Cultural Region/West Coast
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Crescent
$16.95 Read moreSirine, the heroine of this “deliciously romantic romp” (Vanity Fair) is thirty-nine, never married, and living in the Arab-American community of Los Angeles. She has a passion for cooking and works c
- Author: Abu-Jaber, Diana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 398
- Publish Date: May 17 2004
- ISBN10: 0393325547
- Language: English
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What Makes Sammy Run?
$19.00 Read moreThe classic book that shaped two generations’ view of the movie business and introduced the archetypal Hollywood player Sammy Glick. He’s got a machete mouth and a genius for double-cross. As Budd Shu… [more below]
- Author: Schulberg, Budd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 06 1993
- ISBN10: 0679734228
- Language: English
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Child of the Owl: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1965
$9.99 Add to cartTwelve-year-old Casey is waiting for the day that Barney, her father, hits it big — ’cause when that horse comes in, he tells her, it’s the penthouse suite. But then hr ends up in the hospital, and C… [more below]
- Series: Golden Mountain Chronicles
- Author: Yep, Laurence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 08 2001
- ISBN10: 006440336X
- Language: English
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The High Window
$17.00 Read moreThe renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the “quintessential urban private eye” (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe – Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film M… [more below]
- Series: Philip Marlowe Novel #3
- Author: Chandler, Raymond
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 18 2002
- ISBN10: 0394758269
- Language: English
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Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father
$16.95 Add to cartIn this vibrant memoir, Alysia Abbott recounts growing up in 1970s San Francisco with Steve Abbott, a gay, single father during an era when that was rare. Reconstructing their time together from a rem
- Author: Abbott, Alysia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 02 2014
- ISBN10: 0393348903
- Language: English
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The Model Bakery Cookbook: 75 Favorite Recipes from the Beloved Napa Valley Bakery (Baking Cookbook, Bread Baking, Baking Bible Cookbook)
$37.50 Add to cartFeaturing Oprah’s 2016 Favorite Things English Muffins This definitive baking guide is the much-anticipated cookbook from the Model Bakery, a mother-daughter-run baking destination with a huge local … [more below]
- Author: Mitchell, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 17 2013
- ISBN10: 1452113831
- Language: English
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Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook
$40.00 Add to cartWe hung the walls with old French movie posters advertising the films of Marcel Pagnol, films that had already provided us with both a name and an ideal: to create a community of friends, lovers, and
- Series: Chez Panisse
- Author: Waters, Alice L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 25 1999
- ISBN10: 0060175834
- Language: English
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Lights, Camera . . . Cats!
$6.99 Read more
The Clue Crew is seeing stars
Look out — the Clue Crew is headed to Hollywood Carson Drew’s client invited him to the set of a new movie — starring the most famous cat in Hollywood, Fluffingto… [more below]- Series: Nancy Drew & the Clue Crew #8
- Author: Keene, Carolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1416939571
- Language: English
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Night in the Lonesome October
$14.95 Read moreEverything changed for Ed that day in the fall semester when he got a letter from Holly, the girl he loved. “Dear Ed,” it began, “I will always cherish the times we had…” Holly was in love with some
- Author: Laymon, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 346
- Publish Date: October 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1477839585
- Language: English
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The Balloon Boy of San Francisco
$9.95 Add to cartIn 1853, San Francisco newsboy Ready Gates lives up to his nickname. He’s ready for anything–whether it’s shouting the latest headlines from a street corner, sneaking onto a river boat to avoid payin… [more below]
- Author: Leland, Dorothy Kupcha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0961735791
- Language: English
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The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
$9.99 Read moreIn 1849 a twelve-year-old girl who calls herself Lucy is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a small California mining town. There Lucy helps run a boarding house and loo
- Author: Cushman, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1328631133
- Language: English
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The Dragon Warrior
$10.99 Read more“An exhilarating tale. . . Readers will be enthralled.” –J.C. Cervantes, New York Times bestselling author of The Storm Runner
A debut novel inspired by Chinese mythology, this middle-grade fantasy fo- Series: Dragon Warrior
- Author: Zhao, Katie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 24, 2020
- ISBN10: 1547604794
- Language: English
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Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border
$9.99 Read moreA unique holiday story about love overcoming the border fences between Mexico and the United States from a National Book Award nominee. This must-read classic for Christmas is now available in paperb
- Series: Between Books
- Author: Perkins, Mitali
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1250895316
- Language: English
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Crime in the Crypt
$6.99 Add to cartDink, Josh, and Ruth Rose catch a crypt criminal–in the thirteenth A to Z Mysteries Super Edition
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are headed to the Big Apple They plan to spend time with Ruth Rose’s gran- Series: A to Z Mysteries #13
- Author: Roy, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0593301811
- Language: English
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Paperquake: A Puzzle
$15.95 Add to cartViolet’s paralyzing fear of the San Francisco earthquakes changes when her family renovates an old building. An aftershock dislodges a letter addressed in 1906 to Baby V–and Violet is certain the dis… [more below]
- Series: Time Travel Mysteries
- Author: Reiss, Kathryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 01 2002
- ISBN10: 015216782X
- Language: English
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The Higher Power of Lucky
$7.99 Add to cartLucky, age ten, can’t wait another day. The meanness gland in her heart and the crevices full of questions in her brain make running away from Hard Pan, California (population 43), the rock-bottom onl… [more below]
- Author: Patron, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 30 2008
- ISBN10: 1416975578
- Language: English
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City by the Bay: A Magical Journey Around San Francisco
$8.99 Read moreThe Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, Union Square, Chinatown–these are just a sampling of the San Francisco landmarks featured in this magical journey around the fabled city by the bay. Each famous lo… [more below]
- Author: Brown, Tricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0811820122
- Language: English
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Landed
$19.99 Read moreSun is ready to leave his village in China for America, the
place known as Gum Saan, Gold Mountain. His father warns
him, though, that passage will not be easy. Because of the 1882
Chinese Exclusion Act,- Author: Lee, Milly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 21 2006
- ISBN10: 0374343144
- Language: English
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Angels Ride Bikes and Other Fall Poems: Los Ángeles Andan En Bicicleta Y Otros Poemas del Otoño
$11.95 Add to cartFollowing the success of their award-winning book of spring poems, Laughing Tomatoes, and their acclaimed collection of summer poems, From the Bellybutton of the Moon, poet Francisco Alarc?n and artis
- Series: Cycle of Seasons
- Author: Alarc?n, Francisco X
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0892391987
- Language: Spanish
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When You Look Out the Window: How Phyllis Lyon and del Martin Built a Community
$15.95 Read moreWhen You Look Out the Window tells the story of Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, one of San Francisco’s most well-known and politically active lesbian couples.
Describing the view from Phyllis and Del’s- Author: Pitman, Gayle E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1433827360
- Language: English
