Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
May 2023 - June 2023
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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Into the silence: the Great War, Mallory, and the conquest of Everest By Davis, Wade Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: 700 Call Number: 796.522 DAV Describes British climbers' attempts to scale Mount Everest in the early 1920s, discussing such topics as the role of imperial ambition in the expedition and the way in which the ascent reflected England's post-World War I redemption efforts. |
By Kauffman, Andrew J. Publishing Date: cop. 1992 Classification: 700 Call Number: 796.522 KAU Describes the events of the 1939 American expedition to K2 in the Himalayas that led to the expedition's failure and the deaths of three guides and an expedition member - (Baker & Taylor) |
By Messner, Reinhold Publishing Date: 1998 Classification: 700 Call Number: 796.522 MES |
By Perez Lorente, Erik Jorge Publishing Date: [1993] Classification: 700 Call Number: 796.522 PER |
High Sierra adventures: my summers with Mt. Whitney Pack Trains By DeLea, Raymond J., Jr. Publishing Date: 2019, ©2018 Classification: 700 Call Number: 796.54 DEL “’High Sierra Adventures’ is the true story of my summer adventures with Mt. Whitney Pack Trains of Lone Pine, CA from 1965-1970. I detail how I went from being a high school ‘city slicker’ knowing nothing about livestock and packing, to being a seasoned packer/guide working for one of the premier packing outfits located on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. This book will take you through the many long work hours and challenges that packers face in the Sierra Nevada. From fixing summer mountain pasture fences in electrical storms to recovering from trail wrecks and overnight stock wrangles, this collection of stories and photographs will keep you in suspense wondering what the next summer’s adventures held for this teenager. Whether it was packing in the Sierra Club in the far northern reaches of Yosemite National Park or into the headwaters of the Kern River in Monache Meadows out of Olancha, CA—the life of a packer was far from ordinary or boring. From hauling dynamite for the Inyo National Forest trail crew, to building trails for Mt. Whitney Pack Trains and shoveling snow at nearly 14,000 feet, every day presented new challenges and opportunities. I worked with some of the finest cowboys in the packing business and gleaned experience that few have the opportunity to enjoy.”—cover. |
By O'Bannon, Allen Publishing Date: 1996 Classification: 700 Call Number: 796.54 OBA Practical advice from two NOLS instructors on all aspects of winter backcountry travel and camping. Funny & practical illustrations.- (Globe Fearon Co) |
For the love of it: the Mammoth legacy of Roma & Dave McCoy By Morning, Robin Publishing Date: 2020 Classification: 700 Call Number: 796.93 MOR |
Philip Larkin: life, art and love By Booth, James Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: 800 Call Number: 821.914 BOO In one of the most comprehensive pictures of the poet yet published, James Booth examines the people, the places and the chance encounters that influenced Larkin and shaped his poetry. From Larkin's early life, his academic studies and his aspirations as a novelist, an image emerges of a reserved and gentle man greatly affected by those close to him. Delving into his fluctuating relationships with Maeve Brennan and Monica Jones, two of the many women in Larkin's life, and analysing their varied effect on his work, Booth sheds fresh light on one of Britain's best loved poets. |
The book of the city of ladies By Christine Publishing Date: 1999 Classification: 800 Call Number: 843.2 CHR "'Philosophers, poets and orators too numerous to mention ... all seem to speak with one voice and are unanimous in their view that female nature is wholly given up to vice.'" "It was this misogynist consensus that Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1430), France's first professional woman of letters, confronted head-on in the City of Ladies. Here, with the help of Reason, Rectitude and Justice, Christine constructs an allegorical city in which to defend womankind, using examples of female virtue and achievement both from the past and her own day as the stones with which to build the city's walls and towers." "A key text in the history of feminism, the City of Ladies not only provides powerful positive images of women, ranging from warriors, inventors and scholars to prophetesses, artists and saints, but also offers a fascinating insight into the debates and controversies about the position of women in medieval culture. In her Introduction to this new translation for Penguin Classics, Rosalind Brown-Grant sets the work within its historical and intellectual context."--Jacket. |
Disorder: hard times in the 21st century By Thompson, Helen Publishing Date: 2022 Classification: 900 Call Number: 909.831 THO This book explains why we in the West live in the political times we do - a moment of historical time arising from systemic dynamics that have wrought predicaments to confront and not problems to be solved. A retrospective and predictive account of the political shocks of 2016 and onwards, and how the specific consequences of the structural historical forces at work are ongoing and in good part inexorable. The author argues that these political times arise - and disruption will continue - from the intersection of fault lines generated by a geopolitical cycle that has been disrupted, but is not over. -- Adapted from publisher's description. |
Mountains of the Middle Kingdom: exploring the high peaks of China and Tibet By Rowell, Galen A. Publishing Date: 1984, ©1983 Classification: 900 Call Number: 915.1 ROW A photographic journey through the mountain regions of China and Tibet profiles the landscape, people, culture, and wildlife of the area - (Baker & Taylor) |
Grand Canyon's long-eared taxi By Taylor, Karen L. Publishing Date: ©1992 Classification: 900 Call Number: 917.9132 TAY The role of the mules and Grand Canyon's history are inseparable. This spacious mule ride and holding on to the reins while riding along though this richly illustrated book filled with touching and humorous anecdotes. What a ride! |
By Sullivan, William L. Publishing Date: ©2009 Classification: 900 Call Number: 917.95 SUL With the addition of 200,000 more acres designated by Congress as Oregon wilderness in 2009, use this as a planning guide to explore new areas and old favorites from The Three Sisters and Mount Hood to Eagle Cap and Steens Mountain. This is a complete guide to Oregon's backcountry. |
Mountain fever: historic conquests of Rainier By Haines, Aubrey L. Publishing Date: 1962 Classification: 900 Call Number: 917.9778 HAI |
Ecuador & the Galápagos Islands By Albiston, Isabel Publishing Date: 2022 Classification: 900 Call Number: 918.6604 ALB "Lonely Planet's Ecuador & the Galápagos Islands is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Surf at Montanita, climb El Altar, and ride the TelefériQo; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Ecuador & the Galápagos and begin your journey now!"-- |
Moon Ecuador & the Galápagos Islands By Pitts, Bethany Publishing Date: 2019 Classification: 900 Call Number: 918.6604 PIT Canoe through the Amazon, explore the bustling capital of Quito, snorkel in the Galápagos, or kick back on the coast: Embark on an unforgettable adventure with Moon Ecuador & the Galápagos Islands. |
Poles apart: parallel visions of the Arctic and Antarctic By Rowell, Galen A. Publishing Date: ©1995 Classification: 900 Call Number: 919.8 ROW In Poles Apart, Galen Rowell takes us on an exhilarating visual journey to the top and the bottom of the world, using the parallel visions of his camera to reveal the fascinating differences between these polar opposites. |
Desert Voices: a history of the Shoshone Cemetery Publishing Date: 2022 Classification: 900 Call Number: 929 The town of Shoshone has been operated by members of the Brown and Fairbanks families since “Dad” Fairbanks leased the land from the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad (T&T RR) in 1913 as a station stop. His son-in-law, Charles Brown, purchased the property in 1944. Through the leadership of strong men and independent-minded women, Shoshone became a unique place. This is not a history of Shoshone or all of its resdients. It is a collection of stories, photographs, and newspaper clippings that provide some personal data on people buried in the Shoshone Cemetery. Personal recollections have been supplemented with information from death certificates, minig location records, voter registration rolls, contemporary newspaper accounts, mortuary and census records, California State Mineralogist reports, and the transacton records of the Fairbanks & Brown General Store, which, under various names, has sold provisions to desert dwellers for more than eight decades.--from preface. |
The Pope at war: the secret history of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler By Kertzer, David I. Publishing Date: [2022] Classification: 900 Call Number: 940.5325 KER When Pope Pius XII died in 1958, his papers were sealed in the Vatican Secret Archives, leaving unanswered questions about what he knew and did during World War II. Those questions have only grown and festered, making Pius XII one of the most controversial popes in Church history, especially now as the Vatican prepares to canonize him. In 2020, Pius XII's archives were finally opened, and David I. Kertzer--widely recognized as one of the world's leading Vatican scholars--has been mining this new material ever since, revealing how the pope came to set aside moral leadership in order to preserve his church's power. Based on thousands of never-before-seen documents not only from the Vatican, but from archives in Italy, Germany, France, Britain, and the United States, The Pope at War paints a new, dramatic portrait of what the pope did and did not do as war enveloped the continent and as the Nazis began their systematic mass murder of Europe's Jews. The book clears away the myths and sheer falsehoods surrounding the pope's actions from 1939 to 1945, showing why the pope repeatedly bent to the wills of Hitler and Mussolini. Just as Kertzer's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Pope and Mussolini became the definitive book on Pope Pius XI and the Fascist regime, The Pope at War is destined to become the most influential account of his successor, Pius XII, and his relations with Mussolini and Hitler. Kertzer shows why no full understanding of the course of World War II is complete without knowledge of the dramatic, behind-the-scenes role played by the pope."-- |
American midnight: the Great War, a violent peace, and democracy's forgotten crisis By Hochschild, Adam Publishing Date: [2022] Classification: 900 Call Number: 973.91 HOC "A character-driven look at a pivotal period in American history, 1917-1920: the tumultuous home front during WWI and its aftermath, when violence broke out across the country thanks to the first Red Scare, labor strife, and immigration battles"--Provided by publisher. |