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.
Upriver and downstream: the best fly-fishing and angling adventures from the New York times Publishing Date: c2007 Classification: 700 Call Number: 799.124 A compilation of essays from the popular "Outdoors" column from The New York Times features contributions from Nick Lyons, Peter Kaminsky, Ernest Schweibert, Patricia Leigh Brown, Robert H. Boyle, and Thomas McGuane that reflect on the unique joys of fishing around the globe. - (Baker & Taylor) |
The art of fly fishing: an illustrated history of rods, reels, and favorite flies By Fersen, Paul Publishing Date: c2000 Classification: 700 Call Number: 799.124 FER Contents: The world of fly fishing -- Five hundred years of tradition : the history of fly fishing -- Mechanical aesthetics : wood, steel, and aluminum reels -- Art of the rod : willow to bamboo to graphite -- Natural artificials : fly-tying magic. |
Fifty places to fly fish before you die: fly-fishing experts share the world's greatest destinations By Santella, Chris Publishing Date: 2004 Classification: 700 Call Number: 799.124 SAN The fifty essays included a background of each site, how-to hints, and colorful anecdotes based on the author's and authorities' experiences. The book also provides adventurous anglers with enough travel and tackle information so that they, too can start planning fishing excursions around the globe. |
By Humphrey, William Publishing Date: 1979 Classification: 700 Call Number: 799.1755 HUM From the acclaimed author of Home from the Hill and The Ordways comes a charming and erudite account of what happens when the fish hooks the fisherman In the Berkshire mountains, novelist and avid outdoorsman William Humphrey discovers a gigantic, one-eyed brown trout lazing in the shallows of a roadside stream. Between three and four feet long and weighing more than thirty pounds, it is a fish too big not to be fished for. It is also, therefore, a fish too big to be caught. Yet Humphrey resolves to do just that, and with a dry fly, no less. What follows is a season-long pursuit of the impos. |
Modern streamers for trophy trout: new techniques, tactics, and patterns By Linsenman, Bob Publishing Date: c1999 Classification: 700 Call Number: 799.1757 LIN This first modern, all-encompassing manual on the art of streamer fishing teaches new techniques for catching trophy-sized trout on a fly. Streamers are the most effective of all fly patterns for the seduction of large trout, because they imitate the look and behavior of the smaller fish these trophies feed on. Sooner or later, every angler seeking the thrill of landing a trout over 20 inches--a dream fish for most--will need to understand the particular art of streamer fishing. This is the first book written about streamers in over 50 years. Despite streamer fishing's perennial popularity, it has been eclipsed in recent years by the sport's long love affair with dry flies. Revealed here in this indispensable, knowledgeable book are dozens of new streamer patterns and many proven advanced techniques for hooking huge trout, making it a must-buy for the dedicated fly-fisherman at any level of experience. - (Norton Pub) |
By Tomalin, Claire Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: 800 Call Number: 801 TOM "In A Life of My Own, the renowned biographer of Charles Dickens, Samuel Pepys, and Thomas Hardy, and former literary editor for the Sunday Times reflects on a remarkable life surrounded by writers and books." -- From Amazon.com summary. |
Hope nation: YA authors share personal moments of inspiration Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: 800 Call Number: 810.8 "To help embolden hope, here is a powerhouse collection of essays and letters that speak directly to teens and all YA readers"-- |
By Cohen, Leonard Publishing Date: ©2006 Classification: 800 Call Number: 811.54 COH This new collection--20 years in the making--of poetry and original illustrations by the legendary Leonard Cohen is timed to coincide with the release of the feature-length documentary, "I'm Your Man." |
American audacity: in defense of literary daring By Giraldi, William Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: 800 Call Number: 814.6 GIR "Over the last decade William Giraldi has established himself as a charismatic and uncompromising literary essayist. American Audacity gathers Giraldi's fierce and witty considerations of American writers and themes, including a never-before-published appreciation of James Baldwin and an introductory call to arms for twenty-first-century American literature. With deep seeing and enormous learning, Giraldi considers giants from the past (Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Harper Lee), some of our great living critics and novelists (Harold Bloom, Cynthia Ozick, Allan Gurganus, Elizabeth Spencer), and those cultural-literary themes that have concerned him as a novelist (best-selling books, the problem of Catholic fiction, and his viral essay on bibliophilia). Demanding that literature be urgent and audacious, this book is itself an act of intellectual and stylistic daring. At a time when literature is threatened by ceaseless electronic distraction, Giraldi reaffirms the pleasure and wisdom of literary values" -- |
By O'Rourke, P. J. Publishing Date: ©1988 Classification: 800 Call Number: 818.5402 ORO P.J. O'Rourke travels to hellholes around the globe looking for trouble, the truth and a good time. |
The works of John Donne: with an introduction and bibliography By Donne, John Publishing Date: c1994 Classification: 800 Call Number: 821.3 DON |
By MacGregor, Neil Publishing Date: [2012] Classification: 800 Call Number: 822.33 G MAC In this brilliant work of historical reconstruction Neil MacGregor and his team at the British Museum, working together in a landmark collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the BBC, bring us twenty objects that capture the essence of Shakespeare's universe and the Tudor era of Elizabeth I. |
The golden age of murder: the mystery of the writers who invented the modern detective story By Edwards, Martin Publishing Date: 2015 Classification: 800 Call Number: 823.0872 EDW "A real-life detective story, investigating how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction, writing books casting new light on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors' darkest secrets."--Publisher's description. |
The Vinland sagas: the Norse discovery of America Publishing Date: 1965 Classification: 800 Call Number: 839.608 |
Quicksand: what it means to be a human being By Mankell, Henning Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: 800 Call Number: 839.738 MAN "In January 2014, Henning Mankell received a diagnosis of lung cancer. Quicksand is a response to this shattering news--but it is not a memoir of destruction. Instead, it is a testament to a life fully lived, a tribute to the extraordinary but fleeting human journey that delivers both boundless opportunity and crucial responsibility. In a series of intimate vignettes, Mankell ranges over rich and varied reflections: of growing up in a small Swedish town, where he experiences a startling revelation on a winter morning as a young boy; of living hand-to-mouth during a summer in Paris as an ambitious young writer; of his work at a theater in Mozambique, where Lysistrata is staged in the midst of civil war; of chance encounters with men and women who changed his understanding of the world. Along the way, Mankell ponders the meaning of a good life, and the critically important ways we can shape the future of humanity if we are fortunate enough to have the choice. Vivid, clear-eyed, and breathtakingly beautiful, Quicksand is an invaluable parting gift from a great man."-- |
By Rimbaud, Arthur Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: 800 Call Number: 841.8 RIM From the Publisher: One of the world's most influential poets, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) is remembered as much for his volatile personality and tumultuous life as he is for his writings, almost all of which he produced before the age of twenty. Paul Schmidt's acclaimed collection brings together his complete poetry, prose, and letters, including "The Drunken Boat," "The Orphans' New Year," "After the Flood," and "A Season in Hell." Complete Works is divided into eight "seasons"-Childhood, the Open Road, War, the Tormented Heart, the Visionary, the Damned Soul, a Few Belated Cowardices, and the Man with the Wind at His Heels-that reflect the facets of Rimbaud's life. Insightful commentary by Schmidt reveals the courage, vision, and imagination of Rimbaud's poetry and sheds light on one of the most enigmatic figures in letters. |
Pablo Neruda: a passion for life By Feinstein, Adam Publishing Date: 2004 Classification: 800 Call Number: 861.62 FEI A biography of the Chilean author and poet traces his odyssey from a poverty-stricken youth, through his participation in the Spanish Civil War and exile from his own country, to his remarkable literary endeavors. |
The Norton book of classical literature Publishing Date: c1993 Classification: 800 Call Number: 880.09 An anthology of classical literature features more than three hundred pieces, representing the foundation of Western literature, as well as commentary that discusses the origins of Greek language, Homer, the fall of Rome, and more. - (Baker & Taylor) |
Season of migration to the north By Salih, Tayeb Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: 800 Call Number: 892.7 SAL After years of study in Europe, the young narrator of "Season of Migration to the North" returns to his village along the Nile in the Sudan. It is the 1960s, and he is eager to make a contribution to the new postcolonial life of his country. Back home, he discovers a stranger among the familiar faces of childhood--the enigmatic Mustafa Sa'eed. Mustafa takes the young man into his confidence, telling him the story of his own years in London, of his brilliant career as an economist, and of the series of fraught and deadly relationships with European women that led to a terrible public reckoning and his return to his native land. But what is the meaning of Mustafa's shocking confession? Mustafa disappears without explanation, leaving the young man--whom he has asked to look after his wife--in an unsettled and violent no-man's-land between Europe and Africa, tradition and innovation, holiness and defilement, and man and woman, from which no one will escape unaltered or unharmed. |
By Cao, Xueqin Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: 800 Call Number: 895.1 CAO Beloved by generations of Chinese readers, The Dream of the Red Chamber is China's touching equivalent of the Romeo & Juliet story. In addition to being a tale of star-crossed lovers, this epic novel also follows the story of five generations of one Chinese family giving modern readers a multi-layered dramatic plot to get lost in at the same time as it offers up key insights into Chinese culture. |