Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
November 2018 - January 2019
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.
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By Capek, Michael Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J940.531 CAP "The Wilhelm Gustloff Story studies the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German passenger liner sunk in World War II's closing months while carrying thousands of refugees. Vivid text and images bring the ship to life, examining its construction, technology, crew, and passengers, as well as its place in history. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Amazon.com. |
Ski soldier: a World War ll biography By Borden, Louise Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: JNF Call Number: J940.54 BOR |
By Cipriano, Jeri S Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J940.54 CIP "Some people call him the smartest baseball player of all time. Moe Berg could speak twelve languages -and make up signs on the baseball diamond. How did this major league catcher go on to become an American spy in World War II?"-- |
D-Day: the WWII invasion that changed history By Hopkinson, Deborah Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: J940.54 HOP "The WWII invasion of Allied troops into German-occupied Europe, known as D-Day, was the largest military endeavor in history. By the time it occurred on June 6, 1944, Hitler and the Axis powers had a chokehold grip on the European continent, which the Allies called "Fortress Europe." Behind enemy lines, Nazi Germany was engaged in the mass extermination of the Jewish people and the oppression of civilians across Europe. The goal of D-Day was no less than the total defeat of Hitler's regime--and the defense of free democracies everywhere. Knowing they had to breach the coast, the United States, Great Britain, and Canada planned the impossible. D-Day was an invasion not for conquest, but for liberation. The vast operation would take years to plan and required complete secrecy in order to maintain the advantage of surprise. Once deployed, Operation Overlord involved soldiers, sailors, paratroopers, and specialists, and a heart-breaking number of casualties on both sides. The major players of D-Day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and countless others, have gone down in history. Acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson details not just their accomplishments, but the courageous contributions of commanders, service members, African-Americans, women, journalists, and others to this critical battle. Her incredible research and masterful weaving of official documents, personal and eye-witness accounts, and archival photos into a clear and compelling narrative thread brings the European arena of WWII to vivid, thrilling life."-- |
By Kallen, Stuart A Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: J940.54 KAL In the South Pacific during World War II, a group of Navajo Marines sent secret messages for the Allies using a code based on the Navajo language. Learn more about these heroes, whose unbreakable code helped win the war. |
The faithful spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the plot to kill Hitler By Hendrix, John Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: J943.086 HEN Tells the fascinating story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his fight against the oppression of the German people during World War II. Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian who was shocked to watch the German church embrace Hitler s agenda of hatred. |
Boots on the ground: America's war in Vietnam By Partridge, Elizabeth Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J959.704 PAR "An exploration of the Vietnam War from many different perspectives including an American soldiers, a nurse, and a Vietnamese refugee."--Provided by publisher. |
By Van Allsburg, Chris Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: JNF Call Number: J971.33 VAN The story of Annie Edson Taylor, who in 1901 decided to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. |
Somali immigrants: in their shoes By Hutchison, Patricia Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J973 HUT "Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Somali immigrants. Additional features include a Fast Facts page, a timeline, informative photo captions, critical-thinking questions,primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, additional resources for further study, and an index"--Provided by publisher. |
At the Battle of Yorktown: an interactive battlefield adventure By Braun, Eric Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: J973.3 BRA This book explores various perspectives surrounding the Battle of Yorktown in the Revolutionary War. Readers are immersed in the action as their choices guide the narrative. |
Unpunished murder: massacre at Colfax and the quest for justice By Goldstone, Lawrence Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: J976.3 GOL "On Easter Sunday of 1873, just eight years after the Civil War ended, a band of white supremacists marched into Grant Parish, Louisiana, and massacred over one hundred unarmed African Americans. The court case that followed would reach the highest court in the land. Yet, following one of the most ghastly and barbaric incidents of mass murder in American history, not a single person was convicted. The opinion issued by the Supreme Court in US v. Cruikshank set in motion a process that would help create a society in which black Americans were oppressed and denied basic human rights -- legally, according to the courts. These injustices would last for the next hundred years, and many continue to exist to this day. In this compelling and thoroughly researched volume for young readers, Lawrence Goldstone traces the evolution of the law and the fascinating characters involved in the story of how the Supreme Court helped institutionalize racism in the American justice system"-- |
Pride: the story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag By Sanders, Rob Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J979.4 SAN Traces the life of the Gay Pride Flag, from its beginnings with social activist Harvey Milk and designer Gilbert Baker to its spanning of the globe and its role in today's world. |
Brave Jane Austen: reader, writer, author, rebel By Pliscou, Lisa Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: JB AUSTEN This picture book biography of the groundbreaking female novelist Jane Austen, recognized as one of the most important and influential writers of all time, is ideal for Women's History Month. Full color. |
By Demi Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: JB CURIE Mainly the story of Marie Curie, also about Pierre Curie, and the discovery of radium. |
Facing Frederick: the life of Frederick Douglass, a monumental American man By Bolden, Tonya Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: JNF Call Number: JB DOUGLASS Frederick Douglass (1818 1895) is best known for the telling of his own emancipation. But there is much more to Douglass s story than his time spent enslaved and his famous autobiography. Facing Frederick captures the whole complicated, and at times perplexing, person that he was. Statesman, suffragist, writer, and newspaperman, this book focuses on Douglass the man rather than the historical icon. |
Becoming Madeleine: a biography of the author of A wrinkle in time by her granddaughters By Voiklis, Charlotte Jones Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: JB L'ENGLE This middle-grade biography explores the life and works of Madeleine L'Engle written by her granddaughters coming just in time for the all-new A Wrinkle in Time film, directed by Ava DuVernay and featuring a multi-racial cast (release date: March 9, 2018). |
Hammering for freedom: the William Lewis story By Hubbard, Rita L Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: JB LEWIS The inspirational story of William "Bill" Lewis, a hardworking blacksmith who slowly saved his money to free his family--Publisher-provided summary. |
House of dreams: the life of L. M. Montgomery By Rosenberg, Liz Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: JB MONT- GOMERY Once upon a time, there was a girl named Maud who adored stories. When she was fourteen years old, Maud wrote in her journal, "I love books. I hope when I grow up to be able to have lots of them." Not only did Maud grow up to own lots of books, she wrote twenty-four of them herself as L. M. Montgomery, the world-renowned author of Anne of Green Gables. For many years, not a great deal was known about Maud's personal life. Her childhood was spent with strict, undemonstrative grandparents, and her reflections on writing, her lifelong struggles with anxiety and depression, her "year of mad passion," and her difficult married life remained locked away, buried deep within her unpublished personal journals. Through this revealing and deeply moving biography, kindred spirits of all ages who, like Maud, never gave up "the substance of things hoped for" will be captivated anew by the words of this remarkable woman. |
When angels sing: the story of Carlos Santana By Mahin, Michael James Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: JB SANTANA Tells the life story of rock musician Carlos Santana. |
Mary Shelley: the strange, true tale of Frankenstein's creator By Reef, Catherine Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: JB SHELLEY "On the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, comes a riveting biography of its author, Mary Shelley, whose life reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history"-- |
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