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Geology and History of Southeastern San Diego County California
This guidebook includes the San Diego Association Geologists’ 2005 and 2006 field trips. We begin our exploration in the Peninsular Ranges Batholith in southern San Diego County along historic Old …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 208
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780916251789
- Year Published: 2006
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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Geology and Lore of the Northern Anza-Borrego Desert Region: The Lows to Highs of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Editors: Charles E. HouserMonte L. Murbach
Covers geology of the northern Anza-Borrego desert region including the 2010 joint field trip for SCGS and SDAG. Useful for anyone interested in geology, mines, history, groundwater, geologic structure, or …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 198
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780916251161
- Year Published: 2010
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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Geology and Natural History of Camp Pendleton
Editor: Phillip S. Rosenburg
This guidebook includes the San Diego Association of Geologists’ 1994 field trip through Camp Pendleton. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton covers an area of approximately 200 square miles, extending from …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 106
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780916251147
- Year Published: 2010
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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Geology of Anza-Borrego: Edge of Creation
Authors: Lowell LindsayPaul Remeika
A fascinating introduction to one of the most active seismic regions in North America where new earth crust is created as the Baja peninsula (and Borrego) splits from the mainland. …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 218
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780932653178
- Year Published: 1993
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Geology of Elsinore Fault Zone, San Diego Region
Editor: Monte L. Murbach
This book covers the geology of the southern Elsinore fault zone, in eastern San Diego and western Imperial Counties. Includes a self-guiding field trip which parallels the fault zone through …
- Categories: California: Los Angeles/Orange County, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 209
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780916251659
- Year Published: 2003
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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Geotechnical Engineering Case Histories in San Diego County
Editor: John H. Hoobs
While liquefaction, subsidence, and soil problems are major challenges for structural development, there are solutions and remedies as exemplified herein.
- Categories: Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 106
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: SDAG90
- Year Published: 1991
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
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Gold and Silver In The Mojave: Images of a Last Frontier
Author: Nicholas Clapp
In the 1890s, historian Frederick Jackson Turner lamented that the frontier was gone and with it the Old West, but overlooked was some 50,000 square miles of a frontier line …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 200
- Dimensions: 9 x 10
- ISBN: 9780932653062
- Year Published: 2012
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Good Camp: Gold Mines of Julian and the Cuyamacas
Author: Leland Fetzer
An informal and engaging history of San Diego’s own Gold Rush. A Good Camp takes readers through the history of this unique mining region, whose quartz veins once yielded millions …
- Categories: California: San Diego, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 104
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780932653482
- Year Published: 2002
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Guacamole Dip: From Baja… Tales of Love, Faith—and Magic
Author: Daniel Reveles
Daniel Reveles brings another helping of stories to the table smooth yet spicy, and bursting with colorful characters. Against a backdrop of life in the border town of Tecate, Reveles …
- Categories: Fiction/Biographies, Local Authors, Mexico/Baja California.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 296
- Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5
- ISBN: 9780932653833
- Year Published: 2007
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Haunted San Diego – Revised Edition: A Historic Guide to San Diego's Favorite Haunts
Author: Gail White
Most tourists come to San Diego for world famous animal parks, beautiful beaches, and first-rate restaurants. Some get a little mor than had planned for. More than a few people …
- Categories: California: San Diego, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Soft cover
- Pages: 138
- Dimensions: 8in x 5.25in
- ISBN: 9780938711186
- Year Published: 2014
- Language: English
- Publisher: Gail White
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HELP! San Diego Lifeguards to the Rescue:: A History of Their Service Volume 1 1868-1941
Author: Michael T. Martino
This compelling, comprehensive, and very readable history of lifeguards along the San Diego Coast follows the evolution and acceptance of the need for public safety and the development of agencies …
- Categories: California: San Diego, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 228
- Dimensions: 7 x 9
- ISBN: 9781941384398
- Year Published: 2018
- Language: English
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Hiking Maui: The Valley Isle
Author: Robert Smith
HIKING MAUI is an exciting and adventurous way to experience Maui, the Valley Isle. HIKING MAUI covers the island detailing 50 hiking trails. It all here hiking trails off the …
- Categories: Local Authors, Natural History/Ecology, Outdoor/Travel/Trail Maps, United States: Western.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 192
- Dimensions: 5 x 8
- ISBN: 9780924308147
- Year Published: 2005
- Publisher: Hawaiian Outdoor Adventures
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Honeymoon at Sea: How I Found Myself Living on a Small Boat: A Memoir
When Jennifer Silva married Russel Redmond, they made a decision to spend a year at sea, sailing in Mexico. The honeymoon tested their new relationship, not just through rocky waters …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Local Authors, Mexico/Baja California.
- Format: SC
- Pages: 240
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 inches
- ISBN: 9781738945207
- Year Published: 2023
- Language: English
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Inspired By Nature: San Diego Natural History Museum After 125 Years
Author: Iris Engstrand
There has been tremendous change during the 125 year history of the San Diego Society of Natural History, but the Mission of the institution remains essentially as written in 1874. …
- Categories: California: San Diego, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors, Natural History/Ecology.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 250
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780918969040
- Year Published: 1999
- Publisher: San Diego Natural History Museum
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Kumeyaay Ethnobotany: Shared Heritage of the Californias
Author: Michael Wilken-Robertson
Photographer: Deborah Small
Spanish Edition Available Here. For thousands of years, the Kumeyaay people of northern Baja California and southern California made their homes in the diverse landscapes of the region, interacting with …
- Categories: California: San Diego, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors, Mexico/Baja California.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 312
- Dimensions: 7 x 9 with gatefold flaps
- ISBN: 9781941384305
- Year Published: 2017
- Language: English
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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La Jolla: A Photographic Journey
Author: Nick Agelidis
Photographer: Nick Agelidis
Photographer Nick Agelidis has captured the beauty and charm of La Jolla in stunning images that show why this seaside village has been the destination of world travelers since the …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Local Authors, Natural History/Ecology, Outdoor/Travel/Trail Maps.
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 116
- Dimensions: 9.5 x 10.5
- ISBN: 9780932653352
- Year Published: 2014
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 21.95 Add to cart