An all-access guide to the abundant natural splendor of Sonoma CountyWild Sonoma celebrates the spectacular and resilient natural landscapes of Sonoma County, which along with its neighboring counties is one of the world’s premier winegrowing regions. Our exploration launches with an entertaining primer on ecology basics, including the impact of fire, before a fun fact–filled survey of sixty-two of the area’s iconic and commonly encountered species—from vivacious acorn woodpeckers to disease-neutralizing Western fence lizards. It caps off with a tour of six sites to experience Sonoma’s diverse natural beauty, with a special emphasis on access. Written by Wild LA author Charles Hood, introduced by renowned naturalist Jane Goodall, and illustrated by John Muir Laws, Wild Sonoma offers residents and tourists from eight to eighty a sense of wonder and cause for hope.
A window into the world of nineteenth-century California, from two women who experienced it firsthandIn the early years of California’s statehood, Emily Brist Ketchum Bancroft (1834–1869) and Matilda Coley Griffing Bancroft (1848–1910) had front-row seats to the unfolding of the Golden State’s history. The first and second wives of historian extraordinaire Hubert Howe Bancroft, these two women were deeply engaged members of society and perceptive chroniclers of their times, and they left behind extensive records of their lives and work. Writing Themselves into History offers a rich immersion in nineteenth-century California, detailing Emily’s and Matilda’s experiences with public life, motherhood, and business against the backdrop of San Francisco’s high society and the state’s growth amidst the tumult of the American Civil War. The book also highlights Matilda’s significant involvement in Hubert Howe’s trailblazing research on the history of the American West—including her work collecting oral histories from women members of the LDS Church—and her evocative descriptions of travels throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Kim Bancroft’s commentary offers historical context and points up Emily’s and Matilda’s keen insights, and she pays special attention to the two women’s complex and nuanced portraits of gender, race, and class in the nineteenth-century West. This book is a valuable resource for American West and women’s studies scholars, and for anyone with an interest in California’s first decades as a state.
A deep dive into the Bay Area’s ecological treasure trove—and how this wild mountain in our midst was saved.San Bruno Mountain, located in the center of the San Francisco Bay Area, is a four-square mile global treasure—a natural preserve touted by biologist E.O. Wilson as one of the world’s rare biodiversity 'hot spots'. Bathed in fog and wind and preserved from destruction by the fierce work of local conservationists, this mountain offers visitors a glimpse of what San Francisco looked like before colonization. Drawing on years of visits, observations, and research to offer a comprehensive flora of the San Bruno Mountains and its endangered species, conservationists Doug Allshouse and David Nelson help us understand this unique and precious place from the point of view of the plants in this one-of-a-kind field guide. Detailing a total of 528 plant species (among them 316 natives), the authors also delve into the history of this living, changing habitat at the southern edge of San Francisco. The birds, butterflies, reptiles, geology, climate, dynamic changes, and political history of the preserve also feature in San Bruno Mountain. Even locals who have enjoyed hiking and viewing the mountain for years will be astonished at this book’s revelations about the diversity and importance of this wild place.
A trailblazer and musical maverick, Dane has been referred to as "Bessie Smith in stereo" by noted jazz critic and historian Leonard Feather, and "one of the true unsung heroes of American music" by music critic James ReedAbout Dane, Bonnie Raitt has said, "she's always been a hero of mine--musically and politically. I really can't think of anyone I admire [more], the way she's lived her life."In her long career, Barbara Dane has performed with such giants of jazz and blues as Louis Armstrong, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, Jack Teagarden, Willie Dixon, Benny Carter and many many moreAmong other things, This Bell Still Rings is a riveting, insider's account of the male-dominated world of music from a woman's perspectiveWidely admired for her full-throated embrace of songs of resistance, she was hugely influential. Such contemporary artists as Bonnie Raitt, Janis Joplin, Judy Collins, Tracy Chapman, Jackson Browne, among countless others, owe to Dane a sensibility that is as necessary as it is inspiring. A younger generation of troubadours like Mary Gauthier, Leyla McCalla, and Marta González are part of Dane's legacy.Barbara Dane was born in Detroit, MI and currently lives in Oakland, CA
Enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2014, Linda Ronstadt has earned three number 1 pop albums, 10 top ten pop albums, and 38 charting pop albums on the Billboard Pop Album ChartsLinda's Ronstadt's first Latin release, the all-Spanish 1987 album Canciones De Mi Padre is the best-selling non-English -language album in American music history, with over 2.5 million copies sold in the USTrio, the 1987 album with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris, has total worldwide sales of approximately two million copies and won the Grammy Award for Best Country Performance Having retired from music in 2011, Ronstadt remains one of the most influential and important singers of any generationAlong with Simple Dreams, her 2013 memoir, Feels Like Home is a key document for understanding Ronstadt's musical heritage and childhood and is sure to appeal to fansSimultaneous release of "Feels Like Home: Songs from the Sonoran Borderlands and Beyond--Linda Ronstadt's Musical Odyssey" from Putomayo World Music with cross-marketing to the book
From a towering tree, one of California's preeminent naturalists unspools a history that echoes across generations and continents. Former park ranger William C. Tweed takes readers on a tour of the Big Trees in a narrative that travels deep into the Sierras, around the West, and all the way to New Zealand; and in doing so he explores the American public's evolving relationship with sequoias. It comes as no surprise that the groves in Yosemite and Calaveras were early tourist destinations, as this species that predated Christ and loomed over all the world's other trees was the embodiment of California's superlative, almost unbelievable appeal. When sequoias were threatened by logging interests, the feelings of horror that this desecration evoked in people catalyzed protection efforts; in a very direct way, this species inspired the Park Idea. And sequoias' influence doesn't end there: as science evolved to consider landscapes more holistically, sequoias were once again at the heart of this attitudinal shift. Featuring an entrancing cast of adventurers, researchers, politicians, and environmentalists, King Sequoia reveals how one tree species has transformed Americans' connection to the natural world.
No need to hop on a plane to the East Coast! California has beautiful fall foliage, especially in the Sierra Nevada, which glows red and golden every year with aspens, cottonwoods, dogwoods, maples, and oaks. This compact, lively guide shows visitors where and how to capture the best images of turning leaves in the eastern Sierra, Tahoe, and Yosemite, as well as destinations off the beaten track. Mitchell's advice is suitable for photographers of all levels, whether tourists who want to share their experience with friends or professionals seeking advice for dealing with the special challenges of fall photography. More than a manual of technical considerations, though, California's Fall Color encourages us to be overwhelmed by beauty—to take home an image containing the color but, just as importantly, the essence of that sublime feeling.
Community, heritage, architecture—oh yes, and stiff pours: these are the hallmarks of San Francisco's Legacy Bars. High Spirits leads readers on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood pub crawl in search of the city's most remarkable nightspots. Atmospheric photographs accompany descriptions of each bar's colorful history, unique architectural features, idiosyncratic owners, and quirky clientele. As we dip into one barroom after another, we see that these establishments function as unofficial cultural centers, offering kinship and continuity amid an ever-changing city; indeed, all of the bars shown are at least forty years old and sites of significant historic or cultural value as deemed by San Francisco Heritage. Whether we are following in the footsteps of Beat writers in North Beach's Vesuvio Café, tossing peanut shells on the floor of The Homestead in the Mission, or selecting jukebox songs (three for a quarter) at the Silver Crest Donut Shop in Bayview, High Spirits welcomes us as regulars at every spot, showing off the conviviality that makes San Francisco one of the great saloon towns.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a landmark work of juvenile fictionThis much-loved and widely read classic is the moving story of one girl¿s struggle to remain brave during the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. In 1941, eleven-year-old Yuki is looking forward to Christmas when disaster strikes: she and her family, along with everyone of Japanese descent on the West Coast, are labeled enemy aliens. The FBI arrests her father, and she, her mother, and her brother are imprisoned in a bleak and dusty camp surrounded by barbed wire in the Utah desert. There, she and her family experience both true friendship and heart-wrenching tragedy.Journey to Topaz explores the consequences of prejudice and the capacities of the human spirit. First published in 1971, this novel was the first children¿s book about the wartime incarceration written by a Japanese American. This fiftieth anniversary edition features new cover art, a refreshed design, and a new foreword by Traci Chee.
Twenty years have passed since Northern California, Oregon, and Washington seceded from the United States to create a new nation, Ecotopia. Rumors abound of barbaric war games, tree worship, revolutionary politics, sexual extravagance. Now, this mysterious country admits its first American visitor: investigative reporter Will Weston, whose dispatches alternate between shock and admiration. But Ecotopia gradually unravels everything Weston knows to be true about government and human nature itself, forcing him to choose between two competing views of civilization.Since it was first published in 1975, Ecotopia has inspired readers throughout the world with its vision of an ecologically and socially sustainable future. This fortieth-anniversary edition includes Ernest Callenbach's final essay, "An Epistle to the Ecotopians," and a new foreword by Callenbach's close friend and publisher, Malcolm Margolin.
An eminent film writer looks behind the curtain of the California dream It hardly needs to be argued: nothing has contributed more to the mythology of California than the movies. Fed by the film industry, the California dream is instantly recognizable to people everywhere yet remains evasive for nearly everyone, including Californians themselves. That paradox is the subject of longtime San Francisco Chronicle film critic Mick LaSalle¿s first book in nine years. The opposite of a dry historical primer, California in the Movies is a freewheeling journey through several dozen big-screen visions of the Golden State, with LaSalle¿s unmistakable contrarian humor as the guide. His writing, unerringly perceptive and resistant to cliché, brings clarity to the haze of Hollywood reverie. He leaps effortlessly between genres and generations, moving with ease from Double Indemnity to the first two versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers to Boyz N the Hood to Booksmart. There are natural disasters, heinous crimes, dubious utopias, dangerous romances, and unforgettable nights. Equally entertaining and unsettling, this book is a bold dissection of the California dream and its hypnotizing effect on the modern world.
"A book about the Indigenous languages of California. With significant updates by the author, this is the first new edition of Flutes of Fire in over twenty-five years. New chapters highlight the efforts of language activists in recent times, as well as contemporary writing in several of California's Native languages"--
With the inquisitiveness of an investigative reporter and the emotional power of a novelist in his prime, Steinbeck toured the squatters' camps and Hoovervilles of California. Here he found once strong, independent farmers so reduced in dignity, sick, sullen, and defeated that they had been "cast down to a kind of subhumanity." He contrasts their misery with the hope offered by government resettlement camps, where self-help communities were restoring dignity and indeed saving lives.The Harvest Gypsies gives us an eyewitness account of the horrendous Dust Bowl migration and provides the factual foundation for Steinbeck's masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath. Included are twenty-two photographs by Dorothea Lange and others, many of which accompanied Steinbeck's original articles.
A book to help the ordinary birdwatcher appreciate the fascinating songs, stories, and science of common birds."Grounded in science but watered by the heart of a poet, this intimate and personal look at the lives of the birds we see every day invites us to slow down and look again." —John Muir LawsJack Gedney’s studies of birds provide resonant, affirming answers to the questions: Who is this bird? In what way is it beautiful? Why does it matter? Masterfully linking an abundance of poetic references with up-to-date biological science, Gedney shares his devotion to everyday Western birds in fifteen essays. Each essay illuminates the life of a single species and its relationship to humans, and how these species can help us understand birds in general. A dedicated birdwatcher and teacher, Gedney finds wonder not only in the speed and glistening beauty of the Anna’s hummingbird, but also in her nest building. He acclaims the turkey vulture’s and red-tailed hawk’s roles in our ecosystem, and he venerates the inimitable California scrub jay’s work planting acorns. Knowing that we hear birds much more often than we see them, Gedney offers his expert’s ear to help us not only identify bird songs and calls but also understand what the birds are saying. The crowd at the suet feeder will never look quite the same again. Join Gedney in the enchanted world of these not-so-ordinary birds, each enlivened by a hand-drawn portrait by artist Anna Kus Park.
Originally self-published in 1975, Ecotopia has sold approximately one million copies over multiple editionsThis edition marks the first time both Ecotopia and Ecotopia Emerging have been available in one volumeA germinal text of the environmental movement, Ecotopia still has a very relevant ecological messageEcotopia has not been published in hardcover in 40 yearsAuthor Ernest Callenbach lived in Berkeley, CA
Charles Hood is also the author of A Californian's Guide to the Birds among Us [9781597143837], A Californian's Guide to the Mammals among Us [9781597144438], and co-author of Wild LAA Salad Only the Devil Would Eat is perfect for fans of Bill Bryson and Mary RoachCelebrates the world of "everyday nature"This is Charles Hood's first book of nature essaysPrint galleys availableDigital galley available on EdelweissCharles Hood lives in Palmdale, CA
The first book to focus on Milosz's time in CaliforniaDigital galley available on EdelweissAuthor Cynthia Haven lives in Palo Alto, CA
Making Revolution was originally published in hardcover as Just Another N***** [9781597144599] in 2019Interest in the Black Panther Party remains high nation-wide8-page b&w photo signatureIncludes a foreword by the author's daughter, Kimberly Cox, and an introduction by Heyday's publisher, Steve WassermanMaking Revolution is a relevant, fast-paced, and fascinating insider's look at a tumultuous time in America
Lake Merritt is historically significant as the United States' first official wildlife refuge, designated in 1870, and has been listed as a National Historic Landmark since 1963, and on the National Register of Historic Places since 1966.Contains profiles of 15 of the most common bird species that visit Lake MerrittMore than just a bird field guide, The Birds of Lake Merritt also includes a brief history of the lake and surrounding areaThe unofficial center of Oakland, Lake Merritt attracts hundreds of visitors each day
Malcolm Margolin is also the author of The Way We Lived: California Indian Reminiscences, Stories, and Songs and The Ohlone Way: Indian Life In the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area, which was named by the San Francisco Chronicle as one of the hundred most important books of the twentieth century by a western writerReprinted numerous times, The Ohlone Way has sold over 40,000 copiesMalcolm Margolin lives in Berkeley, CA
Contains profiles of over 250 birds, including a section on rare Sierra Nevada birdsIncludes a section on birding tips and a birding checklistA brilliant addition to Heyday's list of Sierra Nevada field guides (The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada, Sierra Wildflowers, et al.)Keith Hansen lives in Bolinas, California
"Eighteen pieces of journalism, essays, and opinion writing by David Harris, from the early 1970s to the present. Introduced by the author"--
"Following up his award-winning book on San Francisco's Mission District, Dick Evans turns his attention to the fifth of a square mile that attracts more tourists than the Golden Gate Bridge but where the median household income is a quarter of the citywide average-Chinatown. From delicious dim sum to wok-filled shops, from iconic red lanterns to elaborate parade floats, from inside single-room occupancy apartments to outdoor games of Chinese chess in Portsmouth Square, Evans captures a place filled with diverse residents and a unique mâelange of American and Chinese architecture, cuisine, and culture. Vibrant images are interspersed with sidebars highlighting particular people and institutions, deepening viewers' immersion into this community. Kathy Chin Leong's lucid text introduces readers to the history of the neighborhood, as well as to themes of tourism, daily life, and celebrations. At the heart of the book is a tight-knit community and a thriving neighborhood, which welcomes immigrants with supportive institutions and entices tourists to experience a wide array of Chinese traditions. Evans's photos highlight a place undergoing visible progress but, unlike other San Francisco neighborhoods that are gentrifying, maintaining its unique character and authenticity"--
A critical subject especially during an election yearDaniel Sjursen is a retired U.S. Army MajorDaniel Sjursen lives in Lawrence, Kansas
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