COUNTRY WALKERS

California: Sonoma & Point Reyes

READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

Enrich your travels with reading! Here's a hand-picked list prepared for your journey in conjunction with the book experts at Longitude.

Essential Reading

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Point Reyes, The Complete Guide to the National Seashore & Surrounding Area

by 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)

Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula

by 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)

A Tale of Two Valleys

A Tale of Two Valleys

by Alan Deutschman

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

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)

San Francisco Bay Map

by 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. (CAL194, $5.95)

 

MapEasy's Guidemap to Napa & Sonoma


by MapEasy

  • MAP

A handy, informative road map and guide to wineries. (CAL118, $7.95)

Point Reyes National Seashore


by Tom Harrison Maps

  • MAP

A colorful, topographic map of Point Reyes National Seashore, at a scale of 1:48,000. (CAL58, $9.95)

Compass Guide California Wine Country

Compass Guide California Wine Country


by John Doerper

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 307 PAGES

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)

Exploring Point Reyes: A Guide to Point Reyes National Seashore

Exploring Point Reyes: A Guide to Point Reyes National Seashore


by Phil Arnot | Elvira Monroe

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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)

Eyewitness Guide San Francisco and Northern California

Eyewitness Guide San Francisco and Northern California


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. With excellent maps. (USW147, $25.00)

Fodor's San Francisco's 25 Best

Fodor's San Francisco's 25 Best


by Fodor's

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

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)

Roadside Geology, Northern and Central California


by David D. Alt | Donald Hyndman

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 369 PAGES

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)

Walking

Walking


by Henry David Thoreau

  • REFERENCE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 92 PAGES

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)

A Crack in the Edge of the World, America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

A Crack in the Edge of the World, America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906


by Simon Winchester

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

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)

Napa, the Story of an American Eden

Napa, the Story of an American Eden


by James Conway

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 560 PAGES

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)

East of Eden

East of Eden


by John Steinbeck

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 602 PAGES

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)

Natural State, A Literary Anthology of California Nature Writing


by Steven Gilbar

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

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 Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon


by Dashiell Hammett

  • MYSTERY
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 217 PAGES

Set in San Francisco, this is Dashiell Hammett's classic story of Sam Spade, the archetypal hard-boiled detective. (CAL06, $14.00)

The Valley of the Moon

The Valley of the Moon


by Jack London

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 425 PAGES

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)

Assembling California

Assembling California


by 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. (USW187, $16.00)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to California

National Audubon Society Field Guide to California


by Peter Alden

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

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


by Theodore F. Niehaus | Charles Ripper

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

This Peterson field guide covers 1,492 species of wildflowers found from British Columbia to Baja California. (USW192, $19.00)

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America


by David Sibley

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 474 PAGES

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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