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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $84, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCAL116)		  
California, A History  •  Kevin Starr
HISTORY •  2007 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES
A lively short history in the excellent Modern Library Chronicles series, matching writers and subjects. (CAL204, $14.95)		   California, A History
Assembling California  •  John McPhee
NATURAL HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES
Another fine book on geology and natural history from John McPhee, this time in the company of Eldridge Moores, on travels throughout California. A seismologist at the University of California at Davis, Moores is an excellent guide to the complex tectonics of the region. There's no one better at explaining geology than McPhee. (USW187, $16.00)		   Assembling California
California the Beautiful  •  Galen Rowell
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2009 •  HARD COVER  • 159 PAGES
California The Beautiful is both a portrait of the diverse natural beauty of the Golden State and through the incredible voices of its writers, a testament to the ever-renewing spirit that it has come to embody. Aldous Huxley, British author turned Hollywood resident, described the California dream as "This great crystal of light, whose base is as large as Europe and whose height for all practical purposes, is infinite." Among the other authors offering praise are Maya Angelou, Mary Austin, Ray Bradbury, Joan Didion, Gretel Ehrlich, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, M.F.K. Fisher, Robertson Jeffers, Jack Kerouac, Clarence King, Jack London, Henry Miller, John Muir, William Saroyan, April Smith, John Steinbeck, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Nathanael West, and Walt Whitman. (CAL277, $19.95)		   California the Beautiful
Eyewitness Guide California  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 660 PAGES
A literate, visually rich guide to the Golden State, featuring color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of California's attractions with a particular focus on San Francisco and Los Angeles. It includes a well chosen section on hotels and restaurant. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (USW146, $30.00)		   Eyewitness Guide California
California Map  •  Borch Maps
2008 •  MAP
A laminated, folded map of California, shown at a scale of 1:1,100,000. Two Sides. 19.5X26] inches. (CAL55, $9.95)		  



Also Recommended

Fodor's Los Angeles' 25 Best  •  Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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, $12.99)
 		  
The Measure of Her Powers, An M.F.K. Fisher Reader  •  M. F. K. Fisher   • FOOD  •  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, $21.95)
 		  
A Journey into Steinbeck's California  •  Susan Shillinglaw   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  This part art book, part biography, and part travel guide offers insight into how landscapes and townscapes influenced John Steinbeck's creative process and how, in turn, his legacy has influenced modern California. (CAL317, $24.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
East of Eden  •  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, $17.00)
 		  
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, $14.99)
 		  
San Francisco, A Cultural History  •  Mick Sinclair   • LITERATURE  •  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)
 		  
Stories from Where We Live, The California Coast  •  Sara St. Antoine  •  Paul Mirocha  •  Trudy Nicholson   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  A young traveler's literary companion to coastal California. (CAL94, $10.95)
 		  
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, $14.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
Travelers' Tales San Francisco  •  James O'Reilly  •  Larry Habegger  •  Sean O'Reilly   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Experience San Francisco from the inside out with this engaging, insightful and entertaining selection of mostly contemporary eyewitness reports -- a terrific literary profile of a dynamic city. (SFO15, $18.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Field Guide to Marine Mammals of the Pacific Coast  •  Sarah G. Allen  •  Joe Mortenson  •  Sophie Webb   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Sophie Webb, director of Oikinos, contributes the exquisite paintings for this outstanding field guide, the 100th in the California Natural History Guides series, perfect for the Sea of Cortez. (PNW279, $24.95)
 		  
National Audubon Society Field Guide to California  •  Peter Alden   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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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