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Paperback. A guide for both experienced and novice gardeners in California. It covers trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, bulbs, grasses, and vines, and also includes a plant selection guide. Illustrator(s): Merrick, Beth. Num Pages: 296 pages, 217 color illustrations, 27 line illustrations, 2 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WMP; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362. 296 pages, illustrations. Illustrator(s): Merrick, Beth. A guide for both experienced and novice gardeners in California. It covers trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, bulbs, grasses, and vines, and also includes a plant selection guide. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WMP; WNP. Dimension: 147 x 204 x 16. Weight: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Second Edition,Revised
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266698
- ISBN
- 9780520266698
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Explains how to transform backyard gardens into living ecosystems that are not only enjoyable retreats for humans, but also sanctuaries for wildlife. Num Pages: 248 pages, 141 color illustrations. BIC Classification: WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267817
- ISBN
- 9780520267817
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
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Paperback. Explores women's increasingly influential role in the wine industry, traditionally a very male-dominated domain. This book draws on interviews with dozens of women winemakers, estate owners, professors, sommeliers, wine writers, and others in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Australia, and New Zealand. Num Pages: 270 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267961
- ISBN
- 9780520267961
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
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Paperback. A story of fits and starts that provides a chronicle of the history of wine in the United States told through the lens of the law. It explains how laws shape the wine industry in such areas as pricing and taxation, licensing, appellations, health claims and warnings, labeling, and domestic and international commerce. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; KNDF; LAZ; WBXD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268005
- ISBN
- 9780520268005
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.31
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Paperback. Explores the myriad ways in which the insects have enriched our lives - culturally, economically, and aesthetically. This book describes how many of the valuable products insects have given us are made, how they were discovered, and how they have been used through time and across cultures. Illustrator(s): Nardi, James. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21 line illustrations. BIC Classification: WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268074
- ISBN
- 9780520268074
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Offers a look at the natural history and winemaking practices of the region by one of America's most respected wine critics brings the Russian into the exalted company of the great wine rivers of the world - the Loire, the Rhone, the Rhine, the Mosel, and the Douro. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268111
- ISBN
- 9780520268111
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
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Hardback. Traces the development of California cuisine from its formative years in the 1970s to 2000, when farm-to-table, foraging, and fusion cooking had become part of the national vocabulary. This book shows how the inspirations that emerged in California went on to transform the experience of eating throughout the United States and the world. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268197
- ISBN
- 9780520268197
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
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Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels
Federal Writers Project Of The Works Progress...
Paperback. A document of Depression-era Los Angeles, that illuminates a pivotal moment in L A's history, when writers like Raymond Chandler, Nathanael West, and F Scott Fitzgerald were creating the images and associations - and the mystique - for which the City of Angels is still known. Num Pages: 504 pages, 111 b/w photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 138 x 36. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268838
- ISBN
- 9780520268838
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Sweeps across dramatic and varied terrains - volcanoes and glaciers, billabongs and canyons, prairies and rain forests - to explore how humans have made sense of our planet's marvelous landscapes. This book investigates how we live with the great shaping forces of nature - from fire to changing climates and the intricacies of adaptation. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269279
- ISBN
- 9780520269279
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Condition: New
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Hardback. Americans learned how to make wine successfully about two hundred years ago, after failing for more than two hundred years. This title takes an engaging approach to the history of American wine by telling its story through the lives of 13 people who played significant roles in building an industry that now extends to every state. Num Pages: 311 pages, 36 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269538
- ISBN
- 9780520269538
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Bill Russell was not the first African American to play professional basketball, but he was its first black superstar. This title provides a chronicle of the life and career of this brilliant champion and courageous racial pioneer. Num Pages: 448 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269798
- ISBN
- 9780520269798
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Condition: New
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Hardback. Documents twelve successful urban farm programs, from an alternative school for girls in Detroit, to a backyard food swap in New Orleans, to a restaurant supply garden on a rooftop in Brooklyn. This title offers practical advice such as composting and keeping livestock in the city, decontaminating toxic soil, and changing zoning laws. Num Pages: 200 pages, 60 color illustrations. BIC Classification: TV; WMPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270541
- ISBN
- 9780520270541
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Condition: New
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Paperback. California and the Western States are rich in abundant and diverse species of mushrooms. This title provides the role of fungi in the natural world, methods to identify species, and locations of mushroom habitats. It includes primary descriptions and illustrations of 300 species of mushrooms. Series: California Natural History Guides. Num Pages: 472 pages, 353 color illustrations, 6 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; PSQ; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 118 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271081
- ISBN
- 9780520271081
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Condition: New
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Paperback. A guide to the tracks and signs of California animals - including birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates like spiders and beetles. It provides essential background and visual aids for the novice, including information about the ecology of each species. Illustrator(s): Elbroch, Lawrence Mark; Kresky, Michael Raymond. Series: California Natural History Guides. Num Pages: 398 pages, 326 color illustrations, 250 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271098
- ISBN
- 9780520271098
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Condition: New
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Paperback. A guide to California's spectacular wildflowers. It provides several ways to find them in bloom: by month, by place, and by flower. It includes the month-by-month descriptions that suggest what to see and where to go throughout the state during the blooming season. It also supplies more than 300 locations arranged in 10 geographical regions. Num Pages: 588 pages, 659 color illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 588
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272064
- ISBN
- 9780520272064
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Provides an overview of native and honey bee biology and offers tools for identifying the most common bees of California and the Western United States. This title highlights bees' ties to our own lives, the food we eat, and the habitat we provide, and suggests ways to support bees in our own backyards. Illustrator(s): Pugh, Noel Badges. Series: California Natural History Guides. Num Pages: 192 pages, 57 color illustrations, 4 b/w photographs, 5 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 117 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272842
- ISBN
- 9780520272842
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
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Hardback. Captures the language that explains culinary practices. To prove its case, this book draws on a range of cultural documents from interviews, cookbooks, and novels to comic strips, essays, and films. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 202 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273924
- ISBN
- 9780520273924
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Presents a collection of essays that provide insight into why a wine should always be an expression of a place and a time. Guiding the reader through twenty-seven diverse wine regions in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and California, this title shows how every wine worth drinking is a reflection of its terroir. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274419
- ISBN
- 9780520274419
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Provides an introduction to California's natural history with an emphasis on observation, discovery, communication, stewardship and conservation. This title discusses how to create and use a field notebook, natural resource interpretation, and collaborative conservation and serves as the primary text for the California Naturalist Program. Num Pages: 280 pages, 40 color illustrations, 20 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274808
- ISBN
- 9780520274808
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Grasses and grasslands are of increasing interest to conservationists, biologists, and gardeners. Organized alphabetically, this book covers common native and naturalized grasses and, to help identify them, also features over 180 color illustrations. Illustrator(s): Simpson, Kathy. Series: California Natural History Guides. Num Pages: 448 pages, 195 color illustrations, 11 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; PST; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275683
- ISBN
- 9780520275683
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Condition: New
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Paperback. The author records her life from her early years as the daughter of Chinese diplomats in Switzerland, to her girlhood at an elite middle school in Beijing, to her adolescent experience as a Red Guard and later as a laborer on a pig farm in the remote northern wilderness. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 310 pages, photographs (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; HBJF; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434. A Memoir. 310 pages, illustrations. The author records her life from her early years as the daughter of Chinese diplomats in Switzerland, to her girlhood at an elite middle school in Beijing, to her adolescent experience as a Red Guard and later as a laborer on a pig farm in the remote northern wilderness. This title tells her story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; HBJF; WQY. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition, 15th Anniversary Edition with a New
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276024
- ISBN
- 9780520276024
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Condition: New
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Paperback. The Northern California coast - from Monterey County to the Oregon border - is home to some of the richest avian habitats on the North American continent. This book provides a comprehensive ecological overview of this extensive and diverse region. Illustrator(s): Hansen, Keith. Series: California Natural History Guides. Num Pages: 380 pages, 132 color illustrations, 12 black & white illustrations, 3 line illustrations, and 12 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276178
- ISBN
- 9780520276178
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.55
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Paperback. Presents an examination of the interrelationships of music and surfing explores different ways that surfers combine surfing with making and listening to music. This title discusses the origins of surfing in Hawai'i, its central role in Hawaiian society, and the mele (chants) and hula (dance or visual poetry) about surfing. Num Pages: 240 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AV; JHBS; WSSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276642
- ISBN
- 9780520276642
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Condition: New
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Hardback. Editor(s): Jung, Yuson; Klein, Jakob A.; Caldwell, Melissa L. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277403
- ISBN
- 9780520277403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.27€ 51.34
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€ 51.34