California Trees

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Only national treasure Steven Rowley could blur the otherworldly with the everyday and turn all of it into heartache-flavored comedy." —Catherine Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich and Wreck We are all alien, even to the people who know us...

The #1 bestselling Magic Tree House series is ready to whisk you away through time with Jack and Annie--this time to the Yosemite National Park! The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to the Yosemite National Park in 1903. They are surprised to join John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt...

Enjoy this collection of eight Magic Tree House audiobooks #33: Narwhal on a Sunny Night When the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to Greenland, they're not sure what time they've landed in, but they immediately know what their mission is: save a narwhal! Then they meet a young hunter...

Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained -- the coast redwood trees, Sequoia sempervirens. The biggest redwoods are over a thousand years old, rising more than thirty-five stories in what's left...

California now has more trees than at any time since the late Pleistocene. This green landscape, however, is not the work of nature. It’s the work of history. In the years after the Gold Rush, American settlers remade the California landscape, harnessing nature to their vision of the good life. Horticulturists, boosters, and civic reformers began to "improve" the bare, brown countryside, planting millions of trees to create groves, wooded suburbs, and landscaped cities.

A gripping account of the billion-dollar timber black market—and how it intersects with environmentalism, class, and culture. In Tree Thieves, Lyndsie Bourgon takes us deep into the underbelly of the illegal timber market. As she traces three timber poaching cases, she introduces us to tree...

A retired heart surgeon falls to his death from a remote desert peak. What was he doing there, and what was he desperately trying to tell Chemehuevi Joe in his final garbled whisper? As Joe tries to decipher that final message, long-time readers of the Smoke Tree series will discover a side of the enigmatic Native American they have never seen before.

The #1 bestselling Magic Tree House series is ready to whisk you away through time with Jack and Annie! Magic Tree House #35: Camp Time in California The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to the Yosemite National Park in 1903. They are surprised to join John Muir and President Theodore...

“Insanely big-hearted.” —The Washington Post “Electric.” —The New York Times “Tender, immersive, and thrilling." —Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow "One of the best novels I’ve ever read about friendship.” —Stephen King, #1 bestselling author...

In her latest novel, Pura Belpré Award–winning author Carolina Ixta weaves a tender story about love and hope, following a teen as she works to protect her family and community from a major corporation taking over her town. Paloma Vistamontes is heartbroken. A year ago, her ex-boyfriend...

Emmy‑nominated filmmaker and University of Cambridge Environmental Psychologist Lindsay Branham invites readers into an embodied, reciprocal relationship with trees to heal our severed connections to ourselves and the earth, returning home to the living world. In the midst of the California...

Discover one of America's most unforgettable road trips, where the trees are taller than skyscrapers, the roadside attractions are wonderfully weird, and even the elk seem to think they own the highway. Weird Pacific Redwoods Stories takes you on an entertaining journey along California's legendary Highway 101 through the world's tallest forests. Along the way you'll drive through giant living redwoods, meet talking lumberjacks, wander Victorian towns that look frozen in time, explore foggy coastlines, discover hidden beaches, visit quirky roadside attractions, and learn the surprising true...

What happens when you find a way to save your loved one… but the price might not be worth it—the stunning conclusion to New York Times bestseller Lilith Saintcrow’s The Dead God’s Heart Nat Drozdova has crossed half the continent in search of the stolen Dead God’s Heart, the only thing...

Aside from crowds of hikers, campers, and general tourists, there's a dark side to these three locations in California; the famous Yosemite, Joshua Tree, and Mount Shasta. From strange disappearances, grisly murders, and bone-chilling paranormal hauntings to ghost sightings, these pristine locales have a lot more to offer than just serene hiking trails or camping. In this second installment of National Park Mysteries & Disappearances, Steve Stockton, along with Bill Melder, presents the listener with a side to these locations you've never heard before.

Discover the strange side of Southern California, where a simple drive from Los Angeles can lead to haunted ships, giant dinosaurs, Danish windmills, desert prophets, alien architecture, ghost towns, and an island filled with bison. Weird Day Trips from Los Angeles is a funny, story-packed travel guide to the region’s most unusual destinations. Explore Catalina Island, Solvang, Joshua Tree, Palm Springs, Pasadena, Long Beach, Laguna Beach, the Salton Sea, Calico Ghost Town, Route 66, and many more wonderfully odd places. Along the way, you’ll uncover bizarre history, local legends, ...

Book 9 — Ricky, Ray & Rusty Explore the Land of Giants (Redwoods & Sequoias) Three hilarious brothers, one Bible-toting aunt, a calm uncle, and a van that smells faintly of pine sap… what could go wrong? Join Ricky (12), Ray (11), and Rusty (10) as they trek from the foggy coast redwoods to the snow-kissed giant sequoias—learning how God’s greatness shows up in creation’s tallest and most massive trees. With Psalm 92:12 as their compass—“The righteous…will grow like a cedar of Lebanon”—the crew earns Junior Ranger badges, measures trees with “similar triangles” (and ...

Alyssa Greening is proud of her lovely ocean-side Victorian Bed and Breakfast, Butterfly Tree Inn, in Pacific Grove, California. Ross Cahill, owner of an avocado ranch in San Luis Obispo, brings his widowed mother, Maggie, to Pacific Groves to witness the annual migrating Monarch butterflies that fill the trees. Ross is antsy being away from his ranch, but he is drawn to Alyssa, and her appealing ways. Alyssa, with a fondness for Maggie, is startled at her attraction to Ross. But two people devoted to very different businesses separated by many miles find their attraction impossible. Can ...

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Joshua Tree. Greater than a Tourist - Joshua Tree, California, USA by author Michelle White-Juillet offers the inside scoop on this high desert town in Southern California. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater than a Tourist series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

In this tender, nuanced coming-of-age love story, two boys—one who is cis, and one who is trans—have been guarding their hearts, until their feelings for each other give them a reason to stand up to their fears. This audio edition features performances by the author and professional...

For fans of Jasmine Warga and Thanhhà Lại, this is a stunning novel in verse about a young Taiwanese immigrant to America who is confronted by the stark difference between dreams and reality. Anna can’t wait to move to the beautiful country—the Chinese name for America. Although she’s...