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 By Samuels, Charlie Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JNF Call Number: J609.35 SAM Describes the technology of ancient Mesopotamia, covering their advances in such areas as building, agriculture, irrigation, writing, medicine, astronomy, metals, weaving, and weaponry. |
By Macaulay, David Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: JNF Call Number: J612.84 MAC Introduces young readers to the nature and structure of the eye and the process through which the eye and the brain work together to create vision. |
Electrical wizard: how Nikola Tesla lit up the world By Rusch, Elizabeth Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: JNF Call Number: J621.309 RUS Here is the story of the ambitious young man who brought life-changing ideas to America, despite the obstructive efforts of his hero-turned-rival, Thomas Edison. From using alternating current to light up the Chicago World's Fair to harnessing Niagara to electrify New York City and beyond, Nikola Tesla was a revolutionary ahead of his time. Remote controls, fluorescent lights, X-rays, speedometers, cell phones, even the radio -- all resulted from Nikola Tesla's inventions. |
NEW RELEASE From gecko feet to adhesive tape By Mara, Wil Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J668.3 MAR This book explains how gecko feet inspired the invention of a new adhesive tape, incorporating both historical and scientific perspectives. |
Out of darkness: the story of Louis Braille By Freedman, Russell Publishing Date: 1997 Classification: JNF Call Number: J686.2 FRE A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who, having been blinded himself at the age of three, went on to develop a system of raised dots on paper that enabled blind people to read and write. |
Go: a Kidd's guide to graphic design By Kidd, Chip Publishing Date: [2013] Classification: JNF Call Number: J740 KID Kids love to express themselves, and are designers by nature - whether making posters for school, deciding what to hang in their rooms, or creating personalized notebook covers. Go, by the award-winning graphic designer Chip Kidd, is a stunning introduction to the ways in which a designer communicates his or her ideas to the world. It's written and designed just for those curious kids, not to mention their savvy parents, who want to learn the secret of how to make things dynamic and interesting. |
Lincoln's Gettysburg address: a pictorial interpretation painted by James Daugherty By Daugherty, James Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: JNF Call Number: J759.13 DAU A rerelease of a pictorial interpretation of the sixteenth president's famous speech introduces a new generation of readers to its enduring legacy while placing the speech against the backdrop of a crucial period in Lincoln's presidency. - (Baker & Taylor) |
NEW RELEASE Simply fantastic: an introduction to classical music By Gerhard, Ana Publishing Date: ©2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J781.17 GER "The words of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, and others are introducted to children through the magical beings from legends and clasic tales--including gnomes, fairies, witches, goblins, elves, and wizards--that inspired the composers."--Page 4 of cover. |
NEW RELEASE How the Beatles changed the world By Sandler, Martin W. Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J782.421 SAN Fifty years after the British invasion began, Martin Sandler explores The Beatles' long-lasting impact on the world. |
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) |