Heyday Books
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How a Mountain Was Made: Stories
$25.00 Add to cartNow available in paperback In the tradition of Calvino’s Italian Folktales, Greg Sarris, author of the award-winning novel Grand Avenue, turns his attention to his ancestral homeland of Sonoma Mounta… [more below]
- Author: Sarris, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1597144738
- Language: English
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Nocturnalia: Nature in the Western Night
$25.00 Add to cartDon’t be afraid of the dark: grab a flashlight and rediscover your sense of adventure!
Darkness is something humans strive to keep at bay, but under the glow of twilight a nocturnal universe stirs to l
- Author: Hood, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1597146242
- Language: English
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Hansen’s Field Guide to the Birds of the Sierra Nevada
$28.00 Add to cartDelight in the Sierra Nevada’s diverse avifauna with this long-awaited field guide.
Identify and learn about over two hundred and fifty birds of the Sierra Nevada. From tiniest hummingbirds to condors
- Author: Hansen, Keith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1597145335
- Language: English
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The California Field Atlas: Deluxe Edition
$65.00 Read moreA new classic gets the deluxe treatment!
Following the success of Obi Kaufmann’s bestselling The California Field Atlas, this Deluxe Edition features a larger format showcasing Kaufmann’s sumptuous wat
- Author: Kaufmann, Obi
- Binding:
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: November 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1597145238
- Language: English
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The Harvest Gypsies
$14.00 Add to cartSelected by NYU as one of the century’s best books of American journalism.
Gathered in this volume are seven long-form articles that John Steinbeck wrote in 1936 for The San Francisco News about the pl
- Author: Steinbeck, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: October 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1890771619
- Language: English
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Berkeley Walks: Revised and Updated Edition
$22.00 Add to cartThe definitive guide for Berkeley wanderers, now fully updated.
This local bestseller, now updated for the first time since 2018, offers revealing rambles through one of America’s most fascinating citi
- Author: Byron, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1597146110
- Language: English
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Essential Muir (Revised): A Selection of John Muir’s Best (and Worst) Writings
$16.00 Add to cartA new edition of Muir’s writings that places his environmentalist ideals alongside his damaging prejudices
Essayist. Preservationist. Mountain man. Inventor. John Muir may be California’s best-known- Author: Muir, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1597145505
- Language: English
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Fup
$12.00 Add to cartStart with Granddaddy Jake Santee, a cantankerous, ninety-nine-year-old coot with a taste for gambling and whiskey; add in Tiny, his gentle giant of an adopted grandson, whose passion for building wel… [more below]
- Author: Dodge, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1597141585
- Language: English
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How to Keep Your Language Alive: A Commonsense Approach to One-On-One Language Learning
$18.00 Add to cartAmid worldwide accounts of dying languages, author Leanne Hinton and a group of dedicated language activists are doing something about it: they have created a master-apprentice language program, a one
- Author: Hinton, Leanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1890771422
- Language: English
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A Californian’s Guide to the Birds Among Us
$24.00 Add to cartAs its sister title, A Californian’s Guide to the Trees Among Us, did for arboreal varieties, this new guidebook introduces casual birders to 120 of California’s most easily seen bird species–native
- Author: Hood, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1597143839
- Language: English
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The Private Lives of Public Birds: Learning to Listen to the Birds Where We Live
$26.00 Add to cartA book to help the ordinary birdwatcher appreciate the fascinating songs, stories, and science of common birds.
“Grounded in science but watered by the heart of a poet, this intimate and personal look
- Author: Gedney, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1597145742
- Language: English
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Birds of Berkeley
$16.00 Add to cart“Whether you are an experienced birder or just learning natural history, this book will deepen your sense of place and open insights to beauty, wonder, and connection to the natural world.”–John Muir
- Author: James, Oliver
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1597146013
- Language: English
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Waa’aka’: The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun
$20.00 Add to cartA dazzling, own-voice Native Californian creation story.
“Waa’aka’ was born when the earth was soft and the waters were new. It was the beginning of time.” So begins Cindi Alvitre’s vivid and multiface
- Author: Alvitre, Cindi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1597145092
- Language: English
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The Way We Lived: California Indian Stories, Songs and Reminiscences
$20.00 Add to cart35th anniversary edition! Here, in their own words, Indigenous voices reclaim the narrative of California Indians.
“Their stories, here brilliantly illuminated by Margolin’s comments, contain beauty, h
- Author: Margolin, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 06 2017
- ISBN10: 1597143936
- Language: English
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Birds of Lake Merritt
$25.00 Add to cartA richly illustrated birding guide to the nation’s first official wildlife refuge.
“Beautifully illustrated and written, this is a must-have for anyone who wants to better understand and appreciate our
- Author: Harris, Alex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1597145483
- Language: English
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The Sea Forager’s Guide to the Northern California Coast
$25.00 Add to cartIn The Sea Forager’s Guide to the Northern California Coast, Kirk Lombard combines a startling depth of knowledge with wry humor and colorful storytelling to guide readers’ quests to hook fish, dig cl
- Author: Lombard, Kirk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 01 2014
- ISBN10: 159714357X
- Language: English
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The State of Water: Understanding California’s Most Precious Resource
$24.00 Add to cartObi Kaufmann, author of the best-selling California Field Atlas, turns his artful yet analytical attention to the Golden State’s single most complex and controversial resource: water.
In this book, Kau… [more below]
- Author: Kaufmann, Obi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 01 2019
- ISBN10: 159714469X
- Language: English
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The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom
$28.00 Read moreOne of California’s leading writers, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in fiction, presents her first nonfiction volume on writing since 2005’s best-selling Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel.
“Smiley gi
- Author: Smiley, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 1597146056
- Language: English
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The Deserts of California: A California Field Atlas
$55.00 Add to cartA magnificent illustrated journey into California’s famed deserts and the astonishingly abundant life they contain.
2023 Glenn Goldman Award Winner for California Lifestyle, Chosen by the California In
- Series: California Lands Trilogy #3
- Author: Kaufmann, Obi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 1597146188
- Language: English
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Secrets of the Oak Woodlands: Plants and Animals Among California’s Oaks
$22.00 Add to cartA Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist
”I love this book. It reads like a walk in the woods with the best naturalists.”–John Muir Laws
A Californian may vacation in Yosemite, Big Sur, or Death Va
- Author: Marianchild, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 12, 2013
- ISBN10: 159714262X
- Language: English
