Cultural Region/Western U.S.
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Travel Route 66: A Guide to the History, Sights, and Destinations Along the Main Street of America
$26.99 Read moreLong one of America’s most cherished byways, Route 66 remains a popular tourist attraction and travel route for thousands of travelers every year. While stretches of the once-glorious road have been p… [more below]
- Author: Hinckley, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 15 2014
- ISBN10: 0760344302
- Language: English
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History of the Sierra Nevada, Revised and Updated
$37.43 Add to cartFrom the time it was sighted by Spanish explorers in the eighteenth century through the creation of the John Muir trail, the building of the Hetch Hetchy Dam, and the founding of the Sierra Club, the … [more below]
- Author: Farquhar, Francis P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: October 15 2007
- ISBN10: 520253957
- Language: English
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Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas
$43.68 Add to cartWhat makes a place? Infinite City, Rebecca Solnit’s brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas, searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay … [more below]
- Series: Chairman’s Circle Books
- Author: Solnit, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: November 29 2010
- ISBN10: 0520262492
- Language: English
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Silicon City: San Francisco in the Long Shadow of the Valley
$16.95 Read moreSan Francisco is changing at warp speed. Famously home to artists and activists, and known as the birthplace of the Beats, the Black Panthers, and the LGBTQ movement, the Bay Area has been reshaped by
- Author: McClelland, Cary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 19 2019
- ISBN10: 0393357430
- Language: English
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Learning from Las Vegas, Revised Edition: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form
$32.95 Add to cartLearning from Las Vegas created a healthy controversy on its appearance in 1972, calling for architects to be more receptive to the tastes and values of “common” people and less immodest in their erec… [more below]
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Venturi, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 15 1977
- ISBN10: 026272006X
- Language: English
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Expedition Whydah
$19.99 Add to cartA Captivating Account of the Golden Age of Piracy, the Search for Sunken Treasure, and the Business of Underwater Exploration
Bored by his successful life and obsessed with a boyhood dream of lost pira
- Author: Clifford, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 11 2002
- ISBN10: 0060929715
- Language: English
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Northwest Epic
$29.95 Add to cartThis is a story about 1,500 miles of gravel road. Quickly built by the U.S. Army over an unmapped stretch of the Canadian Rockies in the tense aftermath of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, the Alask… [more below]
- Author: Twichell, Heath
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1684920183
- Language: English
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Casino Gambling for Dummies
$24.99 Add to cartMaximize your odds on the casino floor
Casinos are designed for distraction, so it helps to know a bit about when the odds are in your favor and when they’re not before you push a stack of chips onto
- Author: Blackwood, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1119873126
- Language: English
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Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: Southern California
$24.95 Add to cartPlan Your Landscape or Garden to Help Beloved Backyard Visitors
The presence of birds, bees, and butterflies suggests a healthy, earth-friendly place. These most welcome guests also bring joy to those
- Series: Nature-Friendly Gardens
- Author: Miller, George Oxford
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1647551900
- Language: English
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The Life of the Afterlife in the Big Sky State: A History of Montana’s Cemeteries
$19.95 Add to cartThe Life of the Afterlife in the Big Sky State is a groundbreaking history of death in Montana. It offers a unique, reflective, and sensitive perspective on the evolution of customs and burial grounds… [more below]
- Author: Baumler, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1496214803
- Language: English
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The Victory Machine: The Making and Unmaking of the Warriors Dynasty
$17.99 Add to cartHow money, guts, and greed built the Warriors dynasty — and then took it apart
The Golden State Warriors dominated the NBA for the better part of a decade. Since the arrival of owner Joe Lacob, they w… [more below]- Author: Strauss, Ethan Sherwood
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1541736222
- Language: English
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Stan Tekiela’s Birding for Beginners: Rocky Mountains: Your Guide to Feeders, Food, and the Most Common Backyard Birds
$16.95 Add to cartFind Joy in the Beauty and Wonder of Birds
Birding is among the most popular outdoor activities–especially in the Rocky Mountain states, where hundreds of different bird species can be seen and obser
- Series: Bird-Watching Basics
- Author: Tekiela, Stan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1647551242
- Language: English
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The Heart of California: Exploring the San Joaquin Valley
$24.95 Add to cart2022 Oregon Book Award Finalist
Aaron Gilbreath uses his keen eye and environmental consciousness, historical records, and the occasional imaginative flight to give us an invaluable portrait of an over
- Author: Gilbreath, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: November 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1496218639
- Language: English
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Montana Quick Facts
$22.00 Add to cart‘Montana Quick Facts’ is a complete 112 page collection of original illustrations telling strange but true stories about Montana. It’s a book filled with fanciful one-sentence facts paired with drawin
- Author: Quick, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1087816033
- Language: English
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The Best Things to Do in Los Angeles: 1001 Ideas–Second Edition
$24.95 Add to cartCompletely revised and updated, this second edition of the ultimate guide to L.A. lets you keep up with the ever-changing city, from the best new restaurants to new institutions like the Broad Museum.
- Author: Yoon, Joy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 0789338041
- Language: English
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Tascosa: Its Life and Gaudy Times
$24.95 Add to cartAs well as being the center of ranching activity in the Panhandle, Tascosa also became the last best hiding place in Texas for killers on the run, horse thieves, tinhorn gamblers, hair-trigger shootis… [more below]
- Author: Nolan, Frederick W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 361
- Publish Date: September 30 2020
- ISBN10: 1682830284
- Language: English
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Paddling My Own Canoe: A Solo Adventure on the Coast of Molokai
$16.95 Read moreGo Simple, Go Solo, Go Now
In 1958, while flying from one island to another, Audrey Sutherland sees the remote and roadless northeast side of Molokai, with its spectacular sea cliffs and waterfalls. A
- Author: Sutherland, Audrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 31 2018
- ISBN10: 1938340760
- 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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A Fleet History of the San Francisco Municipal Railway
$40.00 Add to cartA Fleet History of the San Francisco Municipal Railway is a book that lists every transit vehicle that has been used in regular Muni service since 1912. The format includes a listing of key data for e
- Author: Bignardi, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 214
- Publish Date: June 21 2019
- ISBN10: 1733576703
- Language: English
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Highway 99: The History of California’s Main Street
$22.95 Add to cartBefore it was a modern freeway, California’s State Highway 99 was “the main street of California,” a simple two-lane road that passed through the downtowns of every city between the Mexican border and… [more below]
- Series: California’s Historic Highways #1
- Author: Provost, Stephen H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: September 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1610352963
- Language: English
