California

There’s so much to see and do in the San Fernando Valley that you might find it hard to decide where to begin. Author Susan Hartzler who grew up there shares the rich history of the area and hidden secrets and personal stories in this exhaustive guide....

One of the most important and memorable events of the United States' westward push across the frontier came with the discovery of gold in the lands that became California in January 1848....

Having broken off from the United States of America decades previously, New California is a separate country, an isolated nation-state run exclusively to achieve the promise of total equity for all identities, with extra equity for those historically oppressed populations.

Starting Your Nonprofit: California is a concise adaptation of Starting Your Nonprofit: A Workbook to Guide You Through a Million Exciting Tasks. Focused on California 501(c)(3) nonprofits, this audiobook will guide you through the steps to get your nonprofit up and running....

Breathing Fire is a dramatic, revelatory account of the female inmate firefighters who battle California wildfires for less than a dollar an hour....

Our foremost historian of the West, Richard White, never content to "print the legend," collaborates here with his son in excavating the layers of legend built into California's landscapes. Together they expose the bedrock of the past, and the history they uncover is astonishing....

When a 14-year-old boy travels to San Francisco after leaving his father's run-down, failing farm in Las Cruces, New Mexico, he is shanghaied and flogged for insubordination. Young Bill Bronson has to grow up quickly to survive spending many months at sea before finally making it back to the US....

From renowned journalist Jean Guerrero, here is the haunting story of a daughter’s mission to save her father from his demons and to save herself from destruction. Marco Antonio was raised in Mexico, then migrated to California, where he met Jean’s mother, Jeannette....

The history of California is one that witnessed the rise and fall of several nations and peoples. From the first natives to settle the fertile lands to the encroaching foreigners from the South, East, West, and North, the land that eventually became the Golden State received them all....

Who were the Spanish explorers who toured Southwest America? Let’s listen about them and their story. In particular, study the early Spanish explorers of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California....

Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat like a Local book is for you. Eat like a Local - Encinitas, California by C. Tavassoli offers the inside scoop on tasting what Encinitas has to offer....

At the height of the Dust Bowl came a heat wave in 1936. In June, normally warm southern states grew unbearably hot, setting record high temperatures in excess of 110 degrees....

Meet Adrian Foster, a young and reclusive Los Angeles man with an extraordinary gift that has informally brought him the nickname “The Human Master Key”. When a new victim of a vicious serial killer turns up, Adrian reunites with eccentric detective Derek Adams....

For 46 years, author Charles Hillinger wrote human-interest stories for the Los Angeles Times. From these experiences comes this collection of stories about amazing individuals....

California needs more water. Periodic droughts, worsening in duration and severity, make that plain. But the failure of California’s policymakers...

Not everything that glitters is gold in California gold rush country. Eve Molloy passionately imports six young ladies from the San Francisco ...

Welcome to "Bigfoot in California: Mysterious Encounters" an enthralling collection of first-hand accounts of interactions with the elusive and ...

Audio Journalist Patricia Lawrence explores Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park in Petaluma California, the early 19th century Mexican rancho and primitive factory of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo....

Greater Than a Tourist - Riverside California USA by Marc J. Feldstein offers the inside scoop on Riverside. Although there is nothing wrong with traveling like a tourist, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination....

Two Years Before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana Jr.’s captivating account of life as a common sailor on board a merchant ship in the early 1830s. An iconic maritime memoir said to have influenced Herman Melville, this remains one of America’s greatest seafaring tales....