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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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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