Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
November 2014 - December 2014
These are books and media new to the library and cataloged by the Inyo County Free Library.
Additional information about each title can be found in the catalog (click on the title). For older acquisition lists choose from Select another list. To request any of these titles please contact your local library branch.
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Loneliness: human nature and the need for social connection By Cacioppo, John T. Publishing Date: c2008 Classification: 100 Call Number: 155.92 CAC A pioneering neuroscientist reveals the reasons for chronic loneliness--which he defines an unrecognized syndrome--and brings it out of the shadow of its cousin, depression. |
Saying goodbye to someone you love: your journey through end of life and grief By Dresser, Norine Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: 100 Call Number: 155.937 DRE Offers advice to those grieving from the imminent passing or recent loss of a loved one on such topics as hospice, caregiver challenges, funeral preparations, memorials, the stages of grief, and moving on. - (Baker & Taylor) |
Unprotected texts: the Bible's surprising contradictions about sex and desire By Knust, Jennifer Wright Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: 200 Call Number: 220.8 KNU "UNPROTECTED TEXTS will directly and pointedly address widely shared misconceptions about biblical writings and sex, arguing that the Bible cannot--and should not--serve as a rulebook for sexual morality, despite popular claims to the contrary. This is a major book by a top biblical scholar that will shed much-needed light on what the Bible actually says about sex, desire, monogamy, homosexuality, and how we should interpret those thorny verses today. Written over the course of more than 2,000 years, the books of the Bible offer many different-and conflicting-versions of sexual morality. With clarity and precision, Knust addresses the big questions people continue to ask when it comes to sex and the Bible: Is pre-marital sex a sin? When, and in what contexts, is sexual desire appropriate? With whom can I legitimately have sex? Are same-sex relations permissible? What about multiple partners? Is extra-marital sex always wrong? And what is "sex" anyway? With repeated "ah-ha" moments for the reader, Knust reveals what the Bible really says about a topic of perennial interest"-- |
How the Catholic Church built Western civilization By Woods, Thomas E. Publishing Date: [2011?], c2005 Classification: 200 Call Number: 282.09 WOO Western civilization has given us the miracles of modern science, the wealth of free-market economics, the security of the rule of law, a unique sense of human rights and freedom, charity as a virtue, splendid art and music, a philosophy grounded in reason, and innumerable other gifts that we take for granted as the wealthiest and most powerful civilization in history. But what is the ultimate source of these gifts? Author Woods maintains: the Catholic Church. In this book, you'll learn: why modern science was born in the Catholic Church; how Catholic priests developed the idea of free-market economics five hundred years before Adam Smith; how the Catholic Church invented the university; why what you know about the Galileo affair is wrong; how Western law grew out of Church canon law; and how the Church humanized the West by insisting on the sacredness of all human life.--From publisher description. |
NEW RELEASE The glass cage: automation and us By Carr, Nicholas G. Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: 300 Call Number: 303.483 CAR In The Glass Cage, best-selling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and digitized medicine, as he explores the hidden costs of granting software dominion over our work and our leisure and reveals something we already suspect: shifting our attention to computer screens can leave us disengaged and discontented. |
NEW RELEASE How we got to now: six innovations that made the modern world By Johnson, Steven Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: 300 Call Number: 338.064 JOH "From the New York Times-bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas. In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, to name a few) from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and entrepreneurs to their unintended historical consequences. Filled with surprising stories of accidental genius and brilliant mistakes-from the French publisher who invented the phonograph before Edison but forgot to include playback, to the Hollywood movie star who helped invent the technology behind Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-How We Got to Now investigates the secret history behind the everyday objects of contemporary life. In his trademark style, Johnson examines unexpected connections between seemingly unrelated fields: how the invention of air-conditioning enabled the largest migration of human beings in the history of the species-to cities such as Dubai or Phoenix, which would otherwise be virtually uninhabitable; how pendulum clocks helped trigger the industrial revolution; and how clean water made it possible to manufacture computer chips. Accompanied by a major six-part television series on PBS, How We Got to Now is the story of collaborative networks building the modern world, written in the provocative, informative, and engaging style that has earned Johnson fans around the globe. "-- |
NEW RELEASE Being mortal: medicine and what matters in the end By Gawande, Atul Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: 300 Call Number: 362.175 GAW Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families of the terminally ill. |
Addictive behaviors: new readings on etiology, prevention, and treatment Publishing Date: c2009 Classification: 300 Call Number: 362.29 This anthology incorporates major advances in behavioral science in drug, alcohol, and tobacco addiction research and treatment since the Addictive Behaviors Reader (1997). Marlatt (psychology/Addictive Behaviors Research Center, U. of Washington) and Witkiewitz (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Institute, UW) introduce 26 articles reprinted from APA journals since 1997 that discuss newer approaches including harm- reduction (as vs. abstinence-only), integrated treatments for co- morbid substance abuse/mental health issues, Web-based assessment tools and interventions, and stepped-care (as vs. traditional intensive residential treatment). They also treat addiction epidemiology, causes, models, drinking progression from adolescence, and issues in specific populations. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - (Book News) |
NEW RELEASE Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: 300 Call Number: 362.295 |
NEW RELEASE By Tobar, Hector Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: 300 Call Number: 363.1196 TOB A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist relates the experiences of the thirty-three men who endured entrapment beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days during the San Jos©♭ mine collapse outside of Copiap©đ, Chile, in August 2010. |
NEW RELEASE Stopping the road: the campaign against another trans-Sierra highway By Fisher, Jack Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: 300 Call Number: 388.1 FIS |
Uncle Nacho's hat = El sombrero del Tio Nacho By Rohmer, Harriet Publishing Date: c1989 Classification: 300 Call Number: 398.2 ROH A bilingual folk tale from Nicaragua about a well-meaning man who can't figure out how to make changes in his life until his niece, Ambrosia, show him how. |
By Lakoff, George Publishing Date: 2003 Classification: 400 Call Number: 401 LAK The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless other subjects. Because such metaphors structure our most basic understandings of our experience, they are "metaphors we live by"--metaphors that can shape our perceptions and actions without our ever noticing them. In this updated edition of Lakoff and Johnson's influential book, the authors supply an afterword surveying how their theory of metaphor has developed within the cognitive sciences to become central to the contemporary understanding of how we think and how we express our thoughts in language. |
The wild marsh: four seasons at home in Montana By Bass, Rick Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: 500 Call Number: 508.786 BAS Author Bass's account of life in Montana's Yaak Valley is a crowning achievement in his career. It begins with his family settling in for the long Montana winter, and captures all the harbingers of change that mark each passing month--the initial cruel teasing of spring, the splendor and fecundity of summer, and the bittersweet memories evoked by fall. It is full of rich observation about what it takes to live in the valley--ruggedness, improvisation and, of course, duct tape. Bass emerges not just as a writer but as a father, a neighbor, and a gifted observer, uniquely able to bring us close to the drama and sanctity of small things, ensuring that though the wilderness is increasingly at risk, the voice of the wilderness will not disappear.--From publisher description. |
Once before time: a whole story of the universe By Bojowald, Martin Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: 500 Call Number: 523.1 BOJ Traces how the author, a physics professor, used the new science of loop quantum gravity to create a simple model of the universe that launched loop quantum cosmology, proposing the theory that the universe undergoes an infinite series of expansions and contractions through time. |
The checklist manifesto: how to get things right By Gawande, Atul Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: 600 Call Number: 610.289 GAW Reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist now being used in medicine, aviation, the armed services, homeland security, investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds. |
NEW RELEASE By Biss, Eula Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: 600 Call Number: 616.079 BIS "In this bold, fascinating book, Eula Biss addresses our fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what may be in our children's air, food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Reflecting on her own experience as a new mother, she suggests that we cannot immunize our children, or ourselves, against the world. As she explores the mataphors surrounding immunity, Biss extends her conversations with other mothers to meditations on the myth of Achilles, Voltaire's Candide, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Susan Sontag's AIDS and Its Metaphors, and beyond. On Immnuity is an inoculation against our fear and a moving account of how we are all interconnected- our bodies and our fates." -- Jacket. |
By Berger, Allen Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: 600 Call Number: 616.8603 BER Offers twelve suggestions that may help to attain and sustain emotional sobriety. |
NEW RELEASE Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: 600 Call Number: 623.44 |
NEW RELEASE Sally Ride: America's first woman in space By Sherr, Lynn Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: 600 Call Number: 629.45 SHE The definitive biography of Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, with exclusive insights from Ride's family and partner, by the ABC reporter who covered NASA during its transformation from a test-pilot boys' club to a more inclusive elite. |
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