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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $60, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCAL62)		  
Compass Guide California Wine Country  •  John Doerper
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 307 PAGES
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, 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, $21.99)		   Compass Guide California Wine Country
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, $16.95)		   Napa, the Story of an American Eden
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, $16.00)		   A Tale of Two Valleys
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. Two Sides. 27x18 inches. (CAL118, $7.95)		  



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Fodor's San Francisco's 25 Best  •  Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A shirt-pocket guide to San Francisco, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights. (USW185, $12.99)
 		  
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, $19.95)
 		  
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, $19.95)
 		  
Great Wine Made Simple, Straight Talk From a Master Sommelier  •  Andra Immer Robinson   • FOOD  •  A practical, personable introduction to the world of wine, including helpful definitions of terms, label-reading tips and advice on pairing wines with food. (GEN411, $28.99)
 		  
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, $15.00)
 		  
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, $45.00)
 		  
California the Beautiful  •  Galen Rowell   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Rowell's exquisite photographs are accompanied by excerpts from Joan Didion, M.F.K. Fisher, Jack London, William Saroyan and many other luminaries in this celebration of the nature and spirit of California. (CAL277, $19.95)
 		  
Judgment of Paris  •  George Taber   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  The story of the legendary Paris Tasting of 1976, a blind tasting where esteemed French judges shocked the industry by choosing unknown California wines over France's best. (CAL287, $16.00)
 		  
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, $39.95)
 		  
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, $26.95)
 		  
The Silverado Squatters  •  Robert Louis Stevenson   • LITERATURE  •  A classic account of Calistoga and the Napa Valley, where they were already growing wine in 1880. On a rather untraditional honeymoon, Stevenson and his new wife settled for nine months in the bunkhouse of an abandoned silver mine and met numerous local characters, all vividly described in this treasure of a book. (CAL01, $16.95)
 		  
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, $21.95)
 		  
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, $24.95)
 		  
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, $16.00)
 		  
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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