Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
January 2013 - February 2013
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.
By Rocha, Luís Miguel Publishing Date: c2008 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Nearly three decades after the sudden death of Pope John Paul I from an apparent heart attack, reporter Sara Monteiro returns from vacation to find an envelope with a list of names and a coded message linked to the mysterious death. |
NEW RELEASE By Rogan, Charlotte Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC In the summer of 1914, the transatlantic ocean liner carrying Grace Winter, 22 and her new husband Henry suffers a mysterious explosion. Forced into an overcrowded lifeboat, newly widowed Grace Winter battles the elements and her fellow survivors and remembers her husband, Henry, who set his own safety aside to ensure Grace's. The survivors quickly realise the boat is over capacity. For any to live, some must die. As the castaways battle the elements, and each other, Grace watches and waits. Her journey to a life of glittering privilege has been far from straightforward, and now it is in jeopardy. Over the course of three perilous weeks, the passengers plot, scheme and console one another while sitting inches apart. Their deepest beliefs about goodness, humanity and God are tested to the limit as they discover what they will do in order to survive. |
NEW RELEASE By Romano-Lax, Andromeda Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Dispatched by the Third Reich to collect a classical Roman marble statue and relinquish it to Gestapo custody, Ernst Vogler discovers that his escorts are pursuing nefarious side agendas and leaving him to fend for himself. |
By Roquelaure, A. N. Publishing Date: 1990 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Kidnapped by enemy soldiers, Beauty, Tristan, and Prince Laurent are sent across the sea to become sexual slaves of a mysterious Sultan to whom Beauty becomes a bound captive, a prisoner in the exotic confines of the harem. The conclusion of the classic erotic trilogy of Sleeping Beauty. |
NEW RELEASE By Rowling, J. K. Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils?. Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the town?s council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations? Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling?s first novel for adults. |
By Schwarz, Christina Publishing Date: c2008 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC The bestselling author of Drowning Ruth returns to the small-town Wisconsin she so brilliantly evoked with this gripping novel about love, marriage, and adultery. In the summer of 1963 a plot for revenge destroys a career, a friendship, and a family. The consequences of the scandalous event continue to reverberate, touching the next generation. Thirty years later, over the course of one day, Jon struggles to decide whether to end his affairorhis marriage. His wife, Ginny, moving closer to discovering his adultery, begins working for an older man who is mysteriously connected to their families' pasts. And Jon's mistress is being courted by a suitor who may be more menacing than he initially seems. As relationships among the characters ebb and flow on that July day, Christina Schwarz illuminates the ties that bind people together--and the surprising risks they take in the name of love. As in Drowning Ruth, Schwarz weaves past and present into a richly textured portrait of the secrets and deceptions that simmer beneath everyday life in a small midwestern town. With page-turning intensity and in prose at once lush and precise, she beautifully conjures the emotional labyrinth of a marriage on the brink of collapse and proves that no matter how hard we work to stifle them, the secrets of the past refuse to be ignored. Betrayal versus loyalty . . . lust versus love . . . infidelity versus honor. Welcome to the complex web of Christina Schwarz's dazzling new novel,So Long at the Fair. |
By Shreve, Anita Publishing Date: 2010, c2009 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Struggling to maintain her sense of self while spending the first year of her marriage in Kenya, Margaret participates in a climbing expedition to Mt. Kenya and is challenged to come to terms with a devastating accident. |
Super sad true love story: a novel By Shteyngart, Gary Publishing Date: 2011, c2010 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC A dark tale of America's dysfunctional coming years, and of the timeless and tender feelings that just might bring us back from the brink. |
NEW RELEASE By Slattery, Brian Francis Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC "In the not-distant enough future, a man takes a boat trip up the Susquehanna River with his most trusted friend, intent on reuniting with his son. But the man is pursued by an army, and his own harrowing past; and the familiar American landscape has been savaged by war and climate change until it is nearly unrecognizable"--P. [4] of cover. |
By Smiley, Jane Publishing Date: 1993, c1981 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Jane Smiley is known for her exceptionally wide-ranging talent and keen takes on everyday life. Her novel A Thousand Acres was made into a critically acclaimed motion picture starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange, and her new novel, The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton, is set to be published in April by Knopf. Elegantly repackaged and reissued to coincide with the release of Smiley's latest offering, At Paradise Gate is a brilliant novel that delves into the domestic drama of an ordinary American family. While Ike Robinson lays dying, his wife is forced to defend the citadel of their marriage against an ill-considered, albeit loving invasion by their three middle-aged daughters. Amply fulfilling the expectations raised by Smiley's other celebrated works, At Paradise Gate is an "honest, moving, quietly splendid" (Kirkus Reviews) portrait of family survival. |
NEW RELEASE By Stewart, Leah Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Two decades after the tragic accident that killed their father, Theodora, Josh, and Claire return to their childhood home to confront painful realities about their incapable mother and the devoted aunt who raised them. |
City of glory: a novel of war and desire in Old Manhattan By Swerling, Beverly Publishing Date: c2007 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC In this smartly executed, highly entertaining sequel to City of Dreams (2001), Swerling continues tracing the physical, social, and moral development of Manhattan through the stories of the fictional Turner and Devrey families. Nearly all the action occurs over 10 days in mid-August 1814, a critical period during America's second war of independence. The numerous characters, all fascinating and distinct, include a mulatto brothel owner, a sly merchant prince, an Irish ship's captain, and a devious young widow, not to mention John Jacob Astor himself. At their center is Joyful Patrick Turner, a multilingual trader, businessman, and ex-surgeon who sets out to preserve the family shipping company, save his country from secessionists, and win the hand of Manon Vionne, a jeweler's lovely daughter, in the bargain. As the characters scheme among themselves, hoping to leave their mark on the growing city, the plot fairly gallops along, and historical-novel fans will relish the bountiful period details of old New York. The perfect antidote for readers who mistakenly believe American history is either boring or unromantic. --Sarah Johnson Copyright 2006 Booklist. |
NEW RELEASE By Tanner, Haley Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Vaclav and Lena seem destined for each other. They meet as children in an ESL class in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Vaclav is precocious and verbal. Lena, struggling with English, takes comfort in the safety of his adoration, his noisy, loving home, and the care of Rasia, his big-hearted mother. Vaclav imagines their story unfolding like a fairy tale, or the perfect illusion from his treasured Magician's Almanac, but among the many truths to be discovered is that happily ever after is never a foregone conclusion. One day, Lena does not show up for school. She has disappeared from Vaclav and his family's lives as if by a cruel magic trick. For the next seven years, Vaclav says goodnight to Lena without fail, wondering if she is doing the same somewhere. On the eve of Lena's seventeenth birthday he finds out. |
NEW RELEASE By Thomas, Rosie Publishing Date: 2013, c2011 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC In 1941, newlywed Nerys Watkins accompanies her husband to a missionary posting in the exotic lakeside city of Srinagar, where she is swept up in a liaison that completely changes her life, a transformation that is explored by a descendant generations later. |
NEW RELEASE By Tolkien, Simon Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC "It's September of 1940. France has fallen and London is being bombed day and night. Almost single-handedly Winston Churchill maintains the country's morale. Britain's fate hangs in the balance and the intelligence agencies on both sides of the Channel are desperate for anything that could give them the edge. Albert Morrison, ex-chief of MI6, is pushed over the banister outside his London apartment. He falls to his death at the feet of his daughter, Ava, but it is too dark for her to see the attacker before he escapes otland Yard detectives attend the crime scene: Inspector Quaid and his junior assistant, Detective Trave. Quaid is convinced that this is a simple open-and-shut case involving a family dispute. But Trave is not so sure."--Provided by publisher. |
By Towles, Amor Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve 1938 catapults Wall Street secretary Katey Kontent into the upper echelons of New York society, where she befriends a shy multi-millionaire, an Upper East Side ne'er-do-well, and a single-minded widow. |
By Twain, Mark Publishing Date: c1994 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC |
By Twain, Mark Publishing Date: c1982 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to choose from, there is a perfect gift for everyone. |
The innocents abroad / Roughing it By Twain, Mark Publishing Date: c1984 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Contains "The innocents abroad, a travel guide and stinging satire of his fellow American travelers, and "Roughing it, the old Western frontier adventures of Mark Twain. |
NEW RELEASE By Vine, Barbara Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC When their grandmother dies, Grace and Andrew Easton inherit her sprawling, book-filled London home, Dinmont House. Rather than sell it, the adult siblings move in together, splitting the numerous bedrooms and studies. The arrangement is unusual, but ideal for the affectionate pair--until the day Andrew brings home a new boyfriend. A devilishly handsome novelist, James Derain resembles Cary Grant, but his strident comments about Grace's doctoral thesis soon puncture the house's idyllic atmosphere. When he and Andrew witness their friend's murder outside a London nightclub, James begins to unravel, and what happens next will change the lives of everyone in the house. |