Author : Ariel Rubissow Okamoto
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 21,77 MB
Release : 2011-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0520268253
This exploration into the San Francisco Bay covers an array of topics including fish and wildlife populations, ocean and climate cycles, endangered and invasive species, and the path from industrialization to environmental restoration.
Author : Stina Lindenblatt
Publisher : Stina Lindenblatt
Page : 1176 pages
File Size : 30,58 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1990177166
Fall in love with the hot and sexy heroes in this steamy, laugh-out-loud romance series. The box set includes three standalone novels, a novella, and a bonus short story. DECIDEDLY WITH MISTLETOE (includes bonus short story) I was supposed to spend Christmas in Lake Tahoe finding my Forever Love. I wasn’t supposed to be stranded with my ex-fiancé…or kiss him under the mistletoe. Oops. DECIDEDLY BY CHANCE He’s now the father to his little niece. I’m pregnant with another man's baby and need a place to stay after the pipes in the apartment above mine leak. Neither of us expects what happens next. Oops. DECIDEDLY WITH LUCK I wasn’t looking for love a year after my husband died. You know what else I wasn’t looking for? Being knocked up by a masked stranger at a charity masquerade ball. Oops. DECIDEDLY WITH WISHES When my matchmaking mother sets me up with a date for my cousin’s wedding, I tell her the only thing I can...that I’m bringing my girlfriend. When workaholic Nala Johnson wins a date with me at a charity auction, I think I’ve found the perfect solution to my dilemma. Or have I? Oops. “I dare you not to have a smile from ear to ear at the end!”—Glimpses of My Books (Decidedly with Mistletoe) “…a truly unique and utterly swoon-worthy romance.” – Mary Dubé at Frolic/USA Today's HEA (Decidedly by Chance) “Decidedly By Chance is a well written emotional story that will tug on your heart strings” – MI Bookshelf “This is a great read, fresh, funny, sweet and romantic, with amazing characters and lots of surprises.” – Blog on the Run (Decidedly by Chance) “Stina Lindenblatt writes an emotional, heartfelt story about single parenthood, friendship, and love. Add to that great chemistry and tons of feels and this is a great book for anyone who enjoys this trope.” – Ari at Red Hatter Book Blog (Decidedly by Chance) “Their slow build from friends to more was filled with so much heart melting goodness and swoon it honestly didn’t even feel like a slow burn to me. And that’s when you know a slow burn has been done right!” – Britt at Red Hatter Book Blog (Decidedly by Chance) “My first 5 star read of 2021. I loved every twist and turn.”— Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews (Decidedly with Luck) “Loved it SO MUCH!”—A Life Bound By Books (Decidedly with Luck) “The moment I started reading I couldn’t put it down!”—Book Addict Reviews (Decidedly with Luck) “…you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll swoon and you’ll fall in love”—Book Addict Reviews (Decidedly with Luck) “This book needs more than 5 stars, heck, it needs all the stars.”—Happy Ending Always (Decidedly with Luck) “[Kiera and Logan] are unbelievable together, the chemistry is on point even with just their friendship.”—Saucybloggers (Decidedly with Luck) “This was my first book by this author and it won’t be my last!!!”—Star Book Reviews (Decidedly with Luck) “This book had me laughing, and swooning, and fanning myself off with how sexy it was.”—Goodreads “…the chemistry was off the charts”—Reading Red Room (Decidedly with Wishes)
Author : Tricia Brown
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,2 MB
Release : 1998-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0811820122
A tour guide to the landmarks and interesting sights of San Francisco.
Author : Harold Gilliam
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 25,82 MB
Release : 1962
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520004696
An introduction to the many factors which contribute to the unique weather of the San Francisco Bay region.
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 29,36 MB
Release : 2020-08-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3752424761
Reproduction of the original: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson
Author : Rachel Brahinsky
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,33 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0520288378
An alternative history and geography of the Bay Area that highlights sites of oppression, resistance, and transformation. A People’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area looks beyond the mythologized image of San Francisco to the places where collective struggle has built the region. Countering romanticized commercial narratives about the Bay Area, geographers Rachel Brahinsky and Alexander Tarr highlight the cultural and economic landscape of indigenous resistance to colonial rule, radical interracial and cross-class organizing against housing discrimination and police violence, young people demanding economically and ecologically sustainable futures, and the often-unrecognized labor of farmworkers and everyday people. The book asks who had—and who has—the power to shape the geography of one of the most watched regions in the world. As Silicon Valley's wealth dramatically transforms the look and feel of every corner of the region, like bankers' wealth did in the past, what do we need to remember about the people and places that have made the Bay Area, with its rich political legacies? With over 100 sites that you can visit and learn from, this book demonstrates critical ways of reading the landscape itself for clues to these histories. A useful companion for travelers, educators, or longtime residents, this guide links multicultural streets and lush hills to suburban cul-de-sacs and wetlands, stretching from the North Bay to the South Bay, from the East Bay to San Francisco. Original maps help guide readers, and thematic tours offer starting points for creating your own routes through the region.
Author :
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 24,56 MB
Release : 2012-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0520274369
“The San Francisco Bay Shoreline Guide takes us on a walking and cycling journey around San Francisco Bay, unfolding the wonder, drama and beauty of one of the great estuaries of the world.”--Robert Redford "From the bustling waterfronts of our cities and towns, to our wild, windswept, and thankfully, protected natural wetlands, this is our fantastic guide to all of the magnificence of the San Francisco Bay Shoreline. Grab it and go on world-class journeys in our own backyard. I'll see you along the trail!"--Doug McConnell, Television Producer and Reporter “This guide helps to create an awareness and appreciation of San Francisco Bay.”--Sylvia McLaughlin, co-founder of Save the Bay Praise from the previous edition "There are absorbing stories here for the armchair reader and detailed guides for the active explorer. Read, enjoy, and cultivate your roots in the region."—Harold Gilliam "Comprehensive and copiously illustrated, this Guide is a treasure-house of user-friendly information. It reveals the equivalent of a national park hitherto unknown in our midst."—Margot Patterson Doss "This book is a complete guide to the Bay Area. All that's missing are the smells, so perhaps the next edition should be scratch and sniff."—Robin Williams
Author : Ginny Anderson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,6 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Meditation
ISBN : 0595391915
"Ginny Anderson is a sure-footed guide, not only to natural treasures in the Bay Area, but to the richness of our inner experience. Circling San Francisco Bay brings the outer and inner worlds together. It is a gift to the community of life and a valuable tool for deeper connection-a book that not only informs but also enchants." -Lauren deBoer, executive editor, EarthLight magazine "Shamanic naturalist Ginny Anderson takes us to seven sacred sites around San Francisco Bay to gain a better understanding of their connections, and ours, in the complex web of life. This is a celebration of our glorious bioregion, and our responsibility to it-and not a moment too soon." -M. Macha NightMare, priestess, ritualist, and author "Anderson shows us how to find these pillars of our paradise, as we come into a deeper and more spiritual bond with Mother Earth. A numinous, sentient work, and a signpost on the path to true joy in life." -Sandy Miranda, KPFA FM host/producer. "In Circling San Francisco Bay, a graceful meditation on reciprocity with the natural world, Ginny Anderson shows us that we need look no farther than our own Bay Area greenbelt for the balm that soothes the nerves and feeds the soul." -Lorraine Anderson, editor, Sisters of the Earth: Women's Prose and Poetry About Nature "Ginny Anderson's tour of Bay Area sacred mountains elicits the fragrance of native herbs, the sparkle of crystal rock outcroppings, and the wisdom of the natives who dwelled in this land we now call home. Circling offers its readers exercises to enhance their sensory awareness of specific sites - and pathways to greater methaphorical insights. At every stop, we read the voices of other Circling participants, telling how the wide vistas and meditations on nature's patterns have opened their souls to new understanding." -Debbie Mytels, Associate Director of Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth, and a participant in Circling the Bay 1991
Author : Thomas Albright
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 38,91 MB
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 0520338200
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived
Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 47,79 MB
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0520906071
Here is young Sam Clemens—in the world, getting famous, making love—in 155 magnificently edited letters that trace his remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of The Jumping Frog, soon to be a national and international celebrity. And on the move he was—from San Francisco to New York, to St. Louis, and then to Paris, Naples, Rome, Athens, Constantinople, Yalta, and the Holy Land; back to New York and on to Washington; back to San Francisco and Virginia City; and on to lecturing in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York. Resplendent with wit, love of life, ambition, and literary craft, this new volume in the wonderful Bancroft Library edition of Mark Twain's Letters will delight and inform both scholars and general readers. This volume has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mark Twain Foundation, Jane Newhall, and The Friends of The Bancroft Library.
