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New Books:

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.

Changing Course

Changing Course: Windcall and the Art of Renewal
Susan Wells
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-071-3, $18.95

Innovative program helped cure compassion overload

Ticket to Exile

Ticket to Exile
Adam David Miller
Trade Paper, ISBN: 978-1-59714-065-2, $14.95

A memoir of an African American childhood in the Jim Crow South

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

A Sweetness Rising: New and Selected Poems

A Sweetness Rising: New and Selected Poems
Roberta Spear
Edited with an introduction by Philip Levine
Trade Paper, ISBN: 978-1-59714-063-8, $12.95

The poems of a critically acclaimed, contemporary California poet

Dawson’s Avian Kingdom: Selected Writings by William Leon Dawson

Dawson’s Avian Kingdom: Selected Writings by William Leon Dawson
Edited by Anna Neher
Trade Paper, ISBN: 978-1-59714-062-1, $16.95

Marauding magpies, saucy blackbirds, and hurtling swifts

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

Forgotten Bread: First-Generation Armenian American Writers

Forgotten Bread: First-Generation Armenian American Writers
Edited by David Kherdian
Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-59714-069-0, $29.95

Forging identity from loss—first-generation Armenian American writing

Marine Mammals of the Northwestern Coast of North America

Marine Mammals of the Northwestern Coast of North America
Charles Melville Scammon
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-061-4, $16.95

The classic volume on whales and pinnipeds

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.

Fast Cars and Frybread: Reports from the Rez

Fast Cars and Frybread: Reports from the Rez
Gordon Johnson
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-066-9, $12.95

Memories of Indian time on the rez.

Heirlooms: Letters from a Peach Farmer

Heirlooms: Letters from a Peach Farmer
David Mas Masumoto, Illustrations by Doug Hansen
Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-59714-064-5, $21.95

Earthy wisdom from America’s favorite organic farmer.

The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada

The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada
Written and illustrated by John Muir Laws
Trade Paper, ISBN: 978-1-59714-052-2, $24.95
368 pages (4.75 x 8.75), with 2,800 watercolor illustrations

A comprehensive field guide to the natural wonders of the Range of Light

Chumash Ethnobotany: Plant Knowledge Among the Chumash People of Southern California

Chumash Ethnobotany: Plant Knowledge among the Chumash People of Southern California
Jan Timbrook, with botanical watercolors by Chris Chapman
Trade Paper, ISBN: 978-1-59714-048-5, $27.95
256 pages (6 x 9), 24 color plates

Plant knowledge and use by the Chumash Indians of Southern California

Geological Ramblings in Yosemite

Geological Ramblings in Yosemite
N. King Huber
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-072-0, $16.95
136 pages (7 x 9), with b&w photographs, line art diagrams, and maps
throughout

The story behind Yosemite’s breathtaking landscape
Highway 99: A Literary Journey through California’s Great Central Valley

Highway 99: A Literary Journey through California’s Great Central Valley
Edited by Stan Yogi, Gayle Mak, and Patricia Wakida
Foreword by Mark Arax
Trade Paper, ISBN: 978-1-59714-067-6, $18.95
560 pages (6 x 9)

An updated edition of the classic California anthology
There’s an Opossum in My Backyard

There’s an Opossum in My Backyard
Gary Bogue, Illustrated by Chuck Todd
Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-59714-059-1, $15.95
40 pages (8 x 10), full color throughout

A friendly opossum finds adventure in a family’s backyard

 
  Upcoming Books:
Archy Lee: A California Fugitive Slave Case

Archy Lee: A California Fugitive Slave Case
Rudolph M. Lapp; Foreword by Shirley Ann Wilson Moore
trade paper, isbn: 978-1-59714-080-5, $12.95
96 pages (5.5 x 8.5)

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

Walking Tractor: And Other Country Tales

Walking Tractor: And Other Country Tales
Bruce Patterson, Foreword by Gerald Nicosia
trade paper, isbn: 978-1-59714-082-9, $14.95
288 pages (5.5 x 8.5)

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; Foreword by Darryl Babe Wilson; Woodcuts by Frank LaPena
trade paper, isbn: 978-1-59714-079-9, $16.95
128 pages (6 x 9)

California Indian writers and storytellers celebrate the seasons

   
   

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