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COUNTRY WALKERS
California: Sonoma & Point Reyes
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/AP8475. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 4 items are available
for $63, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCAL87) |
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Point Reyes, The Complete Guide to the National Seashore & Surrounding Area
• Jessica Lage
GUIDEBOOK •
2004 •
PAPER
• 249 PAGES
A helpful guide to Point Reyes, featuring information about hiking and biking, kayaking, horesback riding and other activities. With an overview of the region's natural and cultural history.
(CAL200, $19.95) |
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Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula
• Jules Evens
NATURAL HISTORY •
2008 •
PAPER
• 360 PAGES
Evens weaves history, science and personal anecdote into an absorbing chronicle of one of the most biologically diverse places in North America.
(CAL239, $24.95) |
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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) |
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San Francisco Bay Map
• Great Pacific Map Company
MAP
A map of the San Francisco Bay area, including Oakland, San Jose, Napa, Sonoma and Point Reyes, at a scale of 1:145,000. Two Sides. 39x27 inches.
(CAL194, $5.95) |
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Also Recommended
MapEasy's Guidemap to Napa & Sonoma
• MapEasy
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A handy, informative road map and guide to wineries.
(CAL118, $7.95)
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Point Reyes National Seashore
• Tom Harrison Maps
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A colorful, topographic map of Point Reyes National Seashore, at a scale of 1:48,000.
(CAL58, $9.95)
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Compass Guide California Wine Country
• John Doerper
• GUIDEBOOK
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Covering wineries both small and large, this comprehensive guide to the Napa and Sonoma Valleys includes excellent maps, color photographs and informative essays.
(USW171, $21.99)
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Exploring Point Reyes: A Guide to Point Reyes National Seashore
• Phil Arnot
• Elvira Monroe
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Eyewitness Guide San Francisco and Northern California
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. With excellent maps.
(USW147, $25.00)
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Fodor's San Francisco's 25 Best
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Roadside Geology, Northern and Central California
• David D. Alt
• Donald Hyndman
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Walking
• Henry David Thoreau
• REFERENCE
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Slip this pocket edition of Thoreau's meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel in your daypack for inspiration.
(WLK04, $9.99)
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A Crack in the Edge of the World, America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
• Simon Winchester
• HISTORY
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Geologist, master storyteller, traveler and journalist, Simon Winchester succeeds again in this fast-paced, utterly fascinating account of the great 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco.
(CAL193, $15.99)
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Napa, the Story of an American Eden
• James Conway
• HISTORY
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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, $16.95)
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East of Eden
• John Steinbeck
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Natural State, A Literary Anthology of California Nature Writing
• Steven Gilbar
• ANTHOLOGY
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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)
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The Maltese Falcon
• Dashiell Hammett
• MYSTERY
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Set in San Francisco, this is Dashiell Hammett's classic story of Sam Spade, the archetypal hard-boiled detective.
(CAL06, $14.00)
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The Valley of the Moon
• Jack London
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Assembling California
• John McPhee
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to California
• Peter Alden
• FIELD GUIDE
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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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Pacific State Wildflowers
• Theodore F. Niehaus
• Charles Ripper
• FIELD GUIDE
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This Peterson field guide covers 1,492 species of wildflowers found from British Columbia to Baja California.
(USW192, $19.00)
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
• David Sibley
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, geographically specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird.
(USW418, $19.95)
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