Books from Heyday Books
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Mark Twain's Civil War: The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
By Mark TwainFrom the Mark Twain Project comes a freshly informed look at Twain's controversial Civil War story "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed.
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Mark Twain's San Francisco: Uninhibited Dispatches on the Livest Heartiest Community on Our Continent by America's Greatest Writer
By Mark TwainJumping frogs, high society, San Francisco's Emperor Norton and the stray dogs that followed on his heels--nothing escaped Mark Twain's scrutiny or his acerbic wit.
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King Sequoia: The Tree that Inspired a Nation, Created Our National Park System, and Changed the Way We Think about...
By William C. TweedThe mammoth trees of California -- To name is to know -- A grove called Mariposa -- An arboreal mecca -- Yet grander forests -- A wandering Scot -- Free for the taking -- Of tunnel trees and national parks -- For the greater good -- A ...
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Past Tents: The Way We Camped
By Susan SnyderMary Roberts Coolidge , circa 1916 ; Dane Coolidge , photographer ; from the Bancroft Portrait Collection Sociologist Mary Coolidge wrote The Rain Makers : Indians of Arizona and New llexico in 1929 , and coauthored The Navajo Indians ...
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Hellacious California!: Tales of Rascality, Revelry, Dissipation, and Depravity, and the Birth of the Golden State
By Gary NoyWhether detailing the exploits of an inebriated stallion, gambling parlors as a reinforcement and subversion of racial norms, armed skirmishes over eggs, or the ins and outs of the "Spirit Lover" scam, Noy expertly situates these stories in ...
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The California Field Atlas: Collector's Edition
By Obi KaufmannFull of character and color, a bit larger than life, The California Field Atlas is the ultimate road trip companion and love letter to a place"--Publisher's website.
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The State of Water: Understanding California's Most Precious Resource
By Obi KaufmannIn this new book, full-color maps unravel the braided knot of California's water infrastructure and ecosystems, exposing a history of unlimited growth in spite of finite natural resources--a history that has led to its current precarious ...
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The Forests of California: A California Field Atlas
By Obi KaufmannKaufmann seeks to create nothing less than a new understanding of the more-than-human world, and the lessons in this book extend well beyond California's borders"--
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The Port Chicago Mutiny: The Story of the Largest Mass Mutiny Trial in U.S. Naval History
By Robert L. AllenFirst published in 1989, The Port Chicago Mutiny is a thorough and riveting work of civil rights literature, and with a new preface and epilogue by the author emphasize the event's relevance today.
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Harlem of the West: The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era
By Lewis Watts, Elizabeth Pepin Silva, Elizabeth Pepin"The Fillmore was one of the few neighborhoods in the Bay area where people of color could go for entertainment in the 1940s and 50s, and so many legendary African American musicians performed there for friends and family that the ...
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The Tom Killion Gift Box
By Gary Snyder, Tom KillionA new box set of Tom Killion and Gary Snyder's collaborationsPaperback editions of Tom Killion and Gary Snyder's award-winning books The High Sierra of California, Tamalpais Walking: Poetry, History, and Prints, and California's Wild Edge: ...
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All the Saints of the City of the Angels: Seeking the Soul of L.A. on Its Streets : Stories and...
By J. Michael Walker"Artist-author J. Michael Walker wandered L.A.'s many streets named after saints, uncovering their transcendent beauty.
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John Muir's Book of Animals
By John Muir"Peppered throughout famed naturalist John Muir's published work, articles, and letters and journals are ... descriptions of animals and stories about his encounters with them"--
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Sierra Wildflowers: A Hiker's Guide
By John Muir LawsNaturalist John Muir Laws has adapted his painted-from-life flower illustrations from The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada into a lightweight yet durable guidebook to the area's florae.
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Essential Muir: A Selection of John Muir's Best (and Worst) Writings
"In this revised edition of Essential Muir, Muir's selected writings include those that show his ecological vision without ignoring his racism, providing a more complete portrait of the man"--
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How to Teach Nature Journaling: A Science and Art Manual for Parents, Educators, and Naturalists
By John Muir Laws, Emilie LygrenThis book puts together curriculum plans, advice, and in-the-field experience so that educators of all stripes can leap into journaling with their students.
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The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling
By Emilie LygrenLaws provides clear, practical advice for every step of the process for artists at every level, from the basics of choosing supplies to advanced techniques.
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Full Ecology: Repairing Our Relationship with the Natural World
By Gary Ferguson, Mary M. Clare"Breaking the modern impulse to see humans as separate from nature, the authors encourage readers to learn from the "supremely methodical and highly improvisational" natural systems that touch people's lives.
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The Once and Future Forest: California's Iconic Redwoods
By Save the Redwoods LeagueThe volume itself is a luxurious objet of book arts: protected by a foil-embossed slipcase, this clothbound hardcover is constructed of the highest quality materials and features over 175 full-color images.
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The Laws Sketchbook for Nature Journaling
By John Muir LawsCreated with the beginning nature journalist in mind, The Laws Sketchbook for Nature Journaling hardcover blank journal is the perfect starting point for anyone interested in the practice and joy of getting out, observing, and recording ...