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A People’s Guide to Los Angeles
$31.18 Read moreA People’s Guide to Los Angeles offers an assortment of eye-opening alternatives to L.A.’s usual tourist destinations. It documents 115 little-known sites in the City of Angels where struggles related… [more below]
- Series: People’s Guide
- Author: Pulido, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: April 23 2012
- ISBN10: 0520270819
- Language: English
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Pocahontas
$9.99 Add to cartIn 1607, when John Smith and his “Coatmen” arrive in Powhatan to begin settling the colony of Virginia, their relations with the village’s inhabitants are anything but warm. Pocahontas, the beloved da… [more below]
- Author: Bruchac, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0152054650
- Language: English
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Pharaohs of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun’s Dynasty
$35.00 Read moreA vivid story of an astonishing period in ancient Egypt’s history–1550 BC to 1295 BC–that tears away the gold and glamour to reveal how these great pharaohs ruthlessly ruled Egypt for two hundred an… [more below]
- Author: de Jes?s, Gerardo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1639363068
- Language: English
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Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood
$31.95 Add to cartCari Beauchamp masterfully combines biography with social and cultural history to examine the lives of Frances Marion and her many female colleagues who shaped filmmaking from 1912 through the 1940s. … [more below]
- Author: Beauchamp, Cari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 475
- Publish Date: April 23 1998
- ISBN10: 0520214927
- Language: English
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The King and Queen of Malibu: The True Story of the Battle for Paradise
$17.95 Add to cartFrederick and May Rindge, the unlikely couple whose love story propelled Malibu’s transformation from an untamed ranch in the middle of nowhere to a paradise seeded with movie stars, are at the heart
- Author: Randall, David K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 14 2017
- ISBN10: 039335394X
- Language: English
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Tutankhamun, King of Egypt: His Life and Afterlife
$40.83 Add to cartAn innovative account of the life of Tutankhamun, the rediscovery of his existence, and the enduring impact of the finding of his tomb, by leading Egyptologist Aidan Dodson
The spectacular discovery o- Series: Lives and Afterlives
- Author: Dodson, Aidan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: January 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 1649031610
- Language: English
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The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History
$35.00 Add to cartBefore the film industry arrived, Hollywood was filled with quaint bungalows, and churches dedicated to teetotalism. Movies shattered Hollywood’s tranquillity, and brought wealth and glamorous movie s… [more below]
- Author: Williams, Gregory Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 403
- Publish Date: October 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0977629929
- Language: English
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L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Seductive City
$17.00 Add to cartNow the TNT Original Series MOB CITY
Midcentury Los Angeles. A city sold to the world as “the white spot of America,” a land of sunshine and orange groves, wholesome Midwestern values and Hollywood sta… [more below]- Author: Buntin, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 06 2010
- ISBN10: 0307352080
- Language: English
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Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder: The True Story
$17.95 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller For viewers of the hit Series I Am the Night and fans of the Root of Evil Podcast, the book that finally revealed the shocking identity of the Black Dahlia Killer–and the… [more below]
- Author: Hodel, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 550
- Publish Date: February 17 2015
- ISBN10: 1628724390
- Language: English
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Once Anillos/ Eleven Rings
$12.95 Read moreDurante su exitosa carrera como entrenador de los Chicago Bulls y Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson conquistó más campeonatos que ningún otro entrenador en la historia profesional del deporte.
Jackso… [more below]- Author: Jackson, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 30 2016
- ISBN10: 8416240574
- Language: Spanish
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Rock Me on the Water: 1974–The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics
$19.99 Add to cart“An electric story filled with gripping personalities, compelling backstage histories, and a clear message for the divided America of today: the forces that fear change can win for a time, but in Amer
- Author: Brownstein, Ronald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0062899228
- Language: English
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The Onion Field
$17.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “A fascinating account of a double tragedy: one physical, the other psychological.”–Truman Capote
This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robb- Author: Wambaugh, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 28 2007
- ISBN10: 385341598
- Language: English
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The Roots of Christian Mysticism, 2nd Edition: Texts from the Patristic Era with Commentary
$44.98 Add to cartBy linking together a series of brilliantly chosen texts from the early centuries of the Church, the author lays bare the roots of the deeply mystical spirituality that has flourished among Christians
- Series: Theology and Faith
- Author: Clement, Olivier
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: January 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1565484851
- Language: English
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G-Dog and the Homeboys: Father Greg Boyle and the Gangs of East Los Angeles
$24.95 Add to cartFather Gregory J. Boyle, SJ, is a native of Los Angeles, a Jesuit priest, and founder of Homeboy Industries, an economic development and jobs program begun in 1988 for at-risk and gang-involved youth.
- Author: Fremon, Celeste
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: January 09 2009
- ISBN10: 0826344852
- Language: English
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Blackbeard: America’s Most Notorious Pirate
$34.99 Add to cartA thorough, exciting examination of 18th-century pirate life, with wonderful details.
“Interesting and exciting . . . a thoroughly enjoyable chronicle of an interesting life and int
–Publishers Weekly- Author: Konstam, Angus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 01 2006
- ISBN10: 047175885X
- Language: English
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Bicycle/Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance
$14.95 Read moreThe intersection of advocacy, city planning, and racism
Bicycle / Race paints an unforgettable picture of Los Angeles–and the United States–from the perspective of two wheels. This is a book of bord- Series: Bicycle Revolution
- Author: Lugo Phd Adonia E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1621067645
- Language: English
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King Philip’s War: The History and Legacy of America’s Forgotten Conflict
$19.99 Add to cartAt once an in-depth history of this pivotal war and a guide to the historical sites where the ambushes, raids, and battles took place, King Philip’s War expands our understanding of American history a… [more below]
- Author: Schultz, Eric B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 14 2017
- ISBN10: 1581574894
- Language: English
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Napa at Last Light: America’s Eden in an Age of Calamity
$21.00 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling author of Napa tells the captivating story of how the Napa Valley region transformed into an extraordinary engine of commerce, glamour, and an outsized version of the Am… [more below]
- Author: Conaway, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 16 2019
- ISBN10: 1501128469
- Language: English
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Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures
$16.00 Read moreA Bookpage Best Books of 2012 pick
“At once a delicious depiction of Hollywood’s golden age and a sweet, fulfilling story about one woman’s journey through fame, love, and loss.”–Boston Globe In 192- Author: Straub, Emma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 02 2013
- ISBN10: 1594631824
- Language: English
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Summer of the Big Bachi
$20.00 Add to cartIn the foothills of Pasadena, Mas Arai is just another Japanese-American gardener, his lawnmower blades clean and sharp, his truck carefully tuned. But while Mas keeps lawns neatly trimmed, his own li… [more below]
- Series: Mas Arai #1
- Author: Hirahara, Naomi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 30 2004
- ISBN10: 0385337590
- Language: English
