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 That good night: life and medicine in the eleventh hour By Puri, Sunita Publishing Date: [2019] Classification: 600 Call Number: 610.92 PUR "A heart-wrenching and provocative memoir about how the essential parts of one young woman's early life--her mother's work as a surgeon and her spiritual practice--led her to become a doctor and to question the premise that medicine exists to prolong life at all costs. Dr. Sunita Puri's parents grew up in urban India, in extreme poverty. Yet they managed not only to reach America, but her mother become a renowned anesthesiologist too. As a young girl, Puri realized that the gulf between her parents' experiences and her own was nearly impossible to bridge, save for two elements: medicine and faith. Puri spent her childhood in nurse's lounges waiting for her mother to exit the OR, and also in deep conversation with her parents about the role of faith in shaping a compassionate life. As a young woman, Puri followed her mother into medicine. But as the years of her training passed, Puri began to question medicine's power. Were patients' lives being saved, or merely prolonged? What did doctors understand when patients use words like "warrior," "survive," "recover"? Eventually, Puri's questions led her to palliative care--a new field, one at work translating the border between medical intervention and quality of life care. By helping patients think through radical medical decisions, Puri balanced the pull of her family's faith and the incessant and sterile push of Western medicine. Written in gorgeous, evocative prose, That Good Night shares Puri's own stories along with her patients' to reveal a nuanced and optimistic portrait of medicine and hospitalization, arming readers with questions that will revolutionize the way we connect with our doctors"-- |
By Tarr, Noelle Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: 600 Call Number: 613.25 TAR "Created by the expert hosts of the popular Well-Fed Women Podcast, a step-by-step food and fitness plan for women, that teaches them how to improve their health by changing the quality--not the quantity--of the food they eat."-- |
Wild by nature: from Siberia to Australia, three years alone in the wilderness on foot By Marquis, Sarah Publishing Date: [2016] Classification: 600 Call Number: 613.69 MAR "One woman, 10,000 miles on foot, 6 countries, 8 pairs of hiking boots, 3,000 cups of tea, 1,000 days and nights ... In Wild by Nature, National Geographic Explorer Sarah Marquis takes you on the trail of her ten-thousand-mile solo hike from Siberia to Thailand, at which point she was transported by boat to complete the hike at her favorite tree in Australia."--Jacket. |
NEW RELEASE The art of dying well: a practical guide to a good end of life By Butler, Katy Publishing Date: [2019] Classification: 600 Call Number: 616.029 BUT "An inspiring, informative, and practical guide to navigating end of life issues, by a groundbreaking expert in the field and the New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven's Door. In the mid-1400s, an unnamed Catholic monk composed a popular self-help book called Ars Moriendi, or The Art of Dying. Written in Latin, this medieval death manual taught people how to navigate the trials of the deathbed, using simple rituals of repentance, reassurance, and letting go. Bestselling author and award-winning journalist Katy Butler argues that we have lost touch with the "art of dying" as practiced by our ancestors, yet we still hunger for rites of passage, and a sense of the sacred, especially in the important life transitions of aging and dying. Butler has lectured at medical schools, and spoken with community and caregiving organizations across the country. Here she reveals what she has learned about dying in America today--and how to have a better end of life. We are coping with a medical system in disarray, in its approach to people who are aging, dying, or chronically ill. Butler argues that it's not about living as long as possible, it's about living as well as possible. Not only does our current system poorly serve our medical needs, it also crowds out any sense of the sacred. It's time to restore a sense of honor, and through exploring the stages of later life, sharing "good death" stories, as well as offering practical takeaways, The Art of Dying Well illuminates a path to a better end of life"-- |
NEW RELEASE Everything in its place: first loves and last tales By Sacks, Oliver Publishing Date: 2019 Classification: 600 Call Number: 616.8 SAC "From the best-selling author of Gratitude and On the Move, a final volume of essays that showcases Sacks's broad range of interests--from his passions for ferns, swimming, and horsetails, to his final case histories exploring schizophrenia, dementia, and Alzheimer's. Oliver Sacks, scientist and storyteller, is beloved by readers for his neurological case histories, his fascination and familiarity with human behavior at its most unexpected and unfamiliar. Everything In Its Place is a celebration of Sacks's myriad interests, all told with his characteristic compassion, erudition, and luminous prose"-- |
Unlearn your anxiety & depression: a self-guided process to reprogram your brain By Schubiner, Howard Publishing Date: c2016 Classification: 600 Call Number: 616.85 SCH |
NEW RELEASE By Warrington, Ruby Publishing Date: [2019] Classification: 600 Call Number: 616.861 WAR How different would our lives be if we stopped drinking on autopilot? If we stopped drinking altogether? Really different, it turns out. Really better. Frank, funny, and always judgment free, Sober Curious is a bold guide to choosing to live hangover-free, from Ruby Warrington, one of the leading voices of the new sobriety movement. |
What to do when you're having a baby By Mayer, Gloria G. Publishing Date: c2001 Classification: 600 Call Number: 618.2 MAY Useful information for a having good pregnancy and giving birth to a healthy baby. |
The new science of strong materials, or, Why you don't fall through the floor By Gordon, J. E. Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: 600 Call Number: 620.11 GOR "J. E. Gordon's classic introduction to the properties of materials used in engineering answers some fascinating and fundamental questions about how the structural world around us works. Gordon focuses on so-called strong materials--such as metals, wood, ceramics, glass, and bone--explaining in engaging and accessible terms the unique physical and chemical basis for their inherent structural qualities. He also shows how an in-depth understanding of these materials? intrinsic strengths--and weaknesses--guides our engineering choices, allowing us to build the structures that support our society. This work is an enduring example of first-rate scientific communication. Philip Ball's introduction describes Gordon's career and the impact of his innovations in materials research, while also discussing how the field has evolved since Gordon wrote this enduring example of first-rate scientific communication."--Amazon.com. |
Structures: or why things don't fall down By Gordon, J. E. Publishing Date: [2003] Classification: 600 Call Number: 624.17 GOR "Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down is an informal explanation of the basic forces that hold together the ordinary and essential things of this world--from buildings and bodies to flying aircraft and eggshells."--Publisher. |
Making your small farm profitable By Macher, Ron Publishing Date: ©1999 Classification: 600 Call Number: 630.68 MAC "Apply 25 guiding principles -- Develop new crops & new markets -- Maximize net profits per acre."--Cover. |
Letters to a young farmer: on food, farming, and our future By Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: 600 Call Number: 630.973 STO Letters to a Young Farmer is both a compelling history and a vital road map - a reckoning of how we eat and farm; how the two can come together to build a more sustainable future; and why now, more than ever before, we need farmers. |
The poppy: a cultural history from Ancient Egypt to Flanders Fields to Afghanistan By Saunders, Nicholas J. Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: 600 Call Number: 633.75 SAU "In the aftermath of the horrific trench warfare of the First World War, the poppy, sprouting across the killing fields of France and Belgium ... became a worldwide icon. Yet the poppy has a longer history, as the tell-tale sign of human cultivation of the land, of the ravages of war and the desire to escape the earthly realm through inspired Romantic opium dreams or the grim reality of morphine drips. This is a story spanning three thousand years, from the ancient Egyptian fights over prized medicinal potions tro the addicted veterans returning home from the American Civil War, from the British political machinations during the Opium Wars with China to the struggle to end Afghanistan's tribal narcotics trade. Through it all, there stands the transformative poppy."--Jacket. |
Sugar snaps & strawberries: simple solutions for creating your own small-space edible garden By Bellamy, Andrea Publishing Date: ©2010 Classification: 600 Call Number: 635.0484 BEL Contains advice and instructions on how to plan, create, and tend an organic food garden in a small space, offering tips on how to determine a personal garden style, find and assess garden space, plan and build a garden, prepare soil, sow and grow seeds, keep plants healthy, harvest crops, and prepare for the next year, and including an annotated list of edible plants. |
By Gehring, Abigail R. Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: 600 Call Number: 640 GEH Product Description: Rediscover the pleasures and challenges of a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle. Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills-the kind employed by our forefathers-and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide. With hundreds of projects, step-by-step sequences, photographs, charts, and illustrations, The Back to Basics Handbook will help you dye your own wool with plant pigments, graft trees, raise chickens, craft a hutch table with hand tools, and make treats such as blueberry peach jam and cheddar cheese. The truly ambitious will find instructions on how to build a log cabin or an adobe brick homestead. More than just practical advice, this is also a book for dreamers- even if you live in a city apartment you will find your imagination sparked, and there's no reason why you can't, for example, make a loom and weave a rag rug. Complete with tips for old-fashioned fun (square dancing calls, homemade toys, and kayaking tips), this is the ultimate concise guide to voluntary simplicity. 500 color illustrations. |
Cuisine and empire: cooking in world history By Laudan, Rachel Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: 600 Call Number: 641.5 LAU Cuisine and Empire shows how merchants, missionaries, and the military took cuisines over mountains, oceans, deserts, and across political frontiers. Laudan's innovative narrative treats cuisine, like language, clothing, or architecture, as something constructed by humans. |
Sacramental magic in a small-town cafe: recipes and stories from Brother Juniper's Café By Reinhart, Peter Publishing Date: ©1994 Classification: 600 Call Number: 641.5 REI Brother Peter Reinhart and his wife, Sister Susan, members of a semi-monastic religious order, founded a small caf©♭ in the town of Forestville, California, and he shares this combination biography, recipe book, spiritual odyssey, and love affair. |
By Riley, Gillian Publishing Date: 1997 Classification: 600 Call Number: 641.5 RIL "Van Gogh painted sunflowers with the enthusiasm of a Marseillais devouring his bouillabaisse. Gillian Riley shows a similar enthusiasm in her book of extraordinary facts, sumptuous pictures and delicious recipes. This book is a feast for all the senses. We are introduced, whether through Crivelli or Cezanne, to gastronomic pleasures found in works of art from the Renaissance to the Impressionists. Incidental domestic details in religious paintings give endearing glimpses of housekeeping in sixteenth-century Macerata, or table manners in Tiepolo's Venice; the glowing lobster and fruit of a Dutch still life tell of pleasure in prosperity in the Golden Age of the Netherlands. Cezanne's passionate renderings of fruit and crockery are reminders of the splendours of Provencale cuisine; Velazquez deploys in the reluctant hands of his sulky Martha the essential ingredients of a basic Spanish sauce, while Caravaggio's intense realism serves us a succulent guinea fowl and a numinous bowl of fruit for the supper at Emmaus. In a "Feast for the Eyes" we can enjoy the skills of both studio and kitchen. The recipes evoke the style and flavour of the lovingly described works of art."-- Amazon.com. |
The art of simple food: notes, lessons, and recipes from a delicious revolution By Waters, Alice Publishing Date: 2007 Classification: 600 Call Number: 641.5 WAT Here you will find Alice's philosophy on everything from stocking your kitchen, to mastering fundamentals and preparing delicious, seasonal inspired meals all year long. Always true to her philosophy that a perfect meal is one that's balanced in texture, color, and flavor, Waters helps us embrace the seasons' bounty and make the best choices when selecting ingredients.--From publisher's description. |
NEW RELEASE Save me the plums: my Gourmet memoir By Reichl, Ruth Publishing Date: [2019] Classification: 600 Call Number: 641.5092 REI The journalist and author chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine and her work with legendary fellow epicureans to transform how America thinks about food. |
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