Cultural Region/West Coast
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Condor Comeback
$11.99 Add to cartWinner of the Green Earth Book Award
Sibert Medalist, National Book Award Honoree, and New York Times bestselling author Sy Montgomery turns her formidable talents to the story of California condors an
- Series: Scientists in the Field (Paperback)
- Author: Montgomery, Sy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 0063290782
- Language: English
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Adopted by Indians: A True Story
$18.00 Add to cartThis book gives younger readers a close-up view of traditional California Indian life and early California. Thomas Jefferson Mayfield kept a wonderful secret for almost sixty years: the secret of his … [more below]
- Author: Mayfield, Thomas Jefferson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0930588932
- Language: English
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I Love Yous Are for White People: A Memoir
$14.99 Add to cart“The riveting opening sets the stage as the family raced to a rickety boat to escape their homeland, dodging communist gunfire as they ran . . . Su offers a compelling narrative of immigrant life, cul
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Su, Lac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 12 2009
- ISBN10: 0061543667
- Language: English
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Bushels & Feasts: 170 Farm to Table Recipes for a Gluten and Grain Free Lifestyle
$132.00 Add to cartBUSHELS & FEASTS is a collaboration between professionally trained chef Rina Thoma and international bestselling cookbook author Sarah Fragoso. The result is a celebration of real food inspired by the
- Author: Thoma, Rina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 466
- Publish Date: October 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1735926213
- Language: English
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Pintxos: Small Plates in the Basque Tradition [A Cookbook]
$26.99 Add to cartAn authentic small plates cookbook from the top Basque chef in America.
Acclaimed chef Gerald Hirigoyen’s sophisticated and delectable small plates, served at his restaurants, Bocadillos and Piperade- Author: Hirigoyen, Gerald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1580089224
- Language: English
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RMS Queen Mary
$31.99 Add to cartLaunched in an era when speed and grandeur went hand in hand, the RMS Queen Mary is the last survivor of the golden age of ocean liners. From the time of her maiden voyage in 1936, passengers crossed … [more below]
- Author: Tarbell Cooper, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: July 14 2010
- ISBN10: 1531653383
- Language: English
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Carmel: A History in Architecture
$31.99 Add to cartCarmel is a microcosm of California’s architectural heritage, sited at one of the most scenic meetings of land and sea in the world. Mission San Carlos Borromeo became a root building for California’s… [more below]
- Author: Seavey, Kent
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: October 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1531628672
- Language: English
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Life in a California Mission: Monterey in 1786
$15.00 Read moreOn the afternoon of September 14, 1786, two French ships appeared off the coast of Monterey, the first foreign vessels to visit Spain’s California colonies. Aboard was a party of eminent scientists, n… [more below]
- Author: de la P?rouse, Jean Fran?ois
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 03 2018
- ISBN10: 0930588398
- Language: English
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Drama High: Keep It Movin’
$15.00 Add to cartA YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
South Bay High’s Jayd Jackson finally has her own ride, but that sure doesn’t mean her troubles are over. . . These days, Jayd just can’t seem to g- Series: Drama High #8
- Author: Divine, L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: June 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0758231075
- Language: English
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The Creaky Knees Guide Northern California, 2nd Edition: The 80 Best Easy Hikes
$19.95 Read moreExplore the beauty of Northern California’s natural landscape with this guide to 80 of the best easy-to-walk day hikes located throughout Northern California.
From hikes just outside of San Francisco- Series: Creaky Knees
- Author: Brown, Ann Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1632173581
- Language: English
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Black Bart: Boulevardier Bandit: The Saga of California’s Most Mysterious Stagecoach Robber and the Men Who Sought to Capture Him
$12.95 Add to cartCalifornia Gold Country historian George Hoeper reveals what promises to be the final piece to the 100-year-old puzzle of the infamous stagecoach robber Black Bart. For over eight years the mysterious… [more below]
- Author: Hoeper, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: June 01 1995
- ISBN10: 1884995055
- Language: English
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Drama High: So, So Hood
$15.00 Add to cartFor Jayd Jackson, a new school takes the drama to a new level. . .
With her senior year just beginning, Jayd’s drama is going nowhere anytime soon. Although she’s graduated to the next level with her- Series: Drama High #14
- Author: Divine, L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: June 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0758231199
- Language: English
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Baking at République: Masterful Techniques and Recipes
$30.00 Add to cartA stunning instructional from beloved Los Angeles baker Margarita Manzke, who teaches the key doughs, batters, recipes, and clever ways for creating wow-factor and bakery-quality results at home.
NAME- Author: Manzke, Margarita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 039958059X
- Language: English
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The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement
$22.99 Add to cartA “vivid, well-documented account of the farmworkers movement”(Philadelphia Inquirer) and its prime mover, Cesar Chavez. Edited by Diana Hembree with a foreword by Gary Soto and essays by Carey McWill… [more below]
- Author: Ferriss, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 15 1998
- ISBN10: 0156005980
- Language: English
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L.A. Candy
$12.99 Add to cartL.A. Candy is a deliciously entertaining novel about what it’s like to come of age in Hollywood while starring in a reality TV show, written by a young woman who has experienced it all firsthand: Laur
- Series: L.A. Candy #1
- Author: Conrad, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 05 2010
- ISBN10: 006176759X
- Language: English
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The Northern Maidu
$8.95 Add to cartTribal elder, Marie Potts (b. 1895), relates the history and culture of her people as she recalls the days of her childhood at Big Meadow. She includes information on wildlife, plants, food, conservat
- Author: Potts, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: November 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0879610700
- Language: English
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The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America’s Urban Heartland
$19.99 Add to cart“Thompson-Hern ndez’s portrayal of Compton’s black cowboys broadens our perception of Compton’s young black residents, and connects the Compton Cowboys to the historical legacy of African Americans in
- Author: Thompson-Hernandez, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0062910612
- Language: English
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Flywater: Fly-Fishing Rivers of the West
$60.00 Add to cart- Author: McClintock, Grant
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 21 2010
- ISBN10: 0789320916
- Language: English
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San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury
$24.99 Add to cartAt the turn of the 20th century, the Haight-Ashbury first gained prominence as the gateway to Golden Gate Park; six decades later, it would anchor the worldwide cultural revolution that blossomed in t… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Powell Cohen, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0738559946
- Language: English
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Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and T
$35.99 Add to cartHoskyns brings a genuine love as well as an outsider’s keen eye to the rise and fall of the California scene. . . . This is a riveting story, sensitively told.
–Anthony DeCurtis, Contributing Editor, R… [more below]- Author: Hoskyns, Barney
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0471732737
- Language: English
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