University of California Press
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Encyclopedia of Pasta: Volume 26
$56.25 Add to cartSpaghetti, gnocchi, tagliatellea, ravioli, vincisgrassi, strascinati–pasta in its myriad forms has been a staple of the Mediterranean diet longer than bread. This beautiful volume is the first book t… [more below]
- Series: California Studies in Food and Culture #26
- Author: Zanini De Vita, Oretta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0520255224
- Language: English
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Hella Town: Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption
$33.68 Add to cartHella Town reveals the profound impact of transportation improvements, systemic racism, and regional competition on Oakland’s built environment.
Often overshadowed by San Francisco, its larger and mo- Author: Schwarzer, Mitchell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 520381122
- 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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Perfect Pairings: A Master Sommelier’s Practical Advice for Partnering Wine with Food
$49.93 Add to cartAs thousands of wines from around the globe enter the marketplace and the American palate continues to adopt flavors from a range of cultures, the task of pairing wine and food becomes increasingly co… [more below]
- Author: Goldstein, Evan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: May 15 2006
- ISBN10: 0520243773
- Language: English
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The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai
$31.18 Add to cartYehuda Amichai (1924-2000) was Israel’s most popular poet, as well as a literary figure of international reputation. In this collection, renowned translators Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell have sele… [more below]
- Series: Literature of the Middle East
- Author: Amichai, Yehuda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 15 2013
- ISBN10: 520275837
- Language: English
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License to Travel: A Cultural History of the Passport
$31.18 Add to cartThis surprising global history of an indispensable document reveals how the passport has shaped art, thought, and human experience while helping to define the modern world.
In License to Travel, Patr- Author: Bixby, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 520375858
- Language: English
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Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas
$37.43 Add to cartLike the bestselling Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas, this book is a brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas, one that provides a vivid, complex look at the multi-faceted nature of New Or… [more below]
- Author: Solnit, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 18 2013
- ISBN10: 0520274040
- Language: English
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Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America
$23.95 Add to cartAn essential biography and historical document, Ishi’s deeply moving life story is critical to understanding the legacies of white violence and Indigenous survival on the land we call California.
Fir- Author: Kroeber, Theodora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 18 2011
- ISBN10: 0520271475
- Language: English
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The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next
$28.68 Add to cartA provocative rethinking of how humans and fire have evolved together over time–and our responsibility to reorient this relationship before it’s too late.
The Pyrocene tells the story of what- Author: Pyne, Stephen J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 520391632
- Language: English
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Tales of Merlin, Arthur, and the Magic Arts: From the Welsh Chronicle of the Six Ages of the World
$18.95 Add to cartThe original Welsh stories of these beloved characters and their world for the first time in English
The stories in Tales of Merlin, Arthur, and the Magic Arts deal with well-known figures from medie- Series: World Literature in Translation
- Author: Gruffydd, Elis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0520390253
- Language: English
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The Principia: The Authoritative Translation and Guide: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
$43.68 Add to cartIn his monumental 1687 work, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known familiarly as the Principia, Isaac Newton laid out in mathematical terms the principles of time, force, and motion that… [more below]
- Author: Newton, Isaac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 992
- Publish Date: February 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0520290887
- Language: English
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Exilee and Temps Morts: Selected Works
$34.93 Read moreIn her radical exploration of cultural and personal identity, the writer and artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha sought “the roots of language before it is born on the tip of the tongue.” Her first book, the… [more below]
- Author: Cha, Theresa Hak Kyung
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 520391594
- Language: English
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License to Travel: A Cultural History of the Passport
$19.95 Add to cartThis surprising global history of an indispensable document reveals how the passport has shaped art, thought, and human experience while helping to define the modern world.
In License to Travel, Patr- Author: Bixby, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0520397894
- Language: English
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Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3: The Complete and Authoritative Edition Volume 12
$56.25 Add to cartThe surprising final chapter of a great American life.
When the first volume of Mark Twain’s uncensored Autobiography was published in 2010, it was hailed as an essential addition to the shelf of his- Series: Mark Twain Papers #12
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 792
- Publish Date: October 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0520279948
- Language: English
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A People’s History of Sfo: The Making of the Bay Area and an Airport
$29.95 Add to cartAn illuminating profile of the San Francisco Bay Area, and its regional and global influence, as seen from the focal point of San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
A People’s History of SFO uses- Author: Porter, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0520380037
- Language: English
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Mabel McKay: Weaving the Dream
$29.95 Add to cartA world-renowned Pomo basket weaver and medicine woman, Mabel McKay expressed her genius through her celebrated baskets, her Dreams, her cures, and the stories with which she kept her culture alive. S… [more below]
- Series: Portraits of American Genius #01
- Author: Sarris, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: February 04 2013
- ISBN10: 0520275888
- Language: English
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The Way to Make Wine: How to Craft Superb Table Wines at Home
$31.18 Add to cart“Can you change a tire? Then you can make wine. This according to Sheridan Warrick, Berkeley author of The Way to Make Wine, a step-by-step guide for home vintners. Warrick walks readers through each … [more below]
- Author: Warrick, Sheridan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 08 2015
- ISBN10: 520285972
- Language: English
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Savage Dreams: A Journey Into the Hidden Wars of the American West
$33.68 Add to cart“A beautiful, absorbing, tragic book.”–Larry McMurtry
In 1851, a war began in what would become Yosemite National Park, a war against the indigenous inhabitants. A century later-in 1951-and a hundre- Author: Solnit, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: June 06 2014
- ISBN10: 520282280
- Language: English
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The Odyssey: A New Translation by Peter Green
$21.18 Add to cartThe Odyssey is vividly captured and beautifully paced in this swift and lucid new translation by acclaimed scholar and translator Peter Green. Accompanied by an illuminating introduction, maps, chapte… [more below]
- Author: Homer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: April 23 2019
- ISBN10: 0520303369
- Language: English
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A People’s Guide to New York City: Volume 5
$31.18 Add to cartThis alternative guidebook for one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations explores all five boroughs to reveal a people’s New York City.
The sites and stories of A People’s Guide to New Yor- Series: People’s Guide
- Author: Bank Mu?oz, Carolina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0520289579
- Language: English
