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.
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NEW RELEASE Freedom Summer: the 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi By Rubin, Susan Goldman Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J 323.1196 RUB An award-winning author offers a riveting account of the civil rights crusade in Mississippi 50 years ago that brought on shocking violence and the beginning of a new political order. |
NEW RELEASE Son of Sam case: Simon & Schuster Inc. v. Members of New York State Crime Victims Board By Gold, Susan Dudley Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J 344.7303 GOL |
NEW RELEASE Leaving China: an artist paints his World War II childhood By McMullan, James Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J 741.6092 MCM Illustrator James McMullan discusses how his early childhood in China and his wartime journeys with his mother influenced his life and career. |
Alive in the killing fields: surviving the Khmer Rouge genocide By Keat, Nawuth Publishing Date: c2009 Classification: JNF Call Number: J 959.6042 KEN The gripping story of a young boy who survived the atrocities in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge and escaped to the United States. |
NEW RELEASE Computer graphics: from concept to consumer By Cunningham, Kevin Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J006.602 CUN Explores the computer graphics industry and what it takes to be a computer graphic designer. |
By Green, Roger Lancelyn Publishing Date: 2013, c1958 Classification: JNF Call Number: J292.13 GRE Greece is haunted by more than 3000 years of legend and history. In this retelling of the Heroic Age, you will meet many of the gods and mortals whose adventures are some of the oldest and most famous stories in the world. |
NEW RELEASE Park scientists: Gila monsters, geysers, and grizzly bears in America's own backyard By Carson, Mary Kay Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JNF Call Number: J333.783 CAR Describes the work of scientists in America's national parks, as they study geysers, grizzly bears, salamanders, cacti, and fireflies. |
NEW RELEASE Plastic, ahoy: investigating the great Pacific garbage patch By Newman, Patricia Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JNF Call Number: J363.738 NEW Plastic: it's used to make everything from drink bottles and bags to toys and toothbrushes. But what happens when it ends up where it doesn't belong-- like in the Pacific Ocean? How does it affect ocean life? Is it dangerous? And exactly how much is out there? A team of researchers went on a scientific expedition to find out. They explored the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where millions of pieces of plastic have collected. The plastic has drifted there from rivers, beaches, and ocean traffic all over the world. Most of it has broken down into tiny pieces the size of confetti. |
The Nazi hunters: how a team of spies and survivors captured the world's most notorious Nazi By Bascomb, Neal Publishing Date: [2013] Classification: JNF Call Number: J364.15 BAS Recounts how, sixteen years after the end of World War II, a team of undercover Israeli agents captured the Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann, in a remote area of Argentina and brought him to trial in Israel for crimes committed during the Holocaust. |
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. |
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