Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
March 2015 - April 2015
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.
By Monet, Claude Publishing Date: 1996 Classification: 700 Call Number: 759.4 MON Beloved images from the artist's body of work is paired with his reflections on art, aesthetics, life and society. - (HARPERCOLL) |
By Naifeh, Steven W. Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: 700 Call Number: 759.9492 NAI Draws on newly available primary sources to present an in-depth, accessible profile that offers revisionist assessments of the influential artist's turbulent life and genius works. |
By Muench, David Publishing Date: 2000 Classification: 700 Call Number: 779.3 MUE Biologist Gilder provides the narration for this gallery of beautiful color photos taken by the Muenches (father and son). Organized around the theme of earth-air-fire-water, the photos feature geologic, biologic and atmospheric wonders such as Upper Antelope Canyon in Arizona; the Olympic Peninsula's Hoh Rain Forest; Colorado National Monument; lightning in the Virgin Islands National Park; Iran's Central Elburz Mountains; and Hawaiian Volcanos National Park. Some photos are double or multiple exposures. Captions with thumbnail photos and photography notes are appended. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - (Book News) |
The Norton manual of music notation By Heussenstamm, George Publishing Date: c1987 Classification: 700 Call Number: 781.24 HEU |
By Belafonte, Harry Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: 700 Call Number: 782.42 BEL The popular singer and former UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador shares the story of his life and career, from his impoverished childhood in Harlem and Jamaica and his racial barrier-breaking career to his commitment to numerous civil causes. |
By Phillips, Mark Publishing Date: [1998] Classification: 700 Call Number: 787.87 PHI "Guitar For Dummies" offers full coverage of the subject, from picking out a guitar to learning to play, expert advice from America's leading guitar authorities, musical exercises and fretboard illustrations--plus a tutorial CD that features licks and songs from the book. Illustrations. |
By Fishgall, Gary Publishing Date: c2002 Classification: 700 Call Number: 791.43 FIS Traces the career of the actor who starred in such film classics as "Roman Holiday," "Horatio Hornblower," and "To Kill a Mockingbird," revealing the many personal roles he has played in his life, from husband and friend to dedicated activist. |
Stories I only tell my friends: an autobiography By Lowe, Rob Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: 700 Call Number: 791.4302 LOW A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood. |
Iron horse: Lou Gehrig in his time By Robinson, Ray Publishing Date: 1991 Classification: 700 Call Number: 796.357 ROB Lou Gehrig will go down in history as one of the best ballplayers of all time. With a career average of .340 and 493 home runs, he played in a record-setting 2,130 consecutive games and was elected to the Hall of Fame. He was robbed of his superb physical skills as a relatively young man by ALS, the degenerative disease now known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease", and died in 1941. Ray Robinson re-creates the life of this legendary ballplayer and also provides an insightful look at baseball through the Depression years, including all the great players of that era -- Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Miller Huggins, and more. - (HARPERCOLL) |
Alaska ascents: world-class mountaineers tell their stories Publishing Date: c1996 Classification: 700 Call Number: 796.522 Sherwonit has proven his exciting adventure-writing ability most recently in Alaska's Accessible Wilderness (Alaska Northwest, 1996). Here, he demonstrates his perspicacious appreciation of other writers' craft in a riveting anthology that highlights the state's challenging mountain peaks. Through firsthand accounts of mountain experiences the enticement of Alaska's peaks becomes tangible to the reader. Each piece effectively captures the intensity of the undertaking and the emotions and challenges relating to a climb. Sherwonit conveniently divides the material into four geographical areas that allow for a greater focus and comparison of approaches and techniques. He has put together a fine compendium of mountain literature highlights. Jo-Anne Mary Copyright 1998 Library Journal Reviews |
Don't waste your time in the Canadian Rockies: the opinionated hiking guide By Copeland, Kathy Publishing Date: 2009, c2004 Classification: 700 Call Number: 796.522 COP "Banff, Jasper, Kootenay, Yoho & Waterton Lakes national parks, plus Mt. Robson & Mt. Assiniboine provincial parks [;] 138 trips for all levels of dayhiking and backpacking [;] 23 shoulder-season trips for more hiking opportunities".--Back cover. |
By DiFranco, Ani Publishing Date: c2007 Classification: 800 Call Number: 811.6 DIF With eight Grammy nominations and sales of over 4.5 million albums, Ani DiFranco is one of America's most fiercely independent and beloved musicians, as well as an outspoken voice of conscience. ANi DiFranco: Verses rages, eulogizes, revels, and envisions. With a poet's precision and a citizen's stake, DiFranco finds the meeting places of intimacy and politics, of self and country, of resolve and compromise, and of the fickle and magnificent capacities of love and solitude. |
Let's explore diabetes with owls By Sedaris, David Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: 800 Call Number: 814.54 SED From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's shop, Sedaris takes us on side-splitting adventures that are not to be forgotten. |
Brave new world ; & Brave new world revisited By Huxley, Aldous Publishing Date: c1965 Classification: 800 Call Number: 823.912 HUX When the novel "Brave New World first appeared in 1932, its shocking analysis of a scientific dictatorship seemed a projection into the remote future. |
By O'Brien, Edna Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: 800 Call Number: 823.914 OBR Edna O'Brien, the author of "The Country Girls" trilogy, "The Light of Evening," and "Byron in Love," portrays the events, people, emotions, and landscape that contributed to her rich and heady life. She is the recipient of the James Joyce Ulysses Medal, and an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. |
Holy war: how Vasco da Gama's epic voyages turned the tide in a centuries-old clash of civilizations By Cliff, Nigel Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: 900 Call Number: 909.4 CLI A new interpretation of Vasco da Gama's revolutionary voyages, which were seen as a turning point in the struggle between Christianity and Islam, explores the tragic collision of cultures resulting from his journeys to the Indies. |
There & then: the travel writing of James Salter By Salter, James Publishing Date: c2005 Classification: 900 Call Number: 910.4 SAL This collection offers two dozen essays and sketches about one of the passions of Salter's life?travel?a subject beloved by writers across the centuries. Over twenty years of skiing, hiking, climbing from Colorado to Japan to the Tyrol, from Austria and Switzerland to Germany and France, Salter is an engaging companion sharing his great enthusiasm and adventures. James Salter's novels and volumes of memoir have been widely celebrated and he is now recognized as one of America's most important writers.- (Perseus Publishing) |
Six weeks on the throne: the tale of a stowaway By Frey, Rick Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: 900 Call Number: 910.45 FRE |
Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: 900 Call Number: 914.04 |
Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: 900 Call Number: 914.5 |