Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions

These are books and media new to the library and cataloged by the Inyo County Free Library.

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Basic writings

By Anselm

Publishing Date: c2007

Classification: 200

Call Number: 230.2 ANS

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To heaven and back: a doctor's extraordiary account of her death, heaven, angels, and life again : a true story

By Neal, Mary C.

Publishing Date: 2012, c2011

Classification: 200

Call Number: 236.24 NEA

Recounts the author's life, including her death and experiences in Heaven.

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Sweet freedom: a devotional

By Palin, Sarah

Publishing Date: [2015]

Classification: 200

Call Number: 242 PAL

"In Sweet Freedom, Sarah Palin invites you to draw strength and inspiration from 260 meditations based on guiding Biblical verses. You are not alone in your doubts and anxieties--we all bear the burdens of everyday stresses, and for most of us, our concerns spread beyond our selves to our families, communities, and country. But Palin shows that with abiding faith, and by opening ourselves to the truths that have saved mankind for generations, we can thrive--and experience true freedom,"--Amazon.com.

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A grief observed

By Lewis, C. S.

Publishing Date: 2001

Classification: 200

Call Number: 242.4 LEW

The author recounts his grief over the death of his wife, and explains how he reexamined his religious beliefs.

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The sound of gravel: a memoir

By Wariner, Ruth

Publishing Date: 2016

Classification: 200

Call Number: 289.3092 WAR

The true story of one girl's coming-of-age in a polygamist family. Ruth Wariner was the thirty-ninth of her father's forty-two children. Growing up on a farm in rural Mexico, where authorities turn a blind eye to the practices of her community, Ruth lives in a ramshackle house without indoor plumbing or electricity. At church, preachers teach that God will punish the wicked by destroying the world and that women can only ascend to Heaven by entering into polygamous marriages and giving birth to as many children as possible. After Ruth's father--the founding prophet of the colony--is brutally murdered by his brother in a bid for church power, her mother remarries, becoming the second wife of another faithful congregant. In need of government assistance and supplemental income, Ruth and her siblings are carted back and forth between Mexico and the United States, where Ruth's mother collects welfare and her stepfather works a variety of odd jobs. Ruth comes to love the time she spends in the States, realizing that perhaps the community into which she was born is not the right one for her. As she begins to doubt her family's beliefs and question her mother's choices, she struggles to balance her fierce love for her siblings with her determination to forge a better life for herself. Recounted from the innocent and hopeful perspective of a child, this is the memoir of one girl's fight for peace and love.--Adapted from book jacket.

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