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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The death of Socrates

By Mongin, Jean Paul

Publishing Date: 2015

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J183 MON

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Inside Biosphere 2: earth science under glass

By Carson, Mary Kay

Publishing Date: 2015

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J304.2 CAR

"In the 1990s, scientists lived inside Biosphere 2 (Biosphere 1 is the Earth itself) for two years, trying to figure out if colonizing Mars would ever be possible. Now scientists don't live there but instead conduct all sorts of studies and experiments aimed to help us better understand our environment and especially understand what sort of things are happening to it due to climate change and other man-made problems. It's a unique take on the Scientists in the Field mission statement - in this case, the field/lab is a replica that allows the scientists to conduct large scale experiments that would otherwise be impossible."--

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Elizabeth started all the trouble

By Rappaport, Doreen

Publishing Date: 2016

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J323.3 RAP

She couldn't go to college. She couldn't become a politician. She couldn't even vote. But Elizabeth Cady Stanton didn't let that stop her. She called on women across the nation to stand together and demand to be treated as equal to men--and that included the right to vote. It took nearly seventy-five years and generations of women fighting for their rights through words, through action, and through pure determination--for things to slowly begin to change.

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Earth's climate change: carbon dioxide overload

By Bow, James

Publishing Date: 2016

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J363.738 BOW

"We live in an energy-rich age, in which we can turn on a light with the flick of a switch or drive anywhere by turning a key. But, our vehicles, factories, and power stations, which create the electricity needed to light and heat our buildings, pump carbon dioxide into Earth's atmosphere. Carbon dioxide overload from these human activities is making our planet hotter and hotter--and is causing the Earth's climate to change. Find out what scientists are doing to find sustainable new forms of energy that will secure our planet's future."--

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The secret subway

By Corey, Shana

Publishing Date: 2016

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J388.4 COR

"In 1870, Alfred Ely Beach invents New York's first underground train"--

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Solving the puzzle under the sea: Marie Tharp maps the ocean floor

By Burleigh, Robert

Publishing Date: 2016

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J526.092 BUR

"This illustrated biography shares the story of female scientist, Marie Tharp, a pioneering woman scientist and the first person to ever successfully map the ocean floor"--

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Masters of disguise: amazing animal tricksters

By Johnson, Rebecca L.

Publishing Date: 2016

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J591.47 JOH

Presents animals that use camoflauge to survive, including the harlequin filefish, the gliding lizard, and the cuckoo finch.

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Glow: animals with their own night-lights

By Beck, W. H.

Publishing Date: 2016

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J591.472 BEC

Why be afraid of the dark when there is so much to see? Whether its used to hunt, hide, find a friend, or escape an enemy, bioluminescence the ability to glow is a unique adaptation in nature. In this fun and fascinating nonfiction picture book, join world renowned photographers and biologists on their close encounters with the curious creatures that make their own light.

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The Burgess bird book for children

By Burgess, Thornton W.

Publishing Date: 2003

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J598 BUR

Uses simple story narratives to introduce a variety of birds.

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Prairie dog song: the key to saving North America's grasslands

By Roth, Susan L.

Publishing Date: 2016

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J599.367 ROT

"Cumulative text based on an old folksong alternating with additional scientific information explores the role of prairie dogs, a keystone species in North America's grasslands, and conservation efforts to restore the balance of plants and animals of the Janos, Mexico, prairie dog complex. Backmatter includes timeline, photographs, music, prairie dog facts, glossary, and authors' sources"--

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Cloth lullaby: the woven life of Louise Bourgeois

By Novesky, Amy

Publishing Date: 2016

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J730.92 NOV

A beautifully nuanced and poetic story, Cloth Lullaby stunningly captures the life of Louise Bourgeois and tells the story of a relationship between a mother and daughter, the birth of an artist, and how memory is stitched into us all.

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Crossing Niagara: the death-defying tightrope adventures of the Great Blondin

By Tavares, Matt

Publishing Date: 2016

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J791.34 TAV

When the Great Blondin announced that he was going to walk from America to Canada across the Niagara River on a rope that was more than 1,100 feet long and just 3 inches wide, hanging 160 feet above the raging river, people came from everywhere. Some came to watch him cross. Some came to watch him fall. Some thought he wouldn't show up at all. But he did show up. And he did walk across the river. And then he did something else amazing. He crossed the river on that tightrope again and again, adding another death-defying flourish each time. Matt Tavares's gorgeous, riveting account of the daredevil of Niagara Falls is sure to hold readers in its grip, just as Blondin's feats enthralled those spectators on the cliffs more than one hundred and fifty years ago.

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For the duration

By DePaola, Tomie

Publishing Date: c2009

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J813.54 DEP

From gas rationing to air-raid drills, as long as the war lasts, life is going to be different for Tomie. And sometimes different is hard. Fortunately, Tomie still has school, his family, and the things he's good at to carry him through.

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Why: [the war years]

By DePaola, Tomie

Publishing Date: c2007

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J813.54 DEP

Biography of a great author-illustrator from Connecticut.

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Will's words: how William Shakespeare changed the way you talk

By Sutcliffe, Jane

Publishing Date: 2016

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J822.33 SUT

Looks at William Shakespeare and the way his use of words affected our use of the English language today, in the form of a narrative about the writer and his times with words and phrases highlighted that were first used by him, and informative parallel text about them.

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Hitler's last days: the death of the Nazi regime and the world's most notorious dictator

By O'Reilly, Bill

Publishing Date: 2015

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J943.086 ORE

"By early 1945, the destruction of the German Nazi State seems certain. The Allied forces, led by American generals George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower, are gaining control of Europe, leaving German leaders scrambling. Facing defeat, Adolf Hitler flees to a secret bunker with his new wife, Eva Braun, and his beloved dog, Blondi. It is there that all three would meet their end, thus ending the Third Reich and one of the darkest chapters of history. Hitler's Last Days is a gripping account of the death of one of the most reviled villains of the 20th century--a man whose regime of murder and terror haunts the world even today. Adapted from Bill O'Reilly's historical thriller Killing Patton, this book will have young readers--and grown-ups too--hooked on history"--

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Heart and soul: the story of America and African Americans

By Nelson, Kadir

Publishing Date: 2014

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J973.049 NEL

An unnamed narrator tells the story of her Pap and the history of African Americans in America, including the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the Civil Rights Movement, and finally the election of Barak Obama.

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Nice work, Franklin

By Jurmain, Suzanne

Publishing Date: 2016

Classification: JNF

Call Number: J973.917 JUR

The story of a president who overcame both his personal challenges and the ones facing the nation.

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