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.
Impact: asteroids and the science of saving the world By Rusch, Elizabeth Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JNF Call Number: J551.3 RUS "Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes--and hit our planet in them, too. But what happens if a catastrophically large one approaches earth? By looking on the ground at historical asteroid craters and present-day falls, and up into space for the big ones yet to come, a wide variety of scientists are trying to figure out how to track asteroids--and how to avoid devastating impacts in the future."-- |
Rivers of sunlight: how the sun moves water around the earth By Bang, Molly Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: JNF Call Number: J551.48 BAN "The sun explains its role in the movement of water around the Earth, from the lifting of fresh water from the seas, to the movement of underwater currents that nourish the world's oceans. The sun has a hand in moving rivers of water in its liquid, gaseous, and solid states all around the Earth, enabling life to exist on our planet. But human beings are interfering in this natural cycle, unbalancing the amount of fresh water available."-- |
Polar vortex and climate change By Orr, Tamra B Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J551.509 ORR "This book relays the factual details of the 2014 polar vortex and climate change. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a college student, New Yorker, and coal miner. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives while gathering and analyzing information about a modern event"--Provided by publisher. |
Spring after spring: how Rachel Carson inspired the environmental movement By Sisson, Stephanie Roth Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: J570.92 SIS As a child, Rachel Carson lived by the rhythms of the natural world. Spring after spring, year after year, she observed how all living things are connected. And as an adult, Rachel watched and listened as the natural world she loved so much began to fall silent. Spring After Spring traces Rachels journey as scientist and writer, courageously speaking truth to an often hostile world through her book, and ultimately paving the way for the modern environmental movement. |
Fast, faster, fastest: animals that move at great speeds By Dahl, Michael Publishing Date: c2006 Classification: JNF Call Number: J573.7 DAH This book describes animals that can move at great speeds, from a kangaroo to a peregrine falcon. |
Charles Darwin's On the origin of species By Stefoff, Rebecca Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J576.82 STE This Young Reader s Edition makes Darwin s cornerstone of modern science accessible to readers of all ages. Meticulously curated to honor Darwin s original text, this compelling edition also provides contemporary insight, photographs, illustrations, and more. |
Many: the diversity of life on Earth By Davies, Nicola Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: JNF Call Number: J577.27 DAV The more we study the world around us, the more living things we discover every day. The planet is full of millions of species of plants, birds, animals, and microbes, and every single one including us is part of a big, beautiful, complicated pattern. When humans interfere with parts of the pattern, by polluting the air and oceans, taking too much from the sea, and cutting down too many forests, animals and plants begin to disappear. What sort of world would it be if it went from having many types of living things to having just one? |
Life on Surtsey, Iceland's upstart island By Burns, Loree Griffin Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JNF Call Number: J577.5 BUR "In this addition to the Scientists in the Field series, readers join scientists as they tackle something unusual in the world of ecosystems: colonization. Not a colonization by people, but one of cells, seeds, spores, and other life forms that blow in, fly in, float in, and struggle to survive on the beautiful but harsh new island of Surtsey."-- |
Birds vs. blades: offshore wind power and the race to protect seabirds By Hirsch, Rebecca E Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JNF Call Number: J578.77 HIR Shares information on how scientists are using implants in sea birds to study the impact wind farms have on the birds. |
By Gravel, Elise Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: J579 GRA Explore the science of some of nature's weirdest and wildest characters---mushrooms! |
By Benbow, Ann Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: JNF Call Number: J580.78 BEN "Presents several easy-to-do science experiments using plants"--Provided by publisher. |
By Edwards, Nicola Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: JNF Call Number: J581.464 EDW |
By Edwards, Nicola Publishing Date: c2007 Classification: JNF Call Number: J581.48 EDW Leaves are described and defined, their growth is explored, and their special features and uses are presented in an engaging and accessible way. Science curricula calling for the understanding of plant and flower parts and growth are matched. |
By Edwards, Nicola Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: JNF Call Number: J582.13 EDW Flowers are described and defined, their growth is explored, and their special features and uses are presented in an engaging and accessible way. Science curricula calling for the understanding of plant and flower parts and growth are matched. |
By Edwards, Nicola Publishing Date: 2007 Classification: JNF Call Number: J582.16 EDW Describes different kinds of trees around the world, the environments in which trees grow, the process by which they grow, and ways humans use them. |
Champion: the comeback tale of the American chestnut tree By Walker, Sally M Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: J583.65 WAL "The story of the near-extinction and recovery of the American Chestnut tree."-- |
By Hibbert, Clare Publishing Date: [2004] Classification: JNF Call Number: J583.99 HIB Teaches children about the life cycle of a sunflower, explaining how they develop from a seed into a tall plant, where they are found, and what dangers they face. |
By Brookes, Olivia Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: JNF Call Number: J590 BRO Uses a question-and-answer format to help children learn more about the different types of animals found around the world. |
Old, older, oldest: animals that live long lives By Dahl, Michael Publishing Date: c2006 Classification: JNF Call Number: J591.35 DAH Contains an introduction to animals that live to old age, presented in simple text with illustrations, and includes information on the camel, elephant, parakeet, cockatoo, box turtle, and bowhead whale. Includes facts about each animal. |
By Hopkins, Therese Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: JNF Call Number: J591.47 HOP Presents facts about animals that live in shells. |