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	Adventuring in the California Desert • Lynne Foster • GUIDEBOOK • A guidebook for exploring the desert regions of Southern California. (CAL73, $18.95)
	Angle of Repose • Wallace Stegner • LITERATURE • A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of one man's search for his grandparents' story. It beautifully weaves the history of the American West and a glimpse of their life in California, Colorado and Idaho. (USW301, $16.00)
	An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles • David Gebhard • Robert Winter • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A newly revised edition of the classic architectural guide. (CAL147, $24.99)
	The Architecture of R.M. Schindler • Elizabeth A.T. Smith • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A visual survey of the avant-garde California architect's works. (CAL149, $65.00)
	Ask the Dust • John Fante • Charles Bukowski • LITERATURE • Fante's oft-forgotten classic novel of Arturo Bandini, trying to make it as a writer in L.A. (CAL14, $15.00)
	Backroads of Northern California • David M. Wyman • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Basin and Range • John McPhee • NATURAL HISTORY • McPhee's illuminating account of travels in the company of geologist Kenneth S. Deffeyes along Route 80 from Utah to California. (GEO13, $14.00)
	Best Easy Day Hikes Anza-Borrego • Bill Cunningham • Polly Burke • GUIDEBOOK • A compact guide to 20 popular day hikes in the 60,000-acre desert park. (USW337, $6.95)
	Best Easy Day Hikes Death Valley • Bill Cunningham • GUIDEBOOK • A compact guide to 20 popular day hikes in the 3.3 million-acre national park. (CAL179, $6.95)
	The Best of the West, An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West • Tony Hillerman • ANTHOLOGY • 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)
	Between Pacific Tides • Edward F. Ricketts • Jack Calvin • Joel W. Hedgpeth • David W. Phillips • John Steinbeck • FIELD GUIDE • 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)
	The Big Sleep • Raymond Chandler • LITERATURE • 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)
	The Big Year, A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession • Mark Obmascik • NATURAL HISTORY • 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)
	Birding by Ear: Western North America • Richard Walton • NATURAL HISTORY • (USW444, $30.00)
	Birding in the American West • Kevin Zimmer • FIELD GUIDE • A guide to finding birds -- and distinguishing among similar species -- in the West. (USW404, $29.95)
	The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife • Christopher W. Leahy • Gordon Morrison • NATURAL HISTORY • 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)
	Bone • Fae Myenne Ng • LITERATURE • 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)
	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 • 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)
	Building the Getty • Richard Meier • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An account of the construction of the Getty Center, written by it's architect. (CAL21, $25.95)
	Butterflies through Binoculars, The West • Jeffrey Glassberg • FIELD GUIDE • A photographic identification guide to butterflies found throughout the western United States. (BUG11, $24.95)
	Cadillac Desert, The American West and Its Disappearing Water • Marc Reisner • NATURAL HISTORY • 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)
	California Fault, Searching for the Spirit of a State Along the San Andreas • Thurston Clarke • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A good natured portrait of the Golden State. (CAL33, $12.95)
	California, America's High-stakes Experiment • Peter Schrag • LITERATURE • (CAL201, $35.00)
	Chasing Monarchs, A Migration with the Butterflies of Passage • Robert Michael Pyle • NATURAL HISTORY • 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)
	Christopher Columbus and the Conquest of Paradise • Kirkpatrick Sale • EXPLORATION • A new edition of this wide-ranging and lucid portrait of the man and the legends surrounding him, originally published in 1990. Columbus is no hero in Sale's view but rather a sea-faring adventurer in search of glory, gold and god. (USA134, $15.95)
	City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s • Otto Friedrich • HISTORY • An engaging social history of Hollywood during the decline of the studio system. (CAL29, $25.95)
	City of Quartz, Excavating the Future of Los Angeles • Mike Davis • HISTORY • A grim portrait of racial, economic and social struggle in Los Angeles. (CAL146, $15.95)
	Coastal Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest • Elizabeth Horn • FIELD GUIDE • A handy photo-identification guide to 200 species from British Columbia south to northern California, divided by habitats and plant family. (PNW15, $14.00)
	Compass Guide California Wine Country, California's Napa & Sonoma Valleys • John Doerper • Charles O'Rear • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	The Complete Guidebook to Yosemite National Park • Steven P. Medley • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Continental Drift • James D. Houston • LITERATURE • A novel about a California family shaken by war abroad and crime at home. (CAL103, $15.95)
	The Control of Nature • John McPhee • NATURAL HISTORY • 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)
	Cowgirls: Women of the American West • Teresa Jordan • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • The story of the western woman, past and present, is intimately recounted through the words of the women themselves. (USW13, $19.95)
	Crabgrass Frontier, the Suburbanization of the United States • Kenneth T. Jackson • HISTORY • An historical account of the rise of the American suburb. (USA15, $19.95)
	Crossing the Next Meridian: Land, Water, and the Future of the West • Charles F. Wilkinson • HISTORY • A discussion of development and conservation in the West. (USW361, $35.00)
	Crossings, Photographs from the U.S.- Mexico Border • Tom Miller • Alex Webb • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • (SWU179, $50.00)
	The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, And Other Stories • William Saroyan • LITERATURE • A group of short stories about immigrants in America. (USW210, $14.95)
	The Day of the Locust • Nathaniel West • LITERATURE • West's attack on 1930s Hollywood. (CAL34, $6.99)
	Days of Gold, The California Gold Rush and the American Nation • Malcolm Rohrbough • HISTORY • 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)
	Death Valley and the Amargosa, Land of Illusion • Richard E. Lingenfelter • HISTORY • An exhaustive history of Death Valley and the Amargosa River, filled with illustrations, maps and documents. (CAL10, $34.95)
	Death Valley National Park • Fred Hirschmann • Randi Hirschmann • Mark Schlenz • NATURAL HISTORY • 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)
	The Dream Endures, California Enters the 1940s • Kevin Starr • HISTORY • The fifth book in a series, this work is a close look at California culture in the 1930s. (CAL151, $24.95)
	East of Eden (20th Century Classics) • John Steinbeck • LITERATURE • 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)
	Eastern Caribbean Cruise Tour Guide • Coastal Cruise Tour Guides • 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)
	Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood • Peter Biskind • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A salacious, gossipy and utterly readable account of the rise and fall of the "New American Cinema." (FLM06, $18.00)
	Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster • Mike Davis • NATURAL HISTORY • 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)
	El Dorado, Adventures in the Path of Empire • Bayard Taylor • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The collected travelogues of a young journalist who covered the events of the Gold Rush for the New York Tribune. (USW367, $18.95)
	Embattled Dreams, California in War and Peace, 1940-1950 • Kevin Starr • HISTORY • The sixth book in a series, this work tackles impact of WWII on Californian culture. (CAL150, $19.95)
	Empire Express, Building the First Transcontinental Railroad • David Haward Bain • HISTORY • A magisterial history of the railroad that connected the East to the West -- and radically changed the face of America. It is quite a tale, featuring greed, corruption, disaster and many memorable characters. (USW135, $20.00)
	Enterprising Women, 250 Years of American Business • Virginia Drachman • HISTORY • Profiles of the most important women in American industry, from colonial times through the twentieth century. (GEN317, $39.95)
	The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park • T. Scott Bryan • Betty Tucker-Bryan • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to Death Valley and a survey of the park's human and natural history. (CAL67, $23.95)
	Exploring Point Reyes: A Guide to Point Reyes National Seashore • Phil Arnot • Elvira Monroe • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Eyewitness Guide San Francisco and Northern California • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Falcon Guide, Hiking California's Desert Parks • Bill Cunningham • Polly Burke • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to hiking in the deserts of Southern California. (CAL74, $19.95)
	Falcon Guide, Hiking the Sierra Nevada • Barry Parr • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Falcon Guide, Hiking Yosemite National Park • Suzanne Swedo • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Farewell to Manzanar • Jeanne W. Houston • James D. Houston • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The best-selling memoir of life in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. (CAL93, $6.99)
	A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes • William Eschmeyer • Earl Herald • Howard Hammann • Roger Tory Peterson • FIELD GUIDE • An illustrated field guide to the fish found in Pacific coast waters. (FG45, $20.00)
	A Field Guide to Western Birds • Roger Tory Peterson • FIELD GUIDE • A field guide to the birds west of the Mississippi, featuring color plates of each species. (FG18, $19.95)
	Fishwatcher's Field Guide Baja California, Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco • Idaz Greenberg • FIELD GUIDE • A double-sided, full color waterproof card. (BJA31, $7.50)
	The Fragmented Metropolis: Los Angeles, 1859-1930 • Robert M. Fogelson • Robert Fishman • HISTORY • A history of the early urban development of L.A. (CAL28, $22.95)
	The French Laundry Cookbook • Thomas Keller • Deborah Jones • FOOD • Practical? No, but this cookbook from Napa's finest restaurant is quite a souvenir. (CAL76, $50.00)
	Frommer's Irreverent Guide to San Francisco • Arthur Frommer • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Frommer's Memorable Walks in San Francisco • Arthur Frommer • GUIDEBOOK • This useful guidebook maps out 12 comprehensive walking routes through the most interesting and historically important neighborhoods of San Francisco. (CAL08, $12.99)
	The Gangster We Are All Looking for • Thi Diem Thuy Le • LITERATURE • The story of a Vietnamese refugee family's harrowing experiences as impoverished immigrants in San Diego. (CAL175, $12.95)
	Garlic is Life, A Memoir with Recipes • Chester Aaron • FOOD • 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)
	Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley • Robert P. Sharp • Allen F. Glazner • NATURAL HISTORY • An introduction to the geological features of Southeastern California. (CAL12, $18.00)
	The Getty Center: Richard Meier & Partners • Richard Meier • Michael Brawn • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A photographic tour of the Getty Center. (CAL25, $29.95)
	Gilead • Marilynne Robinson • LITERATURE • A story about fathers and sons whose family history intersects with the U.S. Civil War. Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. (USW441, $14.00)
	Glaciers of California • Bill Guyton • SCIENCE • 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)
	Gold Dust and Gunsmoke, Tales of Gold Rush Outlaws, Gunfighters, Lawmen and Vigilantes • John Boessenecker • HISTORY • A history of the California Gold Rush, as seen through the rampant criminal acts that characterized it (USW189, $21.95)
	The Golden West, Hollywood Stories • Daniel Fuchs • LITERATURE • 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)
	The Grapes of Wrath (20th Century Classics) • John Steinbeck • LITERATURE • The epic tale of the Joad family and their journey from Oklahoma to California in search of a new life. (USW151, $14.00)
	The Great Garlic Book, A Guide With Recipes • Chester Aaron • FIELD GUIDE • 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)
	A Guide to Marine Invertebrates, Alaska to Baja California • Daniel W. Gotshall • FIELD GUIDE • 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)
	Hearst Castle, The Biography of a Country House • Victoria Kastner • Victoria Garagliano • George Plimpton • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated history of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst's estate at San Simeon. (CAL56, $50.00)
	Highway 99, The Literature of California's Great Central Valley • Stan Yogi • ANTHOLOGY • An excellent anthology of literature about the vast swathe of California that lies between San Francisco and L.A, including contemporary pieces, along with the writing of John Muir, John Steinbeck and William Saroyan. (CAL92, $16.00)
	Hiking Death Valley • Michel Digonnet • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to hiking in Death Valley, written by a veteran traveler and adventurer in the region. (CAL68, $19.95)
	Hill Guide Sonoma Valley, The Secret Wine Country • Kathleen Hill • Gerald Hill • GUIDEBOOK • A homegrown guide to the Sonoma Valley, both practical and personal in its delivery of travel information and regional background. (CAL84, $15.95)
	The Hours • Michael Cunningham • LITERATURE • A marvelous book -- deep, dark and full of hope, signed by the author. (NYC72, $23.00)
	Insider's Guide to San Diego • Eva Shaw • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to travel in San Diego. (CAL91, $18.95)
	Insight City Guide Los Angeles • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A colorful guide to L.A. (CAL19, $16.95)
	Insight Guide National Parks, Western United States • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide offers a thoroughly illustrated, informative overview of the national parks of the western United States, including Arches, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Zion, the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest. (USW181, $24.95)
	Inventing the Dream, California Through the Progressive Era • Kevin Starr • HISTORY • The second book in a series, this volume examines California at the turn of the century. (CAL152, $34.00)
	Iron, Erecting the Walt Disney Concert Hall • Gil Garcetti • Frank O. Gehry • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A photographic survey chronicling the construction of the monumental structure. (CAL148, $39.95)
	An Island Called California, An Ecological Introduction to Its Natural Communities • Elna S. Bakker • NATURAL HISTORY • An introduction to the ecology and wildlife of the Golden State, this volume is filled with photographs illustrating a variety plants, animals and geological features found throughout the deserts, forests and coastline of California. (CAL11, $22.95)
	The J. Paul Getty Museum and Its Collections: A Museum for the New Century • John Walsh • Deborah Ann Gribbon • ART & ARCHITECTURE • 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)
	Karen Brown's California, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries • Karen, Clare and June Brown • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to lodging of character and itineraries. (CAL61, $19.95)
	Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand • Kenn Kaufman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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)
	L.A. Confidential • James Ellroy • LITERATURE • 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)
	The Land of Little Rain • Mary Austin • Terry Tempest Williams • NATURAL HISTORY • 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)
	The Literature of California, Vol. 1 • Jack Hicks • Al Young • James D. Houston • Maxine Hong Kingston • ANTHOLOGY • A best-of anthology of California writing, pre-1945. (CAL102, $24.95)
	Lonely Planet California • Andrea Schulte-Peevers • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, comprehensive guide in the popular series. (CAL134, $21.99)
	Los Angeles A to Z, An Encyclopedia of the City and County • Leonard Pitt • Dale Pitt • REFERENCE • A big, handsomely produced reference and guide to the personalities, history and complicated geography of Los Angeles. (CAL20, $31.95)
	Los Angeles City Center Map • Borch Maps • A map of the center of L.A. (CAL37, $8.95)
	Los Angeles Map • Rand McNally Maps • A map of Los Angeles and vicinity at a scale of 1:285,000. (CAL36, $4.95)
	The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death and Possible Rebirth • Blake Gumprecht • NATURAL HISTORY • A history of the Los Angeles river and its role in the city in the past and future. (CAL32, $21.95)
	Los Angeles, The Architecture of Four Ecologies • Reyner Banham • Anthony Vidler • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An architectural history of Los Angeles. (CAL145, $22.95)
	The Love of the Last Tycoon • Matthew J. Bruccoli • F. Scott Fitzgerald • LITERATURE • Fitzgerald's unfinished novel, newly restored. (CAL16, $14.00)
	Mac's Field Guide to Northern California Wildflowers • Craig MacGowan • FIELD GUIDE • This double-sided, laminated card features color drawings of the wildflowers commonly found in the northern California region. (CAL05, $4.95)
	Mac's Field Guide to Yosemite National Park: Birds and Mammals • Craig MacGowan • FIELD GUIDE • This double-sided, laminated card features color drawings of the birds and mammals commonly found in Yosemite National Park. (CAL48, $4.95)
	The Maltese Falcon • Dashiell Hammett • MYSTERY • Set in San Francisco, this is Dashiell Hammett's classic story of Sam Spade, the archetypal hard-boiled detective. (CAL06, $12.95)
	Mammals of North America • Roland W. Kays • Don E. Wilson • FIELD GUIDE • The most comprehensive guide to mammals found north of Mexico. (NAM11, $19.95)
	Marine Mammals of the Eastern North Pacific • Sea Grant Alaska • Pieter Folkens • FIELD GUIDE • This 8-panel waterproof card illustrates Alaska's whales, dolphins, sea otters and seals. (ALA143, $8.95)
	Masterpieces in the J. Paul Getty Museum: Drawings • Getty Trust Publications • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The greatest drawings in the Getty. (CAL22, $22.50)
	Masterpieces in the J. Paul Getty Museum: Paintings • Getty Trust Publications • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The greatest paintings in the Getty. (CAL24, $22.50)
	Masterpieces in the J. Paul Getty Museum: Photographs • Getty Trust Publications • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The greatest photos in the Getty. (CAL23, $22.50)
	The Measure of Her Powers, An M.F.K. Fisher Reader • M. F. K. Fisher • LITERATURE • A fat, judicious selection of M.F.K. Fisher's writings, which spanned a lifetime and chronicled adventures (culinary and otherwise) in France, Switzerland and Italy, on shipboard and in her native California. (CUL01, $22.00)
	Mendocino and Other Stories • Ann Packer • LITERATURE • 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)
	Moon Handbook Coastal California • Kim Weir • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Moon Handbook Northern California • Kim Weir • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to northern California, with a wealth of practical information and coverage of local history, culture and nature. (CAL60, $21.95)
	Moon Handbook Northern California Wine Country • Philip Goldsmith • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, no-nonsense guide in the popular series, with good background information about history, culture, and popular attractions. (CAL198, $16.95)
	Moon Handbook Southern California • Kim Weir • GUIDEBOOK • An informative handbook including Greater Los Angeles, Disneyland, San Diego, Death Valley and other Desert Parks. (CAL39, $19.95)
	Moon Handbook Tahoe • Ken Castle • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to Lake Tahoe and surroundings. (CAL97, $17.95)
	The Mountains of California • John Muir • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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)
	My First Summer in the Sierra • John Muir • Galen Rowell • NATURAL HISTORY • Muir's original account of his first summer in Yosemite and surrounding High Sierras, which he wrote based on his youthful notebooks of the summer of 1869. (CAL47, $10.00)
	Napa Stories, Profiles, Reflections and Recipes from the Napa Valley • Michael Chiarello • Janet Kessel Fletcher • Steven Rothfeld • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • The author of "The Tra Vigne Cookbook" serves up this delightfully readable profile of Napa wines and winemakers, chronicling the origins of various wineries, the vineyard families, the struggles of the early days, the development of new varietals, the current winemaking climate and prospects for the future. With 150 photographs. (CAL77, $55.00)
	Napa Valley, The Ultimate Winery Guide • Antonia Allegra • Richard Gillette • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Napa, the Story of an American Eden • James Conway • HISTORY • James Conway, a journalist and oenophile, expertly combines history, personal anecdote, wine criticism and social commentary into a definitive portrait of a place overflowing not only with cabernets and chardonnays, but also with genuine connoisseurs, scores of dilettantes, feuds, scandals, and plenty of money. (USW169, $16.00)
	National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees (Western Region) • Elbert L. Little • Angelo Lomeo • FIELD GUIDE • This volume packs lots of photographs to aid in identifying the wide array of rare, locally abundant, and widespread trees. (USW225, $19.95)
	National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America • National Geographic • FIELD GUIDE • From Alaska to Baja California, this field guide, now in its fifth edition is the one to carry. (FG09, $24.00)
	National Geographic United States Atlas for Young Explorers • National Geographic • REFERENCE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • The third edition of this colorful guide to the U.S. -- state by state and region by region. (USA93, $24.95)
	National Trust Guide San Francisco • Peter Booth Wiley • GUIDEBOOK • A primer on San Francisco's history, culture and architecture, this volume bridges the gap between tourist guide and serious history. (SFO06, $24.95)
	Native Universe, Voices of Indian America • Clifford E. Trafzer • ANTHOLOGY • 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)
	Natural History of the Islands of California • Allan A. Schoenherr • C. Robert Feldmeth • Michael J. Emerson • David Mooney • NATURAL HISTORY • A survey of the ecology, geology and human history of California's coastal islands. (CAL111, $55.00)
	A Natural History of Western Trees • Donald Culross Peattie • FIELD GUIDE • 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)
	Natural State, A Literary Anthology of California Nature Writing • Steven Gilbar • ANTHOLOGY • 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, $22.95)
	Nature Noir, A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra • Jordan Fisher Smith • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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)
	The New Encyclopedia of the American West • Howard R. Lamar • REFERENCE • A massive -- and entertaining -- reference to the West. (USW416, $80.00)
	The New York Times Traveler's Guide to Art Museum Exhibitions 2005 • Susan Mermelstein • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to 350 U.S. museums and their scheduled exhibits for 2005. (NYC32, $17.95)
	Northern California and Southern Oregon Coast Map • Global Graphics • A recreational map of the coastal regions of Oregon and northern California at a scale of 1:500,000. (USW459, $4.95)
	Northern California and Southern Oregon Coast Map • Global Graphics • A recreational map of the coastal regions of Oregon and northern California at a scale of 1:500,000. (USW459, $4.95)
	Northern California Map • National Geographic • A handy fold-up map of Northern California including San Francisco, at a scale of 1:600,000. (CAL04, $4.95)
	Nothing Like it in the World, The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869 • Stephen Ambrose • HISTORY • 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)
	Oaks of California • Bruce Pavlik • Pamela Muick • Sharon Johnson • NATURAL HISTORY • A natural history of the oak in California. (CAL63, $22.95)
	On the Road • Jack Kerouac • LITERATURE • The original, unedited, rougher, wilder and more provocative 50th anniversary edition of the famed Beat poet's landmark work. (USA16, $16.00)
	Ordeal by Hunger, The Story of the Donner Party • George Rippey Stewart • HISTORY • The definitive account of the Donner Party. (USW414, $14.95)
	Our National Parks • John Muir • Richard F. Fleck • NATURAL HISTORY • 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, $26.95)
	Out of Work, A History of Wage-Earning Women in the United States (20th Anniversary Edition) • Alice Kessler-Harris • HISTORY • A historical examination of the changing role of women in the workplace in the United States. (GEN318, $24.95)
	Pacific State Wildflowers • Theodore F. Niehaus • Charles Ripper • FIELD GUIDE • This Peterson field guide covers 1,492 species of wildflowers found from British Columbia to Baja California. (USW192, $19.00)
	Palm Springs Modern, Houses in the California Desert • Adele Cygelman • David Glomb • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A glamorous, coffee-table tribute to modern architectural treasures of Palm Springs. (CAL128, $50.00)
	Palm Springs Oasis • Greg Lawson • NATURAL HISTORY • A small collection of photographs. (CAL130, $19.95)
	Palm Springs Weekend, The Architecture and Design of a Midcentury Oasis • Alan Hess • Andrew Danish • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An attractive and insightful study of the architecture of Palm Springs. (CAL129, $40.00)
	Palm Springs: The Landscape, the History, the Lore • Mary Jo Churchwell • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A portrait of the desert community of Palm Springs over the last 150 years. (CAL132, $25.00)
	Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates • Paul Dallman • NATURAL HISTORY • Richly illustrated, clearly written and engaging, this book is an ecological overview of the landscapes, plants and vegetation types found in Mediterranean climates. (MED21, $35.95)
	Playback • Raymond Chandler • LITERATURE • Chandler's final novel, set in La Jolla. (CAL177, $12.95)
	Poet of the Appetites, The Lives and Loves of M.F.K. Fisher • Joan Reardon • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of the prolific food and travel writer, who wrote over thirty books from 1943 until her death in 1992. (GEN316, $15.00)
	Point Reyes National Seashore • Tom Harrison Maps • A colorful, topographic map of Point Reyes National Seashore, at a scale of 1:48,000. (CAL58, $8.95)
	The Portable Beat Reader • Ann Charters • ANTHOLOGY • 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)
	The Presidio, From Army Post to National Park • Lisa M. Benton • HISTORY • The story of the Presidio and its transformation from military post to national park. (CAL54, $29.95)
	Quiet Odyssey, A Pioneer Korean Woman in America • Mary Paik Lee • Sucheng Chan • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Mary Paik Lee was an authentic pioneer -- one of the first Korean-Americans and a crusader for civil rights. (USW397, $16.95)
	The Race to Save the Lord God Bird • Phillip Hoose • NATURAL HISTORY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • An engaging and well-researched history of the ivory-billed woodpecker, and the struggles surrounding its survival. It's a suspenseful and entertaining book about modern conservation and environmental issues for middle-school readers. (BRD30, $21.00)
	Recommended Country Inns, West Coast • Julianna Belote • GUIDEBOOK • A listing of 339 top picks of the region's best inns, from California to Washington. (PNW76, $16.95)
	Remember D-Day, Both Sides Tell Their Stories • Ronald J. Drez • David Eisenhower • HISTORY • YOUNG ADULTS • 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)
	Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul • Scott Weidensaul • NATURAL HISTORY • An eye-opening trek in the footsteps of conservation pioneers Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher, whose 1953 journey across America resulted in the classic Wild America. (USA123, $15.00)
	Roadside Geology, Northern and Central California • David D. Alt • Donald Hyndman • GUIDEBOOK • Designed for the roadside traveler, this book explains in detail the geologic history of California as seen through the car window � a great introduction to basic geomorphology and how the dramatic landscapes were formed. (USW188, $20.00)
	Rush for Riches, Gold Fever and the Making of California • J. S. Holliday • HISTORY • An illustrated, oversize history of the California Gold Rush and its effects by a noted expert, covering the 1830's through the 1890's and packed with more than 200 illustrations and archival photographs. (USW190, $38.95)
	San Diego Architecture from Mission to Modern: A Guide to the Buildings, Planning, People and Spaces That Shape the Region • Dirk Sutro • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A full-color, compact guide to San Diego's architecture. (CAL176, $24.95)
	San Francisco Map • Borch Maps • A laminated, folded map of the city center of San Francisco at a nice scale of 1:13,000. (CAL80, $7.95)
	Seashore Life of the Northern Pacific Coast, An Illustrated Guide to Northern California, Oregon, Washington & British Columb • Eugene Kozloff • FIELD GUIDE • A guide and handbook to nearshore marine life from British Columbia to San Mateo, California. (PNW60, $29.95)