Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
March 2022 - April 2022
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.
Betrayal: the final act of the Trump show By Karl, Jonathan Publishing Date: [2021] Classification: 900 Call Number: 973.933 KAR As the reporter who has known Donald Trump longer than any other White House correspondent, Karl tells the story of Trump's downfall, complete with riveting behind-the-scenes accounts of some of the darkest days in the history of the American presidency. Packed with on-the-record interviews with central figures in this drama who are telling their stories for the first time, this is a definitive account of what was really going on during the final weeks and months of the Trump presidency-- and what it means for the future of the Republican Party. He has been taunted, praised, and vilified by Trump-- and now Karl finds himself in a singular position to deliver the truth. -- adapted from jacket |
The divided ground: Indians, settlers and the northern borderland of the American Revolution By Taylor, Alan Publishing Date: 2006 Classification: 900 Call Number: 974.7004 TAY The changing relationship of Joseph Brant, a young Mohawk, and Samuel Kirkland, the son of a colonial clergyman is set against the role of the Native American peoples in North America during the American Revolution. |
By Hingson, Michael Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: 900 Call Number: 974.7104 HIN Discover how blindness and a bond between dog and man saved lives and brought hope during one of America's darkest days. |
The agitators: three friends who fought for abolition and women's rights By Wickenden, Dorothy Publishing Date: 2021 Classification: 900 Call Number: 974.768 WIC "From the intimate perspective of three friends and neighbors in mid-nineteenth century Auburn, New York-the "agitators" of the title-acclaimed author Dorothy Wickenden tells the fascinating and crucially American stories of abolition, the Underground Railroad, the early women's rights movement, and the Civil War. Harriet Tubman-no-nonsense, funny, uncannily prescient, and strategically brilliant-was one of the most important conductors on the underground railroad and hid the enslaved men, women and children she rescued in the basement kitchens of Martha Wright, Quaker mother of seven, and Frances Seward, wife of Governor, then Senator, then Secretary of State William H. Seward. Harriet worked for the Union Army in South Carolina as a nurse and spy, and took part in a river raid in which 750 enslaved people were freed from rice plantations. Martha, a "dangerous woman" in the eyes of her neighbors and a harsh critic of Lincoln's policy on slavery, organized women's rights and abolitionist conventions with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Frances gave freedom seekers money and referrals and aided in their education. The most conventional of the three friends, she hid her radicalism in public; behind the scenes, she argued strenuously with her husband about the urgency of immediate abolition. Many of the most prominent figures in the history books-Lincoln, Seward, Daniel Webster, Frederick Douglass, Charles Sumner, John Brown, Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Lloyd Garrison-are seen through the discerning eyes of the protagonists. So are the most explosive political debates: about women's roles and rights during the abolition crusade, emancipation, and the arming of Black troops; and about the true meaning of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Beginning two decades before the Civil War, when Harriet Tubman was still enslaved and Martha and Frances were young women bound by law and tradition, The Agitators ends two decades after the war, in a radically changed United States. Wickenden brings this extraordinary period of our history to life through the richly detailed letters her characters wrote several times a week. Like Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals and David McCullough's John Adams, Wickenden's The Agitators is revelatory, riveting, and profoundly relevant to our own time"-- |
Twilight of the tenderfoot: a Western memoir By Ackerman, Diane Publishing Date: 1980 Classification: 900 Call Number: 978.924 ACK |
By Graysmith, Robert Publishing Date: [2013], ©2012 Classification: 900 Call Number: 979.4 GRA The first biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer, told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco. When San Francisco Daily Morning Call reporter Mark Twain met Tom Sawyer in 1863, he was seeking a subject for his first novel. He learned that Sawyer was a volunteer firefighter, local hero, and a former “Torch Boy,” racing ahead of hand-drawn fire engines at night carrying torches to light the way. When a mysterious serial arsonist known as “The Lightkeeper” was in the process of burning San Francisco to the ground, Sawyer played a key role in stopping him, helping to contain what is now considered the most disastrous and costly series of fires ever experienced by an American metropolis. By chronicling how Sawyer took it upon himself to investigate, expose, and stop the arsonist, Black Fire details Sawyer’s remarkable life and illustrates why Twain would later feel compelled to name his iconic character after him when writing The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. A vivid portrayal of the gritty, corrupt, and violent world of the Gold Rush-era West, Black Fire is the most vibrant and thorough account of Sawyer’s relationship with Mark Twain, and of the devastating fires that baptized San Francisco.- (Random House, Inc.) |
Home baked: my mom, marijuana, and the stoning of San Francisco By Volz, Alia Publishing Date: 2020 Classification: 900 Call Number: 979.4 VOL "In the 1970s, when cannabis was as illicit as heroin, Alia Volz's mother ran Sticky Fingers Brownies, a pioneering underground bakery that delivered ten thousand marijuana edibles per month to a city in the throes of change--from the joyous upheavals of gay liberation to the tragedy of the Peoples Temple. Dressed in elaborate costumes, Alia's parents hid in plain sight, parading through the city's circus-like atmosphere with the goods tucked into her stroller. When HIV/AIDS swept San Francisco in the 1980s, Alia's mom turned from dealer into healer, providing soothing edibles to those fighting for their lives at the dawn of medical marijuana." - From the publisher's website |
Thirsty: William Mulholland, California water, and the real Chinatown By Weingarten, Marc Publishing Date: [2019] Classification: 900 Call Number: 979.494 WEI "Thirsty is the history of Los Angeles and its fraught relationship with water. As a city on the make since the early twentieth century, Los Angeles' resources fought hard to keep up with its unchecked growth. The city's water chief William Mulholland built an aqueduct to grab water over 200 miles away in Owens Valley, but it wasn't enough. Thirsty is the gripping tale of Los Angeles' epic battles for water, the larger-than-life characters that shaped a city's destiny, and the man-made tragedy that killed 400 and forever changed the way water would be harnessed and allocated."-- |
By Childress, David Hatcher Publishing Date: 1995 Classification: 900 Call Number: 999 CHI This book seeks to prove that many of the planets and moons of our solar system are in some way inhabited by intelligent life. |
NEW RELEASE Occupational outlook handbook, 2020-2030 Publishing Date: [2022] Classification: R Call Number: R331.702 |
NEW RELEASE Publishing Date: [2022] Classification: R Call Number: R973.099 "Last published in 2009, this new edition includes extensive and authoritative facts about each president, including both terms of President Barack Obama, President Donald J. Trump{u2019}s single term, and the inauguration and early White House tenure of Joseph R. Biden, 46th president and winner of the 2020 Presidential election. Part I presents a chapter for each president in chronological sequence, featuring data on the president's background, life, and administration. Here you'll find uniformly arranged data on birth, family, education, nomination and election, congressional sessions, cabinet and Supreme Court appointments, vice presidents, first ladies, and more-plus highlights of both the personal and political nature. Bibliographies guide readers to additional information on each president. Part II presents over 200 pages of fascinating statistics in a collective arrangement so that a reader can compare presidents on the basis of such matters as early career, previous political career, type of education, military experience, family background, religious affiliation, age at death, literary output, and other factors. Part II also delivers important facts about the office of the presidency, including salaries and pensions, cabinet officers, party alignments of the Congresses, presidential vetoes, electoral and popular votes in every election since 1789, third-party electoral votes, presidential succession, and the many other facets of the job" --Provided by publisher. |
The chronicles of Harris Burdick: fourteen amazing authors tell the tales Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J A collection of stories based on illustrations in Chris Van Allsburg's The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. |
Zoey and Sassafras: wishypoofs and hiccups By Citro, Asia Publishing Date: [2021] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Pip shows up with a new look that's just as surprising to him as it is to Zoey and Sassafras. When they retrace Pip's steps in the forest, they see another magical friend change right before their eyes. |
By Faruqi, Saadia Publishing Date: [2021] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Yasmin is thrilled about her school's new recycling program, but getting her friends to pitch in is no easy task. |
By Faruqi, Saadia Publishing Date: [2021] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Everyone seems to have an idea for the science fair except for Yasmin, but after some failed experiments Yasmin's snack break with Nani inspires an idea. |
By Faruqi, Saadia Publishing Date: [2021] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Yasmin is excited to attend a wedding party, but when the singing starts Yasmin is too shy to join in. |
By Fletcher, Susan Publishing Date: 1999, ©1998 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J When Marjan, a thirteen-year-old crippled girl, joins the Sultan's harem in ancient Persia, she gathers for Shahrazad the stories which will save the queen's life. |
Herb fairies: A fairy festival surprise, book three By Gallagher, Kimberly Publishing Date: [2015] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Tago, the plantain fairy, helps Hailey, Camie, Rowan, and Sarah find a healthy leaf of plantain to help with their friend's bee sting, and then takes them on a magical adventure to the Herb Fairies' spring celebration. When a sick troll interrupts the festivities, it is up to the children to use plantain to heal him. If they can, they will restore the plantain magic and release the magic of spring back into the world. This story continues the Herb Fairies thirteen book series'' -- http://www.amazon.com/Herb-Fairies-Book-Three-Festival/dp/1514808102/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1456783949&sr=1-1&keywords=9781514808108. |
Herb fairies: Secrets in the Scotch broom, book two By Gallagher, Kimberly Publishing Date: [2015] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J |
Herb fairies: Stellaria's big find [book one]: Stellaria's big find By Gallagher, Kimberly Publishing Date: [2015] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Imagine the excitement of four children playing in the park when they discover a real, live fairy. Not just any fairy, but Stellaria, the chickweed fairy. Chickweed is one of their favorite healing plants and it turns out Stellaria was looking for them. She needs the children's help to restore the fading magic in the Fairy Herb Garden." |