Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
September 2016 - October 2016
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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By Hawking, Stephen Publishing Date: [2013] Classification: 500 Call Number: 530.092 HAW The physicist explores his life and intellectual evolution. |
Alice in Quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics By Gilmore, R. S. Publishing Date: [1995] Classification: 500 Call Number: 530.1 GIL Alice is about to enter a whole new Wonderland. It's Quantumland--a kind of intellectual amusement park, smaller than an atom, where each attraction demonstrates a different aspect of quantum theory. There she'll meet an Emperor who thinks his new clothes into existence, dance with the Three Quark Brothers at the Particle MASSquerade, travel back in time (running into herself), and experience all kinds of quantum effects. Readers will learn about the Uncertainty Principle, wave functions, the Pauli Principle, and other elusive concepts. |
By Pretor-Pinney, Gavin Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: 500 Call Number: 531.1133 PRE A humorous, original guide to the waves that surround us and through which we experience the world, by the bestselling author of The Cloudspotter's Guide. - (Gardners) |
Here on earth: a natural history of the planet By Flannery, Tim F. Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: 500 Call Number: 551 FLA An explorer and environmentalist offers a natural history of the Earth as well as a biography of the human species. |
Superstorm: nine days inside Hurricane Sandy By Miles, Kathryn Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: 500 Call Number: 551.552 MIL " The first complete moment-by-moment account of the largest Atlantic storm system ever recorded-a hurricane like no other. The sky was lit by a full moon on October 29, 2012, but nobody on the eastern seaboard of the United States could see it. Everything had been consumed by cloud. The storm's immensity caught the attention of scientists on the International Space Station. Even from there, it seemed almost limitless: 1.8 million square feet of tightly coiled bands so huge they filled the windows of the Station. It was the largest storm anyone had ever seen. Initially a tropical storm, Sandy had grown into a hybrid monster. It charged across open ocean, picking up strength with every step, baffling meteorologists and scientists, officials and emergency managers, even the traditional maritime wisdom of sailors and seamen: What exactly was this thing? By the time anyone decided, it was too late. And then the storm made landfall. Sandy was not just enormous, it was also unprecedented. As a result, the entire nation was left flat-footed. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration couldn't issue reliable warnings; the Coast Guard didn't know what to do. In Superstorm, journalist Kathryn Miles takes readers inside the maelstrom, detailing the stories of dedicated professionals at the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service. The characters include a forecaster who risked his job to sound the alarm in New Jersey, the crew of the ill-fated tall ship Bounty, Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Christie, and countless coastal residents whose homes-and lives-were torn apart and then left to wonder. When is the next superstorm coming?"-- |
Water: the epic struggle for wealth, power, and civilization By Solomon, Steven Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: 500 Call Number: 553.7 SOL "A narrative account of how water has shaped human society from the ancient past to the present"--Provided by publisher. |
Adventures in the anthropocene: a journey to the heart of the planet we made By Vince, Gaia Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: 500 Call Number: 577.27 VIN "We live in times of enormous change on Earth. While previous shifts from one geological epoch to another were caused by events beyond human control, our addition of carbon to the atmosphere over the past century has moved many scientists to declare the dawn of a new era: the Anthropocene--the Age of Man. This latest geological epoch is rarely associated with positive news. Pointing to climate change, overpopulation, and species extinction, the writers weighing in on the change widely assert that this dark cloud has no silver lining. Watching this consensus develop from her seat as an editor at Nature, Gaia Vince couldn't help but wonder if the greatest cause of this dramatic planetary change--humans' singular ability to innovate--might also hold the key to our survival. And so she left her professional life in London and set out to travel the world in search of ordinary people doing extraordinary things to adapt, and, in many cases, to thrive. She meets Nepalese engineers creating artificial glaciers, a man in the Caribbean who created an entire island out of garbage, and numerous other innovators--from Uganda, the Maldives, Columbia, and countless points between. Part science journal, part travelogue, Adventures in the Anthropocene recounts Vince's journey, and introduces an essential new perspective on the future of life on earth." -- |
By Durrell, Gerald Publishing Date: 1964, c1960 Classification: 500 Call Number: 591 DUR Chronicle of a six-month trip to Bafut, a mountain grassland kingdom in the British Cameroons in West Africa. |
About trout: the best of Robert Behnke from Trout magazine By Behnke, Robert J. Publishing Date: c2007 Classification: 500 Call Number: 597.57 BEH Trout Unlimited, the national cold-water conservation group with membership of more than 152,000, has featured Robert Behnke in its quarterly magazine, Trout, for more than twenty years. Professor of ichthyology at Colorado State University, Behnke is our nation’s pre-eminent authority on trout biology, as well as a conservationist and superb fisherman. Known as ?The Trout Doctor,” Behnke writes about topics such as native species introductions, genetic markers, endangered species, improving habitats, angling tips, and improved conservation in the wake of the efforts of Trout Unlimited. Illustrated with full-color images throughout by world-renowned fish artist Joseph Tomelleri, this book is the collection of Behnke’s best columns and most meaningful insights about trout, the environment, and the future of fishing. The perfect gift for anglers everywhere. Robert Behnke is professor emeritus at Colorado State University.- (Globe Fearon Co) |
Paleofantasy: what evolution really tells us about sex, diet, and how we live By Zuk, M. (Marlene) Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: 500 Call Number: 599.938 ZUK Debunks beliefs based on the assumption that human beings have finished evolving and defends the assertion that modern man is not biologically the same as our caveman ancestors. |
By Cousins, Norman Publishing Date: [1960] Classification: 600 Call Number: 610.92 COU "Dr. Schweitzer of Lambarene is in the nature of a personal appreciation of one of the towering figures of the twentieth century. Written on the basis of firsthand knowledge and observation, it is an informal, intimate account of Albert Schweitzer at work and in repose. Norman Cousins attempts to convey some idea of the burden Schweitzer has taken upon himself and why he chose to take it. He also tells of Schweitzer's deep concern of the natural rights and the safety of the human community on earth."--From inside front jacket. |
Black man in a white coat: a doctor's reflections on race and medicine By Tweedy, Damon Publishing Date: 2015 Classification: 600 Call Number: 610.92 TWE "One doctor's passionate and profound memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias, and the unique health problems of black AmericansWhen Damon Tweedy begins medical school,he envisions a bright future where his segregated, working-class background will become largely irrelevant. Instead, he finds that he has joined a new world where race is front and center. The recipient of a scholarship designed to increase black student enrollment, Tweedy soon meets a professor who bluntly questions whether he belongs in medical school, a moment that crystallizes the challenges he will face throughout his career. Making matters worse, in lecture after lecture the common refrain for numerous diseases resounds, "More common in blacks than whites." Black Man in a White Coat examines the complex ways in which both black doctors and patients must navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine. As Tweedy transforms from student to practicing physician, he discovers how often race influences his encounters with patients. Through their stories, he illustrates the complex social, cultural, and economic factors at the root of most health problems in the black community. These issues take on greater meaning when Tweedy is himself diagnosed with a chronic disease far more common among black people. In this powerful, moving, and deeply empathic book, Tweedy explores the challenges confronting black doctors, and the disproportionate health burdens faced by black patients, ultimately seeking a way forward to better treatment and more compassionate care"-- |
Adventures in human being: a grand tour from the cranium to the calcaneum By Francis, Gavin Publishing Date: [2015] Classification: 600 Call Number: 612 FRA "We assume we know our bodies intimately, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. How many of us understand the way seizures affect the brain, how the heart is connected to wellbeing, or the why the foot carries the key to our humanity? In Adventures in Human Being, award-winning author Gavin Francis leads readers on a journey into the hidden pathways of the human body, offering a guide to its inner workings and a celebration of its marvels. Drawing on his experiences as a surgeon, ER specialist, and family physician, Francis blends stories from the clinic with episodes from medical history, philosophy, and literature to describe the body in sickness and in health, in living and in dying. At its heart, Adventures in Human Being is a meditation on what it means to be human. Poetic, eloquent, and profoundly perceptive, this book will transform the way you view your body."-- |
Thirty million words: building a child's brain, tune in, talk more, take turns By Suskind, Dana Publishing Date: [2015] Classification: 600 Call Number: 612.8233 SUS Encourages parents to help optimize their child's neural development along with their vocabularies to ensure future success in school and life through tuning in to what they are doing, speaking to them using many descriptive words, and engaging them in conversations. |
By Mayer, Gloria G. Publishing Date: c2000 Classification: 600 Call Number: 613.0433 MAY |
Eat to live: the amazing nutrient-rich program for fast and sustained weight loss By Fuhrman, Joel Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: 600 Call Number: 613.25 FUH Fuhrman offers a highly effective and scientifically proven way to lose weight quickly, with the simple formula of health = nutrients/calories. |
Dr. McDougall's digestive tune-up By McDougall, John A. Publishing Date: c2006 Classification: 600 Call Number: 616.3 MCD Regain digestive health by following the recommendations set forth in Dr. McDougall's Digestive Tune-Up. Readers will find all the information they need in order to understand how digestion works and what foods will bring about a healthy digestive system. Dr. John McDougall is one of the country's foremost advocates for the use of diet to prevent and treat chronic illness. In his latest book he tells the story of his own battles with digestive disorders and how eating the right foods saved him from unnecessary surgery and medication. To illustrate this lifestyle program, Dr. McDougall uses a lighthearted and informative story of two fictitious patients who experience improvement in all aspects of their health by following the same plan that revolutionized McDougall's life. |
Demon camp: a soldier's exorcism By Percy, Jennifer Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: 600 Call Number: 616.85 PER A report on the long-lasting effects of war on individual and national psyches shares the experiences of veterans working through post-traumatic stress disorder at a Christian rehabilitation camp.-- |
3,000 pulses later: a memoir of surviving depression without medication By Rhodes, Martha Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: 600 Call Number: 616.85 RHO 3,000 Pulses Later describes how Martha Rhodes, Despite a seemingly ideal life as a successful advertising executive, wife, and mother, succumbed to depression. The memoir describes here struggle to find an alternative to the medications that failed to relieve her symptoms. Rhodes pursued TMS, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation--THe newest, safest, proven-effective alternative to ineffective drugs. 3,000 Pulses Later shares how the road back to health with TMS returned her to an even better place than where she started. |
Growing beautiful food: a gardener's guide to cultivating extraordinary vegetables and fruit By Benson, Matthew Publishing Date: [2015] Classification: 600 Call Number: 635 BEN "Growing Beautiful Food is both inspiration and instruction, with detailed growing advice for 50 remarkable crops, a memorable narrative, and evocative imagery. Its a photographic journey through four seasons in the garden, fueling the dream that you can connect to the land by growing your own food. Benson encourages us to start small like he did, celebrate every harvest, and understand that heartbreaking crop losses are simply part of the process. Whether gardeners, families, farmers, or chefs, readers will come to the table motivated by the flavor of homegrown, the message of self sufficiency, and the beautiful food thats as local as their backyards"--provided by publisher. |