Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
May 2021 - July 2021
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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The short stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald: a new collection By Fitzgerald, F. Scott Publishing Date: ©1989 Classification: FIC Call Number: SS "The 43 stories in this collection include both the famous ones and several that are less well known." Booklist. "Collection of 43 short stories that illustrate Fitzgerald's depth and range of literary talent ... including commercial work for the Saturday Evening Post." |
NEW RELEASE First person singular: stories By Murakami, Haruki Publishing Date: 2021 Classification: FIC Call Number: SS "A riveting new collection of short stories from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami. The eight masterful stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator: a lonely man. Some of them (like "With the Beatles," "Cream," and "On a Stone Pillow" ) are nostalgic looks back at youth. Others are set in adulthood--"Charlie Parker Plays Bossa Nova," "Carnaval," "Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey" and the stunning title story. Occasionally, a narrator who may or may not be Haruki himself is present, as in "The Yakult Swallows Poetry Collection." Is it memoir or fiction? The reader decides. The stories all touch beautifully on love and loss, childhood and death . . . all with a signature Murakami twist"-- |
NEW RELEASE First person singular: stories By Murakami, Haruki Publishing Date: 2021 Classification: FIC Call Number: SS "A riveting new collection of short stories from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami. The eight masterful stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator: a lonely man. Some of them (like "With the Beatles," "Cream," and "On a Stone Pillow" ) are nostalgic looks back at youth. Others are set in adulthood--"Charlie Parker Plays Bossa Nova," "Carnaval," "Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey" and the stunning title story. Occasionally, a narrator who may or may not be Haruki himself is present, as in "The Yakult Swallows Poetry Collection." Is it memoir or fiction? The reader decides. The stories all touch beautifully on love and loss, childhood and death . . . all with a signature Murakami twist"-- |
By Burnett, Jodi Publishing Date: 2020 Classification: M Call Number: M While hiking in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, FBI Special Agent Kendra Dean and her K9 partner, Baxter, stumble upon a dead body stashed in the woods. The discovery changes both of their lives forever. Special Agent Rick Sanchez hunts a serial murderer who is targeting women on a multi-state killing spree. Kendra Dean, an agent Rick met on a joint mission six months ago, has found the most recent victim. Rick and Kendra once shared a tempting chemistry but time and miles made their spark a distant memory. Now, thrust together to solve a deadly case, Rick and Kendra rekindle their attraction only to find their personal demons are even greater obstacles than their geography. |
By Burnett, Jodi Publishing Date: 2020 Classification: M Call Number: M Freshman Special Agent Burke Cameron is straight laced, traditionally minded, and comes with a hefty set of old-fashioned values. Burke doesńt know what to do with the free spirited, progressive woman hés falling for. He and Susan dońt want any of the same things and he knows he should move on, but he cańt seem to resist her. Burke and Susan's world views are polar opposites and a lasting future together is impossible to imagine. But when a group of six women, including Susan, goes missing in the Colorado Rockies, their differences fall away, and all that matters to Burke is finding her. He enlists the help of his friend, Agent Kendra Dean and her FBI-K9 partner, Annie. As soon as they are on the trail, they realize theýre not simply searching for lost womeńthey are tracking a killer. They discover one body after another. Desperate to rescue Susan, Burke prays that the next body they find isn't hers. |
Concealed cargo: children for sale By Burnett, Jodi Publishing Date: 2020 Classification: M Call Number: M When Special Agent Clay Jennings and his K9 partner, Ranger, take to the streets of Denver to fight human trafficking, he is shocked by the inordinate number of stolen innocents whóve been forced into the sex trade. With each new face, his resolve to help these children escape their personal horror grows stronger. El Clark, a social worker who dedicates her life to rescuing exploited kids from the streets, works valiantly to locate their families or find them a safe place to live while they recuperate. She understands the plight of these young victims more than anyone knows. When these two champions of enslaved children team up, they discover a web of deviant corruption that reaches into the upper echelons of US politics and society. |
By Burnett, Jodi Publishing Date: [2020] Classification: M Call Number: M FBI Agent Logan Reed specializes in explosives. He can track and defuses almost any incendiary device<?char 133 ?>Except for the one buried deep inside his soul. Home from Afghanistan now for two years, Logan has secured the perfect assignment on the FBI-K9 Bomb Squad in Denver. His new partner, a Belgian Malinois named Gunner, is an expertly trained bomb-sniffing dog. He<?char 146 ?>s everything a handler could hope for, except he<?char 146 ?>s not Lobo. Agent Kara Thorn, a Bomb Technician at the top of her game, doesn<?char 146 ?>t trust the new guy. He<?char 146 ?>s too quiet and never goes out with the crew for a beer after work. There<?char 146 ?>s just something about him that makes her nervous, and nerves aren<?char 146 ?>t what a bomb-tech likes to feel. Tasked with finding a bomber on the loose in the Mile-high city, the explosives team must figure out who is planting the bombs and why before the civilian casualties skyrocket. Will they find all the bombs before panic ensues and they are forced to evacuate the capital? |
By Pryor, Mark Publishing Date: 2020 Classification: M Call Number: M "Hugo Marston, head of security for the U.S. Embassy in Paris, is under pressure to catch a killer when a young American woman is attacked at a historic Paris chateau and four paintings are stolen at the same time."--Provided by publisher. |
The Midnight Front: a Dark Arts novel By Mack, David Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: SF Call Number: SF From New York Times bestselling author David Mack comes a visionary World War II-era adventure. The Midnight Front is the epic first novel in the Dark Arts series. On the eve of World War Two, Nazi sorcerers come gunning for Cade but kill his family instead. His one path of vengeance is to become an apprentice of The Midnight Front--the Allies' top-secret magickal warfare program--and become a sorcerer himself. Unsure who will kill him first--his allies, his enemies, or the demons he has to use to wield magick--Cade fights his way through occupied Europe and enemy lines. But he learns too late the true price of revenge will be more terrible than just the loss of his soul--and there's no task harder than doing good with a power born of ultimate evil. |
By Muir, Tamsyn Publishing Date: 2020 Classification: SF Call Number: SF "Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the Emperor, and the fate of the galaxy rests on one woman's shoulders. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her Emperor to fight an unwinnable war. Side-by-side with a detested rival, Harrow must perfect her skills and become an angel of undeath -- but her health is failing, her sword makes her nauseous, and even her mind is threatening to betray her."--Publisher. |
By Simmons, Dan Publishing Date: 1997 Classification: SF Call Number: SF After a prolonged decline, the Catholic Church receives a new lease of life when it discovers a way to resurrect the dead. Final volume in a multifaceted series on the far future. |
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