California
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Neon Girls: A Stripper’s Education in Protest and Power
$20.99 Add to cartNPR’s Best Books of 2020
“Galvanizing and urgent….a slice of queer urban history and a necessary rethinking of sex work as a site of collective labor struggle.” –National Public Radio
A riveting true
- Author: Worley, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 09 2020
- ISBN10: 0062971328
- Language: English
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Abalone Diving on the California Coast
$23.99 Read moreAbalones are marine snails from the family Haliotidae . This family of shellfish is comprised of 56 recognized species worldwide and eight known species in California. The Native Peoples of California… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Rebuck, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160288
- Language: English
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San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point
$24.99 Add to cartIt’s hard to imagine cows walking up Third Street or sheep on Innes Avenue, yet a large portion of the area known today as Bayview Hunters Point was once extremely rural. Called Butchertown by locals,… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: O’Brien, Tricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 24 2005
- ISBN10: 0738530077
- Language: English
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Spooky Trails and Tall Tales California: Hiking the Golden State’s Legends, Hauntings, and History
$18.95 Add to cartCalifornia is home to Hollywood stars, gorgeous vineyards, and some of the most haunted areas of the country. Its immense wilderness has been the setting for mysterious disappearances, unsolved murder… [more below]
- Author: Ogden, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1493042459
- Language: English
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Landscape with Sex and Violence
$18.00 Add to cartThe poems in Landscape with Sex and Violence explore what it means to exist within a rape culture so entrenched that it can’t be separated from the physical landscapes in which it enacts itself. Lyric
- Author: Melnick, Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1936919559
- Language: English
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101 Hikes in Northern California: Exploring Mountains, Valleys, and Seashore
$21.95 Add to cartThis updated book highlights the 101 best hikes in Northern California, from family strolls to 22-mile treks.
- Series: 101 Hikes
- Author: Heid, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: July 21 2015
- ISBN10: 0899977812
- Language: English
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Knott’s Berry Farm: The Early Years
$31.99 Add to cartBefore there was a Disneyland, there was Knott’s Berry Farm. What started out in the early 1920s as a small, roadside berry stand in Buena Park, California, grew over the next 60 years into one of the… [more below]
- Author: Jennings, Jay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: August 12 2009
- ISBN10: 1531645542
- Language: English
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Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University
$35.00 Add to cartIn 1885 Jane and Leland Stanford cofounded a university to honor their recently deceased young son. After her husband’s death in 1893, Jane Stanford, a devoted spiritualist who expected the university
- Author: White, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1324004339
- Language: English
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Coastal California: The Pacific Coast Highway and Beyond
$55.00 Add to cartAn unprecedented book showcasing the California coast via the Pacific Coast Highway and beyond.
As America stands to the rest of the world, so stands California to America–a shining promise of endles… [more below]- Author: Rajs, Jake
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 0847861090
- Language: English
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San Francisco’s Sunset District
$24.99 Add to cartLocated in the southwestern part of San Francisco, the Sunset District developed late because of its distance from downtown and because of the sand dunes that covered it for thousands of years. After … [more below]
- Series: Then & Now (Arcadia)
- Author: Ungaretti, Lorri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 23 2012
- ISBN10: 0738589039
- Language: English
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Blackbird
$25.99 Add to cartWith the startling emotional immediacy of a fractured family photo album, Jennifer Lauck’s incandescent memoir is the story of an ordinary girl growing up at the turn of the 1970s and the truly extrao… [more below]
- Author: Lauck, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0671042564
- Language: English
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Yo Te Salvar? / I Will Save You
$12.95 Add to cart“Yo te salvaré de Matt de la Peña, obra ganadora de la medalla Newbery, es una “novela conmovedora que hace alentar y apoyar a los más débiles y desamparados.” -SLJ
Kidd huye de su pasado y su fut- Author: de la Peña, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 09 2021
- ISBN10: 0593313178
- Language: Spanish
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California Dreamin’ Along Route 66
$24.99 Add to cartThe California Dream made Route 66 the most famous road in the world. Flappers dreamed of stardom under the bright lights of Hollywood. A wave of families fleeing the Dust Bowl transformed the state d… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Sonderman, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 27 2019
- ISBN10: 1467103160
- Language: English
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Hiking with Kids Northern California: 42 Great Hikes for Families
$22.95 Read moreDREAM IT Hiking with Kids Northern California: 42 Great Hikes for Families features concise descriptions and detailed maps for 40+ easy-to-follow hikes in Northern California that allow families to sp
- Author: Rochfort, Heather Balogh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 01, 2022
- ISBN10: 1493058320
- Language: English
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A Short History of San Francisco
$20.00 Add to cartThis is the story of San Francisco, a unique and rowdy tale with a legendary cast of characters. It tells of the Indians and the Spanish missions, the arrival of thousands of gold seekers and gamblers… [more below]
- Author: Cole, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1597142735
- Language: English
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When You Were Mine: The Novel That Inspired the Movie Rosaline
$12.99 Add to cartTHE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED ROSALINE–NOW A HULU MOVIE
From the New York Times bestselling author of One Italian Summer and In Five Years comes an intensely romantic modern recounting of the greatest lov- Author: Serle, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1665934123
- Language: English
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Wild Dreamers
$18.99 Add to cartIn this stirring young adult romance from award-winning author Margarita Engle, love and conservation intertwine as two teens fight to protect wildlife and heal from their troubled pasts.
Ana and her- Author: Engle, Margarita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1665939753
- Language: English
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Watch Over Me
$12.99 Read moreA modern ghost story about trauma and survival, Watch Over Me is the much-anticipated new novel from the Printz Award-winning author of We Are Okay
★ “Gripping; an emotion-packed must-read.” –Ki- Author: Lacour, Nina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 059310899X
- Language: English
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Bart: The Dramatic History of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System
$30.00 Add to cartIn the first-ever history book about BART, longtime agency spokesman Michael C. Healy gives an insider’s account of the rapid transit system’s inception, hard-won approval, construction, and operation… [more below]
- Author: Healy, Michael C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1597143707
- Language: English
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Afoot & Afield: San Diego County: 282 Spectacular Outings Along the Coast, Foothills, Mountains, and Desert
$24.95 Add to cartSan Diego County’s premier trail guide for hikers, backpackers, and mountain bikers, this book presents 282 trips, from short and easy to challenging.
- Series: Afoot & Afield
- Author: Schad, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 0899978010
- Language: English
