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.
For the love of music: the remarkable story of Maria Anna Mozart By Rusch, Elizabeth Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: JNF Call Number: J786.209 RUS Biography of Maria Anna Mozart, mother of the famous composer. |
Starting from home: a writer's beginnings By Meltzer, Milton Publishing Date: 1988 Classification: JNF Call Number: J813.54 MEL The author recounts the discoveries, hardships, and triumphs of his early life and the influences that shaped him as a person and writer. |
NEW RELEASE By Kerley, Barbara Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J814.3 KER Before Ralph Waldo Emerson was a great writer, he was a city boy who longed for the broad, open fields and deep, still woods of the country, and then a young man who treasured books, ideas, and people. When he grew up and set out in the world, he wondered, could he build a life around these things he loved? This biography illustrates the rewards of a life well-lived, one built around personal passions: creativity and community, nature and friendship. |
Charles Dickens and the street children of London By Warren, Andrea Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: JNF Call Number: J823.8 WAR Warren takes you on a journey into the workhouses, slums, factories, and schools of Victorian England, and into the world of Dickens. She shows how he used his pen to do battle on behalf of the poor, becoming one of the great reformers of his or any age. |
If stones could speak: unlocking the secrets of Stonehenge By Aronson, Marc Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: JNF Call Number: J936.2 ARO Text, photographs, and explanatory maps and illustrations document archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson's study of Stonehenge and the surrounding area, describing what he found and what the artifacts reveal about the site and its history. |
By Powell, Anton Publishing Date: 2009, c1996 Classification: JNF Call Number: J938 POW Presents a "special edition" of a Greek newspaper which spans the years 1500 to 146 B.C. and contains articles about history, politics, feasts, fashions, theater, gods, and wars. |
NEW RELEASE Stubby the war dog: the true story of World War I's bravest dog By Bausum, Ann Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JNF Call Number: J940.4 BAU American soldier J. Robert Conroy befriended a stray dog with a stumpy tail while training to fight overseas in WWI. They bonded so closely that Conroy smuggled him to Europe, where Stubby accompanied Conroy's regiment on the Western Front, lending both his superior olfactory senses and amiable temperament to the war effort. |
NEW RELEASE Pure grit: how American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific By Farrell, Mary Cronk Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J940.54 FAR A tribute to the heroic service of 101 U.S. Army nurses trapped in the Philippines by the attack on Pearl Harbor describes the harrowing conditions under which they treated wounded soldiers before they were captured and forced to endure starvation and disease for three years. |
NEW RELEASE The Port Chicago 50: disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights By Sheinkin, Steve Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J940.54 SHE Presents an account of the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African-American Navy servicemen who were unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after the deadly Port Chicago explosion. |
NEW RELEASE By Barber, Nicola Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JNF Call Number: J940.548 BAR How do we know about the men and women who broke important World War II military and diplomatic codes? What were the challenges, and what happened to them? This book shows how we know about the Allied codebreakers and their experiences from primary and other sources. It includes information on some historical detective work that has taken place, using documentary, archaeological, and oral evidence, that has enabled historians to piece together the fascinating story of those who provided top secret information known as Ultra and Magic. |
The sea king: Sir Francis Drake and his times By Marrin, Albert Publishing Date: c1995 Classification: JNF Call Number: J942.05 MAR An account of the life and exploits of the notable sixteenth-century English navigator and commander, the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and vice-admiral of the fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada - (Baker & Taylor) |
By Marrin, Albert Publishing Date: 1989 Classification: JNF Call Number: J951.05 MAR Traces the life of the revolutionary who led the struggle to make China a Communist nation in 1949 and unleashed the horror of the Cultural Revolution in the mid-1960's. |
Aztecs and Spaniards: Cortés and the conquest of Mexico By Marrin, Albert Publishing Date: 1986 Classification: JNF Call Number: J972.01 MAR Describes the history and culture of the Aztec Indians in the Valley of Mexico and discusses how the arrival of the conquistador Hernando Cortes brought about the fall of their mighty empire. |
You wouldn't want to be an American colonist: a settlement you'd rather not start By Morley, Jacqueline Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: JNF Call Number: J973.21 MOR Traces the founding of the English colony at Jamestown, its struggle for survival, and its eventual decline. |
NEW RELEASE Crispus Attucks and the Boston Massacre By Weiss, Lynne Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J973.311 WEI Gr 3–5—Using a graphic-novel format, these titles illuminate the lives of African American heroes. The biographical information is thorough. The dialogue is fictionalized, but it is revelatory and believable. The format is ideal for showing period details and the heroes' key characteristics. Brief introductions, "character" lists, time lines, and glossaries are included. Illustrations are colorful and rendered in a style that blends cartoon and realism. (School Library Journal) |
NEW RELEASE Benedict Arnold: battlefield hero or selfish traitor By Gunderson, Jessica Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JNF Call Number: J973.382 GUN "Describes Benedict Arnold's actions during the Revolutionary War and his betrayal of the Patriot cause"-- |
George Washington & the founding of a nation By Marrin, Albert Publishing Date: c2001 Classification: JNF Call Number: J973.41 MAR Chronicles the life and achievements of America's first president, George Washington, and discusses his feelings about several issues, including slavery. |
NEW RELEASE Thomas Jefferson: life, liberty and the pursuit of everything By Kalman, Maira Publishing Date: c2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J973.46 KAL This book describes the life and interests of Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence, a founding father, and the third president of the United States. |
Old Hickory: Andrew Jackson and the American people By Marrin, Albert Publishing Date: c2004 Classification: JNF Call Number: J973.5 MAR Andrew Jackson, the first popularly elected American president, won the nation's favor with his legendary courage, loyalty to the common man, and fierce dedication to preserving the Union. However, his ruthlessness, including his treatment of Native Americans, led to some of the darkest times in American history. |
Hunted like a wolf: the story of the Seminole War By Meltzer, Milton Publishing Date: [1972] Classification: JNF Call Number: J973.57 MEL |