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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

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

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

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 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.

Impressions of the East: Treasures from the C. V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley

Impressions of the East: Treasures from the C. V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley
Deborah Rudolph
Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-59714-060-7, $39.95

An opulent look at East Asia’s printed and handwritten treasures

First Families: A Photographic History of California Indians

First Families: A Photographic History of California Indians
L. Frank and Kim Hogeland
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-013-3, $23.95

Family photo albums provide an intimate look at Native American life

Under the Dragon: California’s New Culture

Under the Dragon: California’s New Culture
Lonny Shavelson and Fred Setterberg
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-045-4, $24.95

What’s next after multiculturalism? California forges new frontiers.

Gables and Fables: A Portrait of San Francisco's Pacific Heights

Gables and Fables:
A Portrait of San Francisco’s Pacific Heights

Anne Bloomfield and Arthur Bloomfield, Illustrated by Kit Haskell
Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-59714-055-3, $30.00
Trade Paper, ISBN: 978-1-59714-056-0, $19.95

An architectural and social history of one of San Francisco’s most attractive neighborhoods

Our People, Our Land, Our Images: International Indigenous Photography

Our People, Our Land, Our Images: International Indigenous Photography
Edited by Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie and Veronica Passalacqua
Trade Paper, ISBN: 978-1-59714-057-7, $27.95

Over 100 years of indigenous art photography

Theodore Wores in the Southwest

Theodore Wores in the Southwest
Edited by Stephen Becker, Foreword by David Turner, Afterword by Tessie Naranjo, Preface by Bill Gerdts
Trade Paper, ISBN: 978-1-59714-047-8, $24.95

An exploration of the artist’s paintings of Native Americans in the Southwest

The Architecture of Ratcliff

The Architecture of Ratcliff
Woodruff Minor
Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-59714-042-3, $39.95
232 pages (9 x 9)

The story of an architecture firm that has shaped the Bay Area for over one hundred years

Ira Nowinski's San Francisco

Ira Nowinski's San Francsico: Poets, Politics, and Divas
Ira Nowinski, Foreword by Rebecca Solnit
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-59714-040-6, $27.95
112 pages (10.5 x 12), with 85 duotone photographs

A beautifully printed collection of unforgettable faces across three decades

Dark Metropolis

Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman's Social Surrealism
Crocker Art Museum and Irving Norman Trust
Edited by Ray Day and Scott A. Shields
Trade paper, ISBN 1-59714-041-4, $35.00
224 pages (9 x 12), with 154 color plates

Colorful and provocative art with a social concience

Past Tents

Past Tents: The Way We Camped
Susan Snyder
Trade Paper, ISBN: 1-59714-039-2, $17.95
128 pp (9 x 8), with 108 b&w images

A gift book for camping enthusiasts and those who enjoy quirky old photographs

El Corazon de la Muerte

El Corazón de la Muerte:
Altars and Offerings for Days of the Dead

The Oakland Museum of California
Trade Paper, ISBN: 1-59714-008-2, $24.95

A sumptuous tribute to a remarkable cultural feat. More…

The High Sierra of California

The High Sierra of California
Poems and Journals by Gary Snyder, Woodcuts by Tom Killion
Trade Paper, ISBN: 1-890771-99-6, $24.95

Now available in paperback!

Deeper Than Gold

Deeper Than Gold:
A Guide to Indian Life in the Sierra Region
Brian Bibby, Photographs by Dugan Aguilar
Trade Paper, ISBN: 0-930588-96-7, $18.95

Part guide, part literary tribute, part photo album, this beautifully designed book features the memories and knowledge of Gold Country’s first peoples—the Native Americans who know the area best.

The Front Lines of Social Change

The Front Lines of Social Change:
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade

Richard Bermack
Trade Paper, ISBN: 1-59714-000-7, $19.95

This book presents a moving portrait of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, a brave group of people who over the last sixty years have participated in virtually every progressive social movement in America. Though they rarely win, they are never defeated.

Drawn West

Drawn West: Selections from the Robert B. Honeyman Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western Art and Americana
Jack von Euw and Genoa Shepley
Cloth, 228 pages (11 x 11), ISBN: 1-890771-92-9, $39.95
Co-published with the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley

California and the West in the days of exploration and settlement was a region full of adventure, danger, and wonders. And before there were cameras, artists depicted all of it.

Peaceful Painter

Peaceful Painter: Memoirs of an Issei Woman Artist
Hisako Hibi
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-90-2, $20.00

Hisako Hibi's paintings offer an insight into the daily life of a woman who would not abandon her art or betray her spirit.

Dream Songs and Ceremony

Dream Songs and Ceremony: Reflections on Traditional California Indian Dance
Frank LaPena
Cloth, 48 pages (8 x 10), ISBN: 1-890771-79-1, $25.00
With 16 full-color plates
A Great Valley Book

This collection of paintings by acclaimed artist Frank LaPena draws upon the symbols of California Indian dances—sacred events that cannot be photographed or videotaped. Himself a Nomtipom Wintu dancer, singer, and ceremonial leader, LaPena complements his vibrant paintings and poetry with an introduction and commentary.

At Work At Work: The Art of California Labor
Edited by Mark Dean Johnson
Foreword by Gray Brechin, Afterword by Tillie Olsen
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-67-8, $35.00

This powerful visual journey follows early events and conditions, from the rise of statewide organized labor to the changing demographics of the wartime workforce; from the zenith of the California Labor School to the farm workers’ movement; from the disenfranchisement of workers in the service economy to the potent effects of globalization felt at the end of the twentieth century. More...

Structures of Utility

Structures of Utility
David Stark Wilson
Cloth, ISBN: 1-890771-62-7, $45.00

This daringly designed book reflects upon the functionality, allure, and extraordinary presence of these often unobserved and overlooked buildings.

River of Words

River of Words: Images and Poetry in Praise of Water
Edited by Pamela Michael, Introductions by Robert Hass and Thacher Hurd
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-65-1, $12.00

Culled from the annual River of Words art and poetry contest, here is an exceptional selection of creative work from young people (ages 5–19) across America and around the world.

Quizzical Eye Quizzical Eye: The Photography of Rondal Partridge
Elizabeth Partridge and Sally Stein
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-57-0, $21.95

Intimately associated with the great photographers of his time, Partridge creates his own breathtakingly intimate portraits, devastating environmental statements, compositional wonders, and telling moments from six decades of American history

The Dirt is Red Here The Dirt Is Red Here:
Art and Poetry from Native California

Edited by Margaret Dubin
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-546, $16.95

The Dirt is Red Here brings together works by many of today’s finest artists and poets of California’s Indian communities.

Shades of California: The Hidden Beauty of Ordinary Life
California's Family Album
Edited by Kimi Kodani Hill
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-44-9 , $18.95

Shades of California brings together the most arresting, humorous, poignant, and memorable images from California's personal family albums. Collected throughout the state at local libraries, these photos are a reflection of ourselves and our place in this state we call home.

Courthouses of California: An Illustrated History
Edited with an Introduction by Ray McDevitt
Foreword by Ronald M. George, Chief Justice of California
Cloth, ISBN: 1-890771-49-X , $50.00

With elegant photographs and informative text, Courthouses of California reveals how the role of the courthouse has evolved from a small building dedicated to trial and study into a full service administration building.

Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience
Kristine Kim with an introduction by Karin Higa
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-43-0, $24.95

From his early years in California, Paris, and Mexico to the transformative impact of the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans, Sugimoto's art became a vivid expression of the American immigrant experience.

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Topaz Moon: Chiura Obata's Art of the Internment
Edited by Kimi Kodani Hill
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-26-0, $22.50

A great artist bears witness to the Japanese American internment, in this beautifully illustrated book accompanied by a text which draws heavily upon family letters and documents and interviews.

The Fine Art of California Indian Basketry

The Fine Art of California Indian Basketry
Edited by Brian Bibby
Trade paper, ISBN:0-930588-87-8, $22.50

California Indian baskets are considered by many to be among the world's most beautiful, sophisticated, and cherished art objects.

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Picturing California's Other Landscape:
The Great Central Valley

Edited by Heath Schenker
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-25-2, $35.00

A full-color look at the art and legacy of California's Great Central Valley.


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