Geographic Orientation/California
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L.A.’s Legendary Restaurants: Celebrating the Famous Places Where Hollywood Ate, Drank, and Played
$50.00 Add to cartL.A.’s Legendary Restaurants is an illustrated history of dozens of landmark eateries from throughout the City of Angels. From such classics as Musso & Frank and The Brown Derby in the 1920s to the se… [more below]
- Author: Geary, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 11 2016
- ISBN10: 1595800891
- Language: English
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Bugs of Northern California
$14.95 Read moreTelevion’s Nature Nut, John Acorn, teams up with nature illustrator Ian Sheldon to craft a witty and personable book about the myriad insects and arachnids found throughout the diverse habitats of Nor… [more below]
- Author: Acorn, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 04 2002
- ISBN10: 1551053209
- Language: English
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A Wall of White: The True Story of Heroism and Survival in the Face of a Deadly Avalanche
$17.99 Add to cartThis “mesmerizing tale of human courage and heroism” (Nando Parrado, author of Miracle in the Andes) follows the astonishing ordeal of survival during an avalanche in California.
In 1982, at the Alpi- Author: Woodlief, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 23 2010
- ISBN10: 1416546944
- 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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The New Homemade Kitchen: 250 Recipes and Ideas for Reinventing the Art of Preserving, Canning, Fermenting, Dehydrating, and More (Recipes for H
$35.00 Add to cartRevive the lost arts of fermenting, canning, preserving, and creating your own ingredients.The Institute of Domestic Technology Cookbook is a collection of 250 recipes, ideas, and methods for stocking… [more below]
- Author: Shuldiner, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1452161194
- Language: English
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Drama High: Jayd’s Legacy
$15.00 Add to cartIt’s official: South Bay High’s finest, Jayd Jackson, and its coolest white boy, Jeremy Weiner, are a couple. And if that’s not enough interracial drama for South Bay’s mostly white, wealthy student b
- Series: Drama High #03
- Author: Divine, L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: February 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0758216378
- 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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Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock’s Darkest Day
$18.99 Add to cartIn this breathtaking cultural history filled with exclusive, never-before-revealed details, celebrated rock journalist Joel Selvin tells the definitive story of the Rolling Stones’ infamous Altamont c
- Author: Selvin, Joel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 374
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0062444263
- Language: English
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140 Great Hikes in and Near Palm Springs, 25th Anniversary Edition
$26.95 Add to cartFor 25 years, the bestselling 140 Great Hikes in and near Palm Springs has served as a staple for anyone exploring the trails surrounding Palm Springs, California. This revised seventh edition, in hon… [more below]
- Author: Ferranti, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: September 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1733332111
- Language: English
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Right Out of California: The 1930s and the Big Business Roots of Modern Conservatism
$28.32 Add to cart“Olmsted’s vivid, accomplished narrative really belongs to the historiography of the left… as her strong research shows, race and gender prejudice informed or deformed, almost the whole of American … [more below]
- Author: Olmsted, Kathryn S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 11 2017
- ISBN10: 1620973065
- Language: English
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Seashore of Southern California
$14.95 Add to cartDiscover the natural world of southern California’s coastline from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border. This spectacular pocket-sized guide to shoreline sealife is filled with color illustrations, eng… [more below]
- Series: Lone Pine Field Guides
- Author: Sheldon, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: January 10 2007
- ISBN10: 1551052326
- Language: English
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The King and Queen of Malibu: The True Story of the Battle for Paradise
$17.95 Read moreFrederick 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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Shasta Indian Tales
$7.95 Add to cartCharming tales for all ages, come from the storytelling heritage of the Shasta, an Indian tribe that lived in the presence o the highest mountain in Northern California. A variety of myths recount the… [more below]
- Author: Holsinger, Rosemary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 50
- Publish Date: October 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0879611294
- Language: English
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The High Sierra of California
$35.00 Add to cartThe High Sierra of California is a brilliant tribute to the bold, jagged peaks that have inspired generations of naturalists, artists, and writers. Using traditional Japanese and European woodcut tech… [more below]
- Author: Snyder, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1890771996
- 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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Rain of Gold
$25.95 Read moreThis is the Hispanic Roots, an all-American story of poverty, immigration, struggle and success. It focuses on three generations of Villasenor’s kin, their spiritual and cultural roots back in Mexico,… [more below]
- Author: Villasenor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 551
- Publish Date: January 01 1991
- ISBN10: 1558850309
- Language: English
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AMA: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen (Mexican Food Cookbooks, Tex-Mex Cooking, Mexican and Spanish Recipes)
$29.95 Read moreAn Eating the West Award Finalist 2020
Ama finds inspiration from regional Mexican cuisine and beyond with influences from the American South, Germany, Poland, and Morocco to help you bring more diver- Author: Centeno, Josef
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 01, 2019
- ISBN10: 1452155860
- 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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Growing California Native Plants, Second Edition
$36.18 Add to cartFirst published thirty years ago, the long-awaited second edition of Growing California Native Plants is the ideal hands-on native plant guide for both experienced and novice gardeners. In addition to… [more below]
- Author: Schmidt, Marjorie G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: March 26 2012
- ISBN10: 0520266692
- Language: English
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The Forest Feast Gatherings: Simple Vegetarian Menus for Hosting Friends & Family
$45.00 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Erin Gleeson celebrates the art of vegetarian entertaining with The Forest FeastGatherings, a gorgeously illustrated cookbook packed with 100 brand-new simple vegetar… [more below]
- Author: Gleeson, Erin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 27 2016
- ISBN10: 141972245X
- Language: English
