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.
The search for Olinguito: discovering a new species By Markle, Sandra Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JNF Call Number: J599.763 MAR "Learn about the olinguito, one of the most recently discovered mammal species, the discovery thereof, and the "cloud forests" in which they live."-- |
Sea otter heroes: the predators that saved an ecosystem By Newman, Patricia Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JNF Call Number: J599.769 NEW "Marine biologist Brent Hughes discovered a surprising connection between sea otters and sea grass at an estuary in northern California. Follow science in action as Hughes conducts the research that led to this major discovery."-- |
Frontier surgeons: a story about the Mayo brothers By Crofford, Emily Publishing Date: c1989 Classification: JNF Call Number: J610 CRO A biography of the two doctor brothers whose Minnesota clinic became world-famous. |
By Bow, James Publishing Date: c2017 Classification: JNF Call Number: J621.988 BOW |
Lighter than air: Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot By Smith, Matthew Clark Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: JNF Call Number: J629 SMI Shares the life of the first female to work as a professional balloonist, making more than sixty ascents until 1819, she became the first woman to die in an aviation accident. |
Mission to Pluto: the first visit to an ice dwarf and the Kuiper belt By Carson, Mary Kay Publishing Date: [2016] Classification: JNF Call Number: J629.43 CAR "Follow a spacecraft the size of a piano, named New Horizons, on the first ever spacecraft mission to Pluto, the space entity formerly known as a planet, in the latest addition to the epic and authoritative Scientists in the Field series."-- |
Dog heroes: a nonfiction companion to Magic tree house #46: Dogs in the dead of night By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: JNF Call Number: J636.7 OSB Answers questions about the history and behavior of dogs and provides true stories of dog heroics. |
Maya Lin: artist-architect of light and lines By Harvey, Jeanne Walker Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JNF Call Number: J720.92 LIN "The bold story of Maya Lin, the artist-architect who designed the Vietnam War Memorial"-- |
By Rubin, Susan Goldman Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: JNF Call Number: J746 RUB |
The music of life: Bartolomeo Cristofori and the invention of the piano By Rusch, Elizabeth Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JNF Call Number: J786.2 RUS Presents the life of the inventor of the piano, explaining why, how, and when he created the musical instrument. |
Out of wonder: poems celebrating poets Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: JNF Call Number: J808.1 Presents a collection of twenty poems written in tribute to well-known poets from around the world. |
The quest for Z: the true story of explorer Percy Fawcett and a lost city in the Amazon By Pizzoli, Greg Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JNF Call Number: J910.92 PIZ "The true story of the British explorer Percy Fawcett, who set out on a doomed expedition to find a lost city in the Amazon jungle"-- |
The back of beyond: a story about Lewis and Clark By Bowen, Andy Russell Publishing Date: c1997 Classification: JNF Call Number: J917.804 BOW An account of the 1804-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition which took the explorers from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. |
By Hyde, Natalie Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JNF Call Number: J940.53 HYD |
By Hoyt, Edwin P Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: JNF Call Number: J940.54 HOY |
NEW RELEASE By Sonneborn, Liz Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: J942.9 SON |
NEW RELEASE By Rogers Seavey, Lura Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J943.71 SEA |
NEW RELEASE By Mara, Wil Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J949.65 MAR |
Mongol conquests: warfare, slaughter, and political rule By Freedman, Jeri Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: JNF Call Number: J950.2 FRE "Contrary to popular portrayal, the Mongols were not simply bloodthirsty barbarians cutting a swath of destruction across the eastern world. They were ruthless in war, but they were also a well-organized military force whose leadership excelled at strategy and military innovation. This examination of Mongol military prowess dives into their greatest conquests across Eurasia, their advances in both military and civilian technology, and their political leadership in managing conquered peoples of different cultures and traditions."--Amazon.com description. |
NEW RELEASE By Yomtov, Nelson Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: J956.7 YOM |