Heyday Books
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Chief Marin: Leader, Rebel, and Legend
$30.00 Add to cartA rare biography of a California Indian leader that weaves together the story of a legendary figure.
It’s a little known fact that the San Francisco Bay Area’s Marin County is named after a Coast Miwok
- Author: Goerke, Betty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 346
- Publish Date: April 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1597140538
- Language: English
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The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling
$35.00 Add to cartGold Medal, 2016 Foreword INDIES Book Awards
The best-selling, ultimate guide to nature drawing and journaling!
A potent combination of art, science, and boundless enthusiasm, this art instruction book
- Author: Laws, John Muir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 01, 2016
- ISBN10: 1597143154
- Language: English
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The Last Human Bear
$30.00 Add to cart“Lush and gripping.” –Rebecca Solnit
“It’s revelatory on every page.” –Dave Eggers
“The grand return of a master storyteller.” –Peter Maravelis, City Lights Booksellers
An epic story of curses, love,
- Author: Sarris, Greg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 16 2026
- ISBN10: 1597147079
- Language: English
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The Mysterious World of the Bull Kelp Forest
$26.00 Add to cartA mesmerizing tour of our underwater forests and what they can teach us.
Offshore and out of sight to most beachgoers on the North Pacific coast is a wondrous habitat: the bull kelp forest. Each year,
- Author: Iselin, Josie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: March 17 2026
- ISBN10: 159714701X
- Language: English
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Compassion in Crisis: Building Disaster-Resilient Communities
$28.00 Read moreA vibrant and holistic grassroots guide to disaster preparedness that builds community resilience.
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a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering caused by ma- Author: Weiner, Kate Rose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1597147117
- Language: English
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Fred Korematsu Speaks Up
$15.00 Add to cartWinner, Carter G. Woodson Book Award * Winner, New-York Historical Society Children’s Book Prize * Winner, Social Justice Literature Award * Honor Title, Jane Addams Children’s Book Award * Finalist,
- Series: Fighting for Justice #1
- Author: Atkins, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1597146897
- Language: English
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Flowering Plants of the Sierra Nevada: A Photographic Guide to Over 1000 Wildflowers
$65.00 Read moreThe most extensive guide to identifying the flowering plants in California’s richly diverse Sierra Nevada mountains.
This photographic guide to the wildflowers of the Sierra Nevada has been over twenty
- Author: Clines, Joanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: December 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1597146870
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of the Bridge: Birds of the Bay Area
$50.00 Add to cartExperience the wild beauty of birds around the Bay.
“Gives voice to a piece of California that nourishes an astonishing array of birds who deserve celebration.” —Chris Johns, Former Editor-in-Chief, N
- Author: Evans, Dick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1597146919
- Language: English
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Butterflies of the Bay Area and (Slightly) Beyond: An Illustrated Guide
$50.00 Add to cartAn illustrated obsession, a guidebook, a kaleidoscope of life on the wing.
“If you live in the Bay Area and wish to know the butterflies, this is the only field guide you’ll ever need.” —Lewis Hyde, a
- Author: O’Brien, Liam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1597146854
- Language: English
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California Rewritten: A Journey Through the Golden State’s New Literature
$30.00 Add to cartDive into the revelatory worlds of California’s most exciting writers, and discover how their books uncover our history and can help us imagine our shared future.
“In Freeman’s hands, California is a l
- Author: Freeman, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1597146927
- Language: English
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Heyday: 50 Years of California Publishing
$25.00 Add to cart- Author: Anklam, Emmerich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 317
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1597146536
- Language: English
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The Scandal of Cal: Land Grabs, White Supremacy, and Miseducation at Uc Berkeley
$22.00 Add to cartNow in paperback: “A profound alternative institutional history, one that sees the long arm of institutional racism implicated everywhere.” (Publishers Weekly)
“This is a land acknowledgment.” –Ruth Wi
- Author: Platt, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1597146803
- Language: English
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Rocks and Riches: Exploring California’s Stunning Geology
$28.00 Add to cartTake a road trip through deep time and California history, with a friendly expert geologist at the wheel.
From its epic earthquakes to its famed epithet “the Golden State,” California as we know it wou
- Author: Prost, Gary L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1597146773
- Language: English
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The Poet and the Silk Girl: A Memoir of Love, Imprisonment, and Protest
$22.00 Add to cartNow in paperback: A compelling and prismatic love story of one family’s defiance in the face of injustice–and how their story echoes across generations.
“Beautifully woven together by Satsuki Ina’s mo… [more below]
- Author: Ina, Satsuki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 159714696X
- Language: English
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Ocean Beach: Fog, Fauna, and Flora
$28.00 Add to cartA charmingly illustrated nature guide to Ocean Beach and the coastal ecology of San Francisco.
Grab your beach blanket and your puffy jacket (this is San Francisco, after all) and get ready to see Ocea
- Author: Rubin, Eddy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 1597146943
- Language: English
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The ABCs of California’s Native Bees
$38.00 Add to cartJourney through the world of California native bees, one letter at a time.
“Krystle Hickman’s travels across wild landscapes reveal rare and elusive pollinators, each one meticulously photographed and
- Author: Hickman, Krystle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1597146811
- Language: English
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The Forgetters: Stories
$20.00 Add to cartA tender, astonishing, and richly beautiful story cycle about remembering our shared histories and repairing the world.
“Each tale is a testament to never forgetting that the mountains, the sea, the ri
- Author: Sarris, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1597146307
- Language: English
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Bad Indians (Expanded Edition): A Tribal Memoir
$22.00 Add to cartNow in paperback and newly expanded, this gripping memoir is hailed as essential by Joy Harjo, Leslie Marmon Silko, and ELLE magazine–among others.
Bad Indians–part tribal history, part lyric and int
- Author: Miranda, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1597146285
- Language: English
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The Poet and the Silk Girl: A Memoir of Love, Imprisonment, and Protest
$35.00 Add to cartA compelling and prismatic love story of one family’s defiance in the face of injustice–and how their story echoes across generations.
“It is both overwhelming and affirming to imagine, in the midst o
- Author: Ina, Satsuki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1597146269
- Language: English
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The Enduring Wild: A Journey Into California’s Public Lands
$38.00 Add to cartA galvanizing road trip across California’s immense public wilderness from a beloved adventurer.
“The Enduring Wild is a call to look beyond the surface, embrace the deep connections that tie us to our
- Author: Jackson, Josh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: July 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1597146757
- Language: English
