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New Books:

He Flies through the Air with the Greatest of Ease:  A William Saroyan Reader

He Flies through the Air with the Greatest of Ease:
A William Saroyan Reader

Edited by William E. Justice; Foreword by Herbert Gold
Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-59714-089-8, $35.00
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-090-4, $24.95

A collection of work from one of America’s most beloved writers—and one of California’s favorite sons

Allensworth, the Freedom Colony:  A California African American Township

Allensworth, the Freedom Colony:
A California African American Township

Alice C. Royal with Mickey Ellinger and Scott Braley
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-091-1, $17.95

The untold story of California’s only African American town

Walking Tractor: And Other Country Tales

Walking Tractor: And Other Country Tales
Bruce Patterson
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-082-9, $14.95

Hard work and love of the land in the heart of redwood country

Spring Salmon, Hurry to Me!: The Seasons of Native California

Spring Salmon, Hurry to Me!: The Seasons of Native California
Edited by Margaret Dubin and Kim Hogeland
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-079-9, $16.95

California Indian writers and storytellers celebrate the seasons

Archy Lee: A California Fugitive Slave Case

Archy Lee: A California Fugitive Slave Case
Rudolph M. Lapp
Foreword by Shirley Ann Wilson Moore
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-080-5, $12.95

The historic case of a black man’s quest for freedom in 1850s California

Sudden and Solitary: Mount Shasta and Its Artistic Legacy, 1841–2008

Sudden and Solitary: Mount Shasta and Its Artistic Legacy, 1841–2008
William C. Miesse with Robyn G. Peterson
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-088-1, $35.00

Generations of artistic tributes to California’s mythic giant

Life on the River: The Archaeology of an Ancient Native American Culture

Life on the River: The Archaeology of an Ancient Native American Culture
William R. Hildebrandt and Michael J. Darcangelo
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-086-7, $13.95

The story of an archaeological dig that uncovered a Wintu village

Tree Barking: A Memoir

Tree Barking: A Memoir
Nesta Rovina
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-081-2, $14.95

The riveting memoir of a health-care worker in the San Francisco Bay Area

Luminous Mountains: The Sierra Nevada of California

Luminous Mountains: The Sierra Nevada of California
Photographs and text by Tim Palmer
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-077-5, $19.95

Breathtaking new photography and ideas explore the Range of Light

Where Light Takes Its Color from the Sea

Where Light Takes Its Color from the Sea:
A California Notebook
James D. Houston, Foreword by Alan Cheuse
Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-59714-083-6, $21.95

A stirring collection of short prose by the author of Snow Mountain Passage

Yosemite Meditations

Yosemite Meditations
Photographs by Michael Frye
Foreword by Michael Tollefson
Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-59714-094-2, $9.95

Yosemite Valley is a source of inspiration in this inspirational photo gift book

The Complete Guide to Yosemite National Park, 6th Edition

The Complete Guide to Yosemite National Park, 6th Edition
Stephen P. Medley
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-087-4, $12.95

The authoritative guide to Yosemite National Park
The Wild Muir: Twenty-two of John Muir’s Greatest Adventures

The Wild Muir: Twenty-two of John Muir’s Greatest Adventures
Selected and introduced by Lee Stetson; Illustrated by Fiona King
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-093-5, $10.95

First-person accounts of John Muir’s hairiest encounters in the wild

All the Saints of the City of the Angels: Seeking the Soul of L.A. on Its Streets

All the Saints of the City of the Angels:
Seeking the Soul of L.A. on Its Streets

J. Michael Walker
Paperback with flaps, ISBN: 978-1-59714-075-1, $35.00

An artist’s homage to everyday Angelenos

A Separate Star: Selected Writings of Helen Hunt Jackson

A Separate Star: Selected Writings of Helen Hunt Jackson
Edited by Michelle Burnham
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-074-4, $21.95

The complex legacy of a pioneer woman writer and advocate for Native American justice

Two Bear Cubs: A Miwok Legend from California’s Yosemite Valley

Two Bear Cubs: A Miwok Legend from California’s Yosemite Valley
Retold by Robert D. San Souci; Illustrated by Daniel San Souci
Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-59714-092-8, $14.95

The tale of two lost bear cubs, Mother Grizzly, Red-tailed Hawk, Gray Fox, Mountain Lion, Clever Badger, Mother Deer, Measuring Worm, and El Capitan

A Seed of Modernism: The Art Students League of Los Angeles, 1906–1953

A Seed of Modernism: The Art Students League of Los Angeles, 1906–1953
Will South, Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick, and Julia Armstrong-Totten
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-076-8, $24.95

Artwork from the early days of L.A.’s modern art scene

Legends of the Yosemite Miwok

Legends of the Yosemite Miwok
Compiled by Frank La Pena, Craig D. Bates, and Steven P. Medley
Illustrated by Harry Fonseca
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-073-7, $12.95

A beautifully illustrated collection of old Indian tales about Yosemite

Grassroots Philanthropy: Field Notes of a Maverick Grantmaker

Grassroots Philanthropy: Field Notes of a Maverick Grantmaker
Bill Somerville with Fred Setterberg
Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-59714-084-3, $30.00
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-085-0, $15.00

An unorthodox guide to decisive, hands-on grantmaking

 
  Upcoming Books:
Above All: Mount Whitney and California’s Highest Peaks

Above All: Mount Whitney and California’s Highest Peaks
Photographs by David Stark Wilson with text by Steve Roper
Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-59714-107-9, $35.00

Photographs and stories of California’s majestic
Fourteeners

Norman Clyde: Legendary Mountaineer of California’s Sierra Nevada

Norman Clyde: Legendary Mountaineer of California’s Sierra Nevada
Robert C. Pavlik; Foreword by Steve Roper
Paperback, ISBN 978-1-59714-110-9, $14.95

A biography of the notorious but beloved mountaineer who achieved more than one hundred first ascents

Wallace Stegner’s West: Selected Works

Wallace Stegner’s West: Selected Works
Edited with an introduction by Page Stegner
Paperback, ISBN 978-1-59714-111-6, $18.95

A collection as broad as the Great Basin and as dynamic as California’s coastline—fi ction and essays by Wallace Stegner

Nature’s Beloved Son: Rediscovering John Muir’s Botanical Legacy

Nature’s Beloved Son: Rediscovering John Muir’s Botanical Legacy
Bonnie J. Gisel with images by Stephen J. Joseph; Foreword by David Rains Wallace
Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-59714-106-2, $45.00

John Muir’s inordinate fondness for plants

Nothing Left in My Hands: The Issei of a Rural California Town, 1900–1942

Nothing Left in My Hands: The Issei of a Rural California Town, 1900–1942
Kazuko Nakane; Foreword by Naomi Hirahara
Paperback, ISBN: 978-59714-109-3, $14.95

A respected Japanese American text now back in print

Seaweed, Salmon, and Manzanita Cider: A California Indian Feast

Seaweed, Salmon, and Manzanita Cider: A California Indian Feast
Margaret Dubin and Sara-Larus Tolley; Foreword by Kathleen Rose Smith
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-078-2, $21.95

The foods of Native California

Jazz Idiom: Blueprints, Stills and Frames

Jazz Idiom: Blueprints, Stills and Frames
The Jazz Photography of Charles L. Robinson; Poetic Takes and Riffs by Al Young
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-095-9, $21.95

The jazz greats, as photographed on stage and behind the scenes

Edges of Bounty: Adventures in the Edible Valley

Edges of Bounty: Adventures in the Edible Valley
William Emery; Photographs by Scott Squire
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-108-6, $24.95

A writer and photographer’s adventures through small-farm California

Forgotten Bread: First-Generation Armenian American Writers

Forgotten Bread: First-Generation Armenian American Writers
Edited by David Kherdian
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-068-3, $21.95

Forging identity from loss—first-generation Armenian American writing, coming in paperback

 

 

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