Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
December 2023 - March 2024
These are books and media new to the library and cataloged by the Inyo County Free Library.
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Songs of innocence & of experience By Blake, William Publishing Date: 2006 Classification: 800 Call Number: 821.7 BLA ‘Every page is a window open in Heaven … interwoven designs companion the poems, and gold and yellow tints diffuse themselves over the page like summer clouds. The poems [of Song of Innocence] are the morning song of Blake's genius.' – W.B. Yeats‘Blake sang of the ideal world, of the truth of the intellect, and of the divinity of imagination … The only writer to have written songs for children with the soul of a child … he holds, in my view, a unique position because he unites intellectual sharpness with mystic sentiment.' – James JoyceSong of Innocence and of Experience is a rare and wonderfu. |
A year in the life of William Shakespeare, 1599 By Shapiro, James Publishing Date: 2006, 2005 Classification: 800 Call Number: 822.33 SHA 1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England. Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous plays: Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet; Elizabethans sent off an army to crush an Irish rebellion, weathered an Armada threat from Spain, gambled on a fledgling East India Company, and waited to see who would succeed their aging and childless queen. James Shapiro illuminates both Shakespeare's staggering achievement and what Elizabethans experienced in the course of 1599, bringing together the news and the intrigue of the times with a wonderful evocation of how Shakespeare worked as an actor, businessman, and playwright. The result is an exceptionally immediate and gripping account of an inspiring moment in history. |
By Winchester, Simon Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: 800 Call Number: 823.8 WIN "In the summer of 1858, in a garden behind Christ Church in Oxford, Charles Dodgson--better known by his pseudonym Lewis Carroll--dressed the six-year-old Alice Liddell in ragamuffin's clothes, and then snapped the camera's shutter. In The Alice Behind Wonderland, Simon Winchester uses the famous photograph of Alice as the launching pad for an appreciative energetic and penetrating look at the inspiration behind, and the making of, one of the greatest classics of children's literature. Indeed, Winchester shows that Dodgson's love of photography deeply influenced his view of the world, helping to transform this shy and half-deaf mathematician into one of the world's best-loved observers of childhood. Much like the fictional Alice's world, as the photograph is subject to closer examination, 'Alice Liddell as The Beggar Maid' becomes curiouser and curiouser, capturing a moment during a golden afternoon that would endure forever. 'Alice Liddell as The Beggar Maid' was, in short, the muse that would inspire the creation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Deftly engaging with Dogson's published writings, private diaries, and photography, Winchester weaves together the poignant, turbulent, and entirely fascinating story behind Lewis Carroll and the making of his Alice. Acclaim for Simon Winchester "An exceptionally engaging guideat home everywhere, ready for anything, full of gusto and seemingly omnivorous curiosity."--Pico Iyer, The New York Times Book Review "A master at telling a complex story compellingly and lucidly."--USA Today "Extraordinarily graceful."--Time "Winchester is an exquisite writer and a deft anecdoteur."--Christopher Buckley "A lyrical writer and an indefatigable researcher." --Newsweek"-- |
Letters from Africa, 1914-1931 By Dinesen, Isak Publishing Date: 1981 Classification: 800 Call Number: 839.8 DIN Presents a selection of letters written by author Karen Blixen to her closest relatives from 1914 to 1931, the period during which she made her home in Africa, and includes a biographical chronology. |
Publishing Date: 1957 Classification: 800 Call Number: 841.1 Presents the classical epic, glorifying the heroism of Charlemagne in the 778 battle between the Franks and the Moors. |
By Moliere Publishing Date: [1957] Classification: 800 Call Number: 842.42 MOL A collection of 8 complete plays written by the 17th century French author and social critic noted for his development of dramatic comedy. |
Sonya: the life of Countess Tolstoy By Edwards, Anne Publishing Date: 1981 Classification: 800 Call Number: 891.73 EDW A sympathetic account of Sonya Tolstoy's struggle for independence reveals Sonya to be a forerunner of today's modern woman, showing how her intense love for Tolstoy was diminished by his refusal to see her as her own person. |
Practicing history: selected essays By Tuchman, Barbara W Publishing Date: 1981 Classification: 900 Call Number: 907.2 TUC From thoughtful pieces on the historian's role to striking insights into America's past and present to trenchant observations on the international scene, Barbara W. Tuchman looks at history in a unique way and draws lessons from what she sees. Here is a splendid body of work, the story of a lifetime spent "practicing history." |
Tuiavii's way: a south sea chief's comments on western society By Tuiavii Publishing Date: 2007 Classification: 900 Call Number: 909.0981 TUI "Tuiavii, a Samoan chief, traveled to Europe at the turn of the 20th century and wrote a commentary condemning the very foundations of Western society. Today, at the dawn of the millenium, his words promise to cast a spell over a new generation of readers. By looking at ourselves through Tuiavii's eyes we are saddened by the loss of simplicity and humanity in our society. Yet each page, filled with Tuiavii's insight, brings us a step closer to the truth and, ultimately, to understanding ourselves. Masterfully translated; with a cultural and literary perspective by Peter C. Cavelti."--Publisher's description. |
The best American travel writing Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: 900 Call Number: 910.4 Collects pieces that represent the best works in travel writing, edited by William T. Vollman, an American author. |
The best American travel writing Publishing Date: 2001 Classification: 900 Call Number: 910.4 |
The best American travel writing 2006 Publishing Date: 2006 Classification: 900 Call Number: 910.4 |
By Willis, William Publishing Date: [1967] Classification: 900 Call Number: 910.4 WIL |
Cold: adventures in the world's frozen places By Streever, Bill Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: 900 Call Number: 910.911 STR A narrative account of the author's forays into some of the world's coldest regions describes his encounter with an Arctic swimming hole, investigations into ancient and more recent ice ages, and examinations of animal hibernation habits. |
On the map: a mind-expanding exploration of the way the world looks By Garfield, Simon Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: 900 Call Number: 912.09 GAR Examines the pivotal relationship between mapping and civilization, demonstrating the unique ways that maps relate and realign history, and shares engaging cartography stories and map lore. |
Venice is a fish: a sensual guide By Scarpa, Tiziano Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: 900 Call Number: 914.531 SCA Prolific Venetian writer Scarpa pledges not to name a single hotel, restaurant, bar or shop in this delicate yet supple book, a chain of linked and sensuously translated essays about the one of the world's most unusual and historical cities. He focuses each chapter of his tour through different parts of the body. He begins with the feet before moving up to the legs and heart. The translation renders even the most basic descriptions wonderfully tactile. Only eventually does Scarpa move on to the more obvious sights, sounds, tastes and smells.--Publishers Weekly. |
By Troost, J. Maarten Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: 900 Call Number: 915.1046 TRO A humorous account of several weeks Troost spent traveling in China. |
Traders to the Navajos: the story of the Wetherills of Kayenta By Gillmor, Frances Publishing Date: ©1953 Classification: 900 Call Number: 917.8 GIL |
By Hamilton, Linda Parker Publishing Date: [2009] Classification: 900 Call Number: 917.94 HAM Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike? In Best Hikes Near San Francisco & nbsp;Linda Hamilton & nbsp;details the best hikes within an hour's drive of San Francisco perfect for the urban and suburbanite & nbsp;hard-pressed to find great outdoor activites close to home. & nbsp;Each featured hike includes detailed hike specs, a brief hike description, trailhead location, directional cues, and a detailed map. |
California in the 1930s: the WPA guide to the Golden State Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: 900 Call Number: 917.9403 Alive with the exuberance, contradictions, and variety of the Golden State, this Depression-era guide to California is more than 700 pages of information that is, as David Kipen writes in his spirited introduction, "anecdotal, opinionated, and altogether habit-forming." Describing the history, culture, and roadside attractions of the 1930s, the WPA Guide to California features some of the very best anonymous literature of its era, with writing by luminaries such as San Francisco poet Kenneth Rexroth, composer-writer- hobo Harry Partch, and authors Tillie Olsen and Kenneth Patchen |