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The State of Water: Understanding California's Most Precious Resource

Obi Kaufmann, author of the best-sellingCalifornia Field Atlas, turns his artful yet analytical attention to the Golden State's single most complex and controversial resource: water. In this new book, full-color maps unravel the braided knot of...

The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area

Two hundred years ago, herds of elk and antelope dotted the hills of the San Francisco–Monterey Bay area. Grizzly bears lumbered down to the creeks to fish for silver salmon and steelhead trout. From vast marshlands geese, ducks, and other birds rose...

The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds

John Muir Laws’s guide to drawing birds is itself winged, soaring between a devotion not only to art but also to the lives, forms, and postures of the birds themselves. Here, artistic technique and the exquisite details of natural history intertwine,...

The Laws Sketchbook for Nature Journaling

Your ideal companion for observing and exploring the natural worldDesigned to the last detail by the “modern Audubon” John (Jack) Muir Laws,The Laws Sketchbook for Nature Journalingis the perfect starting point for anyone interested in the practice...

The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling

The ultimate guide to nature drawing and journaling! A potent combination of art, science, and boundless enthusiasm, the latest art instruction book from John Muir Laws (The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds) is a how-to guide for becoming a better artist and...

When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors: People and Wildlife Working It Out in California

Wildness beats in the heart of California's urban areas. In Los Angeles, residents are rallying to build one of the largest wildlife crossings in the world because of the plight of one lonely mountain lion named P-22. Porpoises cavort in San Francisco...

The California Field Atlas

#1San Francisco ChronicleBest Seller#10 SCIBA Best SellerWinner the 2018 NCIBA Book of the Year Award (Regional Interest). This lavishly illustrated atlas takes readers off the beaten path and outside normal conceptions of California, revealing its...

The Sea Forager's Guide to the Northern California Coast

The first foraging guide for the California coastInThe Sea Forager's Guide to the Northern California Coast, Kirk Lombard combines a startling depth of knowledge with wry humor and colorful storytelling to guide readers' quests to hook fish, dig clams,...

Fylling's Illustroast Tide Pooated Guide to Pacific Cls

A new field guide with delightfully old-fashioned illustrationsThis scientifically accurate yet utterly charming field guide to the Pacific coast intertidal zone introduces readers to a world populated by spectacular wildlife: 150-year-old giant green...

A Is for Acorn: A California Indian ABC

A California Indian ABCThis alphabet board book welcomes youngsters of all cultures into the abundant world of Native California. Beautiful illustrations of animals, plants, and cultural objects show off the spectacular diversity of California's...

Camp Cooking in the Wild

Whether you are a beginner at camp cooking wondering how to create a menu and set up a kitchen in the woods, or a more experienced camper looking for some new techniques and recipe ideas, Camp Cooking can help. Wendy Grater, Mark Scriver of Black Feather...

Into the Altiplano, Part 2: Sea Kayaking Argentina, Bolivia, Chile (DVD)

Part two covers the region from Argentina's Lago Vilama to Potosi, Bolivia then on up to 20,000 ft. Volcano Licancabur on the Chile/Bolivian border. The expedition sought to uncover how man has survived for 100 centuries in this hostile region.