Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
September 2015 - October 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.
Non-Fiction | Computer science, information & general worksPhilosophy & psychologyReligionSocial sciencesLanguageScienceTechnologyArts & recreationLiteratureHistory & geography |
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By Armstrong, Karen Publishing Date: 2001 Classification: 200 Call Number: 200.9 ARM In our supposedly secular age governed by reason and technology, fundamentalism has emerged as an overwhelming force in every major world religion. Why? This is the fascinating, disturbing question that bestselling author Karen Armstrong addresses in her brilliant new book The Battle for God. Writing with the broad perspective and deep understanding of human spirituality that won huge audiences for A History of God, Armstrong illuminates the spread of militant piety as a phenomenon peculiar to our moment in history. Contrary to popular belief, fundamentalism is not a throwback to some ancient form of religion but rather a response to the spiritual crisis of the modern world. As Armstrong argues, the collapse of a piety rooted in myth and cult during the Renaissance forced people of faith to grasp for new ways of being religious--and fundamentalism was born. Armstrong focuses here on three fundamentalist movements: Protestant fundamentalism in America, Jewish fundamentalism in Israel, and Islamic fundamentalism in Egypt and Iran--exploring how each has developed its own unique way of combating the assaults of modernity. Blending history, sociology, and spirituality, The Battle for God is a compelling and compassionate study of a radical form of religious expression that is critically shaping the course of world history. - (Random House, Inc.) |
Watch for the light: readings for Advent and Christmas Publishing Date: c2001 Classification: 200 Call Number: 242.33 |
By Chebel, Malek Publishing Date: 2003 Classification: 200 Call Number: 297.3 CHE |
NEW RELEASE Publishing Date: 2015 Classification: 300 Call Number: 303.48 "Digital technology has transformed our lives so completely that we hardly recognize it and so quickly that we have yet to grasp its implications. No industry has been left untouched; every aspect of how we communicate and how and where we get our information has been affected. We are connected as never before. Even the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court has said that a cellphone can contain the "sum of an individual's private life"--surely a combination of the personal and the technological that is unique in history. Yet even as we gain greater and greater access to information, explore new avenues of creativity and new kinds of entertainment, and find new ways to express ourselves and integrate our social activities, we crave still more. Change is the only constant. How are we to make sense of this ever-shifting terrain--as we must, or be overwhelmed by it? The Digital Age challenges us to understand not only the great potential good offered by modern digital technology but its negative consequences: loss of privacy, erosion of face-to-face communication abilities, exposure to cybercrime, even such seemingly mundane consequences as the decline of handwriting among children. None of these issues is abstract; we need to know where digital technology is taking us."--Publisher's website. |
By Greene, Robert Publishing Date: 2006 Classification: 300 Call Number: 303.6 GRE Abundantly illustrated with examples from history, this newest work in the bestselling amoral series is a brilliant distillation of the strategies of war that can help people gain mastery in the modern world. 2-color interior. |
By Denby, David Publishing Date: 2004 Classification: 300 Call Number: 332.6 DEN The author of Great Books presents a candid memoir of money, desire, greed, and love as he describes his divorce, its effects on his life, and his irrational plunge into the stock market madness of the high-tech boom, discussing his own motives and illusions in terms of the simultaneous blindness and greed that consumed the nation. - (Baker & Taylor) |
The Anti-Federalist papers: And, the constitutional convention debates Publishing Date: [2003] Classification: 300 Call Number: 342.73 Contains the complete texts of the Anti-Federalist papers which offer the arguments of statesmen who were opposed to the Constitution, and includes transcripts of Constitutional Convention debates, commentaries, and an index of ideas. |
Citizenville: how to take the town square digital and reinvent government By Newsom, Gavin Christopher Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: 300 Call Number: 352.3 NEW "By integrating democratic government with cutting-edge American innovation, the lieutenant governor of California charts a bright future for open-source America. Citizenville is the story of how ordinary citizens can use new digital tools to dissolve political gridlock and transform American democracy"-- |
Silent coup: the removal of a president By Colodny, Len Publishing Date: ©1991 Classification: 300 Call Number: 364.132 COL SILENT COUP documents the political and personal agendas that combined to destroy Richard Nixon. |
Convict Lake: a true account of the Convict Lake rescue By Mallard, Richard Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: 300 Call Number: 365.42 MAL WHEN IT HAPPENED, the heartrending drama at Convict Lake made international headlines. It was the most significant event to occur there since 1871 when a real-life Wild West shootout earned Convict Lake its name. In addition to the powerful and page-turning emergency, the events that led up to the Convict Lake rescue reveal a larger story that continues to haunt our affairs today. It is a story of bureaucratic ineffectiveness, abuse, greed and troubled juveniles. It is a story of law enforcement, fire and rescue, privatization and public policy. The book Convict Lake answers the question of why the teenagers and rescuers arrived at that frozen spot in the middle of a High Sierra lake on Presidents’ Day 1990; and the answer reveals a tale that is as much about the ghost of our future as it is about the ghosts of our past. - (Createspace) |
By Wurm, Ted Publishing Date: [1973] Classification: 300 Call Number: 385.5 WUR |
The skeleton at the feast: the Day of the Dead in Mexico By Carmichael, Elizabeth Publishing Date: 1992 Classification: 300 Call Number: 394.266 CAR Lavishly illustrated with color and b&w photographs of scenes and artifacts, explores both the current and historical celebration of the Day of the Dead in Mexico and the US. Much attention is paid to the artisans who make pieces for the festival. Includes a glossary without pronunciations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
By Gua Gua La Publishing Date: 2000 Classification: 300 Call Number: 398.2 GUA California's rich and colorful history has produced a wealth of tales about the supernatural. These unique stories of scary folklore come from all over the state and include such legends as the ghostly sailors that roam, the decks of the Queen Mary at Long Beach to the malevolent phantoms that still haunt Alcatraz. |
Time travel and Papa Joe's pipe By Lightman, Alan P. Publishing Date: 1986, c1984 Classification: 500 Call Number: 500 LIG The science consultant and columnist lucidly establishes the connections between the farther reaches of scientific theory and research and everyday life - (Baker & Taylor) |
Publishing Date: c1991 Classification: 500 Call Number: 508.73 Explores habitats, observing and identifying lifeforms, and discovering the connections that bind them. |
The log of a snow survey: skiing and working in a mountain Winter world By Armstrong, Patrick Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: 500 Call Number: 551.5797 ARM |
Earth song: a prologue to history By Camp, Charles Lewis Publishing Date: [1970] Classification: 500 Call Number: 560.9794 CAM |
By Lanting, Frans Publishing Date: c2000 Classification: 500 Call Number: 578.734 LAN In a glorious portfolio of the images made over a period of 20 years in jungles from the lowlands of the Congo the cloud forests of the Amazon, Lanting interprets the aesthetic splendor and the astonishing realm of the tropics. 140 illustrations. - (Ingram Publishing Services) |
The sequoias of Yosemite National Park By Harvey, H. Thomas Publishing Date: 1978 Classification: 500 Call Number: 585.2 HAR |
By Smith, Robert H. Publishing Date: c1984 Classification: 500 Call Number: 597.55 SMI |
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