Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
November 2018 - January 2019
These are books and media new to the library and cataloged by the Inyo County Free Library.
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Pilates for wimps: total fitness for the partially motivated By DeLuca, Jennifer Publishing Date: c2003 Classification: 600 Call Number: 613.71 DEL Wimps of the World--you can work out without being embarrassed. Here is Pilates broken down and made simple for those who want to get fit without becoming a gym rat. The bestselling Wimps series shows the way to Pilates success with the help of a certified, highly experienced instructor; easy-to-follow instructions; and a wealth of detailed, encouraging photographs of ordinary, average guys and gals mastering the technique. Begin toning and reshaping your body with basic mat exercises for the stomach, back, legs, and arms, plus powerhouse moves that work each area together. Choose from a menu of different options that relieve everyday problems, including the tension that builds while sitting at a computer all day. There's even a "no time to workout" workout. Pilates is truly a body-changing experience, and with this reassuring presentation, no wimp need miss out. |
Simply gym ball: weight loss workout By Knight, Lucy Publishing Date: 2005 Classification: 600 Call Number: 613.712 KNI |
The type 1 diabetes self-care manual By Wood, Jamie Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: 600 Call Number: 616.462 WOO The Type 1 Diabetes Self-Care Manual: A Complete Guide to Type 1 Diabetes Across the Lifespan for People with Diabetes, Parents, and Caregivers offers practical, evidence-based and common sense help for people with type 1 diabetes and their caregivers. For the close to 1.5 million people with type 1 diabetes in the United States alone and their family and friends, this book will help them understand the effects of type 1 diabetes, not just when diagnosed, but throughout their lifespan. Dr. Jamie Wood and Dr. Anne Peters, two of the most respected and sought-after endocrinologists, provide an easy-to-follow narrative on all aspects of the disease. The Type 1 Diabetes Self-Care Manual will be the go-to reference for everyone touched by type 1 diabetes. |
The type 1 diabetes self-care manual By Wood, Jamie Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: 600 Call Number: 616.462 WOO The Type 1 Diabetes Self-Care Manual: A Complete Guide to Type 1 Diabetes Across the Lifespan for People with Diabetes, Parents, and Caregivers offers practical, evidence-based and common sense help for people with type 1 diabetes and their caregivers. For the close to 1.5 million people with type 1 diabetes in the United States alone and their family and friends, this book will help them understand the effects of type 1 diabetes, not just when diagnosed, but throughout their lifespan. Dr. Jamie Wood and Dr. Anne Peters, two of the most respected and sought-after endocrinologists, provide an easy-to-follow narrative on all aspects of the disease. The Type 1 Diabetes Self-Care Manual will be the go-to reference for everyone touched by type 1 diabetes. |
This close to happy: a reckoning with depression By Merkin, Daphne Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: 600 Call Number: 616.8527 MER "A gifted and audacious writer confronts her lifelong battle with depression and her search for release This Close to Happy is the rare, vividly personal account of what it feels like to suffer from clinical depression, written from a woman's perspective and informed by an acute understanding of the implications of this disease over a lifetime. Taking off from essays on depression she has written for The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine, Daphne Merkin casts her eye back to her beginnings to try to sort out the root causes of her affliction. She recounts the travails of growing up in a large, affluent family where there was a paucity of love and of basics such as food and clothing despite the presence of a chauffeur and a cook. She goes on to recount her early hospitalization for depression in poignant detail, as well as her complex relationship with her mercurial, withholding mother. Along the way Merkin also discusses her early, redemptive love of reading and gradual emergence as a writer. She eventually marries, has a child, and suffers severe postpartum depression, for which she is again hospitalized. Merkin also discusses her visits to various therapists and psychopharmocologists, which enables her to probe the causes of depression and its various treatments. The book ends in the present, where the writer has learned how to navigate her depression, if not "cure" it, after a third hospitalization in the wake of her mother's death. "-- |
I am intelligent: from heartbreak to healing-- a mother and daughter's journey through autism By Goddard, Peyton Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: 600 Call Number: 618.92 GOD "A gripping look into the lives of a mother obsessed with curing her child of autism and a daughter who retains full awareness of her situation"-- |
By Hampton, Dan Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: 600 Call Number: 629.132 HAM "The New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot chronicles another thrilling chapter in American aviation history: the race to break the sound barrier. In the aftermath of World War II, the United States accelerated the development of technologies that would give it an advantage over the Soviet Union. Airpower, combined with nuclear weapons, offered a formidable check on Soviet aggression. In 1947, the United States Air Force was established. Meanwhile, scientists and engineers were pioneering a revolutionary new type of aircraft which could do what no other machine had ever done: reach mach 1--a speed faster than the movement of sound--which pilots called "the demon." Chasing the Demon recreates an era of excitement and danger, adventure and innovation, when the future of the free world was at stake and American ingenuity took the world from the postwar years to the space age. While the pressure to succeed was high, it was unknown whether man or machine could survive such tremendous speeds. A decorated military pilot with years of experience flying supersonic fighter jets, Dan Hampton reveals in-depth the numerous potential hazards that emerged with the Air Force's test flights: controls broke down, engines flamed out, wings snapped, and planes and pilots disintegrated as they crashed into the desert floor. He also introduces the men who pushed the envelope taking the cockpits of these jets, including World War II ace Major Dick Bong and twenty-four-year-old Captain Chuck Yeager, who made history flying the Bell X-1 plane faster than the speed of sound on October 14, 1947. Illustrated with thirty black-and-white photographs, Chasing the Demon recalls this period of the emerging Cold War and the brave adventurers pursing the final frontier in aviation"-- |
Golden elixir of the West: whiskey and the shaping of America By Monahan, Sherry Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: 600 Call Number: 641.2 MON "An insider's look at the iconic drink and its role in shaping the American West. Distilleries are the new microbreweries, cropping up all over the West and producing brands that emulate the predecessors that were made in copper stills by emigrants and served in saloons and dance halls. This history of the spirit and its origins and migration across the country--and its place in shaping the West--celebrates the story of the golden elixir through first-hand accounts, evocative photographs, and historic cocktail recipes."--Publisher website. |
Food storage for self-sufficiency and survival: the essential guide for family preparedness By Paskett, Angela Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: 600 Call Number: 641.4 PAS This in-depth, nuts-and-bolts guide to storing food teaches you a variety of food storage methods that you can customize to meet your family's unique circumstances including family size, tastes, ages, health concerns, income, and living conditions. |
Eat rich, live long: use the power of low-carb and keto for weight loss and great health By Cummins, Ivor Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: 600 Call Number: 641.5638 CUM "In this book, Ivor Cummins, a world-class engineer and technical master for a huge global tech corporation, and Dr. Jeff Gerber, a family doctor who is widely regarded as a global leader in low-carb nutrition, team up to present their unique perspectives from their extensive clinical, medical, and scientific/research experience. Together, Cummins and Gerber crack the code that shows you how to eat the foods you enjoy, lose weight, and regain robust health."--Page 4 of cover. |
By Louis, Jenn Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: 600 Call Number: 641.654 LOU Presents recipes that use such greens as spinach, kale, and chard, including Swiss chard polenta and asparagus and spinach hummus. |
By Worthington, Diane Rossen Publishing Date: c1994 Classification: 600 Call Number: 641.7 WOR Begin with a discussion of the kitchen equipment you'll need, along with step-by-step photographic guidelines to basic stir-frying techniques. the 45 recipes that follow are divided into chapters by their featured ingredients. All of the recipes can be made with a traditional wok or with an ordinary frying pan or saute pan. |
By De' Medici Stucchi, Lorenza Publishing Date: c1993 Classification: 600 Call Number: 641.8 DEM Bake pizzas and calzone in your own home that rival those from the best Italian restaurants. It's surprisingly easy to make Spinach and Goat Cheese Pizza or Sausage Calzone. Try Four-Cheese Pizza, Asparagus and Ham Pizza, or Spring Vegetable Calzone. End a meal with a delicious Fresh Fruit Pizza or Orange and Grand Marnier Pizza. The range of possibilities is astonishing. Filled with kitchen-tested recipes from leading Italian cooking authority Lorenza de'Medici - each one shown in a glorious full-color photograph - this beautiful, practical book makes pizza-baking at home a delightful reality. All the basics are covered - from mixing doughs to shaping, topping and baking both pizzas and calzone. And an illustrated glossary provides you with a quick, convenient reference to essential terms. - (Blackwell North Amer) |
By Smallin, Donna Publishing Date: ©2006 Classification: 600 Call Number: 648.5 SMA Writing especially for the busy person, Smallin begins by asking " What's your cleaning style?" Super cleaner? Speed cleaner? Green cleaner? Occasional cleaner? No matter what the style, she has tips for how everyone can be successful at achieving and maintaining a clean, inviting home environment. She covers every imaginable situation, with special advice for dual-career families with busy travel schedules, pet owners, families with small children, allergy sufferers, and homeowners with large outdoor living areas. Endorsing the motto " clean smarter, not harder, " Smallin makes practical suggestions for cleaning routines for each area or room of the house, and breaks down the big tasks into simple, doable pieces with varying time frames. She builds on her organizing roots and suggests a combination of plain & simple organizing practices combined with daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning practices to keep the home environment clean and clutter-free -- leaving more time to enjoy life. While keeping things simple, Smallin knows how to get into the nitty-gritty of cleaning. She can talk mops, squeegees, vacuuming, and the most effective products for cleaning, disinfecting, deodorizing, and decluttering with the best of them. She has special tips for cleaning everything from flatware to computers, couch cushions to countertops, shower stalls to stereo speakers, and, of course, the kitchen sink. Beyond the living areas, Smallin ventures into the basement, attic, and garage to address keeping storage areas orderly; cleaning bikes, skis, and other recreational equipment; and even the best ways to wash and wax the car, clean the battery, tires, engine, and air filter. Out in the yard, she tackles patios, decks, driveways, sidewalks, outdoor furniture, grills, garden tools, pools, gutters, siding, and trash cans. Never before has cleaning been covered so comprehensively -- in such a plain & simple way, designed to appeal to every style of housekeeper. |
Don't let your kids kill you: a guide for parents of drug and alcohol addicted children By Rubin, Charles Publishing Date: [2007] Classification: 600 Call Number: 649.48 RUB When kids turn to substance abuse, parents also become victims as they watch their children transform into irrational and antisocial individuals. This harrowing scenario finds parents buckling beneath the stress -- often with catastrophic consequences: divorce, career upsets, breakdowns, and worse. This book focuses on the plight of the confused, distressed parent and not the erring child. It sets aside any preconceived ideas that parents are to blame for what is essentially a full-blown global crisis. Drawing on interviews with parents who have survived the heartbreak of kids on drugs, combined with his own experience, the author provides advice on how parents can help themselves and their families by first attending to their own needs. |
Eyes wide open: overcoming obstacles and recognizing opportunities in a world that can't see clearly By Lidsky, Isaac Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: 600 Call Number: 650.1087 LID "In Eyes Wide Open, Isaac Lidsky draws on his experience of achieving immense success, joy, and fulfillment while losing his sight to a blinding disease to show us that it isn't external circumstances, but how we perceive and respond to them, that governs our reality. Fear has a tendency to give us tunnel vision--we fill the unknown with our worst imaginings and cling to what's familiar. But when confronted with new challenges, we need to think more broadly and adapt. When Isaac Lidsky learned that he was beginning to go blind at age thirteen, eventually losing his sight entirely by the time he was twenty-five, he initially thought that blindness would mean an end to his early success and his hopes for the future. Paradoxically, losing his sight gave him the vision to take responsibility for his reality and thrive. Lidsky graduated from Harvard College at age nineteen, served as a Supreme Court law clerk, fathered four children, and turned a failing construction subcontractor into a highly profitable business. Whether we're blind or not, our vision is limited by our past experiences, biases, and emotions. Lidsky shows us how we can overcome paralyzing fears, avoid falling prey to our own assumptions and faulty leaps of logic, silence our inner critic, harness our strength, and live with open hearts and minds. In sharing his hard-won insights, Lidsky shows us how we too can confront life's trials with initiative, humor, and grace"-- |
Can't You Hear Me Calling: The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass By Smith, Richard D Publishing Date: Sept. 2001 Classification: 700 Call Number: 781.642 SMI Publisher Fact Sheet |
By Lennon, Cynthia Publishing Date: ©2005 Classification: 700 Call Number: 782.4216 LEN "When she was eighteen years old, a girl named Cynthia Powell met a boy named John Lennon and they fell in love. Their ten-year relationship coincided with the start of the Beatles phenomenon - from Liverpool's dockside clubs to the dizzying worldwide fame that followed. And Cynthia Lennon, John's first wife, was an integral part of the swirl of events that are now an indelible part of the history of rock and roll." "In John, Cynthia recalls those times with the loving honesty of an. |
Simple dreams: a musical memoir By Ronstadt, Linda Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: 700 Call Number: 782.4216 RON In this memoir, iconic singer Linda Ronstadt weaves together a captivating story of her origins in Tucson, Arizona, and her rise to stardom in the Southern California music scene of the 1960s and '70s. |
Stephane Grappelli: with and without Django By Balmer, Paul Publishing Date: c2003 Classification: 700 Call Number: 787.2092 BAL |