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These 5 items are available for $73, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCAL92)

Compass Guide Coastal California  •  John Doerper  •  Galen Rowell GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 397 PAGES This compact guide is an excellent overview of coastal California from Point St. George to San Diego, with particular emphasis on history, nature and visitor attractions. Handsomely illustrated with color and archival photographs, it features literary excerpts, good maps and some practical travel information. (CAL38, $21.00)
The Complete Guidebook to Yosemite National Park  •  Steven P. Medley GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 120 PAGES A compact guide to the park by the Yosemite Association, featuring practical information on activities, hiking trails, wildlife and history. With color drawings and photos, and dozens of detailed maps. Winner of the Best National Park Guidebook Award from the National Park Service. (CAL51, $12.95)
California, A History  •  Kevin Starr HISTORY •  2007 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES A lively short history in the excellent Modern Library Chronicles series, matching writers and subjects. (CAL204, $14.95)
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)
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)

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)
Eyewitness Guide California  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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. (USW146, $30.00)
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, $11.95)
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, $11.95)
The Monterey Bay, Big Sur & Gold Coast Wine Country Book  •  Christina Waters  •  Buz Bezore   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An excellent, locally produced travel guide mixing history, culture, nature and anecdote with a shipload of up-to-date practical information. (CAL182, $18.95)
Life in a California Mission  •  Jean Francois de la Perouse  •  Malcolm Margolin   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A remarkable essay about the natural life and native customs of eighteenth-century California, written by a French explorer while his ships lay at anchor in Monterey Bay. (USW366, $10.95)
Santa Barbara Style  •  Kathryn Masson  •  James Chen   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A photographic tour of Santa Barbara's gardens and architectural treasures. (CAL109, $50.00)
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, $13.95)
Tales of Santa Barbara, From Native Storytellers to Sue Grafton  •  Steven Gilbar  •  Dean Stewart   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A collections of fiction and traditional stories about the Santa Barbara area. (CAL106, $12.95)
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, $16.95)
Cannery Row  •  John Steinbeck   • LITERATURE  •  Based on memories of characters he met living in Monterey, California, this is Steinbeck's story of the denizens of Cannery Row, a group of good-natured bums, prostitutes and alcoholics (USW150, $10.00)
Down to a Soundless Sea  •  Thomas Steinbeck   • LITERATURE  •  Son of John, Thomas Steinbeck mines the same terrain as his father, writing stories set in the Monterey Peninsula of the early 20th-century. (CAL144, $13.95)
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, $14.00)
Tales of the City  •  Armistead Maupin   • LITERATURE  •  The first in the "Tales of the City" series, this best-selling novel chronicles the lives of the residents of one fictitious apartment house in 1970s San Francisco. (SFO05, $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, $17.95)
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)
The Natural History of Big Sur  •  Paul Henson  •  Donald J. Usner  •  Valerie A. Kells   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A natural history and guide to Big Sur, California with detailed information on specific sites and trails. (CAL62, $28.95)
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)
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)
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America  •  David Sibley   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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)
Yosemite Wildlife, An Introduction to Familiar Species  •  James Kavanagh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A handy, laminated fold-up card featuring 140 birds, mammals, reptiles and insects. (USW499, $5.95)