Books

	Discovering California Code:1-884958-55-9 Price: $14.95 Quantity in Basket: none
California is a beautiful state. Discover its scenic attractions with this photographic collection. This 96-page travel book provides 48 pages of excellent color photography illustrating the exquisite beauty of California. Forty-eight pages of informative text describe a brief history and current status of the state. See some photos
	AAA California Missions Map Code:1-56413-601-9 Price: $7.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Laminated map/guide to all 21 of California's Spanish missions from San Diego to Sonoma. Includes a history of each mission and its unique features, along with great color photos and detailed mapping.
	AAA Gold Country Map Code:1-57835-079-4 Price: $3.95 Quantity in Basket: none
This map combines detailed county and area maps with descriptive text about points of interest, parks campgrounds and recreational activities.
	AAA Motherlode Map Code:1-56413-6175 Price: $3.95 Quantity in Basket: none
This map focuses on the 267-mile stretch of Highway 49 between Mariposa and Sierraville, including some side trips. Describes the towns, their history, points of interest and accommodations.
	Ansel Adam Wilderness Code:0-931532-27-2 Price: $17.95 Quantity in Basket: none
By GINNY CLARK This is a complete guide to the most beautiful areas in the Sierra for camping, fishing and hiking, colorful maps and trail descriptions. Some of the areas covered are Middle, North, and South forks of the San Joaquin River, Granite Creek, Ansel Adam Wilderness with Fish Creek and Mono Creek Country.
	Backpacking California Code:0-89997-286-1 Price: $21.95 Quantity in Basket: none
By PAUL BLACKHURST This book is a compendium of the best California adventures, featuring sixty two trips, expert tips from practiced backpackers. Features California's diverse and scenic backcountry as seen on routes that vary in length, difficulty, and time.
	Beautiful Spas /Hot Springs CA Code:0-8118-1563-3 Price: $18.95 Quantity in Basket: none
By STANLEY YOUNG Practical travel guide and inspirational picture book that covers over twenty heavenly retreats.
	California Early History Code:1-56500-027-7 Price: $11.95 Quantity in Basket: none
By RANDY WOMACK This activity book gives children an overview of California's history and the contributions made by various ethnic groups.
	California Historical Landmarks Code:0-941925-19-6 Price: $15.95 Quantity in Basket: none
The State of California has established 43 state historic parks and more than 1,000 historic landmarks, listed in this generous volume with a brief description of each one's location and historic significance.
	California State Parks Code:0-89886-762-2 Price: $17.95 Quantity in Basket: none
By RHONDA OSTERTAG The impossibly huge redwoods of Humboldt State Park, the breezy Pacific shores of Point Lobos State Reserve, and the starkly beautiful mountains of Plumas-Eureka State Park are prime examples of California's natural diversity. This recreation guide will help you make the most of them!
	California Traveler : Ghost Towns of CA Code:1-55838-124-4 Price: $6.95 Quantity in Basket: none
More than 40 California ghost towns highlight this interesting guidebook from Renaissance House Publishers.
	California Traveler : Railroads of CA Code:1-55838-121-x Price: $4.95 Quantity in Basket: none
By P.R. GRISWOLD This striking full-color guide explains dozens of operating railroads and museums within the state of California.
	Modern California Cookbook Code:1-883792-59-2 Price: $21.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Recipes for modern cooking in California from the Los Angeles Times.
	San Francisco By Steve Young Code:1-881096-78-5 Price: $49.95 Quantity in Basket: none
By STEVE YOUNG A comprehensive look at San Francisco's historic past and vibrant present, with introductory essay by well-known football player and media figure Steve Young.
	Trout Fishing in California Code:0-934061-42-4 Price: $14.95 Quantity in Basket: none
By RON KOVACH A perfect addition to any angler's library. This guide to trout fishing locations in California's rivers and lakes has maps, regulations, a discussion of equipment, and more.
	52 GREAT WEEKEND ESCAPES NO CAL Code:0-7627-3087-0 Price: $15.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Coming Soon - Publish Date 05/01/2005 52 GREAT WEEKEND ESCAPES NORTHERN CALIFORNIA By RAY BANGS - "What do you want to do this weekend?" "I don't know...what do you want to do?" Sound familiar? This brilliant new series solves that problem by showing you exactly what to do, where to do it, and how to plan for it. These well organized guidebooks are for residents and visitors alike, and provide a year's worth of great short escapes for adventurers of every age, every budget, and every skill level. Organized by season and by difficulty level, each one contains over 60 photographs, more than 50 maps, and all the contact information necessary for the escape. From sport fishing to sailplain soaring and paragliding to prospecting - a great weekend escape is just a book away.
	RANCHO COOKING CA/MEX RECIPES Code:1-57061-384-2 Price: $21.95 Quantity in Basket: none
RANCHO COOKING CA/MEX RECIPES By JACQUELINE McMAHAN - Rancho cooking is a Mexican and Spanish cuisine from the old California ranchos featuring ingredients the flourish in California's Mediterranean climate.
	EXPLORING PACIFIC COAST TIDEPOOLS Code:0-87961-217-7 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
EXPLORING PACIFIC COAST TIDEPOOLS By VINSON BROWN This book for the curious explorer has been rewritten, brought up to date, nicely illustrated, with more color photos added to an already very popular guide. It covers common seashore plants and animals of the whole Pacific Coast.
	CA TRAVELER: CA BEACHES Code:1-55838-152-X Price: $6.95 Quantity in Basket: none
CA TRAVELER: CA BEACHES - This handy traveler's guide covers the wide range of beaches along the California coast, from the wild north to the sunny south.
	CA TRAVELER: CA GRASSROOTS TOURS Code:1-55838-135-X Price: $6.95 Quantity in Basket: none
CA TRAVELER: CA GRASSROOTS TOURS By ERIC J. ADAMS - This guide takes travelers on one-day tours through all parts of the state. The selections in this book include scenic drives, beautiful beaches, spots of historic interest, and the eternal magnet of Hollywood.
	PACIFIC COAST BERRY FINDER Code:0-912550-02-3 Price: $3.50 Quantity in Basket: none
PACIFIC COAST BERRY FINDER By GLENN KEATOR - Handy identification guide to berries found growing along the Pacific Coast. Drawings and diagrams make for quick and easy use in the field, using major characteristics of each species.
	PACIFIC COAST TREE FINDER Code:0-912550-06-6 Price: $3.50 Quantity in Basket: none
PACIFIC COAST TREE FINDER By TOM WATTS - An easy-to-use and easy-to-pack tree identification guide, using drawings, diagrams, and capsule notations to help readers recognize leaf and needled tree species along the Pacific Coast.
	PACIFIC INTERTIDAL LIFE Code:0-912550-10-4 Price: $3.50 Quantity in Basket: none
PACIFIC INTERTIDAL LIFE By RON RUSSO - Illustrated with drawings, this guide helps naturalists identify various life forms of the intertidal zone along the Pacific coastline. Preceded by a discussion about this environment and its creatures.
	SIERRA FLOWER FINDER Code:0-912550-09-0 Price: $3.75 Quantity in Basket: none
SIERRA FLOWER FINDER By GLENN KEATOR - A handy pocket guide for quick field identification of Sierra Nevada flowers. Uses capsule descriptions of easily recognized characteristics and line drawings.
	MY FIRST SUMMER IN SIERRA Code:0-395-35351-3 Price: $10.00 Quantity in Basket: none
MY FIRST SUMMER IN SIERRA By JOHN MUIR - Muir kept this journal on his first extended trip to Yosemite in 1869. Here he faithfully recorded his impressions of the dazzling animal and plant life he encountered in the magnificent Sierra.
	DAY TRIPS WITH A SPLASH CA Code:0-9657686-4-3 Price: $18.95 Quantity in Basket: none
DAY TRIPS W/SPLASH CA By PANCHO DOLL - A day hiker's guide featuring secluded waterfalls and remote pools in creeks and rivers throughout California. Each sites comes with a photo and locator map, including GPS waypoints.
	52 Weeks in the California Garden Code:1-883792-11-8 Price: $16.95 Quantity in Basket: none
52 Weeks in the California Garden is an informative guide that is formatted to provide weekly care of your California garden.
	California Gardener's Guide Code:1-930604-47-5 Price: $24.99 Quantity in Basket: none
California Gardener's Guide is beautifully written by well-know gardening expert, landscape architect, and radio communicator Bruce Asakawa and his wife Sharon, the California Gardener's Guide will become your most trusted gardening resource.
	GEOLOGY OF THE SIERRA NEVADA Code:0-520-02698-5 Price: $15.95 Quantity in Basket: none
GEOLOGY OF THE SIERRA NEVADA By MARY HILL . One of the California Natural History Guides, this volume makes a potentially dull subject come alive with clear descriptions of geomorphology, history, maps, drawings and color photographs.
	75 HIKES CA'S LASSEN & MT. SHASTA REGION Code:0-89886-466-6 Price: $14.95 Quantity in Basket: none
75 HIKES CA'S LASSEN & MT. SHASTA REGION By JOHN SOARES This guide offers both day hikes and extended backpacks in popular hiking destinations in the Northern California Cascades.
	GHOST STORIES OF CALIFORNIA Code:1-55105-237-7 Price: $10.95 Quantity in Basket: none
GHOST STORIES OF CALIFORNIA By BARBARA SMITH California's rich and colorful history has given rise to a wealth of blood-curdling, spine-tingling tales of the supernatural. These stories span the length and breadth of California.
	SIERRA MOUNTAIN FLOWER BOOK Code:0-933472-57-9 Price: $5.95 Quantity in Basket: none
SIERRA MOUNTAIN FLOWER BOOK By MILLIE MILLER. Another excellent Millie and Cyndi production: fine colored drawings of the Sierra Nevada Mountain flowers. Each drawing is accompanied by a brief description. Great for stowing in a day- or backpack for field use.
	DOG LOVER'S GUIDE TO LAKE TAHOE Code:0-9664908-0-0 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
DOG LOVER'S GD LAKE TAHOE By SUSIE DENISON 1998- This indispensable guide offers complete information on lodging, recreation, and services for you and your pouch in the Lake Tahoe and Truckee areas. Part of the proceeds from this book, benefit the Pet Network of Lake Tahoe.
	ANSWERS FOR CALIFORNIA GARDENERS Code:1-883792-63-0 Price: $17.95 Quantity in Basket: none
ANSWERS FOR CALIFORNIA GARDENERS By ROBERT SMAUS 2002- Californians garden in a place like no other in the country. In our mild Mediterranean climate we can grow spectactular plants that fail elsewhere in the country. Among the questions answered here are, when do I need a tree doctor? How do I keep cats out of my flowers? What's the secret to great tomatoes? Have I over fertilized my garden? And many more.
	FUN & EDUCATIONAL PLACES W/KIDS SO CA Code:0-9646737-7-0 Price: $20.95 Quantity in Basket: none
FUN & EDUCATIONAL PLACES WITH KIDS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA By SUSAN PETERSON 2003-6th Edition - A comphrehensive guide through Los Angeles, Orange County, Santa Barbara County, and then some! Have fun using this book to entertain, enjoy, and explore with your child. 1800 entries in 7 counties. *cover may not match new edition.
	BEST BOOK EVER ABOUT CA MISSIONS Code:1-56500-048-X Price: $16.95 Quantity in Basket: none
BEST BOOK EVER ABOUT CALIFORNIA MISSIONS By RANDY WOMACK - A simplified, yet detailed guide to all of the California Missions. A comprehensive, easy-to-use resource for students of all ages. Reproduction for use in the classroom permissible.
	52 GREAT WEEKEND ESCAPES SO CA Code:0-7627-3083-8 Price: $15.95 Quantity in Basket: none
52 GREAT WEEKEND ESCAPES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA By RAY BANGS 2004 - A weekend in Southern California will never be the same. Swim with sharks off Rancho Palos Verdes, star gaze at the Palomar & Griffth Observatories, cave in Boyden Cavern, spin the wheels at Drivetech Auto Racing School, and explore a kelp forest while wreck diving the Channel Islands. Publisher Comments: Escape the routine and recharge your soul with 52 Great Weekend Escapes in Southern California. Ideal for both residents and visitors, this well-organized guidebook provides a year’s worth of great short escapes for adventurers of every age, budget, and skill level. Organized by season and difficulty level, from relaxing to extreme, each thoroughly researched escape includes everything you need to know to get the most out of your experience. You’ll find directions and maps, the names of top-notch tour operators and outfitters, and detailed descriptions of each great escape—so you’ll always arrive at your destination prepared. And while each escape can be completed in one weekend, all are loaded with ways to stretch your stay. So whether you’re flying solo or have a family in tow, get off the couch, out the door, and into the great wide open with 52 Great Weekend Escapes in Southern California. Spring: Bicycle past Lompoc’s flower fields or hang glide above the coast Summer: Relax at Venice Beach or hang ten at surf school Fall: Take a balloon ride over grape country or dive the Channel Islands Winter: Snow camp at Mount San Jacinto or swim with the sharks
	1500 CA PLACE NAMES Code:0-520-21271-1 Price: $14.95 Quantity in Basket: none
1500 CALIFORNIA PLACE NAMES By WILLIAM BRIGHT - California's place names trace the history of Indian, Spanish, and American settlement. This dictionary gives pronunciation, county of location, origin and meaning.
	BRET HARTE'S GOLD RUSH Code:0-930588-88-6 Price: $13.95 Quantity in Basket: none
BRET HARTE'S GOLD RUSH By BRET HARTE - Stories of Gold Rush California from one of the state's most popular storytellers.
	Patty Reed's Doll - The story of the Donner Party Code:0-9617357-2-4 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Patty Reed's Doll - The story of the Donner Party - A wooden doll recalls the hope with which a group of pioneers begins their journey and the ordeals they face as they travel from Springfield, Illinois, to California. Patty Reed's Doll tells the story of the Donner Party, a group of pioneers who made a wrong decision to follow an untried cutoff as they journeyed to California. They found themselves trapped in deep snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during the winter of 1846. Stranded without sufficient food less than one-hundred miles from safety, they faced the bitter trials of starvation, illness and death. This account is told through the eyes of a tiny doll which eight-year old Patty Reed kept hidden in her apron pocket. The story is appropriate for teaching the Westward Movement and California history and does not go into the bleaker facts of this harrowing event.
	ADOPTED BY INDIANS - A true Story Code:0-930588-93-2 Price: $10.95 Quantity in Basket: none
ADOPTED BY INDIANS By THOMAS MAYFIELD - The children's version of our best-selling title Indian Summer, this book gives younger readers a close-up view of traditional California Indian life and early California. Thomas Jefferson Mayfield kept a wonderful secret for almost sixty years; the secret of his childhood among the Choinumne Indians of California's San Joaquin Valley. For twelve years he played and slept alongside Choinmune children, he hunted and fished with them, ate their food and wore their clothes. Antelope and elk roamed the valley, fish filled the rivers, and millions of birds darkened the skies. Adopted by Indians is the story of a boy who had an adventure that we can only dream about and it is absolutely true. Adopted by Indians has been approved by the California Department of Education and is listed in the Instructional Materials Approved for Legal Compliance Catalog. Recommended Grade 4 up. Illustrations by Hilair Chism and Rick Jones
	CALIFORNIA BED & BREAKFAST COOKBOOK Code:1-889593-11-7 Price: $19.96 Quantity in Basket: none
CALIFORNIA BED & BREAKFAST COOKBOOK By MELISSA CRAVEN 2004 - Now you can entertain with ease and flair! Owners and chefs from California B & B's and Country Inns share their most requested, mouthwatering, award winning recipes, many with make-ahead or time-saving tips. There are Gold Rush-era hotels, beachfront inns, country manors, and grand Victorian mansions. This book will help you discover a California Bed & Breakfast that is perfect for you. Includes CD
	SUGAR BEAR STORY Code:0-932653-70-7 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
SUGAR BEAR STORY By ERNESTINE DE SOTO. This children's tale is based on a Chumash oral legend about how to be a good host. Brightly illustrated by the author, the book incorporates Chumash words and traditional designs, and includes a tribal linguistics map and Chumash glossary. The land occupied by the Chumash peoples stretches along the coast of southern to central California. Format: Paperback ISBN: 0-932653-70-7 Publisher: SUNBEL PUB DATE 3/05