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COLLETTE VACATIONS
San Francisco & Northern California
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/O41110. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 4 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCAL81) |
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Eyewitness Guide San Francisco and Northern California
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 336 PAGES
This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a synopsis of San Francisco and Northern California's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(USW147, $25.00) |
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
• Joan Didion
LITERATURE •
2008 •
PAPER
• 238 PAGES
A classic collection of essays on the 60s cultural climate, first published in 1968. In the acclaimed 50-page title essay, Didion -- a native of Northern California and a longtime New Yorker reporter -- vividly describes the landscape, mood and culture of 60s San Francisco, especially the city's then-counter-cultural crossroads, Haight-Ashbury. It's compelling literature.
(SFO11, $15.00) |
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Travelers' Tales San Francisco
• James O'Reilly
• Larry Habegger
• Sean O'Reilly
ANTHOLOGY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 496 PAGES
An engaging, insightful and entertaining selection of mostly contemporary eyewitness reports, all set in the city of San Francisco; a great literary profile of a dynamic city.
(SFO15, $18.95) |
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San Francisco Map
• Borch Maps
2006 •
MAP
A laminated, folded map of the city center of San Francisco at a nice scale of 1:13,000. Two Sides. 19.5X26 inches.
(CAL80, $8.95) |
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Also Recommended
San Francisco Bay Map
• Great Pacific Map Company
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A map of the San Francisco Bay area, including Oakland, San Jose, Napa, Sonoma and Point Reyes, at a scale of 1:145,000.
(CAL194, $5.95)
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Fodor's San Francisco's 25 Best
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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A shirt-pocket guide to San Francisco, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights.
(USW185, $12.99)
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Moon Handbook Northern California
• Kim Weir
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide to northern California, with a wealth of practical information and coverage of local history, culture and nature.
(CAL60, $19.95)
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National Geographic San Francisco
• Jerry Camarillo, Jr. Dunn
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact guidebook to San Francisco, published by National Geographic in its attractive, visual style. It features many color photographs, maps and good information history, nature, culture and travel.
(SFO47, $22.95)
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San Francisco, A Cultural History
• Mick Sinclair
• GUIDEBOOK
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Organized more thematically than chronologically, this easy-to-read introduction to the city and its neighborhoods will appeal both to first time visitors and those who know and love the city.
(SFO20, $15.00)
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Chez Panisse Vegetables
• Alice Waters
• FOOD
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Alongside gorgeous woodcuts and deceptively simple, world-famous recipes, Waters explains how to cook, buy and prepare specific vegetables in this still-fresh take on seasonal cooking.
(GEN987, $36.99)
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Tartine Bread
• Chad Robertson
• FOOD
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A lushly illustrated step-by-step guide to bread baking by the master baker behind San Francisco's famed Tartine. Includes countless tips, insights and additional recipes for using up every delicious morsel, including Catalan bread salad, a variety of bruschettas and delicious homemade aioli.
(GEN986, $40.00)
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The Accidental Connoisseur, An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World
• Lawrence Osborne
• FOOD
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With a winning wit and not a drop of pretense, Osborne sets out to discover what's what with wine, traveling through Sonoma and Napa, France, Italy and other European wine meccas, 11 adventures in all. He meets plenty of interesting characters along the way, revealing much about the pleasures of wine (and travel!).
(TVL31, $15.00)
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A Crack in the Edge of the World, America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
• Simon Winchester
• HISTORY
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Geologist, master storyteller, traveler and journalist, Simon Winchester succeeds again in this fast-paced, utterly fascinating account of the great 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco.
(CAL193, $15.99)
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California, A History
• Kevin Starr
• HISTORY
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A lively short history in the excellent Modern Library Chronicles series, written by a renowned historian.
(CAL204, $14.95)
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San Francisco Then and Now
• Dennis Evanovsky
• Eric J. Kos
• HISTORY
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A compact edition of Evanovsky and Kos's pictorial history of San Francisco featuring dramatic photos taken before, during and after the 1906 Earthquake and fire.
(SFO58, $12.95)
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Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950-1965
• Caroline A. Jones
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Defecting from the prevailing style of Abstract Expressionism, a number of Bay Area artists began experimenting with painting the human figure again in the 1950s. This full-color book about the resulting movement is a perfect addition to your library before or after a trip to San Francisco's museums.
(SFO59, $49.95)
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Fifth Chinese Daughter
• Jade Snow Wong
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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First published in 1945, Jade Snow Wong's memoir is a simply told, moving story of family life in pre-WWII San Francisco Chinatown.
(SFO08, $14.95)
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Bret Harte's Gold Rush, Outcasts of Poker Flat, The Luck of Roaring Camp, Tennessee's Partner and Other Favorites
• Bret Harte
• Reuben H. Margolin
• LITERATURE
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In the 1860s and 70s, a former stagecoach messenger named Bret Harte dazzled the literary world with his tales of Gold Rush-era California. These 15 rough-and-tumble stories include some of the best he ever wrote.
(CAL78, $13.95)
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Natural State, A Literary Anthology of California Nature Writing
• Steven Gilbar
• ANTHOLOGY
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Divided by ecological region, this book is a literary tour of California's unrivaled natural diversity, featuring essays and excerpts by such great writers as Barry Lopez, Gretel Ehrlich and John McPhee. Gary Snyder provided the afterword.
(CAL101, $26.95)
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San Francisco Stories, Great Writers on the City
• John Miller
• ANTHOLOGY
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This well-chosen anthology shows the city as seen by wonderful writers, ranging from London, Wolfe and Kerouac to Ann Lamott and Amy Tan.
(CAL168, $14.95)
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The Maltese Falcon
• Dashiell Hammett
• MYSTERY
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Set in San Francisco, this is Dashiell Hammett's classic story of Sam Spade, the archetypal hard-boiled detective.
(CAL06, $14.00)
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The Valley of the Moon
• Jack London
• LITERATURE
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In part a tribute to his wife and rural life on his ranch in Glen Ellen, London's California novel follows Billy and Saxon Roberts from Oakland to Sonoma, where they strive to live independently on the land.
(CAL169, $21.95)
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Assembling California
• John McPhee
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Another fine book on geology and natural history from John McPhee, this time in the company of Eldridge Moores, on travels throughout California.
(USW187, $16.00)
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Mac's Field Guide to Northern California Wildflowers
• Craig MacGowan
• FIELD GUIDE
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This double-sided, laminated card features color drawings of the wildflowers commonly found in the northern California region.
(CAL05, $4.95)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to California
• Peter Alden
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, easy-to-use guide to 1,000 of California's trees, wildflowers, mammals, insects, birds and other flora and fauna.
(CAL07, $19.95)
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
• Jon Dunn
• FIELD GUIDE
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From Alaska to Baja California, Nova Scotia and Florida, this guide is the veteran's choice for birding anywhere in the United States. Tabbed for easy access, the color range maps in this sixth edition are outstanding.
(FG09, $27.95)
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Pacific State Wildflowers
• Theodore F. Niehaus
• Charles Ripper
• FIELD GUIDE
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This Peterson field guide covers 1,492 species of wildflowers found from British Columbia to Baja California.
(USW192, $19.00)
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