Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
January 2015 - February 2015
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 Phillips, Michael R. Publishing Date: c2000 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Chronicles the turbulent marriage of Logan Macintyre and Allison MacNeil as they face unsettling changes and must work together to forge a lasting marriage and create a legacy for their family. - (Baker & Taylor) |
By Picoult, Jodi Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC "Alice Metcalf was a devoted mother, loving wife, and accomplished scientist who studied grief among elephants. Yet it's been a decade since she disappeared under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind her small daughter, husband, and the animals to which she devoted her life. All signs point to abandonment . . . or worse. Still Jenna--now thirteen years old and truly orphaned by a father maddened by grief--steadfastly refuses to believe in her mother's desertion. So she decides to approach the two people who might still be able to help her find Alice: a disgraced psychic named Serenity Jones, and Virgil Stanhope, the cynical detective who first investigated her mother's disappearance and the death of one of her mother's co-workers. Together these three lonely souls will discover truths destined to forever change their lives. Deeply moving and suspenseful, Leaving Time is a radiant exploration of the enduring love between mothers and daughters"-- |
The rise & fall of great powers: a novel By Rachman, Tom Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Enduring life in an isolated bookstore on the Welsh countryside, young American woman Tooly reflects on her childhood under the care of bandits before a long-lost boyfriend offers clues to help her with unanswered questions. |
By Roberts, Nora Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC The Montgomery brothers have been the talk of Boonsboro, ever since they decided to renovate the old Inn into an intimate and handsome new Bed and Breakfast. Beckett and Owen have both found love in the process, but what of Ryder, the third Montgomery brother? |
By Saul, John Publishing Date: 1993 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Newly separated from her husband and struggling to raise her two children, Mary Anne Carpenter finds her troubles multiplied when she and her family become prey to an evil force that is stalking the Idaho wilderness - (Baker & Taylor) |
My one square inch of Alaska: a novel By Short, Sharon Gwyn Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC A high-school senior caring for her younger brother and his best friend, Trusty, a mute Siberian Husky, packs up their car and sets out for Alaska in an effort to find inspiration and follow her dreams. |
By Smith, Lee Publishing Date: 2003 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Thirty-five years after a trip down the Mississippi on a raft with their classmates, four women are reunited to cruise the river once again, this time on a luxury steamboat, down to New Orleans, where they plan to release the ashes of a fellow rafter, Margaret "Baby" Ballou. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. - (Baker & Taylor) |
By Straub, Peter Publishing Date: c1999 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Mr. X is Straub's original and startling take on the theme of the doppelganger. Ned Dunstan's birthday is fast approaching, and every year on this date, Ned experiences a paralyzing seizure in which he is forced to witness scenes of ruthless slaughter perpetrated by a mysterious and malevolent figure in black who Ned calls Mr. X. - (Blackwell North Amer) |
By Thoene, Bodie Publishing Date: c2005 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC When life in Nazi Germany becomes dangerous for Jewish residents, two families must decide how to flee the country to reach safety and freedom. |
By Thoene, Bodie Publishing Date: 2005, c1990 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC "Opening in 1936, the Zion Covenant series tells the courageous and compelling stories of those who risk everything to stand against the growing tide of Nazi terrorism that is sweeping through central Europe under the dangerous and deceitful guise of Hitler's Third Reich. A new study guide is included in each book."--web |
By Thoene, Bodie Publishing Date: c2005 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC A battered freighter carried them away from the tightening net.... Elisa Murphy and Leah Feldstein risked everything to stand against the tide of Nazi terrorism and to buy a chance at life for two small boys. When Elisa is at last reunited with Murphy, the danger is past for the small Charles. Or is it? Leah and little Louis attempt to escape Austria over the treacherous footpaths of the Alps while Murphy and Elisa begin their trip toward New York and the promise of healing for Louis' twin brother. But then Elisa is once more caught in the web of international intrigue. While Jewish refugees from Germany float homelessly on the open seas, she stands precariously perched between Hitler's domination of Europe and the possibility of destroying his power once and for all. |
By Thoene, Bodie Publishing Date: 2005 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC It's May 1939, Aaron Lubetkin, esteemed rabbi of Muranow, is released from a Warsaw prison. But he and his family--beautiful Etta, daughter Rachel, and sons David, Samuel, and baby Yacov--remain targets of Hitler's sinister plot. In the free city of Danzig, Lucy Strasburg flees in terror from SS officer Wolf von Fritschauer. If he finds her, the consequences for Lucy and her newborn will be dire. Yet each day the web around her tightens. Imprisoned pastor Karl Ibsen refuses to compromise, to bend to the Nazi will. But will he break if his children, Lori and Jamie, are caught and tortured? How long can they evade the Nazis' clutches? As Hitler's darkness spreads, it is only a matter of time. |
By Thompson, James Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Two days after their daughter is born, Kari Vaara drops a bombshell on his American wife, Kate: He has a brain tumor . . . and he's been handpicked to run a rogue black-ops unit, using crime to fight crime. After recovering from surgery, he gets to work. The black-ops unit is small, and reports directly to Finland's national chief of police. They have secrecy, autonomy, and the cash to buy all the high-tech gear. Soon the unit is cleaning house, robbing Helsinki's mobsters blind of their cash, dope, and illegal firearms. But Kari's team is too good, and their actions have unintended consequences. . . .Meanhile, Finland roils with hatred as its most extreme right political party gains popularity despite having no agenda besides xenophobia. When the country's leading immigrants' rights advocate is assassinated and her head sent by mail to the Finnish Somalia Network, the president assigns Kari to the murder. Cracking this case will involve the unsolved kidnapping of a billionaire's children, a Faustian bargain with a former French legionnaire--and Kate. |
By Weaver, Rachel Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC -Hitchhiking her way through Alaska, a young woman named Anna is picked up by Kyle, a fisherman. Anna and Kyle quickly fall for one another, as they are both adventurous, fiercely independent, and in love with the raw beauty and solitude of Alaska. To cement their relationship, they agree to become caretakers of a remote lighthouse perched on a small rock in the middle of the deep channel--a place that has been uninhabited since the last caretaker mysteriously disappeared two decades ago. |
Eye of the bear: a history novel of early California By West, Naida Publishing Date: c2001 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC Grizzly Hair, a Miwok Indian, leaves his peaceful village in 1824 to investigate the mysteries of the Spanish missions. He’s captured and taken to Mission San Jose, where he escapes and participates in a huge native rebellion against government forces. This moving story of adventure and love brings to life forgotten native peoples, Spanish colonials, Russians in Fort Ross, and American trapper Jededdiah Smith.--publisher |
By Wilcox, John Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC After the foreigner-hating Boxers in 1900 China begin the Siege of Peking, Simon Fonthill, "352" Jenkins and Chang, a British missionary's adopted son, embark on a dangerous mission to slip through enemy lines and find help. - (Baker & Taylor) |
By Worth, Sandra Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: FIC Call Number: FIC From the award-winning author of The King's Daughter comes a story of love and defiance during the War of the Roses. It is 1497. The news of the survival of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, has set royal houses ablaze with intrigue and rocked the fledgling Tudor dynasty. With the support of Scotland's King James IV, Richard-known to most of England as Perkin Warbeck-has come to reclaim his rightful crown from Henry Tudor. Stepping finally onto English soil, Lady Catherine Gordon has no doubt that her husband will succeed in his quest. But rather than assuming the throne, Catherine would soon be prisoner of King Henry VII, and her beloved husband would be stamped as an imposter. With Richard facing execution for treason, Catherine, alone in the glittering but deadly Tudor Court, must find the courage to spurn a cruel monarch, shape her own destiny, and win the admiration of a nation. - (Random House, Inc.) |
Shadow show: all-new stories in celebration of Ray Bradbury Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: FIC Call Number: SS "An anthology of short fiction by 26 authors, each of whom was inspired by the legendary work of Ray Bradbury, including Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, Audrey Niffenegger, Margaret Atwood, and more"-- |
The animal-lover's book of beastly murder By Highsmith, Patricia Publishing Date: 2002 Classification: FIC Call Number: SS Stories from The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder portray, with incisive humor, the murderously competitive desires of our most trusted companions. In this satirical reprise of Kafka, cats, dogs, and the occasional cockroach are no longer benign elements of a happy home but actually have the power to destroy it. - (WW Norton) |
By Atkins, Ace Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: M Call Number: M "The iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser returns in an outstanding new addition to the New York Times-bestselling series from author Ace Atkins. Kinjo Heywood is one of the New England Patriots' marquee players-a hard-nosed linebacker who's earned his reputation as one of the toughest guys in the league. When off-field violence repeatedly lands Heywood in the news, his slick agent hires Spenser to find the men who he says have been harassing his client. Heywood's troubles seem to be tied to a nightclub shooting from two years earlier. But when Heywood's nine-year-old son, Akira, is kidnapped, ransom demands are given, and a winding trail through Boston's underworld begins, Spenser puts together his own all-star team of toughs. It will take both Hawk and Spenser's prote;ge;, Zebulon Sixkill, to watch Spenser's back and return the child to the football star's sprawling Chestnut Hill mansion. A controversial decision from Heywood only ups the ante as the clock winds down on Akira's future. "-- |