Geographic Orientation/California
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Room to Dream (Front Desk #3)
$8.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang is back with another heartwarming and inspiring story of Mia and friends!
Mia Tang is going for her dreams!
After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets t
- Series: Front Desk
- Author: Yang, Kelly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 02, 2023
- ISBN10: 1338621130
- Language: English
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Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16
$19.99 Add to cart“The finest, most moving and powerful memoir I have ever read.”–MAYIM BIALIK
Rising young comedian Moshe Kasher is lucky to be alive. He started using drugs when he was just 12. At that point, he ha- Author: Kasher, Moshe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1538768739
- Language: English
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I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 (I Survived #5): Volume 5
$5.99 Add to cartThe terrifying details of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake jump off the page
Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco — not only does he get to make some money to help his family, he’… [more below]
- Series: I Survived #05
- Author: Tarshis, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 01, 2012
- ISBN10: 0545206995
- Language: English
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I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (I Survived #20): Volume 20
$6.99 Add to cartCalifornia continues to be ravaged by devastating wildfires. Lauren Tarshis’s heart pounding story tells of two children who battle the terrifying flames and — despite the destruction — find hope in… [more below]
- Series: I Survived #20
- Author: Tarshis, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 133831744X
- Language: English
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Play It as It Lays
$18.00 Add to cartA ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Joan Didion’s Play It as It Lays captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary society reflected in spare prose that bl
- Series: FSG Classics
- Author: Didion, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 15, 2005
- ISBN10: 0374529949
- Language: English
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Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold)
$8.99 Add to cartFour starred reviews and over ten best-of-year lists!* “Many readers will recognize themselves or their neighbors in these pages.” — Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Winner of the Asian / Pacific Americ
- Series: Front Desk
- Author: Yang, Kelly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 25, 2019
- ISBN10: 1338157825
- Language: English
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Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16
$37.00 Add to cart“The finest, most moving and powerful memoir I have ever read.”–MAYIM BIALIK
Rising young comedian Moshe Kasher is lucky to be alive. He started using drugs when he was just 12. At that point, he ha- Author: Kasher, Moshe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 28, 2012
- ISBN10: 0446584266
- Language: English
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Odder
$16.99 Add to cartNow a #1 New York Times bestseller! A touching and lyrical tale about a remarkable sea otter, from Newbery Medalist Katherine Applegate, author of Wishtree.
Nobody has h
Meet Odder, the Queen of Play:- Author: Applegate, Katherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 20, 2022
- ISBN10: 1250147425
- Language: English
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The Tiger’s Apprentice
$9.99 Add to cartSoon to be an original animated movie streaming on Paramount+ beginning February 2, 2024, starring Henry Golding, Lucy Liu, Brandon Soo Hoo, Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh, and Golden Globe winner
- Series: Tiger’s Apprentice #1
- Author: Yep, Laurence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 006305650X
- Language: English
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The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: Crime, Conspiracy and Cover-Up: A New Investigation
$18.99 Add to cartLonglisted for the People’s Book Prize 2018.
At 12.16am on Wednesday, June 5, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded in the kitchen service pantry of the Ambassador Hotel, Los An
- Author: Tate, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 04, 2021
- ISBN10: 1839012730
- Language: English
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The Sea Ranch: Fifty Years of Architecture, Landscape, Place, and Community on the Northern California Coast (Sea Ranch Illustrated C
$75.00 Add to cartOne hundred miles north of San Francisco, the Sonoma County coast meets the Pacific Ocean in a magnificent display of nature. This is the location of the Sea Ranch, an area covering several thousand a… [more below]
- Author: Lyndon, Donlyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 303
- Publish Date: November 12 2013
- ISBN10: 1616891777
- Language: English
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Malice
$16.95 Add to cartThe gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller featuring New Orleans detectives Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson . . .
The scent is unmistakable–gardeni- Series: Bentz/Montoya Novel
- Author: Jackson, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 1496739116
- Language: English
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Escape from the Great Earthquake (Ranger in Time #6): Volume 6
$7.99 Add to cartRanger, the time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, helps two new friends survive the Great San Francisco Earthquake
Ranger travels to San Francisco and meets Lily Chen. She w… [more below]
- Series: Ranger in Time #6
- Author: Messner, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 27 2017
- ISBN10: 054590983X
- Language: English
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Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore (10th Anniversary Edition)
$19.00 Add to cartThe 10th Anniversary Edition of Robin Sloan’s New York Times bestseller, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, with a new foreword by Paul Yamazaki and featuring the story Ajax Penumbra 1969.
A winner of- Author: Sloan, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 04, 2022
- ISBN10: 1250870291
- Language: English
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Chicano Eats: Recipes from My Mexican-American Kitchen
$35.00 Add to cartThe creator of the popular Chicano Eats blog and winner of the Saveur Best New Voice People’s Choice Award takes us on a delicious tour through the diverse flavors and foods of Chicano cuisine–Mexica
- Author: Castillo, Esteban
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 30 2020
- ISBN10: 0062917374
- Language: English
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Vegetable Gardening for California
$24.95 Add to cartEating locally sourced food is a rapidly expanding movement as millions of Americans look to eat a healthy, economical diet. And what could be more local than growing delicious, organic vegetables rig… [more below]
- Author: Beaver, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 27 2012
- ISBN10: 9766500533
- Language: English
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Spirits of San Francisco: Voyages Through the Unknown City
$20.00 Add to cartThe bestselling book from two prizewinning, critically acclaimed contemporary chroniclers of San Francisco–a rich, illustrated, idiosyncratic portrait of this great city–now in paperback.
In Spirits o- Author: Kamiya, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1635579813
- Language: English
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California: An American History
$24.00 Add to cartA concise and lively history of California, the most multicultural state in the nation
- Author: Faragher, John Mack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0300274238
- Language: English
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Dragonwings
$9.99 Add to cartNewbery Honor Book Dragonwings by Lawrence Yep takes readers on an adventure-filled journey across the world.
Inspired by the story of a Chinese immigrant who created a flying machine in 1909, Dragon
- Series: Golden Mountain Chronicles
- Author: Yep, Laurence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 317
- Publish Date: January 23, 2001
- ISBN10: 0064400859
- Language: English
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Indulge: Delicious and Decadent Dishes to Enjoy and Share
$35.00 Add to cartBeloved actress and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli returns with her most indulgent cookbook yet; a collection of 100 recipes to nourish the body and the soul.
in-dulge: to allow o
- Author: Bertinelli, Valerie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 02, 2024
- ISBN10: 0063244721
- Language: English
