Local Authors
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Other Side: Journeys In Baja California
Author: Judy Goldstein Botello
In an increasingly multi-cultural society, The Other Side is a travel memoir for our times. It explores the world of the border where landscapes are both subjective and objective, and …
- Categories: Fiction/Biographies, Local Authors, Mexico/Baja California, Outdoor/Travel/Trail Maps.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 176
- Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5
- ISBN: 9780932653253
- Year Published: 1998
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Outdoor Guide to the Palos Verdes Peninsula
Author: Brad and Kristine Denton
A comprehensive book which includes hiking trail maps and descriptions, bridle trail information, bikeways, and points of interest for the entire Palos Verdes Peninsula area.
- Categories: California: Los Angeles/Orange County, Local Authors, Natural History/Ecology, Outdoor/Travel/Trail Maps.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 224
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780932653864
- Year Published: 2007
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 19.95 Add to cart -
Pacific Peaks & Picnics: Day Journeys in San Diego County
Author: Linda Pyle
This unique book combines 30 day journeys with 55 tempting trail-tested recipes for your beach, mountain, or inland valley picnic; Mahi-Mahi Grilled Sandwich and Crunchy Coleslaw for the Trail of …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Local Authors, Natural History/Ecology, Outdoor/Travel/Trail Maps.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 230
- Dimensions: 5 x 8
- ISBN: 9780916251666
- Year Published: 2004
- Publisher: Trail Wisdom
$ 15.95 Add to cart -
Paleontology and Geology of the Western Salton Trough Detachment, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California: Field Trip Guidebook and volume for the 1995 San Diego Association of Geologist's field trip to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park - Volume 1
Authors: Anne SturzPaul Remeika
A regional overview and ten reports emphasize the fossil history of one of the most complete Mio-Pleistocene sequences to North America. Includes two mostly-4WD field trips and a geologic and …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 240
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780916251482
- Year Published: 1995
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Palm Springs Legends: Creation of a Desert Oasis
Author: Greg Niemann
Palm Springs—for years a desert hideaway for celebrities—has a history as unique and varied as its residents. Nestled against lofty Mt. San Jacinto, the oasis of Palm Springs was the …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Fiction/Biographies, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 304
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780932653741
- Year Published: 2005
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Palm Springs-Style Gardening
Author: Maureen Gilmer
Despite the Coachella Valley’s near tropical climate, creating gardens in this desert can be trying. Wind, heat, sand and a dozen other factors must be considered and then solved or …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Home/Garden/Cookbooks, Local Authors, Natural History/Ecology.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 160
- Dimensions: 9 x 10
- ISBN: 9780932653895
- Year Published: 2008
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
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Palms To Pines: Geological and Historical Excursions Through the Palm Springs Region, Riverside County, California
Published by San Diego Association of Geologists, Inc. and Distributed by Sunbelt Publications — Road logs for two self-guided field trips cover over 200 miles and 26 stops. Illustrated with …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 266
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9780916251246
- Year Published: 2012
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Panda Who Would Not Eat
Author: Ruth Todd Evans
Colorful illustrations by the author complement this TRUE tale of a picky panda bear at the San Diego Zoo. The panda worries everyone at the Zoo by not eating, until …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Children/Young Adult, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 32
- Dimensions: 8 x 8
- ISBN: 9780932653840
- Year Published: 2007
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 9.95$ 6.95 Add to cart -
Peaks, Palms and Picnics: Day Journeys in the Mountains & Deserts of Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley of Southern California - Updated and Revised
Author: Linda Pyle
Editor: Evelyn Tschida McMillin
In the narrative style of nineteenth-century travel writers, Peaks,Palms and Picnics highlights natural history and western lore along remote back roads, historic city streets and ancient Indian trails in California’s …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Local Authors, Natural History/Ecology, Outdoor/Travel/Trail Maps.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 207
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780916251574
- Year Published: 2002
- Publisher: Trail Wisdom
$ 18.95 Add to cart -
Picacho and The Cargo Muchachos 2nd Edition: Gold, Guns, and Geology of Eastern Imperial County, California
Editor: Todd A. Wirths
The subtitle says it all about the harsh, raw beauty of a little-known but intriguing corner of the vast California desert. Its beckoning red and purple landscapes are bounded on …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 256
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9781941384077
- Year Published: 2015
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
$ 34.95 Add to cart -
Picacho and The Cargo Muchachos 2nd Edition **SHELFWORN**: Gold, Guns, and Geology of Eastern Imperial County, California
The subtitle says it all about the harsh, raw beauty of a little-known but intriguing corner of the vast California desert. Its beckoning red and purple landscapes are bounded on …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 256
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
- ISBN: 9781941384077
- Year Published: 2015
$ 17.95 Add to cart -
Quick Guide to Sky Art Metal Sculptures in Borrego Valley, 3rd Edition
Author: Diana Lindsay
A map and guide to the 26 sites in Borrego Valley, CA, where life-size metal sculptures are displayed in a desert landscape surrounded by the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, Local Authors, Maps, Natural History/Ecology, Outdoor/Travel/Trail Maps.
- Format: Foldout Waterproof Guide
- Dimensions: 3.5 x 8 (folded)
- ISBN: 9781941384411
- Year Published: 2018
- Language: English
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 8.95 Add to cart -
Reclaiming Our Stories: In the Time of Covid and Uprising
This special edition of Reclaiming Our Stories, unlike our previous two volumes, is a theme-based collection focusing on the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the massive …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Fiction/Biographies, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 120
- Dimensions: 5.5 x 7.5
- ISBN: 9780983783749
- Year Published: 2021
- Language: English
- Publisher: San Diego City Works Press
$ 15.95 Add to cart -
Rise and Fall of San Diego: 150 Million Years of History Recorded in Sedimentary Rocks
Author: Patrick L. Abbott
Rise and Fall of San Diego tells the prehistory of the San Diego area as recorded in the layers of sedimentary rocks. The land here has risen and fallen independently …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Geoscience, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 231
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780932653314
- Year Published: 1999
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 18.95 Add to cart -
Roadside Geology Along Sunrise Highway
Editor: Michael J. Walawender
Roadside Geology along Sunrise Highway clearly explains the exciting geology of the most fascinating and highest mountain highway in San Diego County with abundant photos, maps, and illustrations. When you …
- Categories: California: San Diego, Geoscience, Local Authors, Outdoor/Travel/Trail Maps.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 38
- Dimensions: 6 x 9
- ISBN: 9780916251192
- Year Published: 2011
- Publisher: San Diego Association Of Geologists
$ 12.95 Add to cart -
Rock Art of the Grand Canyon Region
The rich photography and narrative in this book presents an overview of approximately 5,000 years of Native American rock art painted and engraved on the canyon walls and boulders within …
- Categories: Deserts: California and Southwest, History/Lore/Native Americans, Local Authors.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 272
- Dimensions: 9 x 10
- ISBN: 9780932653093
- Year Published: 2013
- Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
$ 24.95 Add to cart