California War

In this revelatory study, award-winning historian Leonard L. Richards outlines the links between the Gold Rush and the Civil War. He explains that Southerners envisioned California as a new market for slaves, schemed to tie California to the South via railroad, and imagined splitting off the state's southern half as a slave state. Richards recounts the political battles and the fiery California feuds, duels, and, perhaps, outright murders as the state came shockingly close to being divided in two.

For decades, California has been a hotbed of strange sightings in the skies—mysterious lights, impossible maneuvers, and encounters that defy conventional explanation. From Cold War-era reports along the Pacific coast to the historic congressional hearings of today, the Golden State has been at the center of America’s evolving UFO story. UFOs Over California (1964 – 2025): From Cold War Sightings to Congressional Hearings takes you on a compelling journey through sixty years of sightings, testimony, and government response. Inside, you’ll discover: Cold War encounters off the ...

California is on the edge of disaster. The banks are nearing collapse. Fear rises. The State Government can't cover its pension payments. Talking heads argue, while retirees wonder when their next check is coming. Unrest grows. There's murder in the streets. Gangs terrorize the population in the big cities - Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Sacramento. It's not just gangs, though. Somebody else is stirring things up. Who? Why are they doing it? People flee if they're able. The military tries to shore up its bases in San Diego. Unrest continues to build. Local law enforcement can't...

Terror has come to California. What started out as local violence has morphed into world war, with nuclear attacks happening in several parts of the USA. The violence is getting worse in California, provoking a response from the state government. Martial law is declared in all the larger cities. Grids and checkpoints are laid out, and the population is forced to obey. The Governor brings in UN Peacekeepers to run checkpoints and police the population, pushing local law enforcement out of the way. Resistance begins almost immediately. Patriots rise from all walks of life, no longer trusting ...

Between 1846 and 1873, California's Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Benjamin Madley is the first historian to uncover the full extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, indigenous resistance, who did the killing, and why the killings ended. This deeply researched book is a comprehensive and chilling history of an American genocide.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An impressive, bitter, and sweet debut that explores the age-old conflicts between father and son, the beauty and sadness of what happened to Japanese Americans in the Seattle era during World War II, and the depths and longing of deep-heart love.”—Lisa See...

Blood & Adobe: The Untold Story of the Pico Dynasty and the Making of California From frontier soldiers on the 1775 Anza trail to the neon rush of modern L.A., Blood & Adobe follows the meteoric rise—and courtroom collapse—of the Pico family, the last Mexican rulers of California. Governor Pío Pico, fearless general Andrés, and their multiracial clan built a cattle empire the size of Delaware, outmaneuvered the Bear Flag revolt, and briefly turned Los Angeles into their personal capital. Then drought, U.S. land courts, and ruthless financiers stripped it all away. Part epic biography,...

"Lou Berney's Crooks stands with some of the finest crime novels ever written." — Don Winslow, #1 Internationally bestselling author "A panoramic, cross-generational look at a unique family pursuing their individual visions of the American dream.” — Joseph Finder, New York Times...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A gifted writer . . . explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience.”—USA Today In 1937, Shanghai is the Paris of Asia, a city of great wealth and glamour, the home of millionaires and beggars...

Terror has come to California.In Bug Out! California Book 2, the forces of evil descend on the Golden State, bringing terror and murder. The resistance starts.In the opening of Bug Out! California Book 3, the subjugation of the population in Southern California is underway. Martial Law is in place. The counties are laid out in grids, with checkpoints between them. The population is put under tight control, and forced back to their jobs to keep the people busy and the cash flowing.UN Peacekeepers are brought in the man the checkpoints and control the population. Local police departments and ...

Detective Lindsay Boxer's investigation into the disappearance of three teachers escalates from missing persons to murder in this "shocking" Women's Murder Club thriller (Lisa Gardner, #1 NYT bestselling author). For a trio of colleagues, an innocent night out after class ends in a deadly...

The true story of a high school cross country team that went from obscurity to becoming the fastest squad the country, and perhaps the world, has ever seen, called “inspiring and entertaining” (Jerry Schumacher) and “a deliciously rich tale” (Neal Bascomb). When Sean Brosnan arrived at...

When art conservator Chloe Harper receives an anonymous donation at the Seabrook Museum—complete with a mysterious 1930s journal and a coded map—she uncovers a decades-old secret buried deep in the town’s past. The journal belonged to Margaret Wheeler, a pioneering lighthouse assistant who vanished during a storm in 1935. But her haunting final entry suggests she didn’t disappear by accident. As Chloe, Detective Ethan Callahan, and loyal Bernese Mountain Dog Apollo investigate, they uncover a chilling conspiracy involving stolen colonial artifacts, a powerful founding family, and a ...

From Susan Orlean—acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book—Rin Tin Tin is “an unforgettable book about the mutual devotion between one man and one dog” (The Wall Street Journal). He believed the dog was immortal. So begins Susan Orlean’s...

The sensational, forgotten true story of a woman who murdered her married lover in Gilded Age San Francisco and the trial that epitomized the city's transformation from raucous frontier town into modern metropolis—from the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Sin Shortly before dusk...

What would you do if the government took your liberty?California citizens wage war against the UN, brought in to enforce martial law as their Islamist henchmen terrorize the countryside. Some citizens feel safer under martial law, free of the street violence and looting. Other citizens see this for what it is. Globalist tyranny. Their only choice is to fight the invaders, to the death if necessary. They’re making progress, but the cost is high.In Bug Out! California Book 11, the battle rages as the citizen patriot forces, under the leadership of Ivan the Butcher, make life impossible for ...

With the scope of a saga and the heart of a thriller, this is an evocative historical novel following a married couple whose idyllic 1950s suburban life is threatened by the promises they made during World War II. Sidney and Ida Whipple are living the suburban 1950s American dream, complete with...

Every church is driven by something. Tradition, finances, programs, personalities, events, seekers, and even buildings can each be the controlling force in a church. But Rick Warren believers that in order for a church to be healthy if must become a purpose-driven church by Jesus. Now the...

In the months after Pearl Harbor, the California coast was wide open to invasion by Japanese forces. A woman-led German, Italian and Japanese spy ring went into action, sabotaging American military efforts and spying on the U.S. Naval maneuvers off the West Coast. An aging Nob Hill gossip columnist with a World War I espionage background was recruited to hunt the Axis Powers' spies. The ragtag band of American counter-intelligence agents develop and run an operation that stops a Japanese invasion.

Detective Lindsay Boxer's investigation into the disappearance of three teachers escalates from missing persons to murder in this "shocking" Women's Murder Club thriller (Lisa Gardner, #1 NYT bestselling author). For a trio of colleagues, an innocent night out after class ends in a deadly...