Cultural Region/West Coast
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The Tortilla Curtain
$18.00 Add to cartT.C. Boyle’s tragicomic, award-winning novel about assimilation, immigration, and the price of the American dream
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“A masterpiece of contemporary social satire.” –The Wall Street Journal- Author: Boyle, T. C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 01 1996
- ISBN10: 014023828X
- Language: English
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Less Than Zero
$17.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The timeless classic from the acclaimed author of American Psycho about the lost generation of 1980s Los Angeles who experienced sex, drugs, and disaffection at too early a… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Contemporaries
- Author: Ellis, Bret Easton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 30 1998
- ISBN10: 0679781498
- Language: English
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Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University
$19.95 Read moreIn 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1324064420
- Language: English
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Magician’s Assistant
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Dutch House, a secretive magician’s death becomes the catalyst for his partner’s journey of self-discovery in this “enchanting” book (San Francisco Chronicle) “that
- Author: Patchett, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 7, 2023
- ISBN10: 0156006219
- Language: English
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Delicious Disney: Disneyland: Recipes & Stories from the Happiest Place on Earth
$35.00 Add to cartA holistic look at the California resort’s culinary past, present, and future–all organically woven around diverse recipes from the Disney Chefs and fit for home chefs of varying skill levels.
Some o- Series: Delicious Disney
- Author: Brandon, Pam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1368084133
- Language: English
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Tanya Holland’s California Soul: Recipes from a Culinary Journey West [A Cookbook]
$35.00 Add to cart80+ comfort-filled recipes that trace the roots of modern California soul food to the Great Migration–from the acclaimed chef and author of Brown Sugar Kitchen.
“The new California Cuisine is Califo- Author: Holland, Tanya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1984860720
- Language: English
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The Red Pony
$12.00 Add to cartRaised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a rancher’s life. He is used to the way of horses, too; but nothing has prepared him for the special con… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century
- Author: Steinbeck, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 1, 1993
- ISBN10: 0140177361
- Language: English
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A to Z Mysteries Super Edition #8: Secret Admirer
$7.99 Add to cartIt’s Valentine’s Day in Green Lawn But Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose just aren’t feeling the love this year.
Valentine’s Day was so much more fun when they were little. Then they each start getting mes- Series: A to Z Mysteries #8
- Author: Roy, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 22 2015
- ISBN10: 0553523996
- Language: English
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Address Unknown
$16.99 Add to cartA rediscovered classic and international bestseller that recounts the gripping tale of a friendship destroyed at the hands of Nazi Germany
In this searing novel, Kathrine Kressmann Taylor brings vivid
- Author: Taylor, Kathrine Kressmann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 29, 2021
- ISBN10: 0063068494
- Language: English
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Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
$21.00 Read moreThe New York Times bestselling author of Sweetness and Gunslinger delivers the first all-encompassing account of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of professional sports’ most-revered—and dominant—d… [more below]
- Author: Pearlman, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 1592408877
- Language: English
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The Last Season
$19.99 Add to cart“As Jon Krakauer did with Into the Wild, Blehm turns a missing-man riddle into an insightful meditation on wilderness and the personal demons and angels that propel us into it alone.” — Outside maga
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Blehm, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 01, 2007
- ISBN10: 0060583010
- Language: English
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The New Year Dragon Dilemma
$7.99 Add to cartZ was just the beginning With A to Z Mysteries(R) Super Editions, chapter book readers keep on collecting clues and solving mysteries with Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. Now with over 8 million copies in
- Series: A to Z Mysteries Super Editions #5
- Author: Roy, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 22, 2011
- ISBN10: 0375868801
- Language: English
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Troublemaker
$8.99 Add to cartAn instant New York Times bestseller!
Troublemaker follows the events of the LA Riots through the eyes of 12-year
An Indiebound bestseller!
An Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book!- Author: Cho, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0759554463
- Language: English
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Epic Athletes: Stephen Curry
$8.99 Add to cartIn Epic Athletes: Stephen Curry, acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Dan Wetzel tells the inspiring, electrifying story of the NBA superstar, beginning a new series of sports biographies for y
- Series: Epic Athletes #1
- Author: Wetzel, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1250250625
- Language: English
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Where I Was from: A Memoir
$18.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking In this “arresting amalgam of memoir and historical timeline” (The Baltimore Sun), Didion–a native Californian–reassesses p
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Didion, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 14, 2004
- ISBN10: 0679752862
- Language: English
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Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California’s Natural Resources
$34.95 Add to cartA complex look at California Native ecological practices as a model for environmental sustainability and conservation.
John Muir was an early proponent of a view we still hold today–that much of Ca- Author: Anderson, M. Kat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 558
- Publish Date: 10-Oct-13
- ISBN10: 0520280431
- Language: English
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Homemade Simple: Effortless Dishes for a Busy Life
$35.00 Read moreMore than 100 simple, healthy recipes to feed everyone in your family–from the picky eater to the voracious omnivore–by veteran cookbook author Amanda Haas, featuring full-color photographs by Kathl… [more below]
- Author: Haas, Amanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 194948047X
- Language: English
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Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco
$20.00 Add to cart“A kaleidoscopic homage both personal and historical . . . Kamiya’s symphony of San Francisco is a grand pleasure.” —New York Times Book Review
The bestselling love letter to one of the world’s great- Author: Kamiya, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 14 2014
- ISBN10: 1620401266
- Language: English
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Tortilla Flat
$16.00 Add to cart“Steinbeck is an artists; and he tells the stories of these lovable thieves and adulterers with a gentle and poetic purity of heart and of prose.” –New York Herald Tribune
Adopting
A Penguin Classic- Series: Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century
- Author: Steinbeck, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: 1-Jun-97
- ISBN10: 0140187405
- Language: English
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition
$21.00 Add to cart“I’ve been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much of which, despite the pouring heavens, seems likely to remain in
- Author: Reisner, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: June 01, 1993
- ISBN10: 0140178244
- Language: English
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