Cultural Region/West Coast
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Two Badges: The Lives of Mona Ruiz
$14.95 Add to cartThis engrossing memoir charts Ruiz’s journey toward self-identity, tracing the tortuous path of her life–a life in which Ruiz assumed contradictory roles: gang chola, high school drop-out, disowned d… [more below]
- Author: Ruiz, Mona Boucher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 155885455X
- Language: English
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The Future Once Happened Here: New York, D.C., L.A., and the Fate of America’s Big Cities
$15.95 Add to cartEach of Siegel’s three urban portraits–New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, — shows the desperate remedies undertaken by cities searching for a lifeline back to the future whose promise they… [more below]
- Author: Siegel, Fred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: February 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1893554104
- Language: English
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The Last Tycoon: An Unfinished Novel
$17.00 Add to cartFitzgerald’s last novel, published posthumously in 1941, was edited by Edmund Wilson, who attempted to polish the work to make it appear less like a work in progress. This version of the acclaimed Cam… [more below]
- Series: Scribner Classic
- Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1668047993
- Language: English
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Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles (Revised September 2020)
$16.95 Add to cartRevised and Updated in September 2020
Containing walks and detailed maps from throughout the city, Secret Stairs highlights the charms and quirks of a unique feature of the Los Angeles landscape, and- Author: Fleming, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1595800506
- Language: English
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The Sea Forager’s Guide to the Northern California Coast
$25.00 Add to cartIn The Sea Forager’s Guide to the Northern California Coast, Kirk Lombard combines a startling depth of knowledge with wry humor and colorful storytelling to guide readers’ quests to hook fish, dig cl
- Author: Lombard, Kirk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 01 2014
- ISBN10: 159714357X
- Language: English
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A to Z Mysteries Super Edition #11: Grand Canyon Grab
$7.99 Add to cartDink, Josh, and Ruth Rose get to the bottom of the Grand Canyon–and a mystery–in the eleventh A to Z Mysteries Super Edition
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting the Grand Canyon when they spot P- Series: A to Z Mysteries #11
- Author: Roy, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0525578862
- Language: English
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House of Sand and Fog
$17.99 Add to cartA recent immigrant from the Middle East–a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force–yearns to restore his family’s dignity in California. A recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck struggles t
- Author: Dubus, Andre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0393356345
- Language: English
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Nate the Great on the Owl Express
$6.99 Add to cartBeginning readers are introduced to the detective mystery genre in these chapter books. Perfect for the Common Core, kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries!
All ab… [more below]- Series: Nate the Great Detective Stories
- Author: Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 28 2004
- ISBN10: 0440419271
- Language: English
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The Wild Muir: Twenty-Two of John Muir’s Greatest Adventures
$12.99 Add to cartHere is an entertaining collection of famed conservationist John Muir’s most exciting adventures in nature, representing some of his finest writing. From the famous avalanche ride off the rim of Yosem… [more below]
- Author: Stetson, Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 12 2013
- ISBN10: 1930238371
- Language: English
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Judgment of Paris: Judgment of Paris
$18.99 Add to cartThe only reporter present at the mythic Paris Tasting of 1976–a blind tasting where a panel of esteemed French judges chose upstart California wines over France’s best–for the first time introduces … [more below]
- Author: Taber, George M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0743297326
- Language: English
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Farewell, My Lovely
$16.00 Add to cartThe renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the “quintessential urban private eye” (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe – Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film M… [more below]
- Series: Philip Marlowe Novel #2
- Author: Chandler, Raymond
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 12 2002
- ISBN10: 0394758277
- Language: English
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City of Bones
$19.99 Add to cartWhen a dog unearths evidence of a murder in the Hollywood Hills, Detective Harry Bosch must tackle a cold case that sparks memories he’s tried to forget.
It’s a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch… [more below]- Series: Harry Bosch #8
- Author: Connelly, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 02 2006
- ISBN10: 0446699535
- Language: English
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Indian No More
$19.99 Add to cartNotable Children’s Book, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
Editors’ Choices for Books for Youth, Booklist
Notable Books for a Global Society, International Literacy Association (ILA)- Author: McManis, Charlene Willing
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: July 12 2023
- ISBN10: 9798885789479
- Language: English
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Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster
$26.95 Add to cartA witty and engrossing look at Los Angeles’ urban ecology and the city’s place in America’s cultural fantasies
Earthquakes. Wildfires. Floods. Drought. Tornadoes. Snakes in the sea, mountain lions, an- Series: Essential Mike Davis
- Author: Davis, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1786636247
- Language: English
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The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
$9.99 Add to cartOver the years the earth has moved many times under San Francisco. But it has been thirty-eight years since the last strong earthquake. People have forgotten how bad it can be. But soon they will reme
- Author: Yep, Laurence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 25 2008
- ISBN10: 0060008466
- Language: English
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Escape from Alcatraz: The Mystery of the Three Men Who Escaped from the Rock
$12.99 Add to cartWhat’s more exciting than a prison break? Frank Morris and John and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz in 1962 and have never been caught. Many authorities are certain they died crossing San Franci… [more below]
- Series: Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Stories
- Author: Braun, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2017
- ISBN10: 151574552X
- Language: English
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Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk
$19.99 Add to cartUnder the Big Black Sun explores the nascent Los Angeles punk rock movement and its evolution to hardcore punk as it’s never been told before. John Doe of the legendary band X and co-author Tom DeSavi… [more below]
- Author: Doe, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 25 2017
- ISBN10: 0306825333
- Language: English
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The Program
$8.99 Add to cartThe series that started it all
In this powerful follow-up to his action-packed thriller The Kill Clause, Gregg Hurwitz, the new maestro of pulse-pounding suspense, ratchets up the excitement with anot
- Series: Tim Rackley Novels
- Author: Hurwitz, Gregg
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: August 30 2005
- ISBN10: 0060530413
- Language: English
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Let’s All Kill Constance
$9.99 Add to cartOn a dismal evening in the previous century, an unnamed writer in Venice, California, answers a furious pounding at his beachfront bungalow door and again admits Constance Rattigan into his life. An a
- Author: Bradbury, Ray
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 30 2003
- ISBN10: 0060561785
- Language: English
