Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions

These are books and media new to the library and cataloged by the Inyo County Free Library.

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America's National Gallery of Art: a gift to the nation

By Kopper, Philip

Publishing Date: 1991

Classification: 700

Call Number: 708.153 KOP

Ancient Egypt as represented in the Museum of Fine Arts

By Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Publishing Date: 1960]

Classification: 700

Call Number: 709.32 MUS

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Here tomorrow: preserving architecture, culture, and California's golden dreams

By Dineen, J. K.

Publishing Date: [2013]

Classification: 700

Call Number: 720.9794 DIN

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Generations in clay: Pueblo pottery of the American Southwest

By Dittert, Alfred Edward

Publishing Date: c1980

Classification: 700

Call Number: 738.37 DIT

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Hyperbole and a half: unfortunate situations, flawed coping mechanisms, mayhem, and other things that happened

By Brosh, Allie

Publishing Date: 2013

Classification: 700

Call Number: 741.5973 BRO

Collects autobiographical, illustrated essays and cartoons from the author's popular blog and related new material that humorously and candidly deals with her own idiosyncrasies and battles with depression.

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The exquisite book of paper flowers: a guide to making unbelievably realistic paper blooms

By Cetti, Livia

Publishing Date: 2014

Classification: 700

Call Number: 745.5943 CET

The country's premiere paper-flower artist, Livia Cetti is known for her high-style, gorgeous tissue and crepe-paper flowers--many of which are often mistaken for real flowers. The Exquisite Book of Paper Flowers is Cetti's comprehensive how-to manual showcasing her until-now secret techniques for creating 27 popular blooms, including peonies, poppies, roses, and hibiscus. Clear instructions and stunning step-by-step photographs show crafters of all levels how to make individual flowers as well as how to combine blooms to form 20 exquisite garlands, centerpieces, wreaths, corsages, and boutonnieres.

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Crocheting clothes kids love: includes 28 fun-to-wear projects

By Allaho, Shelby

Publishing Date: [2014]

Classification: 700

Call Number: 746.434 ALL

"Whether you have kids or are a kid at heart, you'll love making the fun and kid-stylish projects featured in Crocheting Clothes Kids Love. This easy-to-use book features twenty-eight designs for garments and accessories for school-age kids.. Projects include:sweaters, vests, a capelet, dress, skirt, tank top, and slippers in styles kids are certain to love. Crocheting Clothes Kids Love also includes patterns for accessories, such as: hats, scarves, mittens, wristers, hair bands, jewelry, leg warmers, a backpack, belt, and messenger bag. Creative, fun photography by Nancy Langdon, who also co-authored and photographed Sewing Clothes Kids Love and photographed Knitting Clothes Kids Love shows kids wearing and using the projects to give you added inspiration. All projects are designed using a variety of yarn types in fibers that are easy to care for. Yarns used represent selections from both LYS and big box brands, with generic descriptions, gauge and hook sizes to allow you to easily substitute comparable yarn. New to crochet? No worries. General crochet instructions are provided to make it easy for new crocheters to follow along."--Amazon.

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Floorquilts: fabric decoupaged floorcloths--no-sew fun

By Silver, Ellen Highsmith

Publishing Date: [2007]

Classification: 700

Call Number: 746.6 SIL

Easier to make than an ordinary quilt...stronger than a rug...able to cover large swaths of floor...Floorquilts are the superpowers of fabric crafting! Basic decoupage techniques and supplies are all that's needed to transform a mild-mannered piece of cloth into a beautiful, durable floorcloth. Step-by-step instructions guide readers every step of the way through thirteen appealing projects, from choosing raw fabric to waterproofing the finished Floorquilt. How-to photograph and inspiring examples of floorcloths, placemats, coasters, luggage tags, trivets, bookmarks, and more mean this is the ideal craft for anyone who wants to use cloth as a power for good. * No sewing! * Use rag-bag scraps to make 13 stunning projects * Floorcloths, placemats, coasters, bookmarks, more.

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Carve, stamp, play: designing and creating custom stamps

By Balzer, Julie Fei-Fan

Publishing Date: [2013?]

Classification: 700

Call Number: 746.62 BAL

Take an exciting journey into printing with custom-carved stamps! In this complete stamp-carving workshop, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer covers every aspect of creating and using rubber stamps, including carving linear and curved designs, alphabets, complex and repeating geometrical shapes, and image transfers. After carving your own unique stamps, you'll also learn: How to combine and layer stamps into original designs ; How to design stamps that work together as well as individually ; How to create stamps that combine with or enhance other stamps (hand carved or commercial) ; And how to create complex, layered effects that resemble screen printing. This book also includes simple projects that explore various applications for stamping, including printing on different surfaces such as fabric, leather, paper, and canvas. Find your "authentic" design voice and get carving today!

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The Red Man's bones: George Catlin, artist and showman

By Eisler, Benita

Publishing Date: c2013

Classification: 700

Call Number: 759.13 EIS

George Catlin has been called the "first artist of the West," as none before him lived among and painted the Native American tribes of the Northern Plains. Catlin found his calling: to fix the image of a "vanishing race" before their "extermination"--his word. In the first six years of the 1830s, he created over six hundred portraits--unforgettable likenesses of individual chiefs, warriors, braves, squaws, and children belonging to more than thirty tribes living along the upper Missouri River. Political forces thwarted Catlin's ambition to sell what he called his "Indian Gallery" as a national collection, and in 1840 the artist began three decades of self-imposed exile abroad. For a time, he was the most celebrated American expatriate in London and Paris. But when he started to tour "live" troupes of Ojibwa and Iowa, his fortunes declined: he changed from artist to showman, and from advocate to exploiter. Tragedy and loss engulfed them. This humane portrait brings Catlin and his Indian subjects to life for our own time.--From publisher description.

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Monet: the artist speaks

By Monet, Claude

Publishing Date: 1996

Classification: 700

Call Number: 759.4 MON

Beloved images from the artist's body of work is paired with his reflections on art, aesthetics, life and society. - (HARPERCOLL)

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Van Gogh: the life

By Naifeh, Steven W.

Publishing Date: c2011

Classification: 700

Call Number: 759.9492 NAI

Draws on newly available primary sources to present an in-depth, accessible profile that offers revisionist assessments of the influential artist's turbulent life and genius works.

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Primal forces

By Muench, David

Publishing Date: 2000

Classification: 700

Call Number: 779.3 MUE

Biologist Gilder provides the narration for this gallery of beautiful color photos taken by the Muenches (father and son). Organized around the theme of earth-air-fire-water, the photos feature geologic, biologic and atmospheric wonders such as Upper Antelope Canyon in Arizona; the Olympic Peninsula's Hoh Rain Forest; Colorado National Monument; lightning in the Virgin Islands National Park; Iran's Central Elburz Mountains; and Hawaiian Volcanos National Park. Some photos are double or multiple exposures. Captions with thumbnail photos and photography notes are appended. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - (Book News)

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The Norton manual of music notation

By Heussenstamm, George

Publishing Date: c1987

Classification: 700

Call Number: 781.24 HEU

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My song: a memoir

By Belafonte, Harry

Publishing Date: 2011

Classification: 700

Call Number: 782.42 BEL

The popular singer and former UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador shares the story of his life and career, from his impoverished childhood in Harlem and Jamaica and his racial barrier-breaking career to his commitment to numerous civil causes.

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Guitar for dummies

By Phillips, Mark

Publishing Date: [1998]

Classification: 700

Call Number: 787.87 PHI

"Guitar For Dummies" offers full coverage of the subject, from picking out a guitar to learning to play, expert advice from America's leading guitar authorities, musical exercises and fretboard illustrations--plus a tutorial CD that features licks and songs from the book. Illustrations.

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Gregory Peck: a biography

By Fishgall, Gary

Publishing Date: c2002

Classification: 700

Call Number: 791.43 FIS

Traces the career of the actor who starred in such film classics as "Roman Holiday," "Horatio Hornblower," and "To Kill a Mockingbird," revealing the many personal roles he has played in his life, from husband and friend to dedicated activist.

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Stories I only tell my friends: an autobiography

By Lowe, Rob

Publishing Date: 2011

Classification: 700

Call Number: 791.4302 LOW

A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood.

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Iron horse: Lou Gehrig in his time

By Robinson, Ray

Publishing Date: 1991

Classification: 700

Call Number: 796.357 ROB

Lou Gehrig will go down in history as one of the best ballplayers of all time. With a career average of .340 and 493 home runs, he played in a record-setting 2,130 consecutive games and was elected to the Hall of Fame. He was robbed of his superb physical skills as a relatively young man by ALS, the degenerative disease now known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease", and died in 1941. Ray Robinson re-creates the life of this legendary ballplayer and also provides an insightful look at baseball through the Depression years, including all the great players of that era -- Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Miller Huggins, and more. - (HARPERCOLL)

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Alaska ascents: world-class mountaineers tell their stories

Publishing Date: c1996

Classification: 700

Call Number: 796.522

Sherwonit has proven his exciting adventure-writing ability most recently in Alaska's Accessible Wilderness (Alaska Northwest, 1996). Here, he demonstrates his perspicacious appreciation of other writers' craft in a riveting anthology that highlights the state's challenging mountain peaks. Through firsthand accounts of mountain experiences the enticement of Alaska's peaks becomes tangible to the reader. Each piece effectively captures the intensity of the undertaking and the emotions and challenges relating to a climb. Sherwonit conveniently divides the material into four geographical areas that allow for a greater focus and comparison of approaches and techniques. He has put together a fine compendium of mountain literature highlights. Jo-Anne Mary Copyright 1998 Library Journal Reviews

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