Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
April 2024 - July 2024
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.
By Spiller, Burton L. Publishing Date: [1974] Classification: 700 Call Number: 799.1092 SPI |
By Krieger, Mel Publishing Date: 1987 Classification: 700 Call Number: 799.12 KRI |
Tell me a story: creating bedtime tales your children will dream on By Collins, Chase Publishing Date: 1992 Classification: 800 Call Number: 808.068 COL Discusses the basics of storytelling, and helps parents rediscover the creative powers within themselves - (Baker & Taylor) |
Norma Jeane Baker of Troy: a version of Euripides's Helen By Carson, Anne Publishing Date: [2019] Classification: 800 Call Number: 812.54 CAR "Norma Jeane Baker of Troy is a meditation on the destabilizing and destructive power of beauty, drawing together Helen of Troy and Marilyn Monroe, twin avatars of female fascination separated by millennia but united in mythopoeic force. Norma Jeane Baker was staged in the spring of 2019 at The Shed's Griffin Theater in New York, starring actor Ben Whishaw and soprano Renee Fleming and directed by Katie Mitchell." -- |
By Daugherty, Tracy Publishing Date: 2023 Classification: 800 Call Number: 813.54 DAU "A biography of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry from New York Times bestselling author Tracy Daugherty. In over forty books, in a career that spanned over sixty years, Larry McMurtry staked his claim as a superior chronicler of the American West, and as the Great Plains' keenest witness since Willa Cather and Wallace Stegner. Larry McMurtry: A Life traces his origins as one of the last American writers who had direct contact with this country's pioneer traditions. It follows his astonishing career as bestselling novelist, Pulitzer-Prize winner, author of the beloved Lonesome Dove, Academy-Award winning screenwriter, public intellectual, and passionate bookseller. A sweeping and insightful look at a versatile, one-of-a-kind American writer, this book is a must-read for every Larry McMurtry fan."-- |
The skeptic: a life of H.L. Mencken By Teachout, Terry Publishing Date: 2002 Classification: 800 Call Number: 818.5209 TEA A portrait of the outspoken American writer and critic traces his early days as a cub reporter to his tenure as founding editor of The American Mercury, citing his controversial views on religion, art, love, and politicians. |
NEW RELEASE As the trail turns: rag short stories, vol. 1, you won't know until you get there By Timeoni, Amanda Publishing Date: ©2024 Classification: 800 Call Number: 818.6 TIM "A selection of my photos and writings from life, work, and hiking long trails."--cover. As the Trail Turns is a collection of unvarnished yet colorful autobiographical short stories and poems by serial long distance hiker Amanda "Not a Chance" Timeoni. The collection recounts moments from over 20,000 miles of long trails, growing up in Ohio, working on a farm, hitchhiking, and love.--Amazon. |
By Doyle, John Publishing Date: 1999 Classification: 800 Call Number: 822.33 DOY A guide to the comedies, tragedies, and histories of the renowned playwright and poet includes plot and main character summaries, and an overview of sentence structure and word use. |
By Birkenhead, Frederick Winston Furneaux Smith Publishing Date: 1978 Classification: 800 Call Number: 828.809 BIR |
Between parentheses: essays, articles, and speeches, 1998-2003 By Bolaño, Roberto Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: 800 Call Number: 864 BOL Collection of most of Bolano's newspaper columns, articles (many about other literary authors), prefaces, and texts of talks or speeches given by Bolano during the last five years of his life. "Taken together, they make a surprisingly rounded whole ... a kind of fragmented 'autobiography.'"--Introduction, p.1. |
The gift: poems by the great Sufi master By Hafiz Publishing Date: 1999 Classification: 800 Call Number: 891.5511 HAF More than any other Persian poet, it is perhaps Hafiz who accesses the mystical, healing dimensions of poetry. With this collection of 250 of Hafiz's most intimate poems, translator Ladinsky has succeeded in capturing the essence of one of Islam's greatest poetic and religious voices. Each line imparts the qualities of this spiritual teacher: an audacious love that empowers lives, profound knowledge, wild generosity, and a sweet, playful genius unparalleled in world literature.--From publisher description. |
By Statler, Oliver Publishing Date: [1961] Classification: 900 Call Number: 915.2 STA Family story of 18 generations and of the inn they have tended since 1582. |
The dog lover's companion to California By Goodavage, Maria Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: 900 Call Number: 917.9404 GOO The Dog Lover's Companion to California has the inside scoop on the best dog runs, parks, beaches, hiking trails, camping areas, pet-friendly businesses, and much more. Local author Maria Goodavage and her trusty companion Jake have dug up many surprising resources available to dogs in the Golden State, such as baseball games, summer camps, and pet parades. For the less outdoorsy dog, there are doggy spas, art openings, and even winery visits! Packed with helpful maps, up-to-date leash laws, and a useful "paw" ranking system for all locations in the book, The Dog Lover's Companion to California is a dog's best friend. - (Perseus Publishing) |
Colors of the wind: the story of blind artist and champion runner George Mendoza By Powers, J. L Publishing Date: [2021] Classification: 900 Call Number: 927 POW "George Mendoza started going blind at age 15 from a degenerative eye disease, losing his central vision and seeing objects that weren't there. He triumphed over his blindness by setting the world record in the mile for blind runners, and later competing in both the 1980 and 1984 Olympics for the Disabled. Now a full-time artist, Mendoza's collection of paintings, also titled Colors of the Wind, is a National Smithsonian Affiliates traveling exhibit"-- |
Lawrence of Arabia: the authorized biography of T.E. Lawrence By Wilson, Jeremy Publishing Date: 1990, ©1989 Classification: 900 Call Number: 940.4151 WIL Examines Lawrence's life and achievements, from his Oxford childhood to his military and diplomatic roles during and after World War I. |
Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: 900 Call Number: 940.5302 "This book is a brilliant collection of cartoons from Britain, the United States, Germany, and Russia. It contains the work of all of World War II's greatest cartoonists, including Bill Mauldin, Fougasse, Emett, David Langdon, and Graham Laidler"--Publisher's description. |
Redress: the inside story of the successful campaign for Japanese American reparations By Tateishi, John Publishing Date: [2020] Classification: 900 Call Number: 940.5317 TAT "This is the unlikely but true story of the Japanese American Citizens League's fight for an official government apology and compensation for the imprisonment of more than 100,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. Author John Tateishi, himself the leader of the JACL Redress Committee for many years, is first to admit that the task was herculean in scale. The campaign was seeking an unprecedented admission of wrongdoing from Congress. It depended on a unified effort but began with an acutely divided community: for many, the shame of "camp" was so deep that they could not even speak of it; money was a taboo subject; the question of the value of liberty was insulting. Besides internal discord, the American public was largely unaware that there had been concentration camps on US soil, and Tateishi knew that concessions from Congress would only come with mass education about the government's civil rights violations. Beyond the backroom politicking and verbal fisticuffs that make this book a swashbuckling read, Redress is the story of a community reckoning with what it means to be both culturally Japanese and American citizens; how to restore honor; and what duty it has to protect such harms from happening again. This book has powerful implications as the idea of reparations shapes our national conversation."-- |
Dear Bob: Bob Hope's wartime correspondence with the G.I.s of World War II By Bolton, Martha Publishing Date: [2021] Classification: 900 Call Number: 940.54 BOL An extraordinary collection of posts to and from the "G.I.s' best friend" and incomparable entertainer. |
Nagasaki: the massacre of the innocent and unknowing By Collie, Craig Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: 900 Call Number: 940.54 COL In early August 1945, the people of Nagasaki went about the usual struggle of their daily wartime existence. No-one could have imagined the horror of what was about to happen. Nagasaki follows ordinary people on the ground in the hours after the dropping of the bomb. |
U-48: the most successful U-boat of the Second World War By Kurowski, Franz Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: 900 Call Number: 940.5459 KUR Following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, Germany was not permitted to build or operate submarines. However, clandestine training took place on Finnish and Spanish submarines and U-boats were still built to German designs in Dutch yards. After the outset of the Second World War, a fleet of U-boats was created in Germany and U-48 took up its place around England. By August 1941, U-48, the most successful boat of the Second World war, had sunk 56 merchant ships. |