Five writers capture the majesty and grandeur of California's famed redwoodsOriginally published ...

The incendiary story of conquest, racism, warfare, and historical amnesia at one of the world's m...

A mind- and soul-expanding manifesto on connecting more deeply with the land called California.

Volume 3 in the acclaimed Fighting for Justice Series for young readers: the story of a Native te...

A vibrant and holistic grassroots guide to disaster preparedness that builds community resilience.

'Lush and gripping.' —Rebecca Solnit

From a celebrated Native journalist, an electrifying memoir of travel, love, friendships, and con...

Mapping the past—and the future—of American trails.

A board book that introduces babies and toddlers to California sea animals, how they live togethe...

From a celebrated librarian and public historian, a memoir about the promise of public libraries ...

A magnificently illustrated classic of California natural history, now updated in a long-awaited ...

Enter a fungal wonderland to reconnect with nature.

A revelatory cultural history of free spirits and wild ideas from Alan Watts to George Lucas and ...

Uncovered after 50 years, an absorbing and illuminating photographic archive of Black West Oaklan...

Alice

The autobiography of a courageous singer-songwriter, activist, and American icon.

Winner, PEN Oakland–Josephine Miles Literary Award

'From the Mark Twain Project comes a freshly informed look at Twain's controversial Civil War sto...

'This charming full-color field guide introduces us to fifteen waterbirds easily found in the urb...

We bring the strength and beauty of the natural world into our urban landscapes by planting trees...

This is a fun activity for California Native language learners of all ages. The front of each car...

'The first book to look at Czes±aw Mi±osz's life through a California lens'--

Winner of the 2015 California Historical Society Book AwardIn 1913 the San Francisco Bulletin pub...

'Freedom to Discriminate uncovers realtors' definitive role in segregating America and shaping mo...

A Californian may vacation in Yosemite, Big Sur, or Death Valley, but many of us come home to an ...

A California Indian ABCThis alphabet board book welcomes youngsters of all cultures into the abun...

Hellacious California! tours the rambunctious and occasionally appalling amusements of the Golden...

In Tahoe Beneath the Surface, human history and natural history combine in a most engaging way, o...

'This volume collects articles, introductions, and other pieces Malcolm Margolin has written abou...

Cultural Writing. Asian-American Studies. Shortly after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, more ...

Jumping frogs, high society, beloved San Francisco characters Emperor Norton and the stray dogs B...

In the wild, isolated Western frontier, where laws, traditions, and living conditions were like n...

Earthquake Exodus, 1906 tells the story of the ten-week relief effort in the East Bay after the 1...

Now available in paperback! In the tradition of Calvino's Italian Folktales, Greg Sarris, author ...

This lavishly illustrated atlas takes readers off the beaten path and outside normal conceptions ...

Heirloom Fruits of America features 100 full-color illustrations selected from the U.S. Departmen...

Brian Bibby brings together the present and the past—both ancient and recent—in a fascinating com...

The aesthetic known as the Bakersfield Sound transformed country music, its hard edge a stark con...

'This incendiary work by Daniel Sjursen is a personal cry from the heart by a once-model US Army ...

Following the success of Quirky Berkeley, arbiter of the eccentric (The New York Times) Tom Dalze...

'Memoir by Ursula Pike (Karuk) of her time serving with the Peace Corps in Bolivia. Focusing on i...

Essayist. Preservationist. Inventor. Lobbyist. John Muir may be Californiäs best-known icon. A li...

This charming, full-color field guide to 25 birds easily found in Berkeley proves that even the c...

Written by twelve Japanese American elders who gathered regularly at the Japanese Cultural and Co...

Muir Woods and Mt. Tam Note Card Box

'One of the great beauties in Sierra literature, maybe the finest of all in terms of quality of i...

The Sierra Nevada, with its 14,000-foot granite mountains, crystalline lakes, conifer forests, an...

Local poets were hoisted up into the windy towers of the new eastern span of the San Francisco—Oa...