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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $82, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCAL45)		  
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
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
My First Summer in the Sierra  •  John Muir
NATURAL HISTORY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 353 PAGES
A facsimile edition of Muir's original account of his first summer in Yosemite and surrounding High Sierras. Based on his youthful notebooks of the summer of 1869, Muir did not publish the book until 1911. (CAL47, $13.00)		   My First Summer in the Sierra
Travelers' Tales San Francisco  •  James O'Reilly  •  Larry Habegger  •  Sean O'Reilly
ANTHOLOGY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 496 PAGES
An engaging, insightful and entertaining selection of mostly contemporary eyewitness reports, all set in the city of San Francisco; a great literary profile of a dynamic city. (SFO15, $18.95)		   Travelers' Tales San Francisco
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)		  



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MapEasy's Guidemap to Napa & Sonoma  •  MapEasy    •  A handy, informative road map and guide to wineries. (CAL118, $7.95)
 		  
Yosemite National Park Map  •  Trails Illustrated    •  A detailed, topographic map of Yosemite National Park, shown at a scale of 1:100,000. (CAL40, $11.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
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)
 		  
The Complete Guidebook to Yosemite National Park  •  Steven P. Medley   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Published by by the Yosemite Association, this slim guide includes practical information on activities, hiking trails, wildlife and history. (CAL51, $12.95)
 		  
Napa, the Story of an American Eden  •  James Conway   • HISTORY  •  Conway 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, $17.95)
 		  
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, $39.95)
 		  
The West: An Illustrated History  •  Ken Burns  •  Geoffrey C. Ward   • HISTORY  •  The lavish illustrated companion to the PBS series with essays from seven renowned writers and historian. (USW674, $27.99)
 		  
A Tale of Two Valleys  •  Alan Deutschman   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In this intimate portrait of Napa and Sonoma -- and the often acrimonious cultural divide between the two -- 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)
 		  
Fifth Chinese Daughter  •  Jade Snow Wong   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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, $14.95)
 		  
Horatio's Drive, America's First Road Trip  •  Dayton Duncan  •  Ken Burns   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The companion volume to the PBS film chronicles the nation's first road trip by Horatio Jackson, a 31-year-old Vermont doctor who drove his car from San Francisco to New York on mainly unpaved roads in 1903. (USA439, $24.95)
 		  
Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch  •  Henry Miller   • LITERATURE  •  A loving, observant tribute to Big Sur, Miller's home for 15 years. As with many of his works, this is more a collection of reflections, anecdotes and character portraits than a straightforward narrative, and it's just as evocative and thought-provoking as anything he has written. First published in 1957. (CAL143, $18.95)
 		  
Cannery Row  •  John Steinbeck   • LITERATURE  •  Based on memories of characters he met living in Monterey, including his good friend the marine biologist Ed Ricketts, this is Steinbeck's story of the good-natured bums, prostitutes, alcoholics and other denizens of Cannery Row. (USW150, $15.00)
 		  
Slouching Towards Bethlehem  •  Joan Didion   • LITERATURE  •  A classic collection of essays on the 60s cultural climate, first published in 1968. In the acclaimed title essay, Didion vividly describes the landscape, mood and culture of 60s San Francisco. (SFO11, $15.00)
 		  
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 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)
 		  
Yosemite  •  Ansel Adams   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A handsome collection of Ansel Adams' photographs of Yosemite National Park. The 66 photographs include portraits of Moon and Half Dome, Clearing Winter Storm and El Capitan. (CAL49, $21.99)
 		  
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)
 		  
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)
 		  
Yosemite Wildlife  •  James Kavanagh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A handy, laminated fold-up card featuring 140 birds, mammals, reptiles and insects. (USW499, $5.95)
 		  
 
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