Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
April 2019 - June 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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NEW RELEASE By Ellenport, Craig Publishing Date: [2019] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 302.3028 ELL "Though short and sweet, 140-character Twitter posts, or tweets, have become standard parts of world communication, from the Oval Office on down. Inside, read how this amazing company began and how it grew rapidly while creating an all-new way for people, including celebrities, athletes, politicians, and more, to speak to the world. Social media companies have changed the way that people in every generation communicate." -- Amazon.com. |
Biofuel energy projects: easy energy activities for future engineers By Alkire, Jessie Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 333.9539 ALK "Kids will explore one of Earth's important energy resources with Biofuel Energy Projects. They'll read about the history of biofuel, where it comes from, and how we use it. They'll make candles out of butter, create ethanol from different types of sugar, and more. Projects include color photos and easy-to-follow instructions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO."--Publisher's description. |
By Mason, Tyler Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 362.2908 MAS Learn more about the biggest scandals to rock the sports world, from the Steroid Era of baseball to point shaving in basketball. |
By Spilsbury, Louise Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: J 363.379 SPI Explains how a forest fire can form and spread. |
The girl who drew butterflies: how Maria Merian's art changed science By Sidman, Joyce Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 595.7092 SID "Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself."-- |
Noodleheads find something fishy By Arnold, Tedd Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 741.5973 ARN Brothers Mac and Mac are outwitted by Cousin Meatball, three fish, and even a fishing rod when they set out to learn something new. Includes author's note on tales of fools and the motifs found in this story. |
By Chanani, Nidhi Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: JNF Call Number: J 741.5973 CHA "Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most importantly, who is her father, and why did her mom leave him behind? But Pri's mom avoids these questions--the topic of India is permanently closed. For Pri, her mother's homeland can only exist in her imagination. That is, until she find a mysterious pashmina tucked away in a forgotten suitcase. When she wraps herself in it, she is transported to a place more vivid and colorful than any guidebook or Bollywood film. But is this the real India? And what is that shadow lurking in the background? To learn the truth Pri must travel farther than she's ever dared and find the family she never knew"--Back cover. |
Lights! Camera! Alice: the thrilling true adventures of the first woman filmmaker By Rockliff, Mara Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 791.4302 ROC Meet Alice Guy-Blaché. She made movies--some of the very first movies, and some of the most exciting! Blow up a pirate ship? Why not? Crawl into a tiger's cage? Of course! Leap off a bridge onto a real speeding train? It will be easy! Driven by her passion for storytelling, Alice saw a potential for film that others had not seen before, allowing her to develop new narratives, new camera angles, new techniques, and to surprise her audiences again and again. With daring and vision, Alice Guy-Blaché introduced the world to a thrilling frontier of imagination and adventure, and became one of filmmaking's first and greatest innovators. |
By Grill, William Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 919.8904 GRI Tells the story of the shipwreck of the Endurance in a sea of ice en route to Antarctica, and the survival of all 28 members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton.-- |
Claiming my place: coming of age in the shadow of the Holocaust By Price, Planaria J. Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 940.5318 PRI The true story of a young Jewish woman who survived the Holocaust by escaping to Nazi Germany and hiding in plain sight. |
Thirty minutes over Oregon: a Japanese pilot's World War II story By Nobleman, Marc Tyler Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 940.5428 NOB "In this important and moving true story of reconciliation after war, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, a Japanese pilot bombs the continental U.S. during WWII--the only enemy ever to do so--and comes back 20 years later to apologize."--Provided by publisher. |
Code girls: the true story of the American women who secretly broke codes in World War II By Mundy, Liza Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: J 940.5486 MUN "A nonfiction chronicle of the courageous efforts of remarkable young women recruited by the US government to crack German and Japanese military codes during World War II."--Provided by publisher. |
NEW RELEASE By Hopkinson, Deborah Publishing Date: [2019] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 973.0496 HOP "Carter G. Woodson was born ten years after the end of the Civil War, to parents who had both been enslaved. Their stories were not the ones written about in history books, but Carter learned them and kept them in his heart. Carter's father could not read or write, but he believed in being an informed citizen. So Carter read the newspaper to him every day, and from this practice, he learned about the world and how to find out what he didn't know. Many years later, when he was a student at Harvard University (the second African-American and the only child of enslaved parents to do so), one of his professors said that black people had no history. Carter knew that wasn't true--and he set out to make sure the rest of us knew as well"--Provided by the publisher. |
By Beevor, Lucy Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J004.09 BEE Explore the history and development of the computer and find out how a computer works. Learn about the inventors who helped influence the invention of the computer. |
By Hudak, Heather C. Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J005.25 HUD Who wants to be an app developer? In this title, prospective app developers will meet pioneers in the app development field, examine the history of app development, learn what app developers do, the software they use, where they work, and mobile devices' effects on the industry. |
By Harris, Duchess Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J302.231 HAR These days it's become easier than ever to customize social media feeds to include only information you think is relevant to your interests. But is that necessarily a positive development? Your Personalized Internet uncovers the problematic aspects of online customization, including the dangers of echo chambers and filter bubbles and the loss of privacy that can result from companies sharing your personal information. |
How we got to now: six innovations that made the modern world By Johnson, Steven Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J303.483 JOH "A Young Readers adaptation of the New York Times Bestselling book where author, Steven Johnson, walks readers through the history and impact of six inventions that influence the modern world."-- |
History vs women: the defiant lives that they don't want you to know By Sarkeesian, Anita Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J305.42 SAR From Mongolian wrestlers to Chinese pirates, Native American ballerinas to Egyptian scientists, Japanese novelists to British Prime Ministers, History vs Women will reframe the history that you thought you knew. |
Buried lives: the enslaved people of George Washington's Mount Vernon By McClafferty, Carla Killough Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J306.362 MCC "When he was eleven years old, George Washington inherited ten human beings. The life of the first president has been well chronicled, but the lives of the people of color he owned--the people who sustained his plantation and were buried in unmarked graves there--have not. Using fascinating primary source material and photographs of historical artifacts, author Carla Killough McClafferty sheds light on the lives of several of the men and women enslaved by the Washington family: talented people like Caroline, an expert seamstress, and Peter Hardiman, a gifted horseman, who married and raised a family on the plantation. Determined people like Ona Maria Judge, who tended to Martha Washington's needs day and night, but who still managed, one fateful day, to slip away and sail to freedom. McClafferty also explains in clear terms the property laws of the day that complicated George Washington's eventual decision to free the people he owned, and the modern-day archaeological survey at Mount Vernon's Slave Cemetery that is uncovering new information about a burial ground that was nearly forgotten to time."--Page [2] of cover. |
Frenemies in the family: famous brothers and sisters who butted heads and had each other's backs By Krull, Kathleen Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J306.875 KRU "One minute you can't live without them . . . the next minute you don't want them breathing your air! Siblings everywhere will relate to this humorous look at famous brothers and sisters whose important bonds have shaped their accomplishments . . . (mostly) for the better."--Provided by publisher. |
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