Geographic Orientation/California
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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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San Diego Lowriders: A History of Cars and Cruising
$33.99 Add to cartSan Diego’s unique lowrider culture and community has a long history of “low and slow.” Cruising the streets from 1950 to 1985, twenty-eight lowrider car clubs made their marks in the San Diego neighb… [more below]
- Author: Pulido, Alberto Lopez
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: April 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1540215865
- Language: English
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Get Ready for War
$9.95 Add to cartThey have everything their parents’ mega-celebrity can give–but when the Pampered Princesses of Hollywood High take aim at each other, the last girl standing will have everything to lose.
London Phi
- Series: Hollywood High #02
- Author: Simone, Ni-Ni
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 434
- Publish Date: April 01 2013
- ISBN10: 075827355X
- 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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La Vida Loca (Always Running): El Testimonio de Un Pandillero En Los Angeles
$19.99 Add to cart“A los doce años, Luis RodrÃguez ya era un veterano de la guerra entre las pandillas de East Los Angeles. AtraÃdo por una cultura pandillera aparentemente insuperable, fue testigo de un sinfÃn de … [more below]
- Author: Rodriguez, Luis J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 04 2005
- ISBN10: 0743281551
- Language: Spanish
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Mount Shasta
$24.99 Read moreFor thousands of years, native inhabitants revered this snowcapped volcano, its craggy peaks, thick forests, crystal waters, and abundant wildlife. “Lonely as god and white as a winter moon, Mount Sha… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Greb Mazariegos, Darla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 01 2007
- ISBN10: 073855572X
- 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 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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Gay and Lesbian San Francisco
$24.99 Add to cartIn recent years, San Francisco has been synonymous with gay and lesbian pride, and the various achievements of the gay and lesbian community are personified in the city by the bay. The tumultuous and … [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Lipsky, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 20 2006
- ISBN10: 0738531383
- 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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Within These Lines
$17.99 Read more“Within These Lines is a moving story of love, hope, and family set against the dark history of Japanese internment in America. This book had me captivated ” –Maureen McQuerry, YALSA award-winning au
- Author: Morrill, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0310765234
- Language: English
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The Best Guide Ever to Palm Springs Celebrity Homes: Facts and Legends of the Village of Palm Springs
$19.95 Add to cart600+ Palm Springs Celebrity Homes, Including: Lucille Ball, Johnny Bench, Ray Bradbury, Sonny Bono, Cher, Tony Curtis, Bette Davis, Sammy Davis, Jr., Walt Disney, Kirk Douglas, Errol Flynn, Gerald For… [more below]
- Author: Meeks, Eric G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 406
- Publish Date: November 14 2014
- ISBN10: 0986218901
- Language: English
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Woodland
$31.99 Add to cartThe images in this book document the intertwining of country and city in the character of Woodland, California, since the town’s birth in 1853. The flat, rich land of the Great Central Valley, along w… [more below]
- Author: Datel, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: January 09 2012
- ISBN10: 1531659837
- Language: English
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Canyon Lake
$31.99 Add to cartCanyon Lake lies on the western edge of Menifee Valley, between Sun City and Lake Elsinore, and is both a private gated community and an incorporated city with a population approaching 10,000. This is… [more below]
- Author: Martin, Elinor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: February 07 2007
- ISBN10: 1531628710
- Language: English
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Growing Up in San Francisco: More Boomer Memories from Playland to Candlestick Park
$21.99 Add to cartNewcomers and visitors can still enjoy iconic San Francisco with activities like riding a cable car or taking in the view from Twin Peaks. But San Franciscans cherish memories of a place quite differe… [more below]
- Series: American Chronicles
- Author: Dunnigan, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 17 2016
- ISBN10: 1467135704
- Language: English
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West of Eden: An American Place
$23.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – An epic, mesmerizing oral history of Hollywood and Los Angeles from the author of the contemporary classic Edie
Jean Stein transformed the art of oral history in her ground- Author: Stein, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 21 2017
- ISBN10: 0812987934
- Language: English
