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.
The National Geographic traveler: Florence & Tuscany By Jepson, Tim Publishing Date: c2001 Classification: 900 Call Number: 914.5504 JEP |
Egypt [DK eyewitness travel guide] Publishing Date: 2001 Classification: 900 Call Number: 916.204 A comprehensive guide to Egypt with over 1,000 full color photographs, of major sights, easy-to-use maps and plans. Plus advice on exploring the Pyramids and Ancient Tombs, boat tours on the Nile and diving in the Red Sea. Photos. |
Publishing Date: 2003 Classification: 900 Call Number: 917.295 Some travelers love nothing better than to bathe in the sun. Others revel in immersing themselves in history and culture. Then there are those who are born to shop. We all know the type. In fact, we might ourselves be the type. There are some people for whom shopping is not a necessity but a sport. Insight Shopping Guides are a play book for the avid shopper who wants to level the playing field when he or she competes against natives for the best goods and deals the city has to offer. This series is for the discerning consumer who needs a little help navigating around an unfamiliar city. They are ideal shopping companions for travelers wanting lively, informative background material on the best shopping areas and reliable advice on finding the most reliable service. |
Cicero: the life and times of Rome's greatest politician By Everitt, Anthony Publishing Date: 2003 Classification: 900 Call Number: 937.05 EVE Everitt's masterful biography draws on Cicero's letters to his friend Atticus to give a clear picture of the famous Roman orator, noting both his brilliance and his faults. A staunch defender of the Roman Republic, Cicero spent his political career battling foes such as Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, whose rise to power spelled doom for the ailing republic. Cicero followed the traditional route to power, moving through the political offices to become a consul in 63 B.C.E. He also was an advocate of high repute, boldly defending citizens who had fallen out of favor with those in power. During his consulship, Cicero pursued the seditious Catalina, whose attempted attacks on the senate were ultimately halted by Cicero's drastic measures. Cicero's actions come back to haunt him, however, when a tribune he testified against has him banished from Rome. Ever fickle, popular opinion swings back in Cicero's favor, and he returns to Rome, but he is forced to compromise his beliefs to stay in favor with those in power. Everitt does a superb job of bringing the last days of the Roman Republic to life, and he accurately portrays the tenuous political situation that marked the times. Most important, he creates a sympathetic portrait of Cicero, a man weighed down by the necessity of "moving with the times." ((Reviewed May 15, 2002)) Copyright 2002 Booklist Reviews |
To end all wars: a story of loyalty and rebellion, 1914-1918 By Hochschild, Adam Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: 900 Call Number: 940.341 HOC World War I stands as one of history's most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation. In his riveting narrative, Hochschild brings it to life as never before while focusing on the long-ignored moral drama of the war's critics, alongside its generals and heroes. |
Those angry days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's fight over World War II, 1939-1941 By Olson, Lynne Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: 900 Call Number: 940.53 OLS Traces the crisis period leading up to America's entry into World War II, describing the nation's polarized interventionist and isolationist factions as represented by the government, in the press, and on the streets. |
The monuments men: Allied heroes, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history By Edsel, Robert M. Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: 900 Call Number: 940.531 EDS "In a race against time, a group of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others--called the Monuments Men--risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. Focusing on the period between D-Day and V-E Day, this acclaimed book follows six Monument Men on their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis."-- |
Her little majesty: the life of Queen Victoria By Erickson, Carolly Publishing Date: c1997 Classification: 900 Call Number: 941.081 ERI A very readable historical biography of the high-minded, often cantankerous woman who became Queen in 1837 at the age of 18 and reigned over an expanding British Empire until her death 64 years later. The author captures the Queen--sparring with her ministers, working long hours at her desk, or caring for her nine children and dozens of grandchildren and great-grandchildren--as well as the richness and squalor of the Victorian era. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
By Brodsky, Alyn Publishing Date: c1978 Classification: 900 Call Number: 944.07 BRO |
By Spender, Matthew Publishing Date: 1993 Classification: 900 Call Number: 945.5092 SPE Living since 1967 with his artist wife and their two Italian-born daughters on a farm near Siena, sculptor Spender centers these diverting vignettes and essays on one of his adopted country's historically and culturally richest provinces. Photos. (May) Copyright 1993 Cahners Business Information. |
By Cecilia, Carla Publishing Date: c2001 Classification: 900 Call Number: 945.634 CEC |
Great soul: Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India By Lelyveld, Joseph Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: 900 Call Number: 954.03 LEL In this ambitious, original study, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lelyveld sets out to measure Gandhi's accomplishments as a politician and an advocate for the downtrodden--against Gandhi's own expectations and in light of his complex, conflicted feelings about his place in Indian history. |
By Owen, Mark Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: 900 Call Number: 958.1046 OWE Owen takes readers onto the field of battle in America's ongoing War on Terror and details the selection and training process for one of the most elite units in the military. His first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid is an essential piece of modern history. |
By Curtis, Edward S. Publishing Date: 2005 Classification: 900 Call Number: 970 CUR At the turn of the century, the American photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868?1952) started on his thirty-year project to produce a monumental study of North American Indians. Using an approach that was both artistically and scientifically ambitious he recorded, in words and pictures, the traces of the traditional Indian way of life that was already beginning to die out. With tireless personal commitment Curtis visited American Indian tribes from the Mexican border to the Bering Straits, gaining their confidence by his patience and sensitivity. This, his photographic life's work, was printed in 20 volumes between 1907 and 1930 as The North American Indian. There were only 272 copies in total, so original copies are now extremely rare. This book gives lasting life to Curtis's great achievements by making the photographs available again. - (Ingram Publishing Services) |
At the edge of all things: in search of Labrador By Hornung, Rick Publishing Date: 1995 Classification: 900 Call Number: 971.8204 HOR |
America the beautiful: rediscovering what made this nation great By Carson, Ben Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: 900 Call Number: 973 CAR Tackling the issues at the forefront of the American mind--healthcare, education, capitalism, and more America the Beautiful is indispensable reading. From Dr. Ben Carson, here is a sobering and inspiring manifesto of America's greatness, her failings, and the values and changes it will take to carry our country into a brilliant and prosperous future. |
Book of ages: the life and opinions of Jane Franklin By Lepore, Jill Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: 900 Call Number: 973.3092 LEP A revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister and a wholly different account of the founding of the United States. |
Surgeon in blue: Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care By McGaugh, Scott Publishing Date: [2013] Classification: 900 Call Number: 973.7 MCG Recounts the life of the Civil War surgeon and how he made battlefield survival possible by creating the first organized ambulance corps and a more effective field hospital system. |
This terrible sound: the battle of Chickamauga By Cozzens, Peter Publishing Date: [1992] Classification: 900 Call Number: 973.735 COZ When North and South met among the desolate mountains of northwestern Georgia in 1863, they began one of the bloodiest and most decisive campaigns of the Civil War. The climactic Battle of Chickamauga lasted just two days, yet it was nearly as costly as Gettysburg, with casualties among the highest in the war. In this study of the campaign, the first to appear in over thirty years and the most comprehensive account ever written on Chickamauga, Peter Cozzens presents a vivid narrative about an engagement that was crucial to the outcome of the war in the West. Drawing upon a wealth of previously untapped sources, Cozzens offers startling new interpretations that challenge the conventional wisdom on key moments of the battle, such as Rosecrans's fateful order to General Wood and Thomas's historic defense of Horseshoe Ridge. Chickamauga was a battle of missed opportunities, stupendous tactical blunders, and savage fighting by the men in ranks. Cozzens writes movingly of both the heroism and suffering of the common soldiers and of the strengths and tragic flaws of their commanders. Enhanced by detailed battle maps and original sketches by the noted artist Keith Rocco, this book will appeal to all Civil War enthusiasts and students of military history. |
The shipwreck of their hopes: the battles for Chattanooga By Cozzens, Peter Publishing Date: c1994 Classification: 900 Call Number: 973.7359 COZ Civil War enthusiasts will welcome this concluding volume of Peter Cozzens's highly praised trilogy on the Civil War in the West. The battles around Chattanooga in the late fall of 1863 were among the most decisive of the Civil War, opening the Deep South to the Union and setting the stage for the Atlanta campaign and the March to the Sea. After Chattanooga, the principal Confederate army in the West fought without spirit or hope of victory. Cozzens's comprehensive account details movements of individual regiments, even as it reveals the larger impact of the campaign on the outcome of the war. In The Shipwreck of Their Hopes, Cozzens draws on his acclaimed storytelling skills and exhaustive research efforts to fully chronicle one of the South's most humiliating defeats. As in his earlier books, he brings to life the officers and enlisted men who fought the war. |