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Adventuring in the California Desert
• Lynne Foster
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guidebook for exploring the desert regions of Southern California.
(CAL73, $18.95)
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An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles
• David Gebhard
• Robert Winter
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A newly revised edition of the classic architectural guide.
(CAL147, $24.95)
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The Architecture of R.M. Schindler
• Elizabeth A.T. Smith
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A visual survey of the avant-garde California architect's works.
(CAL149, $65.00)
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Ask the Dust
• John Fante
• Charles Bukowski
• LITERATURE
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Fante's oft-forgotten classic novel of Arturo Bandini, trying to make it as a writer in L.A.
(CAL14, $15.00)
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Backroads of Northern California
• David M. Wyman
• GUIDEBOOK
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A photographic guide to the lesser traveled roads of Northern California. Featuring 100 dazzling color photographs and accompanying text by California native David Wyman, this book also covers the geology, history and main attractions of the region.
(USW145, $21.95)
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Basin and Range
• John McPhee
• NATURAL HISTORY
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McPhee's illuminating account of travels in the company of geologist Kenneth S. Deffeyes along Route 80 from Utah to California.
(GEO13, $14.00)
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Best Easy Day Hikes Anza-Borrego
• Bill Cunningham
• Polly Burke
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact guide to 20 popular day hikes in the 60,000-acre desert park.
(USW337, $6.95)
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Best Easy Day Hikes Death Valley
• Bill Cunningham
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact guide to 20 popular day hikes in the 3.3 million-acre national park.
(CAL179, $6.95)
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The Best of the West, An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West
• Tony Hillerman
• ANTHOLOGY
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A campfire collection of unforgettable portraits of the West, this anthology takes in travelers, homesteaders, Navajos, government officials, pioneers and authors as diverse as Meriwether Lewis, John Steinbeck and Edward Abbey.
(USW87, $18.00)
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Between Pacific Tides
• Edward F. Ricketts
• Jack Calvin
• Joel W. Hedgpeth
• David W. Phillips
• John Steinbeck
• FIELD GUIDE
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A handbook to the rocky shores and tide pools of the Pacific Coast of the United States. Each intertidal zone is discussed in depth, augmented by black-and-white photographs and diagrams.
(FG34, $31.95)
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Beverly Hills, 1930-2005
• Marc Wanamaker
• HISTORY
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Wanamaker, owner of one of the largest archives of historic photographs in Southern California, traces the history of Beverly Hills and its association with movie-making in this wonderful collection of vintage photographs.
(CAL212, $19.99)
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The Big Sleep
• Raymond Chandler
• LITERATURE
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The classic crime novel from the master of the genre. Here is a journey into the dark underworld of 1930's Los Angeles.
(CAL17, $13.95)
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The Big Year, A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession
• Mark Obmascik
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Obmascik, himself an over-the-edge birder, recounts with glee and page-turning detail the race to see the most birds in North America in a year. It's an utterly compelling account of a three-way race (roofing contractor, tycoon, software nerd), likely never again to be equaled.
(BRD29, $14.00)
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Birding by Ear: Western North America
• Richard Walton
• NATURAL HISTORY
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(USW444, $30.00)
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Birding in the American West
• Kevin Zimmer
• FIELD GUIDE
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A guide to finding birds -- and distinguishing among similar species -- in the West.
(USW404, $29.95)
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The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife
• Christopher W. Leahy
• Gordon Morrison
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A handsome, fully illustrated survey of the birds of North America, organized A to Z, covering birds, bird biology, conservation and birdwatching.
(NAM21, $19.95)
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Bone
• Fae Myenne Ng
• LITERATURE
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A poetic, dreamlike novel that tells the story of two generations of a family in San Francisco's Chinatown, as told through the wandering memories of a woman in search of clues to explain her sister's suicide.
(USW153, $12.95)
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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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Building the Getty
• Richard Meier
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An account of the construction of the Getty Center, written by it's architect.
(CAL21, $25.95)
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Butterflies through Binoculars, The West
• Jeffrey Glassberg
• FIELD GUIDE
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A photographic identification guide to butterflies found throughout the western United States.
(BUG11, $24.95)
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Cadillac Desert, The American West and Its Disappearing Water
• Marc Reisner
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A definitive history of water development in the American desert -- and a now-classic chronicle of wrong-headed policies and misadventures controlling the great rivers of the West.
(USW246, $18.00)
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California's North Coast Map
• MapLink
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A map of California's northern coast, including Redwood National Park, Klamath District State Parks, Smith River National Recreation Area, and Humboldt County Parks, at a scale of 1:62,000 .
(CAL233, $3.95)
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Cannery Row
• John Steinbeck
• LITERATURE
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Based on memories of characters he met living in Monterey, California, this is Steinbeck's story of the denizens of Cannery Row, a group of good-natured bums, prostitutes and alcoholics
(USW150, $10.00)
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Chasing Monarchs, A Migration with the Butterflies of Passage
• Robert Michael Pyle
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A memoir of Lepidoptery, combing the entomologist-author's considerable knowledge of butterflies and their biology with a rambling road trip from British Columbia through the Southwest to Mexico.
(MEX62, $14.00)
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City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s
• Otto Friedrich
• HISTORY
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An engaging social history of Hollywood during the decline of the studio system.
(CAL29, $25.95)
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City of Quartz, Excavating the Future of Los Angeles
• Mike Davis
• HISTORY
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A grim portrait of racial, economic and social struggle in Los Angeles.
(CAL146, $15.95)
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Compass Guide California Wine Country, California's Napa & Sonoma Valleys
• John Doerper
• Charles O'Rear
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive introduction to the Napa and Sonoma Valleys, covering wineries both small and large. The listings are excellent and include helpful driving directions and regional maps, along with numerous evocative color photographs and informed essays on the history of the region and winemaking techniques.
(USW171, $21.95)
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The Complete Guidebook to Yosemite National Park
• Steven P. Medley
• GUIDEBOOK
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An award-winning guide to the park by the Yosemite Association. It features practical information on activities, hiking trails, wildlife and history.
(CAL51, $12.95)
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Continental Drift
• James D. Houston
• LITERATURE
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A novel about a California family shaken by war abroad and crime at home.
(CAL103, $15.95)
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The Control of Nature
• John McPhee
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A bestseller in the classic McPhee tradition, this book explores our generally feeble attempts to combat all-powerful nature, including efforts by Icelanders to control the flow of a volcano.
(NAT01, $16.00)
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Cowgirls: Women of the American West
• Teresa Jordan
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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The story of the western woman, past and present, is intimately recounted through the words of the women themselves.
(USW13, $19.95)
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Crabgrass Frontier, the Suburbanization of the United States
• Kenneth T. Jackson
• HISTORY
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An historical account of the rise of the American suburb.
(USA15, $19.95)
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Crossing the Next Meridian: Land, Water, and the Future of the West
• Charles F. Wilkinson
• HISTORY
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A discussion of development and conservation in the West.
(USW361, $35.00)
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Crossings, Photographs from the U.S.- Mexico Border
• Tom Miller
• Alex Webb
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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(SWU179, $50.00)
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Crow's Range, An Environmental History of the Sierra Nevada
• David Beesley
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A well-researched account of the natural and political challenges surrounding the Sierra Nevada.
(CAL211, $24.95)
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The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, And Other Stories
• William Saroyan
• LITERATURE
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A group of short stories about immigrants in America.
(USW210, $14.95)
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The Day of the Locust
• Nathaniel West
• LITERATURE
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West's attack on 1930s Hollywood.
(CAL34, $6.99)
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Days of Gold, The California Gold Rush and the American Nation
• Malcolm Rohrbough
• HISTORY
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This vivid, eyewitness history draws on diaries, letters, and other archival sources, letting the (mostly) men speak directly of the discovery of gold in California on the morning of January 24, 1848.
(CAL155, $24.95)
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Death Valley and the Amargosa, Land of Illusion
• Richard E. Lingenfelter
• HISTORY
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An exhaustive history of Death Valley and the Amargosa River, filled with illustrations, maps and documents.
(CAL10, $34.95)
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Death Valley National Park
• Fred Hirschmann
• Randi Hirschmann
• Mark Schlenz
• NATURAL HISTORY
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One hundred and six color photographs of death Valley by landscape photographers Fred and Randi Hirschmann. It's a good overview of the park, especially recommended for travelers with a camera.
(CAL13, $19.95)
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The Dream Endures, California Enters the 1940s
• Kevin Starr
• HISTORY
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The fifth book in a series, this work is a close look at California culture in the 1930s.
(CAL151, $24.95)
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East of Eden (20th Century Classics)
• John Steinbeck
• LITERATURE
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Steinbeck's story of two families in rural California, and the violent fates that befall them. Covering the period from the Civil War to World War I, this story of connected families is a retelling of the early chapters of Genesis.
(USW152, $16.00)
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Eastern Caribbean Cruise Tour Guide
• Coastal Cruise Tour Guides
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A handy guide and booklet that unfolds to a six-foot-long full color map. It features historical background, visitor attractions and maps of all the islands from Puerto Rico to Trinidad.
(CRB135, $15.95)
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
• Peter Biskind
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A salacious, gossipy and utterly readable account of the rise and fall of the "New American Cinema."
(FLM06, $18.00)
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Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster
• Mike Davis
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A wild look at the multitude of environmental dangers that threaten Los Angeles. Davis details the possibilities and realities of floods, fires and earthquakes -- as well as the occasional attack from a swarm of killer bees.
(CAL18, $15.95)
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El Dorado, Adventures in the Path of Empire
• Bayard Taylor
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The collected travelogues of a young journalist who covered the events of the Gold Rush for the New York Tribune.
(USW367, $18.95)
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Embattled Dreams, California in War and Peace, 1940-1950
• Kevin Starr
• HISTORY
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The sixth book in a series, this work tackles impact of WWII on Californian culture.
(CAL150, $19.95)
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The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park
• T. Scott Bryan
• Betty Tucker-Bryan
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to Death Valley and a survey of the park's human and natural history.
(CAL67, $23.95)
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Exploring Point Reyes: A Guide to Point Reyes National Seashore
• Phil Arnot
• Elvira Monroe
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact introduction to Point Reyes National Seashore, with natural history, geography and plenty of information on trails and hiking. Written by an avid hiker in the region, it is illustrated with maps and photographs.
(CAL57, $10.95)
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Eyewitness Guide San Francisco and Northern California
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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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, $23.00)
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Eyewitness Real City San Francisco
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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With up-to-date information on what's hot in San Francisco, this chic guide lists the trendiest local spots to eat, shop, party and relax. Supported by a website so you'll always be on the inside track.
(SFO33, $15.00)
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Falcon Guide, Hiking California's Desert Parks
• Bill Cunningham
• Polly Burke
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to hiking in the deserts of Southern California.
(CAL74, $19.95)
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Falcon Guide, Hiking the Sierra Nevada
• Barry Parr
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to hiking in the Sierra Nevada, including Yosemite, Sequoia and King's Canyon. It features descriptions of 96 hikes, maps, black-and-white photographs, and practical information.
(CAL71, $19.95)
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Falcon Guide, Hiking Yosemite National Park
• Suzanne Swedo
• GUIDEBOOK
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In addition to useful trail descriptions, maps and safety techniques, this practical hiking guide to Yosemite National Park gives an overview of the area's natural history, and advice on navigating the area's beautiful scenery.
(CAL41, $14.95)
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A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes
• William Eschmeyer
• Earl Herald
• Howard Hammann
• Roger Tory Peterson
• FIELD GUIDE
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An illustrated field guide to the fish found in Pacific coast waters.
(FG45, $20.00)
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A Field Guide to Western Birds
• Roger Tory Peterson
• FIELD GUIDE
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A field guide to the birds west of the Mississippi, featuring color plates of each species.
(FG18, $19.95)
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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, $13.95)
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Fishwatcher's Field Guide Baja California, Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco
• Idaz Greenberg
• FIELD GUIDE
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A double-sided, full color waterproof card.
(BJA31, $7.50)
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Fodor's California
• Micha Nalepa
• GUIDEBOOK
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With its many photographs, great introductory chapters and practical travel information, this book is an excellent overview of Italy and its attractions for visitors. Featuring separate sections on suggested places to visit, recommended walks, practical information, descriptions of restaurants and hotels, ratings of sights, and a chronology of historic events.
(CAL240, $21.95)
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Fodor's Los Angeles
• Maria Burwell
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining.
(CAL225, $16.95)
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Fodor's Los Angeles' 25 Best
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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A shirt-pocket guide to Los Angeles, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights.
(USW186, $11.95)
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Fodor's Northern California
• Carissa Bluestone
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining.
(CAL224, $17.95)
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Fodor's San Diego
• Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining.
(CAL226, $16.95)
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Fodor's San Diego
• Kristin Moehlmann
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining.
(CAL223, $16.95)
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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, $11.95)
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Fodor's Southern California
• Carissa Bluestone
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining.
(CAL222, $17.95)
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The Fragmented Metropolis: Los Angeles, 1859-1930
• Robert M. Fogelson
• Robert Fishman
• HISTORY
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A history of the early urban development of L.A.
(CAL28, $22.95)
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The French Laundry Cookbook
• Thomas Keller
• Deborah Jones
• FOOD
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Practical? No, but this cookbook from Napa's finest restaurant is quite a souvenir.
(CAL76, $50.00)
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Frommer's Irreverent Guide to San Francisco
• Arthur Frommer
• GUIDEBOOK
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In addition to usual general travel information, this guide provides insiders' tips on places to visit, shop, sleep, eat or just hang out.
(CAL02, $12.99)
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Frommer's Memorable Walks in San Francisco
• Arthur Frommer
• GUIDEBOOK
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This useful guidebook maps out 12 comprehensive walking routes through the most interesting and historically important neighborhoods of San Francisco.
(CAL08, $12.99)
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Frommer's Napa & Sonoma Day by Day
• Avital Binshtock
• GUIDEBOOK
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A brief guide to the Wine Country, ideal for a short visit, featuring tips on wine tasting and a section of recommendations for best of everything from food, hotels and neighrborhoods to physically active tours and favorite moments.
(CAL205, $12.99)
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Frommer's Portable California Wine Country
• Erika Lenkert
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical travel guide featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep. With one-color maps and suggested excursions.
(CAL220, $10.99)
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Frommer's Portable San Diego
• Mark Hiss
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining.
(CAL221, $12.99)
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Frommer's San Diego Day by Day
• Mark Hiss
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit.
(CAL250, $12.99)
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Frontiers, A Short History of the American West
• Robert V. Hine
• John Mack Faragher
• HISTORY
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A lively, authoritative brief history.
(USW531, $28.00)
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The Gangster We Are All Looking for
• Thi Diem Thuy Le
• LITERATURE
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The story of a Vietnamese refugee family's harrowing experiences as impoverished immigrants in San Diego.
(CAL175, $12.95)
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Garlic is Life, A Memoir with Recipes
• Chester Aaron
• FOOD
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A man's obsession with garlic drives him into Sonoma County where he tries to make it as a garlic farmer. This humorous tribute to the pungent plant and life in Northern California is enhanced by a series of recipes, all teeming with garlic.
(CUL02, $16.95)
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Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley
• Robert P. Sharp
• Allen F. Glazner
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An introduction to the geological features of Southeastern California.
(CAL12, $18.00)
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The Getty Center: Richard Meier & Partners
• Richard Meier
• Michael Brawn
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A photographic tour of the Getty Center.
(CAL25, $29.95)
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Glaciers of California
• Bill Guyton
• SCIENCE
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A primer on glaciers and glaciation in California. Geologist Bill Guyton explains how glaciers form and work, and the history of California's glaciers and mountain ranges, including the Sierra Nevada.
(CAL44, $18.95)
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Gold Dust and Gunsmoke, Tales of Gold Rush Outlaws, Gunfighters, Lawmen and Vigilantes
• John Boessenecker
• HISTORY
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A history of the California Gold Rush, as seen through the rampant criminal acts that characterized it
(USW189, $21.95)
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The Golden West, Hollywood Stories
• Daniel Fuchs
• LITERATURE
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This marvelous collection of stories and essays from Sunny California, many originally appearing in The New Yorker and Commentary, capture the spirit (and personalities) of Hollywood in the heyday of the studio era.
(CAL188, $16.95)
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The Grapes of Wrath (20th Century Classics)
• John Steinbeck
• LITERATURE
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The epic tale of the Joad family and their journey from Oklahoma to California in search of a new life.
(USW151, $14.00)
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The Great Garlic Book, A Guide With Recipes
• Chester Aaron
• FIELD GUIDE
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A garlic farmer's loving reference to the plant that has kept him fed over the years, featuring recipes, little-known garlic facts and color photographs, showing off some of the rarer varieties.
(CUL03, $16.95)
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A Guide to Marine Invertebrates, Alaska to Baja California
• Daniel W. Gotshall
• FIELD GUIDE
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This second, revised edition of Gotshall's invaluable field guide features full color photographs and brief descriptive information on 285 species of Pacific inshore and subtidal marine invertebrates.
(BJA40, $29.95)
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Hearst Castle, The Biography of a Country House
• Victoria Kastner
• Victoria Garagliano
• George Plimpton
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated history of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst's estate at San Simeon.
(CAL56, $50.00)
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Hiking Death Valley
• Michel Digonnet
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide to hiking in Death Valley, written by a veteran traveler and adventurer in the region.
(CAL68, $19.95)
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Hill Guide Sonoma Valley, The Secret Wine Country
• Kathleen Hill
• Gerald Hill
• GUIDEBOOK
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A homegrown guide to the Sonoma Valley, both practical and personal in its delivery of travel information and regional background.
(CAL84, $15.95)
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The Hours
• Michael Cunningham
• LITERATURE
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A marvelous book -- deep, dark and full of hope, signed by the author.
(NYC72, $23.00)
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How To Be A Bad Birdwatcher
• Simon Barnes
• NATURAL HISTORY
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According to Simon Barnes, the only good birdwatcher is a "bad" birdwatcher. A funny and refreshingly straight-talking guide to birdwatching from a London Times sportswriter.
(BRD25, $17.95)
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Insider's Guide to San Diego
• Eva Shaw
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to travel in San Diego.
(CAL91, $18.95)
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Insight Guide Los Angeles
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A colorful guide to L.A.
(CAL19, $22.95)
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Insight Guide National Parks, Western United States
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A volume in the award-winning Insight series, this guide is noted for its wonderful photography, superb production and informative short essays. It is a thoroughly illustrated, comprehensive guide to the national parks of the western United States, including Arches, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Zion, the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest.
(USW181, $24.95)
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Inventing the Dream, California Through the Progressive Era
• Kevin Starr
• HISTORY
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The second book in a series, this volume examines California at the turn of the century.
(CAL152, $34.00)
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Iron, Erecting the Walt Disney Concert Hall
• Gil Garcetti
• Frank O. Gehry
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A photographic survey chronicling the construction of the monumental structure.
(CAL148, $39.95)
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The J. Paul Getty Museum and Its Collections: A Museum for the New Century
• John Walsh
• Deborah Ann Gribbon
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A well-illustrated overview of the J. Paul Getty Museum, it's history and varied collection of art, written by the museum's director and chief curator. With a chapter on J. Paul Getty's life.
(CAL26, $40.00)
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Joshua Tree, The Complete Guide
• James Kaiser
• GUIDEBOOK
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A full-color informative guide on where to go, what to do, and how to get the most out of hikes and other adventures in Joshua Tree.
(CAL206, $19.95)
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Karen Brown's California, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries
• Karen, Clare and June Brown
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to lodging of character and itineraries.
(CAL61, $19.95)
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King and Queen of the River, The Legendary Paddle-Wheel Steamboats Delta King and Delta Queen
• Stan Garvey
• HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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A dual history of two notable, vintage paddleboats.
(USM74, $27.95)
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Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand
• Kenn Kaufman
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Kaufman's absorbing account of coming-of-age as a Wichita teenager on the road in 1973 with a summer's pay in his pocket and the goal of seeing as many birds as he could in a year.
(BRD27, $14.00)
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L.A. Confidential
• James Ellroy
• LITERATURE
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James Ellroy's modern noir thriller, a densely plotted yarn in the style of Raymond Chandler. Made into a critically acclaimed film.
(CAL35, $14.95)
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The Lady in the Lake/the Little Sister/the Long Goodbye/Playback, The Little Sister ; The Long Goodbye ; Playback
• Raymond Chandler
• MYSTERY
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(CAL245, $30.00)
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The Land of Little Rain
• Mary Austin
• Terry Tempest Williams
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this turn-of-the-century desert hymn, Austin -- a writer and naturalist who accompanied her husband to Death Valley in the 1890s -- finds a vibrant ecosystem where her forbears saw wasteland. An illuminating natural history.
(CAL66, $13.00)
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The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada
• John Muir Laws
• FIELD GUIDE
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This impressively detailed, compact and comprehensive identification guide covers 1700 native species of trees, wildflowers, ferns, fungi, lichens, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and insects. Well organized for the field with 2,800 clear color illustrations and key features integrated on the page.
(CAL238, $24.95)
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Life in a California Mission
• Jean Francois de la Perouse
• Malcolm Margolin
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A remarkable essay about the natural life and native customs of eighteenth-century California, written by a French explorer while his ships lay at anchor in Monterey Bay.
(USW366, $10.95)
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Lonely Planet California
• Andrea Schulte-Peevers
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical, comprehensive guide in the popular series.
(CAL134, $21.99)
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Los Angeles A to Z, An Encyclopedia of the City and County
• Leonard Pitt
• Dale Pitt
• REFERENCE
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A big, handsomely produced reference and guide to the personalities, history and complicated geography of Los Angeles.
(CAL20, $31.95)
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Los Angeles City Center Map
• Borch Maps
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A map of the center of L.A.
(CAL37, $8.95)
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Los Angeles Map
• Rand McNally Maps
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A map of Los Angeles and vicinity at a scale of 1:285,000.
(CAL36, $4.95)
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The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death and Possible Rebirth
• Blake Gumprecht
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A history of the Los Angeles river and its role in the city in the past and future.
(CAL32, $21.95)
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Los Angeles, The Architecture of Four Ecologies
• Reyner Banham
• Anthony Vidler
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An architectural history of Los Angeles.
(CAL145, $22.95)
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The Love of the Last Tycoon
• Matthew J. Bruccoli
• F. Scott Fitzgerald
• LITERATURE
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Fitzgerald's unfinished novel, newly restored.
(CAL16, $14.00)
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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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Mac's Field Guide to Yosemite National Park: Birds and Mammals
• Craig MacGowan
• FIELD GUIDE
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This double-sided, laminated card features color drawings of the birds and mammals commonly found in Yosemite National Park.
(CAL48, $4.95)
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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, $12.95)
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Mammals of North America
• Roland W. Kays
• Don E. Wilson
• FIELD GUIDE
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The most comprehensive guide to mammals found north of Mexico.
(NAM11, $19.95)
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Marine Mammals of the Eastern North Pacific
• Sea Grant Alaska
• Pieter Folkens
• FIELD GUIDE
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This 8-panel waterproof card illustrates Alaska's whales, dolphins, sea otters and seals.
(ALA143, $8.95)
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Masterpieces in the J. Paul Getty Museum: Drawings
• Getty Trust Publications
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The greatest drawings in the Getty.
(CAL22, $22.50)
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Masterpieces in the J. Paul Getty Museum: Paintings
• Getty Trust Publications
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The greatest paintings in the Getty.
(CAL24, $22.50)
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Masterpieces in the J. Paul Getty Museum: Photographs
• Getty Trust Publications
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The greatest photos in the Getty.
(CAL23, $22.50)
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Mendocino and Other Stories
• Ann Packer
• LITERATURE
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These ten memorable slice-of-life stories, which originally appeared in the New Yorker and Ploughshares magazines, are set primarily in northern California and recount the lives of ordinary people in unusual situations.
(CAL192, $13.95)
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Michelin Green Guide San Francisco
• Michelin Travel Publications
• GUIDEBOOK
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A straightfoward, practical guide to the city.
(SFO35, $19.95)
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Moon Handbook Coastal California
• Kim Weir
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to the Californian coast by veteran Moon Handbook writer Kim Weir, good features information on food, accommodations and attractions.
(CAL189, $21.95)
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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, $21.95)
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Moon Handbook Northern California Wine Country
• Philip Goldsmith
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, no-nonsense guide in the popular series, with good background information about history, culture, and popular attractions.
(CAL198, $16.95)
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Moon Handbook Southern California
• Kim Weir
• GUIDEBOOK
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An informative handbook including Greater Los Angeles, Disneyland, San Diego, Death Valley and other Desert Parks.
(CAL39, $19.95)
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Moon Handbook Tahoe
• Ken Castle
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to Lake Tahoe and surroundings.
(CAL97, $17.95)
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Moon Outdoors California Hiking
• Tom Stienstra
• GUIDEBOOK
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A no-nonsense practical guide in the Moon series, jam-packed not only with travel necessities (hotels, restaurants, sights), but also with a good overview of history, flora and fauna and geology.
(CAL246, $24.95)
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The Mountains of California
• John Muir
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The classic account by the pioneering conservationist of Yosemite and lesser-known regions of the Sierra Nevada. Muir's tribute includes his commentary on the glaciers, geology and natural history of the region.
(USW368, $13.00)
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Napa Valley, The Ultimate Winery Guide
• Antonia Allegra
• Richard Gillette
• GUIDEBOOK
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A slim oversize guide to Napa, written by an award winning food and wine writer, and illustrated with a regional map and 150 color photographs.
(USW167, $19.95)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees (Western Region)
• Elbert L. Little
• Angelo Lomeo
• FIELD GUIDE
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This volume packs lots of photographs to aid in identifying the wide array of rare, locally abundant, and widespread trees.
(USW225, $19.95)
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National Audubon Society Guide to Nature Photography, Digital Edition
• Tim Fitzharris
• FIELD GUIDE
• COMING IN SEPTEMBER
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Fitzharris shares his tips for capturing and processing flawless images of nature in this detailed guide, with hundreds of brilliant color photographs.
(NAT159, $24.95)
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
• National Geographic
• FIELD GUIDE
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From Alaska to Baja California, this field guide, now in its fifth edition is the one to carry.
(FG09, $24.00)
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National Trust Guide San Francisco
• Peter Booth Wiley
• GUIDEBOOK
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A primer on San Francisco's history, culture and architecture, this volume bridges the gap between tourist guide and serious history.
(SFO06, $24.95)
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Native Universe, Voices of Indian America
• Clifford E. Trafzer
• ANTHOLOGY
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This sumptuously illustrated cultural history, written exclusively by Native Americans, is published in celebration of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
(USA95, $40.00)
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The Natural History of Big Sur
• Paul Henson
• Donald J. Usner
• Valerie A. Kells
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A natural history and guide to Big Sur, California with detailed information on specific sites and trails.
(CAL62, $28.95)
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Natural History of the Islands of California
• Allan A. Schoenherr
• C. Robert Feldmeth
• Michael J. Emerson
• David Mooney
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A survey of the ecology, geology and human history of California's coastal islands.
(CAL111, $55.00)
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Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula
• Jules Evens
• NATURAL HISTORY
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(CAL239, $24.95)
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A Natural History of Western Trees
• Donald Culross Peattie
• FIELD GUIDE
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Not exactly a field guide, Peattie's book is scattered with anecdotes and information on aboriginal use, folk names, and economic value of each species. He offers rich full-length portraits of his favorite trees, and the original wood engravings of the 1950 classic are also included.
(USW191, $21.00)
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Nature Noir, A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra
• Jordan Fisher Smith
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The memoir of a park ranger on duty in the river canyons of the Sierra Nevada, a region ultimately drowned by the building of a dam.
(CAL187, $13.95)
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The New Encyclopedia of the American West
• Howard R. Lamar
• REFERENCE
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A massive -- and entertaining -- reference to the West.
(USW416, $80.00)
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The New York Times Traveler's Guide to Art Museum Exhibitions 2005
• Susan Mermelstein
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to 350 U.S. museums and their scheduled exhibits for 2005.
(NYC32, $17.95)
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Northern California and Southern Oregon Coast Map
• Global Graphics
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A recreational map of the coastal regions of Oregon and northern California at a scale of 1:500,000.
(USW459, $4.95)
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Northern California Map
• National Geographic
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A handy fold-up map of Northern California including San Francisco, at a scale of 1:600,000.
(CAL04, $4.95)
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Nothing Like it in the World, The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869
• Stephen Ambrose
• HISTORY
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Ambrose uses his considerable skill as a writer and his experience as a biographer to capture the energy, spirit and verve required to build the railroad. An admiring, enthusiastic account.
(USW224, $17.00)
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On the Road
• Jack Kerouac
• LITERATURE
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The signature work by the famed Beat poet.
(USA16, $14.00)
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Ordeal by Hunger, The Story of the Donner Party
• George Rippey Stewart
• HISTORY
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The definitive account of the Donner Party.
(USW414, $14.95)
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Our National Parks
• John Muir
• Richard F. Fleck
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A collection of ten essays on the national parks of the west, including Yosemite, Yellowstone, Sequoia and General Grant. Six of the ten chapters are devoted to Yosemite National Park.
(USW272, $25.95)
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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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Palm Springs & Desert Resorts, A Complete Guide
• Christopher P. Baker
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN NOVEMBER
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An authoritative, practical guide to the food, culture and attractions of the region.
(CAL254, $18.95)
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Palm Springs Modern, Houses in the California Desert
• Adele Cygelman
• David Glomb
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A glamorous, coffee-table tribute to modern architectural treasures of Palm Springs.
(CAL128, $50.00)
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Palm Springs Oasis
• Greg Lawson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A small collection of photographs.
(CAL130, $19.95)
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Palm Springs Weekend, The Architecture and Design of a Midcentury Oasis
• Alan Hess
• Andrew Danish
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An attractive and insightful study of the architecture of Palm Springs.
(CAL129, $40.00)
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Palm Springs: The Landscape, the History, the Lore
• Mary Jo Churchwell
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A portrait of the desert community of Palm Springs over the last 150 years.
(CAL132, $25.00)
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Playback
• Raymond Chandler
• LITERATURE
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Chandler's final novel, set in La Jolla.
(CAL177, $12.95)
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Point Reyes National Seashore
• Tom Harrison Maps
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A colorful, topographic map of Point Reyes National Seashore, at a scale of 1:48,000.
(CAL58, $8.95)
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The Portable Beat Reader
• Ann Charters
• ANTHOLOGY
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An anthology of poetry and prose from the Beat generation, including excerpts from Kerouac's "On the Road" and Ginsberg's "Howl" as well as works by Herbert Huncke, Bob Dylan, and others.
(GEN130, $18.00)
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The Presidio, From Army Post to National Park
• Lisa M. Benton
• HISTORY
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The story of the Presidio and its transformation from military post to national park.
(CAL54, $29.95)
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Quiet Odyssey, A Pioneer Korean Woman in America
• Mary Paik Lee
• Sucheng Chan
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Mary Paik Lee was an authentic pioneer -- one of the first Korean-Americans and a crusader for civil rights.
(USW397, $16.95)
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Recommended Country Inns, West Coast
• Julianna Belote
• GUIDEBOOK
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A listing of 339 top picks of the region's best inns, from California to Washington.
(PNW76, $16.95)
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Remember D-Day, Both Sides Tell Their Stories
• Ronald J. Drez
• David Eisenhower
• HISTORY
• YOUNG ADULTS
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An engaging and well-constructed history of the D-Day invasion for readers in grades 5 to 8, complete with anecdotes from soldiers, black-and-white photographs and plenty of historical information.
(USA96, $17.95)
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Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul
• Scott Weidensaul
• NATURAL HISTORY
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