MAR Steve Martin.
Born standing up : a comic's life
92 NIX Conrad Black.
Richard M. Nixon : a life in full
92 NOV David Novak ; with John Boswell.
The education of an accidental CEO : lessons learned from the trailer park to the corner office
92 QAZ Hassan Qazwini.
American crescent : A Muslim cleric on the power of his faith, the struggle against prejudice, and the future of Islam and America
92 ROO Aida D. Donald.
Lion in the White House : a life of Theodore Roosevelt
92 THO Jann S. Wenner & Corey Seymour
Gonzo : the life of Hunter S. Thompson : an oral biography
92 WOO Ronnie Wood.
Ronnie Wood : the autobiography
920 BER Stephen Berry.
House of Abraham
920 IRW Terri Irwin.
Steve & me
920 RUS Tony Russell.
Country music originals : the legends & the lost
920 WAP Nicholas Wapshott.
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher : a political marriage
920.72 MAA Jacqueline van Maarsen ; translated from the Dutch by Hester Velmans.
My name is Anne, she said, Anne Frank
929 BAL Edward Ball.
The genetic strand : exploring a family history through DNA
932 MER Barbara Mertz.
Temples, tombs, and hieroglyphs : a popular history of ancient Egypt
937.7 BER Joanne Berry.
The complete Pompeii
940.542 SHU Duane Schultz.
Into the fire : Ploesti : the most fateful mission of World War II
942.05 GRI Sarah Gristwood.
Elizabeth and Leicester : power, passion, and politics
943.085 WEI Eric D. Weitz.
Weimar Germany : promise and tragedy
943.086 FRE Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven.
In the bunker with Hitler : 23 July 1944-29 April 1945
944 ROB Graham Robb.
The discovery of France
947.084 MAW Evan Mawdsley.
The Russian Civil War
970.01 RES Andrés Reséndez.
A land so strange : the epic journey of Cabeza de Vaca : the extraordinary tale of a shipwrecked Spaniard who walked across America in the sixteenth century
972 REE Alma M. Reed
Peregrina : love and death in Mexico
973 DUP Judith Dupré.
Monuments
973.0468 NOV Himlice Novas.
Everything you need to know about Latino history
973.3 ELL Joseph J. Ellis.
American creation : triumphs and tragedies at the founding of the republic
973.318 UNG Harlow Giles Unger.
America's second revolution : how George Washington defeated Patrick Henry and saved the nation
973.7092 FEN Julie M. Fenster.
Case of Abraham Lincoln : a story of adultery, murder, and the making of a great president
973.7092 WAU John C. Waugh.
One man great enough : Abraham Lincoln's road to Civil War
973.92 BEC written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe ; writers Steve "Stu" Burguiere ... [et al.]
An inconvenient book : real solutions to the world's biggest problems
973.92 BRO Tom Brokaw.
Boom! : voices of the sixties
A 158.1 CHI compiled by Jack Canfield ... [et al.].
Chicken soup for the teen soul : real-life stories by real teens
PET 622.3381 AZA J.J. Azar, G. Robello Samuel.
Drilling engineering
SW 582.03 DOD Carolyn Dodson, William W. Dunmire.
Mountain wildflowers of the southern Rockies : revealing their natural history
SW 598.09764 LOC Mark W. Lockwood
Basic Texas birds : a field guide
SW 635.097 WEL Doug Welsh
Doug Welsh's Texas garden almanac
SW 720.89 ARC edited by Stephen H. Lekson.
The architecture of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
SW 726.0972 LUX Annie Lux
Historic New Mexico churches
SW 739.27 PAR Diana Pardue.
Contemporary Southwestern jewelry
SW 917.9 KIN Lesley King & Karl Samson.
American Southwest
SW 978 WOO Nancy Wood.
Eye of the West : photographs by Nancy Wood
YA 362.29 EGE Laura K. Egendorf.
Performance-enhancing drugs
YA 372.41 DOD Shireen Dodson, with Teresa Barker.
The mother-daughter book club : how ten busy mothers and daughters came together to talk, laugh, and learn through their love of reading
YA 612.82 CHU Eric H. Chudler.
Inside your brain
YA 613.907 HOL Melisa Holmes and Trish Hutchison.
Hang-ups, hook-ups, and holding out : stuff you need to know about your body, sex, and dating
YA 615 OLI M. Foster Olive.
Peyote and mescaline
YA 618.92 MIL Allen R. Miller.
Living with depression
YA 621.43 MIL Ron Miller.
Rockets
YA 646.7 FLA Somer Flaherty and Jen Kollmer.
Girl in a fix : quick beauty solutions and why they work
YA 741.5 KRE Stephen Krensky.
Comic book century : the history of American comic books
YA 92 DR. John Borgmeyer and Holly Lang.
Dr. Dre : a biography
YA 92 MAR Nancy Lotz and Carlene Phillips.
Mary, Queen of Scots
YA 92 SHA Holly Day.
Shakira
YA 938.07 BEH Alison Behnke.
The conquests of Alexander the Great
YA 940.53 WOO written by Angela Gluck Wood
Holocaust : the events and their impact on real people
YA 972.02 STE R. Conrad Stein.
The story of Mexico. : Cortes and the Spanish Conquest
YA 976.02 WOR Richard Worth.
Independence for Latino America, 1776-1821
YA 980 GOR Gena K. Gorrell
In the Land of the Jaguar : South America and its people