Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
January 2013 - February 2013
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 By Schrefer, Eliot Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Sophie is not happy to be back in the Congo for the summer, but when she rescues an abused baby bonobo she becomes more involved in her mother's sanctuary--and when fighting breaks out and the sanctuary is attacked, it is up to Sophie to rescue the apes and somehow survive in the jungle. |
By Sharenow, Rob Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: YA Call Number: YA In 1936 Berlin, fourteen-year-old Karl Stern, considered Jewish despite a non-religious upbringing, learns to box from the legendary Max Schmeling while struggling with the realities of the Holocaust. |
By Smith, Andrew Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Still mourning the recent death of his mother, seventeen-year-old Troy Stotts relates the events of the previous year when he and his two closest friends try to retaliate against the sheriff's son, who has been bullying them for years. |
NEW RELEASE The curiosities: a collection of stories By Stiefvater, Maggie Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: YA Call Number: YA An anthology of darkly paranormal stories, with comments by the authors on their writing process. |
NEW RELEASE Kids of Kabul: living bravely through a never-ending war By Ellis, Deborah Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: JNF Call Number: J305.235 ELL Since its publication in 2000, hundreds of thousands of children all over the world have read and loved The Breadwinner. By reading the story of eleven-year-old Parvana and her struggles living under the terror of the Taliban, young readers came to know the plight of children in Afghanistan. But what has happened to Afghanistan's children since the fall of the Taliban in 2001? In 2011, Deborah Ellis went to Kabul to find out. She interviewed children who spoke about their lives now. They are still living in a country torn apart by war. Violence and oppression still exist, particularly affecting the lives of girls, but the kids are weathering their lives with courage and optimism: "I was incredibly impressed by the sense of urgency these kids have--needing to get as much education and life experience and fun as they can, because they never know when the boom is going to be lowered on them again." The two dozen or so children featured in the book range in age from ten to seventeen. Many are girls Deb met through projects funded by Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan (http://www.cw4wafghan.ca), the organization that is supported by royalties from The Breadwinner Trilogy. Parvana's Fund provides grants toward education projects for Afghan women and children, including schools, libraries and literacy programs.--Publisher description. |
NEW RELEASE Dogs on duty: soldiers' best friends on the battlefield and beyond By Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: JNF Call Number: J355.424 PAT Documents the contributions of specially trained military dogs, profiling noteworthy canine heroes while covering such topics as how they are trained and what happens to them when they retire. |
By Moss, Marissa Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: JNF Call Number: J387.1 MOS Describes the life of Ida Lewis and how her father taught her to be the official keeper of Lime Rock Lighthouse in Newport, Rhode Island. |
NEW RELEASE By Ferris, Jeri Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: JNF Call Number: J423.028 FER A portrait of the man who wrote the first U.S. dictionary traces his youth as a bookish Connecticut farm boy and his twenty-year effort to write the all-American dictionary that was published in 1828 when he was seventy years old. |
By Krull, Kathleen Publishing Date: c2005 Classification: JNF Call Number: J509.2 KRU A biography of Leonardo da Vinci focusing on his scientific rather than his artistic work. |
By Krull, Kathleen Publishing Date: 2006 Classification: JNF Call Number: J530.092 KRU Isaac Newton was not only briiliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive. Here is a portrait of the man, contradictions and all, than places him against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions. |
By Krull, Kathleen Publishing Date: 2007 Classification: JNF Call Number: J540.92 KRU Describes the life and work of the scientist who won two Nobel Prizes and died of radiation poisoning from years of investigating the dangerous elements that she herself had discovered. Readers will learn about the dark side of a woman and her devotion to science--the politics of science, her depression, and the drive to succeed. It is a brutally honest portrayal of a woman in a field dominated by men. |
NEW RELEASE The skull in the rock: how a scientist, a boy, and Google Earth opened a new window on human origins By Berger, Lee R. Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: JNF Call Number: J569.909 BER Chronicles the story behind one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of all time, explaining its significance for understanding human evolution and how it is shaping the thinking of the scientific community. |
NEW RELEASE Zombie makers: true stories of nature's undead By Johnson, Rebecca L. Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: JNF Call Number: J578.65 JOH Introduces a select set of fungi, worms, viruses and wasps that invade the bodies and take over the brains of their victims. |
Star of the sea: a day in the life of a starfish By Halfmann, Janet Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: JNF Call Number: J593.93 HOF Follows a starfish as she hunts for her morning meal and escape from danger with one less ray than before. |
NEW RELEASE By Bishop, Nic Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: JNF Call Number: J597.96 BIS Introduces snakes and provides information on their physical characteristics, how they hunt, and why some snakes are poisonous. |
NEW RELEASE Animals welcome: a life of reading, writing, and rescue By Kehret, Peg Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: JNF Call Number: J636.08 KEH A moving memoir from an award-winning author. A mother cat and her kittens, shot with a pellet gun. A poacher illegally stalking a bear. Peg Kehret tells these true stories and more as she invites readers into her life on a small wildlife sanctuary. She writes about animal rescue while providing facts about the animals and birds she meets. Mrs. Kehret also shares the tragedy of her husband's sudden death, and the pain of losing Pete, the shelter cat who co-authored three of her books. Written with honesty, heart, and humor, Animals Welcome is a personal glimpse into the life of an author who loves animals, and the philosophy by which she lives. |
Let's draw cats, dogs and other animals By Robertson, Jane Publishing Date: 1993 Classification: JNF Call Number: J741.2 ROB Presents step-by-step instructions for drawing a variety of cats, dogs and other animals. |
NEW RELEASE A wrinkle in time: the graphic novel By Larson, Hope Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: JNF Call Number: J741.5 LAR A graphic novel adaptation of the classic tale in which Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government. |
NEW RELEASE The fantastic jungles of Henri Rousseau By Markel, Michelle Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: JNF Call Number: J759.4 MAR A child's biography of French artist Henri Rousseau, who spent his life as a toll collector, but created unheralded masterpieces in his spare time. |
NEW RELEASE Zora: the life of Zora Neal Hurston By Fradin, Judith Bloom Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: JNF Call Number: J813.52 FRA The life and times of African American writer Zora Neale Hurston, a larger-than-life personality, controversial advocate for equal rights, and brilliant author of Their Eyes Were Watching God. |