Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
November 2012 - December 2012
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.
Non-Fiction | Computer science, information & general worksPhilosophy & psychologyReligionSocial sciencesLanguageScienceTechnologyArts & recreationLiteratureHistory & geography |
 | The suspicions of Mr. Whicher: a shocking murder and the undoing of a great Victorian detective By Summerscale, Kate Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: 300 Call Number: 364.152 SUM In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The crime horrified all England and led to a national obsession with detection, ironically destroying, in the process, the career of perhaps the greatest detective in the land, Jonathan Whicher of Scotland Yard. Whicher quickly believed the unbelievable--that someone within the family was responsible for the murder of young Saville Kent. Without sufficient evidence or a confession, though, his case was circumstantial and he returned to London a broken man. Though he would be vindicated five years later, the real legacy of Jonathan Whicher lives on in fiction: the tough, quirky, knowing, and all-seeing detective that we know and love today ... from the cryptic Sgt. Cuff in Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone to Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade.--From publisher description. |
 | "R.F.K. must die!": chasing the mystery of the Robert Kennedy assassination By Kaiser, Robert Blair Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: 300 Call Number: 364.1524 KAI New ed., completely revised & rewritten. Much of this work was published by E.P. Dutton in 1970 under the title 'R.F.K. must die! a history of the Robert Kennedy assassination. |
 | On the trail of the JFK assassins: a groundbreaking look at America's most infamous conspiracy By Russell, Dick Publishing Date: c2008 Classification: 300 Call Number: 364.1524 RUS John F. Kennedy assassination expert Russell here compiles a selection of his latest research into the assassination of our thirty-fifth president. These pieces cover every aspect of the JFK assassination, from the shots, to the subsequent investigation, to the Warren Report. Russell's research analyzes newly declassified information and continues to build upon his painstakingly detailed investigations.--From publisher description. |
 | Billy the Kid: a short and violent life By Utley, Robert Marshall Publishing Date: c1989 Classification: 300 Call Number: 364.1552 UTL Examines the career of the young outlaw whose life and death were an expression of the violence prevalent on the American frontier. |
 | By Lurie, Karen Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: 300 Call Number: 378.1664 LUR A guide to mastering the GRE includes subject reviews, full-length practice exams with explanatory answers, and test-taking strategies. |
 | NEW RELEASE By Hardy, G. H. Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: 500 Call Number: 510 HAR "G. H. Hardy was one of this century's finest mathematical thinkers, renowned among his contemporaries as a 'real mathematician ... the purest of the pure'. He was also, as C. P. Snow recounts in his Foreword, 'unorthodox, eccentric, radical, ready to talk about anything'. This 'apology', written in 1940 as his mathematical powers were declining, offers a brilliant and engaging account of mathematics as very much more than a science; when it was first published, Graham Greene hailed it alongside Henry James's notebooks as 'the best account of what it was like to be a creative artist'. C. P. Snow's Foreword gives sympathetic and witty insights into Hardy's life, with its rich store of anecdotes concerning his collaboration with the brilliant Indian mathematician Ramanujan, his aphorisms and idiosyncrasies, and his passion for cricket. This is a unique account of the fascination of mathematics and of one of its most compelling exponents in modern times."--Publisher's description. |
 | By Miller, Robert Publishing Date: c2008 Classification: 500 Call Number: 515 MIL Study guide to assist students in conquering calculus, including step-by-step explanations of limits, derivatives, and integrals, and methods for tackling topics such as asymptotes and infinite series, logarithms, and calculus word problems. |
 | By Curran, Greg Publishing Date: c2005 Classification: 500 Call Number: 530 CUR Contains an introduction to physics, providing an overview of the fundamental terms, concepts, formulas, and applications, with information on kinematics, projectile motion, forces, friction, electrostatics, electricity, magnetism, light, nuclear reactions, and more. |
 | By Holzner, Steven Publishing Date: c2007 Classification: 500 Call Number: 530 HOL |
 | NEW RELEASE Sears & Zemansky's college physics By Young, Hugh D. Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: 500 Call Number: 530 YOU |
 | 3000 solved problems in physics By Halpern, Alvin M. Publishing Date: c1988 Classification: 500 Call Number: 530.076 HAL |
 | By Oman, Robert M. Publishing Date: c1997 Classification: 500 Call Number: 530.076 OMA |
 | The power of the sea: tsunamis, storm surges, rogue waves, and our quest to predict disasters By Parker, Bruce B. Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: 500 Call Number: 551.46 PAR "Classics from Moby Dick to A Perfect Storm have sought to capture mankind's obsession with the might and the mystery of the sea. And the greatest minds for centuries, including Isaac Newton, Napoleon, and Benjamin Franklin, have worked to understand and predict when its next act of destruction will occur. The awesome power of the earth's oceans have been at the forefront of everyone's minds in recent years, from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami (230,000 dead) to the devastation of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to the unknown consequences of the melting of thousands of glaciers as the Earth's temperature slowly rises. Bruce Parker, former Chief Scientist for the National Ocean Service, brings together the breathtaking history of man's relationship with the sea with the latest scientific breakthroughs to explore in this wide-sweeping, fascinating narrative"-- |
 | Superfoods: the healthiest foods on the planet By Reinhard, Tonia Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: 600 Call Number: 613.2 REI A comprehensive reference to the world's superfoods, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, cereals, and meat and dairy products. |
 | By Wecht, Cyril H. Publishing Date: c1993 Classification: 600 Call Number: 614.1 WEC In this fascinating book, a forensic pathologist relates his experiences with a dozen murders or supposed murders. As he does, he makes clear the education, experience, and character needed to make a good medical examiner as well as what such an individual should do. Although his case studies are the kind that encourage lurid treatment, Wecht deals primarily with hard evidence and his own substantial involvement when sloppy work by police and coroners made solutions either much harder or impossible. Those whose deaths Wecht reports on range from John F. Kennedy (whose case consumes one-fifth of the text) through Elvis Presley to Delbert Ward, who was made famous by the award-winning documentary film, Brother's Keeper. Who was the second shooter in Dallas (Wecht does not buy the conspiracy theory)? Who was the second shooter with Sirhan? What actually happened at Chappaquiddick? Such are the questions Wecht sought to answer. Especially interesting are the cases of Dr. Charles Friedgood ("one of [Wecht's] most bizarre cases"), of Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald, M.D. (the most troubling for Wecht), and of others whose demises are less renowned but as provocative. ~--William Beatty, Booklist. |
 | The legend of Colton H. Bryant By Fuller, Alexandra Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: 600 Call Number: 622.3382 FUL The moving, tough, and in many ways quintessentially American story of Colton H. Bryant's life and the land that grew him. |
 | Bug: the strange mutations of the world's most famous automobile By Patton, Phil Publishing Date: c2002 Classification: 600 Call Number: 629.2222 PAT The remarkable journey of the Volkswagen Beetle--the world's most famous car--is chronicled. In telling the Bug's story, Patton uses the car as a lens to bring the whole cultural and political history of the century into focus, from Nazism to the sixties counterculture, the Cold War and today's global manufacturing. 20 illustrations. |
 | By Sclar, Deanna Publishing Date: c1999 Classification: 600 Call Number: 629.2872 SCL The ultimate handbook for the machine nearly everyone relies upon but few understand, this guide demystifies the maze of mechanics under the hood of any car with simple maintenance tips and clear, comprehensive, and non-technical discussions of how cars work. 300+ illustrations. |
 | Julie and Julia: my year of cooking dangerously By Powell, Julie Publishing Date: 2006 Classification: 600 Call Number: 641.5092 POW Recounts how the author escaped the doldrums of an unpromising career and lackluster Queens apartment by mastering every recipe in Julia Child's 1961 classic, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, a year-long endeavor of humor and accomplishment that transformed her life. |
 | The earth-bound cook: 250 recipes for delicious food and a healthy planet By Goodman, Myra Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: 600 Call Number: 641.563 GOO Offers 250 nutritious recipes that are based on clean eating and the health of the planet, with recommendations for ingredients, cooking techniques, and equipment, and advice on how to be environmentally conscious in the kitchen. |