Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
September 2014 - October 2014
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.
NEW RELEASE The race underground: Boston, New York, and the incredible rivalry that built America's first subway By Most, Doug Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J388.4 MOS "In the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew larger, the streets became increasingly clogged with horse-drawn carts. When the great blizzard of 1888 brought New York City to a halt, a solution had to be found. Two brothers--Henry Melville Whitney of Boston and William Collins Whitney of New York City--pursued the dream of his city being the first American metropolis to have a subway and the great race was on. The competition between Boston and New York was played out in an era not unlike our own, one of economic upheaval, job losses, bitter political tensions, and the question of America's place in the world. The Race Underground is peopled with the famous, like Boss Tweed, and Thomas Edison, and the not-so-famous, like the countless "sandhogs" who dug and blasted into the earth's crust, sometimes losing their lives in the process of building the subway's tunnels. Doug Most chronicles the science of the subway, looks at fears people had about travelling underground and tells a story as exciting as any ever ripped from the pages of U.S. history. The Race Underground is a great American saga of two rival American cities, the powerful interests within, and an invention that changed the lives of millions"-- |
NEW RELEASE The emperor's new clothes: a folk tale classic By Andersen, H. C. Publishing Date: [2014?] Classification: JNF Call Number: J398.2 AND Two rascally weavers convince the emperor they are making him beautiful new clothes, visible only to those fit for their posts, but during a royal procession in which he first wears them, a child whispers that the emperor has nothing on. |
By Clayton, Sally Pomme Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: JNF Call Number: J398.2 CLA An illustrated retelling of the story of the goddess Persephone, who was forced to live underground and become Hades' bride, until her mother finds a way to reunite with her daughter and release her from Hades' Underworld. |
By Mayer, Marianna Publishing Date: 1998 Classification: JNF Call Number: J398.2 MAY Retells how Bellerophon, son of the king of Corinth, secures the help of the winged horse Pegasus in order to fight the monstrous Chimera. |
The beautiful stories of life: six Greek myths, retold By Rylant, Cynthia Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: JNF Call Number: J398.2 RYL Retells the myths about Pandora, Persephone, Orpheus, Pygmalion, Narcissus, and Psyche. |
By Hansen, Doug Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: JNF Call Number: J398.24 HAN A collection of Aesop's fables, retold and illustrated to feature places and creatures in California. Includes historical notes about Aesop and the tales, and facts about the animals and locations photographed. |
NEW RELEASE Why do ice cubes float: questions and answers about the science of everyday materials By Canavan, Thomas Publishing Date: c2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J502 CAN "Answers common questions young readers have about a variety of materials"-- |
Island: a story of the Galápagos By Chin, Jason Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: JNF Call Number: J508.866 CHI An island is about to be born- one that in time will become the home of plants and animals that exist nowhere else on Earth. This book is the biography of a Galápagos island- from birth, through adolescence, to adulthood, and beyond. |
Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland: a math adventure By Neuschwander, Cindy Publishing Date: c2001 Classification: JNF Call Number: J516 NEU To earn his knighthood, Radius must find and rescue a missing king. His father, Sir Cumferance, and his mother, Lady Di of Ameter, give him a circular medallion (a protractor) that he uses to find his way through a maze of many angles. |
By Carson, Mary Kay Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: JNF Call Number: J520.9 CAR Tracing the evolution of humankind's pursuit of astronomical knowledge, this resource looks deep into the furthest reaches of space. Children will follow along as the realization that the Earth is not at the center of the universe leads all the way up to recent telescopic proof of planets orbiting stars outside the solar system. In addition to its engaging history, this book contains 21 hands-on projects to further explore the subjects discussed. Readers will build a three-dimensional representation of the constellation Orion. |
13 planets: the latest view of the solar system By Aguilar, David A. Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: JNF Call Number: J523.2 AGU Profiles each of the planets in Earth's solar system, including Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Haumea, MakeMake, the sun, the Oort cloud, comets, and more. |
The planet hunter: the story behind what happened to Pluto By Rusch, Elizabeth Publishing Date: c2007 Classification: JNF Call Number: J523.2 RUS The story of an astronomer whose discoveries let to the reclassification of Pluto and a new understanding of the solar system. |
NEW RELEASE By Chin, Jason Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J531.14 CHI "What keeps objects from floating out of your hand? What if your feet drifted away from the ground? What stops everything from floating into space? Gravity ... Jason Chin has taken a complex subject and made it brilliantly accessible to young readers in this unusual, innovative, and very beautiful book. |
Barnum's bones: how Barnum Brown discovered the most famous dinosaur in the world By Fern, Tracey E. Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: JNF Call Number: J560.92 FER Documents the work of an early twentieth-century paleontologist, named after the famous circus icon by his ambitious parents, who grew up to work for the American Museum of Natural History and discovered the first documented skeletons of the Tyrannosaurus Rex and other noteworthy species. |
Secrets from the rocks: dinosaur hunting with Roy Chapman Andrews By Marrin, Albert Publishing Date: c2002 Classification: JNF Call Number: J560.92 MAR A biography of the scientist-adventurer, Roy Chapman Andrews, focusing on the expeditions he led for New York's American Museum of Natural History to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia in an effort to uncover dinosaur fossils. |
How to be a dinosaur hunter: your globe-trotting, time-travelling guide By Forbes, Scott Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: JNF Call Number: J567.9 FOR Presents a collection of information and trivia about dinosaurs and other prehistoric reptiles and the scientists who study them. |
NEW RELEASE By Sill, Cathryn P. Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JNF Call Number: J577.3 SIL Explains in simple and easy-to-understand language what forests are and how wildlife survives in these diverse environments. |
By Sill, Cathryn P. Publishing Date: c2009 Classification: JNF Call Number: J577.53 SIL In simple, easy-to-understand language, this guide teaches children what mountains are and what kinds of animals and plants live there. |
By Sill, Cathryn P. Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: JNF Call Number: J578.77 SIL Describes different types of oceans, from the chilly Arctic Ocean to the warmer waters of the Indian Ocean, and shows how various species of animals and plants have adapted to life in these habitats. |
NEW RELEASE By Root, Phyllis Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JNF Call Number: J583.73 ROO Once covering almost 40 percent of the United States, native prairie is today one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world. Plant a Pocket of Prairie teaches children how changes in one part of the system affect every other part: when prairie plants are destroyed, the animals who eat those plants and live on or around them are harmed as well. Root shows what happens when we work to restore the prairies, encouraging readers to "plant a pocket of prairie" in their own backyards. |