Geographic Orientation/California
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Death Claims
$15.00 Read moreCELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF DAVE BRANDSTETTER
Death claims investigator Dave Brandstetter enters a world thespians and booksellers as he uncovers the true story behind the death of a rare book dealer in t- Series: Dave Brandstetter Mystery
- Author: Hansen, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1681990490
- Language: English
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Stanley Will Probably Be Fine
$16.99 Read moreA New York Public Library Best Kids Book of 2018 * A Kirkus Best Book of 2018 * A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of 2019
This funny and moving second novel from the author of The Someday Birds featur
- Author: Pla, Sally J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0062445790
- Language: English
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If You Were a Kid During the California Gold Rush (If You Were a Kid)
$7.95 Add to cartLearn how prospectors mined for gold, what life was like in mining camps, and much more.
In 1848, gold was discovered in a California river, kicking off a period of time when thousands of people travel… [more below]
- Series: If You Were a Kid
- Author: Gregory, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0531243125
- Language: English
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Early Hollywood
$24.99 Read moreThe image of Hollywood often translates as some otherworldly dreamscape filled with fantastic lives and fantasy fulfillment. The real deal was carved from the Southern California desert as an outpost … [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Wanamaker, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 29 2007
- ISBN10: 0738547921
- Language: English
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Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles
$18.99 Add to cartThe rise and fall of William Mulholland, and the story of L.A.’s disastrous dam collapse: “A dramatic saga of ambition, politics, money and betrayal” (Los Angeles Daily News).
Rivers in the Desert fol- Author: Davis, Margaret Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: August 19 2014
- ISBN10: 149763878X
- Language: English
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Poppy
$7.99 Read moreFrom the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Max comes a heartwarming, middle grade story about a misunderstood rescue dog, Poppy, who finds kinship with an outcast girl on the coast of Northern … [more below]
- Series: American Dog
- Author: Shotz, Jennifer Li
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 035810873X
- Language: English
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Folly
$18.00 Add to cartAn acclaimed master of suspense creates a heroine you will never forget in this superbly chilling novel of a woman who begins a desperate undertaking that may transform her life–or end it.
WHAT HAPPE- Series: Folly Island #1
- Author: King, Laurie R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 28 2002
- ISBN10: 553381512
- Language: English
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My First Summer in the Sierra
$12.99 Read moreIn the summer of 1869, John Muir, a young Scottish immigrant, joined a crew of shepherds in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. The diary he kept while tending sheep formed the hear… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Americana
- Author: Muir, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: November 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0486437353
- Language: English
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Hollywood Studios
$24.99 Read moreJust after the turn of the 20th century, the motion picture industry moved to the West Coast, and the largest land of make-believe was created in Hollywood, California. From the silent-era beginnings … [more below]
- Series: Postcard History
- Author: Dangcil, Tommy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0738547085
- Language: English
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Hoover Tower at Stanford University
$23.99 Read moreA Stanford University landmark since 1941, the 285-foot-tall, Art Deco-style Hoover Tower provides a contrasting focal point for the horizontal lines of the Quad’s sandstone arcades. The Quad, begun i… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Danielson, Elena S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1467129208
- Language: English
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Molly Moon Stops the World
$10.99 Add to cartMolly Moon is back–and this time she’s hypnotizing her way to the Academy Awards in Los Angeles
Along with Rocky and Petula the pug, Molly is tracking the sinister activities of American billionaire
- Series: Molly Moon #2
- Author: Byng, Georgia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 375
- Publish Date: April 12 2005
- ISBN10: 0060514159
- Language: English
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The Informers
$18.00 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of American Psycho and Less Than Zero comes a nihilistic novel set in the early eighties that portrays a chilling descent into the abyss beneath L.A.’s gorge… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Contemporaries
- Author: Ellis, Bret Easton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0679743243
- Language: English
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Pop’s Bridge
$19.99 Read moreThe Golden Gate Bridge. The impossible bridge, some call it. They say it can’t be built.
But Robert’s father is building it. He’s a skywalker–a brave, high-climbing ironworker. Robert is convinced hi- Author: Bunting, Eve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0152047735
- Language: English
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The Honeysuckle Cookbook: 100 Healthy, Feel-Good Recipes to Live Deliciously
$27.99 Read more100 crave-worthy, wholesome recipes and time-saving tips for busy home cooks from the founder and host of the Honeysuckle channel on YouTube.
The Honeysuckle Cookbook is stuffed with exciting ideas fo- Author: Lewis, Dzung
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 22 2020
- ISBN10: 0593135601
- Language: English
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Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems
$11.95 Add to cartPura Belpr? Author Award Honor – American Library Association (ALA)
Bilingual English/Spanish. In their final collection of seasonal poetry, poet Francisco X. Alarc?n and artist Maya Christina Gonzalez
- Series: Cycle of Seasons
- Author: Alarcón, Francisco X.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0892392029
- Language: Spanish
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Forever
$18.99 Read moreBook 5 in the 5-book Christian fiction series that has sold over 1.5 million copies
A story about surviving tough times, about drawing strength and hope from family and deep faith, from Karen Kingsbury… [more below]
- Series: Baxter Family Drama–Firstborn #5
- Author: Kingsbury, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1414349807
- Language: English
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Julie: The Big Break
$7.99 Read moreJulie Albright is dealing with big changes since her parents’ divorce. When she finds out that her new school has a basketball team, life starts looking up – until the coach tells her girls aren’t all… [more below]
- Series: American Girl Historical Characters
- Author: McDonald, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 1683371321
- Language: English
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Jesse
$11.99 Add to cartIn this new edition of his first young adult novel, Gary Soto paints a moving portrait of seventeen-year-old Jesse, who has left his parents’ home to live with his older brother. These Mexican America… [more below]
- Author: Soto, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0152054251
- Language: English
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Lola and the Boy Next Door
$13.99 Read moreLola Nolan is a budding costume designer, and for her, the more outrageous, sparkly, and fun the outfit, the better. And everything is pretty perfect in her life (right down to her hot rocker boyfrien… [more below]
- Author: Perkins, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 09 2013
- ISBN10: 0142422010
- Language: English
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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
