Cultural Region/West Coast
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L.A. Candy
$12.99 Add to cartL.A. Candy is a deliciously entertaining novel about what it’s like to come of age in Hollywood while starring in a reality TV show, written by a young woman who has experienced it all firsthand: Laur
- Series: L.A. Candy #1
- Author: Conrad, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 05 2010
- ISBN10: 006176759X
- Language: English
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The Northern Maidu
$8.95 Add to cartTribal elder, Marie Potts (b. 1895), relates the history and culture of her people as she recalls the days of her childhood at Big Meadow. She includes information on wildlife, plants, food, conservat
- Author: Potts, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: November 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0879610700
- Language: English
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The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America’s Urban Heartland
$19.99 Add to cart“Thompson-Hern ndez’s portrayal of Compton’s black cowboys broadens our perception of Compton’s young black residents, and connects the Compton Cowboys to the historical legacy of African Americans in
- Author: Thompson-Hernandez, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0062910612
- Language: English
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Flywater: Fly-Fishing Rivers of the West
$60.00 Add to cart- Author: McClintock, Grant
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 21 2010
- ISBN10: 0789320916
- Language: English
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San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury
$24.99 Add to cartAt the turn of the 20th century, the Haight-Ashbury first gained prominence as the gateway to Golden Gate Park; six decades later, it would anchor the worldwide cultural revolution that blossomed in t… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Powell Cohen, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0738559946
- Language: English
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Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and T
$35.99 Add to cartHoskyns brings a genuine love as well as an outsider’s keen eye to the rise and fall of the California scene. . . . This is a riveting story, sensitively told.
–Anthony DeCurtis, Contributing Editor, R… [more below]- Author: Hoskyns, Barney
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0471732737
- Language: English
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Woodland
$31.99 Add to cartThe images in this book document the intertwining of country and city in the character of Woodland, California, since the town’s birth in 1853. The flat, rich land of the Great Central Valley, along w… [more below]
- Author: Datel, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: January 09 2012
- ISBN10: 1531659837
- Language: English
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Canyon Lake
$31.99 Add to cartCanyon Lake lies on the western edge of Menifee Valley, between Sun City and Lake Elsinore, and is both a private gated community and an incorporated city with a population approaching 10,000. This is… [more below]
- Author: Martin, Elinor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: February 07 2007
- ISBN10: 1531628710
- Language: English
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The World Rushed in: The California Gold Rush Experience
$26.95 Add to cartWhen The World Rushed In was first published in 1981, the Washington Post predicted, “It seems unlikely that anyone will write a more comprehensive book about the Gold Rush.” Twenty years later, no on
- Author: Holliday, J. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 578
- Publish Date: October 29 2018
- ISBN10: 080613464X
- Language: English
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Hollywood High: Put Your Diamonds Up
$16.00 Add to cartExplosive rumors and a mega-media frenzy almost ended the Pampered Princesses’ reign as Hollywood High royalty. Now only one diva can win the ultimate fame of thrones… London Phillips is keeping her… [more below]
- Series: Hollywood High #3
- Author: Simone, Ni-Ni
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: July 29 2014
- ISBN10: 0758288522
- Language: English
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Coastal Gardening in the Pacific Northwest: From Northern California to British Columbia
$22.95 Add to cartCoastal Gardening. It has challenges that no other type of gardening can boast: Salt, wind, and sand to name a few. This book combines necessary information about Pacific Northwest coastal gardening a… [more below]
- Author: Albright, Carla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: February 28 2007
- ISBN10: 158979317X
- Language: English
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Early Warner Bros. Studios
$24.99 Read moreSince 1928, Warner Bros. has produced thousands of beloved films and television shows at the studio’s magical 110-acre film factory in Burbank. This collection of evocative images concentrates on the … [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Stephens, E. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 26 2010
- ISBN10: 0738580910
- Language: English
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Everybody Had an Ocean: Music and Mayhem in 1960s Los Angeles
$18.99 Read more“Excellent social history…an indispensable account of a time of beauty and terror.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
A modern epic of the battles between innocence and cynicism, joy and terror Los- Author: McKeen, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1641605715
- Language: English
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Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Last Stand in Hollywood (Revised Edition)
$19.95 Add to cartOn the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles in 1965 and 1966 an electrifying scene appeared out of nowhere, exploded into creativity, and then, just as suddenly, vanished. So much remarkable music, art, and so
- Author: Priore, Domenic
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: September 15 2015
- ISBN10: 1908279907
- Language: English
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Patina Farm
$40.00 Add to cartA new farm home blending modern lines and materials with French antiques.
When Brooke and Steve Giannetti decided to leave their suburban Santa Monica home to build a new life on a farm, they looked in
- Author: Giannetti, Brooke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 08 2016
- ISBN10: 1423640462
- Language: English
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The Shirley Letters: From the California Mines, 1851-1852
$22.00 Add to cartThe Shirley Letters, written from the mining camps in 1851 and 1852, are something valuable and rare–a portrait by a woman of an era dominated by men. They offer a vivid picture of gold rush life, fr… [more below]
- Author: Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: January 01 1998
- ISBN10: 1890771007
- Language: English
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The Complete Tassajara Cookbook: Recipes, Techniques, and Reflections from the Famed Zen Kitchen
$39.95 Add to cartFeaturing gourmet recipes from the renowned Zen retreat center, this vegetarian cookbook is a celebration of cooking, spirituality, and tradition
California’s Tassajara Zen Mountain Center has long b- Author: Brown, Edward Espe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: May 24 2011
- ISBN10: 1590308298
- Language: English
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Lost Restaurants of Sacramento and Their Recipes
$33.99 Add to cartFrom saloons and tamale vendors to greasy spoons and neon-lit drive-ins, Sacramento natives Maryellen Burns and Keith Burns trace the trends of California’s capital city through 150 years of dining ou… [more below]
- Author: Burns, Maryellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: June 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1540208249
- Language: English
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Drama High: Holidaze
$17.00 Add to cartIt’s almost Valentine’s Day at South Bay High, but romance is the last thing on Jayd Jackson’s mind. . .
If Cupid had his way, love would be in the air at South Bay High. But even though Valentine’s D
- Series: Drama High #9
- Author: Divine, L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0758231091
- Language: English
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Nature Noir: A Park Ranger’s Patrol in the Sierra
$17.99 Add to cartA nature book unlike any other, Jordan Fisher Smith’s startling account of fourteen years as a park ranger thoroughly dispels our idealized visions of life in the great outdoors. Instead of scout troo
- Author: Smith, Jordan Fisher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 30 2011
- ISBN10: 0618711953
- Language: English
