Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
September 2016 - October 2016
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 Hurley, Kameron Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: SF Call Number: SF "On the eve of a recurring catastrophic event known to extinguish nations and reshape continents, a troubled orphan evades death and slavery to uncover her own bloody past--while a world goes to war with itself. In the frozen kingdom of Saiduan, invaders from another realm are decimating whole cities, leaving behind nothing but ash and ruin. At the heart of this war lie the pacifistic Dhai people, once enslaved by the Saiduan and now courted by their former masters to provide aid against the encroaching enemy. Stretching from desolate tundra to steamy, semi-tropical climes seething with sentient plant life, this is an epic tale of blood mages and mercenaries, emperors and priestly assassins who must unite to save a world on the brink of ruin. As the dark star of the cataclysm rises, an illegitimate ruler is tasked with holding together a country fractured by civil war; a precocious young fighter is asked to betray his family to save his skin; and a half-Dhai general must choose between the eradication of her father's people or loyalty to her alien Empress. Through tense alliances and devastating betrayal, the Dhai and their allies attempt to hold against a seemingly unstoppable force as enemy nations prepare for a coming together of worlds as old as the universe itself. In the end, one world will rise--and many will perish."--from publisher's description. |
By Zebrowski, George Publishing Date: c1998 Classification: SF Call Number: SF Jails are built in space on asteroids in this critique of our penal system. On one asteroid there is a revolt which spreads to other jails and the convicts unite to form a colony. Contrary to expectations, they create a vibrant new civilization. By the author of Stranger Suns. |
Deadly pursuit: a western story By Olsen, Theodore V. Publishing Date: 1995 Classification: W Call Number: W Silas Pine rides into Grafton to make a last attempt to reconcile with his estranged son, Noah, who is town marshal. A bank robbery takes place and Pine agrees to track the thieves with a posse under Noah's leadership. When Noah is killed, presumably by fugitive Ben Massingale, Silas sets out after him. In this desperate pursuit, Pine finds himself up against Shawn Massingale, Ben's attractive Scot-Irish wife, as well as the real culprits of not only the robbery but all the deaths that follow. The principal characters from T.V. Olsen's The Golden Chance, Gage Cameron and Opal Bedoe, appear in Deadly Pursuit. They help Silas Pine combat the evil men that were all too common and all too powerful in the old west, Opal aids in the protection of a baby girl left orphaned by ruthless men and Gage accompanies Silas to his confrontation with destiny at the terrifying Twin Falls. |
Extraordinary people: understanding savant syndrome By Treffert, Darold A. Publishing Date: c2006 Classification: 100 Call Number: 153.9 TRE "For the first time in Extraordinary People, the psychiatrist who was a consultant to the movie Rain Man, collects the most fascinating cases of Savant Syndrome both in history and modern times. Dr. Treffert documents the spectacular abilities--the islands of genius--in these remarkable persons, and describes as well the love, determination and dedication of their equally remarkable families, teachers and caretakers. He shares the observations of the far-reaching implications this astonishing condition has for understanding brain function and hidden potential in all of us. Book jacket."--Jacket. |
By Cavalier, Robert J. Publishing Date: c1996 Classification: 100 Call Number: 184 CAV |
By Sautet, Marc Publishing Date: c1990 Classification: 100 Call Number: 193 SAU |
Publishing Date: 2002 Classification: 200 Call Number: 229.8 Restores to the forefront of the Christian tradition the importance of the divine feminine. |
A more excellent way: pathways of wholeness spiritual roots of disease By Wright, Henry Publishing Date: c2009 Classification: 200 Call Number: 234.131 WRI "Presents the case that the roots of psychological and biological diseases are spiritual, and provides advice on how to eradicate disease instead of treating symptoms"--Provided by publisher. |
Betrayal: the crisis in the Catholic Church Publishing Date: c2002 Classification: 200 Call Number: 261.8 The Boston Globe first broke the news of widespread sexual abuse in the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. This is the full story by the reporters who unearthed it. The misdeeds of John Geoghan first attracted the paper's attention, but it soon became evident that Geoghan was only one of many more pedophile priests (over 90) that had been tolerated, and to some degree protected, by former Cardinal Bernard F. Law in his role as archbishop of Boston. This book explains both the problem of abuse within the Catholic Church and the crisis that has erupted in the wake of recent revelations. The first five chapters describe the sordid tale of what happened in Boston, complete with 45 pages of facsimile documents showing how utterly tone-deaf the church was to the problem. The last four chapters deal with the aftermath: the end of prosecutorial deference to the church, the lost of trust in the hierarchy, and calls for church reform. For readers who want the story straight from the source, this is the book to read. Copyright 2003 American Library Association |
The golden bough: the roots of religion and folklore By Frazer, James George Publishing Date: c1981 Classification: 200 Call Number: 291 FRA The only unabridged, illustrated edition of the classic exploration of the world of myth, folklore, and primitive customs is an inspiration to poets, students, and readers in general. - (Baker & Taylor) |
Join the club: how peer pressure can transform the world By Rosenberg, Tina Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: 300 Call Number: 303.48 ROS In "Join the Club," Rosenberg identifies a brewing social revolution that is changing the way people live, based on harnessing the positive force of peer pressure, and shows how peer pressure has reduced teen smoking in the United States, made villages in India healthier and more prosperous, helped minority students get top grades in college calculus, and even led to the fall of Slobodan Milosevic. |
Present shock: when everything happens now By Rushkoff, Douglas Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: 300 Call Number: 303.483 RUS "An award-winning author explores how the world works in our age of "continuous now" Back in the 1970s, futurism was all the rage. But looking forward is becoming a thing of the past. According to Douglas Rushkoff, "presentism" is the new ethos of a society that's always on, in real time, updating live. Guided by neither history nor long term goals, we navigate a sea of media that blend the past and future into a mash-up of instantaneous experience. Rushkoff shows how this trend is both disorienting and exhilarating. Without linear narrative we get both the humiliations of reality TV and the associative brilliance of The Simpsons. With no time for long term investing, we invent dangerously compressed derivatives yet also revive sustainable local businesses. In politics, presentism drives both the Tea Party and the Occupy movement. In many ways, this was the goal of digital technology--outsourcing our memory was supposed to free us up to focus on the present. But we are in danger of squandering this cognitive surplus on trivia. Rushkoff shows how we can instead ground ourselves in the reality of the present tense. "-- |
The evolution of childhood: relationships, emotion, mind By Konner, Melvin Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: 300 Call Number: 305.231 KON Takes a comprehensive Darwinian interpretation of human development. Looking at the entire range of human evolutionary history, Konner tells the story of how cross-cultural and universal characteristics of our growth from infancy to adolescence became rooted in genetically inherited characteristics of the human brain--From publisher description. |
By Fuller, Alexandra Publishing Date: 2015 Classification: 300 Call Number: 305.4092 FUL "'...One of the gutsiest memoirs I've ever read. And the writing--oh my god the writing'--Entertainment Weekly; A child of the Rhodesian wars and daughter of two deeply complicated parents, Alexandra Fuller is no stranger to pain. But the disintegration of Fuller's own marriage leaves her shattered. Looking to pick up the pieces of her life, she finally confronts the tough questions about her past, about the American man she married, and about the family she left behind in Africa. A breathtaking achievement, Leaving Before the Rains Come is a memoir of such grace and intelligence, filled with such wit and courage, that it could only have been written by Alexandra Fuller. Leaving Before the Rains Come begins with the dreadful first years of the American financial crisis when Fuller's delicate balance--between American pragmatism and African fatalism, the linchpin of her unorthodox marriage--irrevocably fails. Recalling her unusual courtship in Zambia--elephant attacks on the first date, sick with malaria on the wedding day--Fuller struggles to understand her younger self as she overcomes her current misfortunes. Fuller soon realizes what is missing from her life is something that was always there: the brash and uncompromising ways of her father, the man who warned his daughter that 'the problem with most people is that they want to be alive for as long as possible without having any idea whatsoever how to live.' Fuller's father--'Tim Fuller of No Fixed Abode' as he first introduced himself to his future wife--was a man who regretted nothing and wanted less, even after fighting harder and losing more than most men could bear. Leaving Before the Rains Come showcases Fuller at the peak of her abilities, threading panoramic vistas with her deepest revelations as a fully grown woman and mother. Fuller reveals how, after spending a lifetime fearfully waiting for someone to show up and save her, she discovered that, in the end, we all simply have to save ourselves. An unforgettable book, Leaving Before the Rains Come is a story of sorrow grounded in the tragic grandeur and rueful joy only to be found in Fuller's Africa"-- |
Paradise now: the story of American utopianism By Jennings, Chris Publishing Date: [2016] Classification: 300 Call Number: 307.7709 JEN Describes the various utopian, communal societies that rose to prominence and popularity in the mid-1800s and attracted creative luminaries and visionaries like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller and Horace Greeley. |
The honey and the hemlock: democracy and paranoia in ancient Athens and modern America By Sagan, Eli Publishing Date: c1991 Classification: 300 Call Number: 321.8 SAG Argues that ancient Athens and modern America share the same basic moral and psychological problems, and examines the connection between political paranoia and a society's capacity for democratic behavior - (Baker & Taylor) |
American heiress: the wild saga of the kidnapping, crimes and trial of Patty Hearst By Toobin, Jeffrey Publishing Date: 2016 Classification: 300 Call Number: 322.4 TOO Examines the life of Patty Hearst who suffered an unimaginable trauma and then made the stunning decision to join her captors’ crusade. |
Profiles in leadership: historians on the elusive quality of greatness Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: 300 Call Number: 324.22 A collection of essays reflecting on the enduring ingredients of leadership. |
Blackballed: the Black vote and US democracy By Pinckney, Darryl Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: 300 Call Number: 324.6 PIN "Blackballed is Darryl Pinckney's meditation on a century and a half of Black participation in US electoral politics. In this combination of memoir, historical narrative, and contemporary political and social analysis, he investigates the struggle for Black voting rights from Reconstruction through the civil rights movement, leading up to the election of Barack Obama as president. Interspersed throughout the historical narrative are Pinckney's own memories of growing up during the civil rights era, his unsure grasp of the events he saw on television or heard discussed, and the reactions of his parents to the social changes that were taking place at the time and later to Obama's election. He concludes with an examination of the current state of electoral politics, the place of Blacks in the Democratic coalition, and the ongoing efforts by Republicans to suppress the Black vote, with particular attention to the Supreme Court's recent decision to strike down part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and what it may mean for the political influence of Black voters in future elections. Blackballed also includes 'What Black Means Now,' an essay on the history of the Black middle class, stereotypes about Blacks and crime, and contemporary debates about 'post-Blackness' and breaking free of essentialist notions of being Black"-- |
Campaign trends and election law Publishing Date: 2016 Classification: 300 Call Number: 324.609 "In the run-up to the 2016 national election, many issues involving election law have come to the fore. This volume will explore such timely topics as campaign finance and the corporate funding of elections in the aftermath of Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission (2010), which opened the door to unlimited corporate and private funding of candidates in federal elections. The volume will also investigate the effects of SCOTUS's ruling to roll back various aspects of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,allowing states to make their own election laws--includinginstituting voter ID laws and cancelling early voter registration--without federal oversight. Other important issues under discussion include the rise of one-party domination of state government and the subsequent, unprecedented gerrymandering of districts; the use of initiatives and referendums to mobilize political bases; and the changing uses of social media in campaigns. Articles will also examine the rise of political dissidents both inside and outside the two major parties"--Publisher description. |