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	Compass Guide California Wine Country, California's Napa & Sonoma Valleys  •  John Doerper  •  Charles O'Rear GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 307 PAGES A comprehensive introduction the Napa and Sonoma Valleys, covering wineries both small and large. The listings are excellent and include helpful driving directions and regional maps, but what sets the book apart from other guides are the numerous evocative color photographs and informed essays on the history of the region and winemaking techniques. (USW171, $21.95)
	Napa, the Story of an American Eden  •  James Conway HISTORY •  1992 •  PAPER  • 560 PAGES James Conway, a journalist and oenophile, is an informed and perceptive guide to the Napa Valley, the heart of the United States wine industry. He 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)
	A Tale of Two Valleys  •  Alan Deutschman TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES In this intimate portrait of Napa and Sonoma -- and the often acrimonious cultural divide between California's two premiere wine-producing areas -- journalist Alan Deutschman combines sketches of people and places with interview and commentary. He captures the bohemian cool of Sonoma and the oh-so-affluent Napa wine estates (and pretensions). (CAL196, $15.00)
	MapEasy's Guidemap to Napa & Sonoma  •   MapEasy MAP A handy, informative road map and guide to the wineries of Napa and Sonoma Valleys at a scale of 1:49,000. With detailed maps of Napa and Sonoma Valleys, Russia River, Alexander Valley and route from San Francisco to Napa. (CAL118, $7.95)

	Access California Wine Country  •  Richard Saul Wurman   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A popular frequently revised guide, organized geographically and with good information on vineyards, restaurants, inns, and other attractions. (CAL167, $21.95)
	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)
	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)
	The Napa & Sonoma Book, A Complete Guide  •   Melink, Peg  •  Tim Fish   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An excellent, locally produced guidebook mixing history, culture, and anecdote with up-to-date practical information, including detail on wineries, restaurant recommendations and accommodations. (CAL195, $18.95)
	Great Wine Made Simple, Straight Talk From A Master Sommelier  •  Andra Immer Robinson   • FOOD  •  A practical, personable introduction to the world of wine, including a helpful definitions of terms, label-reading tips and advice on pairing wines with food. (GEN411, $27.95)
	Making Sense of Wine  •  Matt Kramer   • FOOD  •  A thoroughly engaging guide to the production, selection and pleasure of a good glass of wine. Journalist and food writer Kramer tackles corks and glasses and cellars, food grapes, geography and taste with admirable clarity. (GEN286, $12.95)
	The Accidental Connoisseur, An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World  •  Lawrence Osborne   • FOOD  •  With a winning wit and not a drop of pretense, Osborne sets out to discover what's what with wine, traveling through Sonoma and Napa, France, Italy and other European wine meccas, 11 adventures in all. He meets plenty of interesting characters along the way, revealing much about the pleasures of wine (and travel!). (TVL31, $14.00)
	The Food Lover's Companion to the Napa Valley  •  Lori Lyn Narlock   • FOOD  •  An invaluable guide to restaurants, shops and recipes, chock full of the author's observations and anecdotes. (CAL137, $19.95)
	The Winemaker's Dance, Exploring Terroir in the Napa Valley  •  Jonathan Swinchatt  •  David G. Howell   • FOOD  •  California-bound wine connoisseurs will appreciate the informative no-stone-left-unturned scientific approach to the analysis of Terroir (i.e. soil but much more than that) in the Napa Valley. (CAL190, $34.95)
	California, A History  •  Kevin Starr   • HISTORY  •  A lively short history in the excellent Modern Library Chronicles series, written by a renowned historian. (CAL204, $14.95)
	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)
	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, $21.95)
	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)
	The Silverado Squatters  •  Robert Louis Stevenson   • LITERATURE  •  A classic account of Calistoga and the Napa Valley. Stevenson vividly describes the characters he meets while wandering the region, where he and his wife settled in a bunkhouse of an abandoned silver mine. (CAL01, $10.95)
	The Valley of the Moon  •  Jack London   • LITERATURE  •  In part a tribute to his wife and rural life on his ranch in Glen Ellen, London's California novel follows Billy and Saxon Roberts from Oakland to Sonoma, where they strive to live independently on the land. (CAL169, $16.95)
	The Vineyard  •  Idwal Jones  •  Robert Mondavi   • LITERATURE  •  Evocative of the seasons in the Napa Valley, this novel traces the fate of Alda Pendle, a viticulturist's daughter who becomes a viticulturist herself. (CAL104, $16.95)
	Assembling California  •  John McPhee   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Another fine book on geology and natural history from John McPhee, this time in the company of Eldridge Moores, on travels throughout California. (USW187, $15.00)
	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)
	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)

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