Heyday Books
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Berkeley Walks: Revised and Updated Edition
$22.00 Add to cartThe definitive guide for Berkeley wanderers, now fully updated.
This local bestseller, now updated for the first time since 2018, offers revealing rambles through one of America’s most fascinating citi
- Author: Byron, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1597146110
- Language: English
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Essential Muir (Revised): A Selection of John Muir’s Best (and Worst) Writings
$16.00 Add to cartA new edition of Muir’s writings that places his environmentalist ideals alongside his damaging prejudices
Essayist. Preservationist. Mountain man. Inventor. John Muir may be California’s best-known- Author: Muir, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1597145505
- Language: English
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Fup
$12.00 Add to cartStart with Granddaddy Jake Santee, a cantankerous, ninety-nine-year-old coot with a taste for gambling and whiskey; add in Tiny, his gentle giant of an adopted grandson, whose passion for building wel… [more below]
- Author: Dodge, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1597141585
- Language: English
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How to Keep Your Language Alive: A Commonsense Approach to One-On-One Language Learning
$18.00 Add to cartAmid worldwide accounts of dying languages, author Leanne Hinton and a group of dedicated language activists are doing something about it: they have created a master-apprentice language program, a one
- Author: Hinton, Leanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1890771422
- Language: English
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A Californian’s Guide to the Birds Among Us
$24.00 Add to cartAs its sister title, A Californian’s Guide to the Trees Among Us, did for arboreal varieties, this new guidebook introduces casual birders to 120 of California’s most easily seen bird species–native
- Author: Hood, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1597143839
- Language: English
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The Private Lives of Public Birds: Learning to Listen to the Birds Where We Live
$26.00 Add to cartA book to help the ordinary birdwatcher appreciate the fascinating songs, stories, and science of common birds.
“Grounded in science but watered by the heart of a poet, this intimate and personal look
- Author: Gedney, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1597145742
- Language: English
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Birds of Berkeley
$16.00 Add to cart“Whether you are an experienced birder or just learning natural history, this book will deepen your sense of place and open insights to beauty, wonder, and connection to the natural world.”–John Muir
- Author: James, Oliver
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1597146013
- Language: English
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Waa’aka’: The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun
$20.00 Add to cartA dazzling, own-voice Native Californian creation story.
“Waa’aka’ was born when the earth was soft and the waters were new. It was the beginning of time.” So begins Cindi Alvitre’s vivid and multiface
- Author: Alvitre, Cindi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1597145092
- Language: English
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The Way We Lived: California Indian Stories, Songs and Reminiscences
$20.00 Add to cart35th anniversary edition! Here, in their own words, Indigenous voices reclaim the narrative of California Indians.
“Their stories, here brilliantly illuminated by Margolin’s comments, contain beauty, h
- Author: Margolin, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 06 2017
- ISBN10: 1597143936
- Language: English
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Birds of Lake Merritt
$25.00 Add to cartA richly illustrated birding guide to the nation’s first official wildlife refuge.
“Beautifully illustrated and written, this is a must-have for anyone who wants to better understand and appreciate our
- Author: Harris, Alex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1597145483
- Language: English
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The Sea Forager’s Guide to the Northern California Coast
$25.00 Add to cartIn The Sea Forager’s Guide to the Northern California Coast, Kirk Lombard combines a startling depth of knowledge with wry humor and colorful storytelling to guide readers’ quests to hook fish, dig cl
- Author: Lombard, Kirk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 01 2014
- ISBN10: 159714357X
- Language: English
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The State of Water: Understanding California’s Most Precious Resource
$24.00 Add to cartObi Kaufmann, author of the best-selling California Field Atlas, turns his artful yet analytical attention to the Golden State’s single most complex and controversial resource: water.
In this book, Kau… [more below]
- Author: Kaufmann, Obi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 01 2019
- ISBN10: 159714469X
- Language: English
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The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom
$28.00 Add to cartOne of California’s leading writers, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in fiction, presents her first nonfiction volume on writing since 2005’s best-selling Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel.
“Smiley gi
- Author: Smiley, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 1597146056
- Language: English
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The Deserts of California: A California Field Atlas
$55.00 Add to cartA magnificent illustrated journey into California’s famed deserts and the astonishingly abundant life they contain.
2023 Glenn Goldman Award Winner for California Lifestyle, Chosen by the California In
- Series: California Lands Trilogy #3
- Author: Kaufmann, Obi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 1597146188
- Language: English
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Secrets of the Oak Woodlands: Plants and Animals Among California’s Oaks
$22.00 Read moreA Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist
”I love this book. It reads like a walk in the woods with the best naturalists.”–John Muir Laws
A Californian may vacation in Yosemite, Big Sur, or Death Va
- Author: Marianchild, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 12, 2013
- ISBN10: 159714262X
- Language: English
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Only What We Could Carry: The Japanese American Internment Experience
$28.00 Add to cartThe definitive anthology of Japanese American internment.
“In these stories are lifted up our humanity, our indomitable spirit and dignity, an implacable quest for justice”-Janice Mirikitani
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- Author: Inada, Lawson Fusao
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1890771309
- Language: English
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The Coasts of California: A California Field Atlas
$55.00 Add to cartA San Francisco Chronicle bestseller!
An epic, gloriously illustrated journey up and down California’s shoreline.
California’s coastline is world famous, an endless source of fascination and fantasy, bu
- Series: California Lands Trilogy #2
- Author: Kaufmann, Obi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: April 19, 2022
- ISBN10: 1597145513
- Language: English
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What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World: A Memoir
$20.00 Add to cartFrom one of California’s most celebrated librarians and public historians, a coming-of-age memoir about the thirst for knowledge and hometown pride.
A Best Book of the Year, Oakland Public Library
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- Author: Lazard, Dorothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: 16-May-23
- ISBN10: 1597146080
- Language: English
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The California Field Atlas
$45.00 Add to cart#1 San Francisco Chronicle Best Seller
Winner, 2018 California Book Award Gold Medal (Notable Contribution to Publishing)
Winner, 2018 NCIBA Book of the Year Award (Regional Interest)
Finalist, 2018 Nort
- Author: Kaufmann, Obi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: September 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1597144029
- Language: English
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A Californian’s Guide to the Trees Among Us: Expanded and Updated
$25.00 Add to cartNow expanded and updated: Californians’ favorite reference book to trees in our everyday lives.
“Anyone who is curious about trees is sure to find education and inspiration in these pages.”–David Alle
- Author: Ritter, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1597145602
- Language: English
