University of California Press
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California Catastrophes: The Natural Disaster History of the Golden State
$26.95 Add to cartThis comprehensive account of California’s numerous and perilous natural disasters explores how a unique combination of forces has affected Californians throughout the state’s history and carries a so… [more below]
- Author: Griggs, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0520402103
- Language: English
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Seek Higher Ground: The Natural Solution to Our Urgent Flooding Crisis
$27.95 Add to cartPairing in-depth journalism with historical perspectives, this book makes a compelling case for a natural solution to the growing problem of flooding.
With Seek Higher Ground, environmental writer an- Author: Palmer, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0520382730
- Language: English
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Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb
$27.95 Add to cartThis saga of a writer done dirty resurrects the silenced voice of Sanora Babb, peerless author of midcentury American literature.
In 1939, when John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath was published, it- Author: Dunkle, Iris Jamahl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 0520395441
- Language: English
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The California Wildlife Habitat Garden: How to Attract Bees, Butterflies, Birds, and Other Animals
$29.95 Read moreThis attractive, practical guide explains how to transform backyard gardens into living ecosystems that are not only enjoyable retreats for humans, but also thriving sanctuaries for wildlife. Beautifu… [more below]
- Author: Bauer, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: August 08 2012
- ISBN10: 0520267818
- Language: English
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The Unforgettables: Expanding the History of American Art
$56.25 Read moreEminent art historian Charles C. Eldredge brings together top scholars to celebrate forgotten artists and create a more inclusive history of American art.
Why do some artists become canonical, while- Author: Eldredge, Charles C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 520385551
- Language: English
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Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Politics Volume 78
$37.43 Add to cart“A chronicle of hard work and a public health resource, Slow Cooked is also proof that it’s never too late.”—New York Times
Marion Nestle reflects on her late-in-life career as a world-renowne- Series: California Studies in Food and Culture
- Author: Nestle, Marion
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 520384156
- Language: English
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Ed Ruscha and the Great American West
$68.75 Add to cartThe renowned artist Ed Ruscha was born in Nebraska, grew up in Oklahoma, and has lived and worked in Southern California since the late 1950s. Beginning in 1956, road trips across the American Southwe
- Author: Breuer, Karin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: July 12 2016
- ISBN10: 0520290690
- Language: English
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Moving the Needle: What Tight Labor Markets Do for the Poor
$29.95 Add to cartThis timely investigation reveals how sustained tight labor markets improve the job prospects and life chances of America’s most vulnerable households
Most research on poverty focuses on the damage c- Author: Newman, Katherine S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0520379101
- Language: English
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The Complete Poetry: A Bilingual Edition
$46.95 Add to cartThis first translation of the complete poetry of Peruvian C駸ar Vallejo (1892-1938) makes available to English speakers one of the greatest achievements of twentieth-century world poetry. Handsomely … [more below]
- Author: Vallejo, César
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: December 14 2009
- ISBN10: 0520261739
- Language: English
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A World Transformed: Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global Power
$29.95 Add to cartA comprehensive study of how slavery and enslaved people shaped the modern world.
A World Transformed explores how slavery thrived at the heart of the entire Western world for more than three centurie- Author: Walvin, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0520397851
- Language: English
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To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation Volume 29
$33.68 Add to cartHere, for the first time, is a collection of short speeches by the charismatic doctor and social activist Paul Farmer. One of the most passionate and influential voices for global health equity and so… [more below]
- Series: California Public Anthropology
- Author: Farmer, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: May 01 2013
- ISBN10: 520275977
- Language: English
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The Gentrification of the Internet: How to Reclaim Our Digital Freedom
$16.95 Add to cartHow we lost control of the internet–and how to win it back.
The internet has become a battleground. Although it was unlikely to live up to the hype and hopes of the 1990s, only the most skeptical cy- Author: Lingel, Jessa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0520395565
- Language: English
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The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making, Radical Care, and Racial Justice
$31.18 Add to cartThe rise of the Auntie Sewing Squad, a massive mutual-aid network of volunteers who provided free masks in the wake of US government failures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In March 2020, when the US- Author: Hong, Mai-Linh K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 520384008
- Language: English
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King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne
$33.68 Add to cart“King and Emperor takes on the compelling suspense of good detective work as well as good history.”–The Wall Street Journal
Charles I, often known as Charlemagne, is one of the most extraordinary fi- Author: Nelson, Janet L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 520383214
- Language: English
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Ocean Outbreak: Confronting the Rising Tide of Marine Disease
$31.18 Add to cartWinner of the Sustainability Science Award 2020, Ecological Society of America
Winner of the PROSE Award (Biological Sciences category) 2020, Association of American PublishersThere is a growing cris
- Author: Harvell, Drew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 520382986
- Language: English
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Rivers of Iron: Railroads and Chinese Power in Southeast Asia
$29.95 Add to cartWhat China’s infamous railway initiative can teach us about global dominance.
In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled what would come to be known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)–a globa- Author: Lampton, David M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 0520372999
- Language: English
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The Lure of the Beach: A Global History
$24.95 Add to cartA human and global take on a beloved vacation spot.
The crash of surf, smell of salted air, wet whorls of sand underfoot. These are the sensations of the beach, that environment that has drawn humans- Author: Ritchie, Robert C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0520395573
- Language: English
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Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up Volume 71
$18.95 Add to cart“Superbly acute and unashamedly complex.”–The Telegraph
“Rich and provocative.”–Times Literary Supplement
“An engaging exploration.”–The New Yorker
“The phenomenal Ms. Beard has written another c- Series: Sather Classical Lectures
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0520401492
- Language: English
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Canto General: Volume 7
$33.68 Add to cartThe Canto General, thought by many of Neruda’s most prominent critics to be the poet’s masterpiece, is the stunning epic of an entire continent and its people.
- Series: Latin American Literature and Culture #07
- Author: Neruda, Pablo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: May 17 2011
- ISBN10: 520269977
- Language: English
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Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam
$29.95 Add to cartThis updated reissue of Mark LeVine’s acclaimed, revolutionary book on sub- and countercultural music in the Middle East brings this groundbreaking portrait of the region’s youth cultures to a new gen… [more below]
- Author: Levine, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0520389387
- Language: English
