books by Heyday Books     books:       The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada (California Academy of Sciences) (California Academy of Sciences) ...21 reviews John Muir Laws Heyday Books, 2007 Great Sierra field guide I have at least 10 books specifically on Sierra wildflowers and several field guides. This is the best all-in-one book. It's not too heavy for me to carry on a day hike. Janice in the Sierra             Grassroots Philanthropy5 reviews Bill Somerville, Fred Setterberg Heyday Books, 2008 Giving Face to Face Bill Somerville is the President and Founder of Philanthropic Ventures Foundation. Born poor, he was the first in his family to attend college. Now, with 48 years experience in nonprofit work, he has written a short, passionate, and wise book, with Fred Setterberg, Grassroots Philanthropy: Field Notes of a Maverick Grantmaker. Bill recommends funding people, not projects. To get to know people, ...             The Shirley Letters: From the Calfornia Mines, 1851-18525 reviews Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe Heyday Books, 1998 Definitive edition of a Gold Rush classic Dame Shirley's classic (and often humorous!) letters portray the California gold rush in all its excitement and ethnic diversity. At last an edition has appeared that sets her writings in context! Editor Marlene Smith-Baranzini has done students, researchers, and history buffs a huge favor by putting together THE definitive Dame Shirley collection, complete with excellent introduction, ...             Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora5 reviews Andrew Lam Heyday Books, 2005 STRIKINGLY HONEST AND TRUE As I read this collection of essays, I almost felt as if it were my own memoir. Lam's feelings of growing up in two different cultures struck a cord in me and made me realize that someone else out there felt the same way I did growing up in America. This is an important piece of literature because it truly captures the sentiment of the Vietnamese-American torn between two cultures, betweeen ...             Dear People: Remembering Jonestown8 reviews Heyday Books, 2005 Historical Perspective I purchased several books related to Jonestown and the Peoples Temple. This was the first book I read beofre reading the others. This book helped me understand the historical aspects of Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple. The information provided in this book is from the historical archives located in California. Although this is a "history" based book (not a memoir), it helped prepare me to ...             Stickeen6 reviews John Muir Heyday Books, 1990 Wonderful story! Wonderful reading! Every doglover will be swept away by this captivating audiobook of John Muir's adventure with STICKEEN. I had never known the story before I listened to the tape, and I was completely captivated by the bravery and heart of STICKEEN - and by the voice of Lee Salisbury. John Muir's words capture the innate goodness of EVERY dog - and somehow explains why we can't help but love them so!! I ...             Workin' Man Blues: Country Music in California6 reviews Gerald W. Haslam, Alexandra Haslam Russell, ... Heyday Books, 2005 Country music in California Nobody doubts the importance of Texas and Tennessee in the development of country music, yet the substantial contribution of California to country music is often ignored. At first glance, this is understandable, since the Californian music scene is generally dominated by the major cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco. However, these two cities are several hundred miles apart and much of the ...             One Day on Beetle Rock (California Legacy Book)5 reviews Sally Carrighar Heyday Books, 2002 Exploring the mystery of existence This is one of my favorite books. Carrighar writes about the lives of nine animals during one day in Sequoia National Park, one chapter per animal. Each animal interacts with the world and fellow creatures in its own way, and each has its own problems and anxieties -- which creates dramatic interest. Carrighar anthropomorphizes her characters, but convincingly and unobtrusively -- how could ...             Sierra Birds: A Hiker's Guide7 reviews John Muir Laws Heyday Books, 2004 A lively, refreshing guide to Birds I use this guide outside of the Sierra as well to confirm the bird species I have seen. The images are wonderful! The birds have texture and life - they are anything but flat, 2D images! The helpful clues for IDing birds are really effective, and the bird by color instead of genus or class makes it much easier for the novice or casual birdwatching hiker to have the thrill of Bird IDing & ...             Woman of Ill Fame8 reviews Erika Mailman Heyday Books, 2007 San Francisco Bay Guardian Review These days, if you were to hear the expression "ill fame," you might conjure up the Us Weekly mug shot of some wannabe celebrity. But in the San Francisco of 150 years ago, terms like "ill fame" and "frail" were slurs branding a woman as a prostitute -- and, as such, crop up with colorful frequency in Oakland author Erika Mailman's seductive debut novel, Woman of Ill Fame. Mailman deftly ...             Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman's Social Surrealism4 reviews Michael Duncan, Charles C. Eldredge, ... Heyday Books, 2006 WOW! Shockingly beautiful art book If you've never heard of Irving Norman you may be in for a surprise. People didn't really paint like this at all in the middle of the 20th Century or much before that. Some Renaissance Masters had similar elaborations of the depth of perspective or of horrors of this world and the next. Some comic book illustrators in the 1960s had a similar deeply morbid whimsy. Who but Irving Norman could get ...             The Life of an Oak: An Intimate Portrait4 reviews Glenn Keator Heyday Books, 1998 Best Book on Oaks I bought this book for my father who is developing an oak park. He has an insatiable appetite for books, especially those on oaks, he loved it and said it was the best book on oaks he'd ever read...             It Will Live Forever: Traditional Yosemite Indian Acorn Preparation4 reviews Beverly R. Ortiz, Julia F. Parker Heyday Books, 1996 The only guide for processing acorn! As a friend of Julia Parker, I know her gentle spirit to be true to the Old Ways. She grew up in the last days of the government-sponsered "Indian Schools" which basically stripped native children of their heritage and turned them into little white kids. So on the surface this book is a guide to processing acorn in the ancient ways of the native California Indians, but it's also testimony to ...             Chief Marin: Leader, Rebel, and Legend3 reviews Betty Goerke Heyday Books, 2007 Comprehensive and Objective This book is well written and provides a comprehensive and fair handed assessment of Native American history in the Bay Area. This book is long overdue and well worth reading.             All the Saints of the City of the Angels: Seeking the Soul of L.A. On Its Streets3 reviews J. Michael Walker Heyday Books, 2008 A unique book about a unique city... In the first decade of the 21st century, Los Angeles is a city of change and turmoil, a caldron of roiling political and cultural innovation, realization and challenge, an evolving giant not yet fully confident of its strengths, and still very insecure about its weaknesses. The character and face of the City continue to evolve, becoming at once more modern and more ancient, constant change ...             Under the Dragon: California's New Culture4 reviews Lonny Shavelson, Fred Setterberg Heyday Books, 2007 UNDER THE DRAGON should be required reading for any interested in contemporary California ethnic cultures UNDER THE DRAGON: CALIFORNIA'S NEW CULTURE comes from a photographer who captures images of the changing ethnic and social makeup of California's Asian community, presenting a blend of color photos and essays surveying diversity and the changing ethnic makeup of California. From work and school life to celebrations, UNDER THE DRAGON should be required reading for any interested in contemporary ...             The Trees of Golden Gate Park and San Francisco4 reviews Elizabeth McClintock, Richard G. Turner Heyday Books, 2001 The stories of almost two hundred different trees Trees Of Golden Gate Park And San Francisco is a 'must' bible of detail for any San Francisco resident or enthusiast who wants to know more about the city's urban forest and landscape. Chapters are packed with details ranging from early San Francisco landscape history to the evolution of its parks. The presentation is based on the writings of botanist Elizabeth McClintock, and presents the ...             Topaz Moon: Chiura Obata's Art of the Internment4 reviews Kimi Kodani Hill Heyday Books, 2000 A compelling and fascinating work Topaz Moon is a testament to the power of art, not simply as a mechanism for creating beauty, but also as a method of documenting history. Faced with the social disruption and indignity of relocation and internment in WWII, Professor Chiura Obata of the University of California at Berkeley chose to use his considerable artistic gifts to create what amounts to a visual diary of his internment ...             California: A Study of American Character : From the Conquest in 1846 to the Second Vigilance Committee in ...3 reviews Josiah Royce Heyday Books, 2002 William James may not have cared for his philosophy.... ....but Royce is a very fine writer, and his book on California history, though penned long ago, makes very interesting reading. At the center of the book is Royce's discussion of Fremont's role in the conquest of California, and the conclusions he draws after interviewing Fremont himself and even showing him parts of this book. Definitely required reading for the student of California history.             Flora of the Santa Ana River and Environs: With References to World Botany3 reviews Oscar F. Clarke, Daniella Svehla, ... Heyday Books, 2007 Brilliant and not limited to the Santa Ana River This is, by far, the best book I've ever seen on botany with incredible pictures, phenominal keys, and a useful description of the plants that puts them in a perspective that helps the reader to understand how these plants fit into the rest of the planet's botany. The authors' understanding of botany is exceptional. The title of the book might limit its audience but botanical ...              search for books 1851-1852, american, calfornia, california, character, committee, conquest, diaspora, environs, forever, francisco, grassroots, internment, intimate, jonestown, metropolis, perfume, philanthropy, portrait, preparation, references, reflections, remembering, sciences, stickeen, surrealism, traditional, vietnamese, vigilance, yosemite books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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