Cultural Region/West Coast
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A Bag of Bones, Legends of the Wintu
$12.95 Add to cart- Author: Masson, Marcelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 08 2014
- ISBN10: 0911010262
- Language: English
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Afoot & Afield: San Diego County: 282 Spectacular Outings Along the Coast, Foothills, Mountains, and Desert
$24.95 Add to cartSan Diego County’s premier trail guide for hikers, backpackers, and mountain bikers, this book presents 282 trips, from short and easy to challenging.
- Series: Afoot & Afield
- Author: Schad, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 0899978010
- Language: English
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Rock Me on the Water: 1974–The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics
$19.99 Read more“An electric story filled with gripping personalities, compelling backstage histories, and a clear message for the divided America of today: the forces that fear change can win for a time, but in Amer
- Author: Brownstein, Ronald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0062899228
- Language: English
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How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival
$19.95 Add to cartToday, quantum information theory is among the most exciting scientific frontiers, attracting billions of dollars in funding and thousands of talented researchers. But as MIT physicist and historian D
- Author: Kaiser, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 16 2012
- ISBN10: 039334231X
- Language: English
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Mumbai Modern: Vegetarian Recipes Inspired by Indian Roots and California Cuisine
$35.00 Read moreIndian cooks are masters of flavor. Enjoyed and revered worldwide, the best Indian food offers comfort, wonder, and beauty. In Mumbai Modern, Amisha Dodhia Gurbani delivers a marriage of traditional G… [more below]
- Author: Gurbani, Amisha Dodhia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1682686280
- Language: English
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Best Easy Day Hikes Hawaii: Kauai
$20.50 Add to cartThis revised edition of BestEasy Day Hikes Hawaii; Kauai includes concise descriptions of the best easy day hikes on the island, with detailed maps of each route. The 19 hikes in this guide are genera… [more below]
- Series: Best Easy Day Hikes
- Author: Swedo, Suzanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1493053841
- Language: English
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The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld
$25.65 Read moreThe history of the Barbary Coast properly begins with the gold rush to California in 1849. If the precious yellow metal hadn’t been discovered . . . the development of San Francisco’s underworld in al… [more below]
- Author: Asbury, Herbert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 09 2002
- ISBN10: 1560254084
- Language: English
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G-Dog and the Homeboys: Father Greg Boyle and the Gangs of East Los Angeles
$24.95 Add to cartFather Gregory J. Boyle, SJ, is a native of Los Angeles, a Jesuit priest, and founder of Homeboy Industries, an economic development and jobs program begun in 1988 for at-risk and gang-involved youth.
- Author: Fremon, Celeste
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: January 09 2009
- ISBN10: 0826344852
- Language: English
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California: Living + Eating: Recipes Inspired by the Golden State
$32.50 Add to cartCalifornia: Living + Eating is a glorious celebration of Californian food, looking at its history and origins and journeying through the state’s varied landscape, from Sonoma’s rolling vineyards to th… [more below]
- Author: Maidment, Eleanor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 1784882453
- Language: English
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Counter Intelligence: Where to Eat in the Real Los Angeles
$28.00 Add to cart“Gold changed American food writing.”–Time
The only food critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, Jonathan Gold pioneered a humanist’s approach to reviewing restaurants: COUNTER INTELLIGENCE c- Author: Gold, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0312267231
- Language: English
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Lush Life: Food & Drinks from the Garden
$44.99 Add to cartA California Dream of a Cookbook
A 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award Winner for Best Nonfiction Design
A 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Best Cookbook
“A charming take on Californ
- Author: Rice, Valerie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1945551976
- Language: English
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The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, Trails
$34.95 Add to cart**Please note we have a few edits and updates for THE HIGH SIERRA: Peaks, Passes, Trails, 3rd Ed. Please download the edits HERE so your copy reflects the appropriate changes and additions. Thank you… [more below]
- Author: Secor, R. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 501
- Publish Date: February 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0898869714
- Language: English
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The Girl & the Fig Cookbook: More Than 100 Recipes from the Acclaimed California Wine Country Restaurant
$37.50 Add to cartIn 1997, Sondra Bernstein opened the doors to the first girl & the fig restaurant, showcasing her love of locally grown ingredients and her passion for French food. She named her restaurant for the fr… [more below]
- Author: Bernstein, Sondra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 12 2004
- ISBN10: 0743255216
- Language: English
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The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco
$24.00 Add to cartImagine a pied piper singing in falsetto, wearing sequins, and leading the young people of the nation to San Francisco and on to a liberation where nothing was straight-laced or old-fashioned. And eve
- Author: Gamson, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 24 2006
- ISBN10: 0312425694
- Language: English
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Judgment of Paris: Judgment of Paris
$28.99 Add to cartThe only reporter present at the mythic Paris Tasting of 1976 for the first time introduces the eccentric American winemakers and records the tremendous aftershocks of this historic event that changed… [more below]
- Author: Taber, George M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 27 2005
- ISBN10: 0743247515
- Language: English
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Malibu Farm Sunrise to Sunset: Simple Recipes All Day: A Cookbook
$40.00 Read moreThese 100 recipes will transport you to a breezy beach day, from sunrise breakfasts to celebrating under the stars, from the beloved Malibu Farm restaurant chef and owner.
Malibu Farm Sunrise to Sunset… [more below]- Author: Henderson, Helene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0593138724
- Language: English
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Louie, Take a Look at This!: My Time with Huell Howser
$35.99 Add to cartEngaging tales from cameraman Luis Fuerte’s many years with Huell Howser, the exuberant, beloved host of PBS’s California’s Gold.
- Author: Fuerte, Luis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 194555102X
- Language: English
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Buried Onions
$10.99 Add to cartEddie’s father, two uncles, and best friend are all dead, and it’s a struggle for him not to end up the same way. Violence makes Fresno wallow in tears, as if a huge onion were buried beneath the city… [more below]
- Author: Soto, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0152062653
- Language: English
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Karuk The Upriver People
$12.95 Add to cart- Author: Bell, Maureen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 25 2019
- ISBN10: 0879612096
- Language: English
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The Immigrants
$20.99 Read more“A most wonderful book…there hasn’t been a novel in years that can do a job on readers’ emotions that the last fifty pages of The Immigrants does.”–Los Angeles Times
The first book in bestselling au
- Author: Fast, Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 01 2010
- ISBN10: 140223791X
- Language: English
