Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
January 2018 - April 2018
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.
Ghostly echoes: a Jackaby novel By Ritter, William Publishing Date: 2016 Classification: YA Call Number: YA "The highly anticipated third volume of the paranormal detective series perfect for "readers who enjoy Doctor Who, Supernatural, Grimm...and of course, Sherlock Holmes stories, and who are ready to say up into the wee hours." Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly landlord of 926 Augur Lane, has enlisted the services of her detective-agency tenants to solve a decade-old murder--her own. Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, R. F. Jackaby, dive into the cold case, starting with a search for Jenny's fiancé, who went missing the night she died. But when a new, gruesome murder closely mirrors the events of ten years prior, Abigail and Jackaby realize that Jenny's case isn't so cold after all, and her killer may be far more dangerous than they suspected. Fantasy and folklore mix with mad science as Abigail's race to unravel the mystery leads her across the cold cobblestones of nineteenth-century New England, down to the mythical underworld, and deep into her colleagues' grim histories to battle the most deadly foe she has ever faced" -- |
By Ritter, William Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Newly arrived in 1892 New England, Abigail Rook becomes assistant to R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with the ability to see supernatural beings, and she helps him delve into a case of serial murder which, Jackaby is convinced, is due to a nonhuman creature. |
By Sting Publishing Date: 2003 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Having been a songwriter most of my life, condensing my ideas and emotions into short rhming couplets and setting them to music, I had never really considered writing a book. But upon arriving at the reflective age of fifty, I found myself drawn, for the first time, to write long passages that were as stimulating and intriguing to me as any songwrting I had ever done. And so Broken Music began to take shape. |
By Vizzini, Ned Publishing Date: c2006 Classification: YA Call Number: YA A humorous account of a New York City teenager's battle with depression and his time spent in a psychiatric hospital. |
By Wein, Elizabeth Publishing Date: 2003 Classification: YA Call Number: YA After the death of Artos, High King of Britain, and his sons, his daughter Princess Goewin journeys to Aksum to meet Constantine, her intended husband, but finds the country in political turmoil. |
By Zarr, Sara Publishing Date: 2007 Classification: YA Call Number: YA In the three years since her father caught her in the back seat of a car with an older boy, sixteen-year-old Deanna's life at home and school has been a nightmare, but while dreaming of escaping with her brother and his family, she discovers the power of forgiveness. |
By Solomon, Andrew Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 362.4083 SOL |
Malala: activist for girls' education By Frier, Raphaële Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: JNF Call Number: J 370.8209 FRI |
By Chin, Jason Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: JNF Call Number: J 557.9132 CHI "An exploration of the Grand Canyon on a grand scale, as only Jason Chin can illustrate and explain."-- |
Amazon adventure: how tiny fish are saving the world's largest rainforest By Montgomery, Sy Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 577.0981 MON "Part science, part carnival--this winding adventure down the Amazon River with award-winning author Sy Montgomery and photographer Keith Ellenbogen explores how tiny fish, called piabas, can help preserve not only the rainforest and it's often misunderstood inhabitants, but the fate of our entire environment."-- |
Breakthrough: how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever By Murphy, Jim Publishing Date: [2015] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 617.0232 MUR "In 1944 a groundbreaking operation repaired the congenital heart defect known as blue baby syndrome. The operation's success brought the surgeon Alfred Blalock international fame and paved the way for open-heart surgery. But the technique had been painstakingly developed by Vivien Thomas, Blalocks African American lab assistant, who stood behind Blalock in the operating room to give him step-by-step instructions. The stories of this medical and social breakthrough and the lives of Thomas, Blalock, and their colleague Dr. Helen Taussig are intertwined in this compelling nonfiction narrative"-- |
Stumbling on history: an art project compels a small German town to face its past By Chapman, Fern Schumer Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: JNF Call Number: J 940.5318 CHA When 89-year-old Edith Westerfeld returns to the small German town where her Jewish family had lived for hundreds of years to witness the installation of a memorial to her family--part of an effort throughout Europe to confront the genocide of World War II, she experiences how art is helping today's generation face and atone for crimes of the past. |
Benjamin Franklin: inventing America By Fleming, Thomas J Publishing Date: 2007 Classification: JNF Call Number: J 973.3092 FLE The life of the printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States. |
Haunted cemeteries around the world By Klepeis, Alicia Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JNF Call Number: J133.122 KLE |
By Krull, Kathleen Publishing Date: 2006 Classification: JNF Call Number: J150.19 KRU Before Freud, nobody discussed "unconscious" motives, Oedipal complexes, the id and the ego, or Freudian slips. Freud was a complicated, often irascible man, who in 19th-century Vienna developed his still-controversial ideas and the new discipline of psychoanalysis. |
Ellis Island: coming to the Land of Liberty By Bial, Raymond Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: JNF Call Number: J304.873 BIA Since opening in 1892, Ellis Island has come to symbolize the waves of immigrants from a list of countries that seems endless. In this work, Bial tells the story of Ellis Island itself. |
By Sullivan, George Publishing Date: 2002, c2001 Classification: JNF Call Number: J305.5 SUL Using a variety of primary sources, this biography of Harriet Tubman describes the life of a former slave who was responsible for helping many other slaves to freedom. |
The book of chocolate: the amazing story of the world's favorite candy By Newquist, H. P Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JNF Call Number: J338.4 NEW |
By Terrell, Brandon Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JNF Call Number: J358.417 TER Explores the mysteries that surround Area 51, discussing the history of the once secret military base, strange sightings in the area, links to the government, and conspiracy theories associated with the base. |
Rags and riches: kids in the time of Charles Dickens By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: JNF Call Number: J362 OSB Explores what life was like for children, both rich and poor, in Victorian Great Britain. |