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Heyday Natural History titles

Naturalist’s Guide To The Santa Barbara Region. Lentz, Joan Easton. Photography by Stuart Wilson. Maps and

illustrations by Peter Gaede. (6 x 9). Over 400 color photographs and illustrations, Appendices, species list,

sample field trips, references, index. 528 pages.

paperback. 9781597142410. Available - October 2013. $35

One of the richest biological hotspots on the planet. The Santa

Barbara region is at the cusp of Northern and Southern California,

where animals and plants from both areas mingle and create

ecosystems of great diversity. In the first-ever comprehensive nature

guide to the area, accomplished author, teacher, and Santa Barbara

native Joan Easton Lentz shares her lifelong knowledge of this region

renowned for its unique natural resources and legendary scenery.

Taking readers on a journey from tidepools to mountain peaks and

pinyon-juniper woodlands, Lentz combines lucid and evocative nature

writing, including on-the-scene journal entries, with a rich array of

photos and illustrations, creating a highly personal and scientific

handbook. A Naturalist’s Guide to the Santa Barbara Region at once

deepens our understanding of the land and its array of inhabitants and

inspires us to head outside. There are few more qualified to write

about the natural history of the Santa Barbara region than Joan Lentz,

and certainly none more passionate. This is a book to read and page

through in the easy chair, and a wonderful guide to take with you into

the field. It is a gift to all of us who treasure this marvelous country,

and an invitation to all those setting out to discover it. - Karl L. Hutterer, emeritus director, Santa Barbara

Museum of Natural History.

Spiders In Your Neighborhood: A Field Guide To Your Local Spider Friends. Stadille, Patrick. (5 x 6.75). Over

70 color photographs and drawings. 32 pages.

paperback - saddle stitched. 9781597142601. Available - September 2013. $5.95

GET CAUGHT IN A WEB OF ARACHNID ENCHANTMENT. Spiders!

Scary? Maybe. Cool? Definitely. Author Pat Stadille used to be terribly

afraid of these eight-legged daddies, until he started learning more

about them. Now spiders are his best friends! We have a feeling you’re

going to feel the same way, once you hear about their silky skills,

hunting habits, and generally shy and gentle nature. Learn about

jumpers, wolf spiders, tarantulas, the bird turd spider, and, of course,

the black widow! Spiders in Your Neighborhood features detailed

drawings and photos of the critters you’ll find, and sections on types of

webs, how and where to discover spiders, spider anatomy, common

relatives… even a spidey quiz to test your creepy crawly knowledge. So,

grab a flashlight and your sleuthing kit and join Pat Spiderman Stadille

on a journey around your backyard that will leave you spinning with

excitement. PRAISE for Spiders in Your Neighborhood: Amazing!

Fascinating! A triumph!—Pat’s Mother. Wonderful bedtime reading!—

Local Psychotherapist.

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Sacrament: Homage To A River. Lawton, Rebecca. Photographs by Geoff Fricker. Foreword by Stacy Cepello.

(11 x 11). Over 100 black-and-white photographs. 160 pages.

hardcover. 9781597142434. Available - November 2013. $45

THE SOUL OF CALIFORNIA’S LARGEST RIVER. In Sacrament:

Homage to a River, Geoff Fricker’s atmospheric photographs reveal the

geology, salmon runs, fluvial morphology, and human impact of the

Sacramento River. In dreamlike black and white, the river takes on

mythic proportions, in both its wild ecosystems and its human-made

influences. Interwoven with Fricker’s images are Rebecca Lawton’s

eloquent descriptions of the beauty of the river and the issues that

currently surround it. Each page an expression of the authors’

fascination with and care for the Sac, Sacrament is both an emotive

exhibition of the wonder of California’s largest waterway and a

cautionary tale of its continued degradation. PRAISE for Sacrament:

Geoff Fricker shows us the Sacramento River in a way that nobody has

ever done, and Rebecca Lawton eloquently urges us to take a view that

is at once practical and reverent. The great river of California is honored by this fine book. —Tim Palmer,

author of Rivers of California. Separately, the pictures and text draw us in. Sacrament is both intellectually

challenging and visually seductive. Experienced together, Geoff Fricker’s beautiful and sometimes disturbing

photographs and Lawton’s eloquent scientific prose provide a portrait of the Sacramento River that shows

both how it has been abused and how it can be healed.—Mary D. Nichols, former Secretary of Natural

Resources, State of California. To fall in love with a wild river is to be changed forever, heart and soul. To

fall for a river in California is to live with the scars and ghosts of loss.

Backlist titles

Bear in Mind: The California Grizzly. Snyder, Susan (editor). With more than 150 color and b&w images. 266

pages.

hardcover. 9781890771706. $49.50

Everybody's got a bear story to tell. Bear in Mind is the

story of the California grizzly bear. Once arguably the most

powerful and terrifying animal in the California landscape, he

now lives in the imagination, a disembodied symbol of the

romantic West. Bear in Mind is also a portal into one of

California’s great resources, the Bancroft Library of the

University of California, Berkeley. More than 150 images from

the library’s archives and collections accompany the bear

stories of Indians, explorers, vaqueros, forty-niners, and

naturalists, among others. The result is a uniquely compelling

natural history, a grand book worthy of its subject. Published

in conjunction with the Bancroft Library.

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Califlora: A Literary Field Guide. Beers, Terry. 304 pages.

paperback. 9781597141611. $18.95

A lively collection of botanical poem and prose. California plants range from

microscopic mosses to giant sequoias, from desert cacti to rain forest ferns,

from humble native grasses to flamboyant cultivated blossoms. With over six

thousand species of astonishing variety, what grist for the literary mill!

Novelists, poets, farmers, naturalists, foragers, botanists, and mythmakers

have long exulted in the Golden State’s variety and abundance, creating a

body of vibrant and surprising literature. Califlora is a playful literary

exploration of the relationship between plant and human, drawing from our

best writers and thinkers. Some of the pieces expand like landscape paintings

best viewed from a distance, while others shine like exquisite miniatures,

curious and laid with sensuous detail. Mary Austin’s 'Sagebrush Country'

smells like desert rain, Ina Coolbrith’s 'Copa De Oro' blooms on a sunny

hillside, and T. C. Boyle’s 'Budding Prospects' crack an echo through the

meadow with a gunshot blast. Califlora encourages us to open the door, unzip

the tent, and see what’s out there, book in hand or not. How better to

breathe in California’s elemental richness and unmatched abundance?

California Glaciers. Palmer, Tim. 144 pages.

hardcover. 9781597141741. $29.95

Journey through the remnants of a fading natural wonder. Nestled

high in the mountains of California among snowy peaks, alpine forests,

and flowing rivers lies an age-old phenomena that is slowly fading from

existence: the glaciers of California. This stark world of slow-moving

ice has nourished our state’s rivers and habitats, has provided water to

our farms and cities, and sustains life as we know it. A victim to climate

change, California’s glaciers are receding at an alarming rate. Award-

winning photographer and nature writer Tim Palmer takes us on a trek

into the backcountry to experience the remaining glaciers up close, to

observe the raw power that for millennia has carved glacial valleys,

replenished our lakes, rivers, and streams, and supported a bounty of

life that may soon be in jeopardy with the loss of one of the states most vital and awe-inspiring natural

wonders. Winner of a Patagonia Inc. Award. Copublished with Sierra College Press.

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Californian's Guide to the Trees Among Us. Ritter, Mark. 550 full-color photographs and illustrations. 192

pages.

paperback. 9781597141475. $18.95

A guide to California’s most common urban trees. We bring the strength

and beauty of the natural world into our urban landscapes by planting trees,

and California is blessed with a rich horticultural history, visible in an

abundance of cultivated trees that enrich our lives with extraordinary

color, bizarre shapes, unusual textures, and unexpected aromas. A

Californian’s Guide to the Trees among Us features over 150 of California’s

most commonly grown trees. Whether native or cultivated, these are the

trees that muffle noise, create wildlife habitats, mitigate pollution,

conserve energy, and make urban living healthier and more peaceful. Used

as a field guide or read with pleasure for the liveliness of the prose, this

book will allow readers to learn the stories behind the trees that shade our

parks, grace our yards, and line our streets. Rich in photographs and

illustrations, overflowing with anecdote and information, A Californian’s

Guide to the Trees among Us opens our eyes to a world of beauty just

outside our front doors.

Coast to Explore: Coastal Geology and Ecology of Central California. Hayes, Miles O. and Michel, Jacqueline.

Illustrated by Joseph M. Holmes. With 182 illustrations and full-color photographs. 352 pages.

paperback. 9780981661810. $29.95

Explore the origins of central California’s coast. From wave-cut

rock cliffs and sea caves to gravel beaches and coastal dunes,

California’s coastline provides visitors with unparalleled

topographical variety and great intellectual challenge. What

forces shaped such an extraordinary landscape? Miles O. Hayes

and Jacqueline Michel have been mapping the coast of California

since the 1980s as part of a larger initiative to protect coastlines

around the world from hazardous oil spills. A Coast to Explore is

the culmination of their work. It details the geological evolution of

central California’s coast from Bodega Bay to Point Conception,

including the effects of erosion during El Niños, the impacts of

tsunamis, the birth of the San Andreas Fault system, and the

formation of spectacular raised marine terraces. Key ecological

concepts are described for each of the major subdivisions of the

coast. Through diagrams, maps, full-color photographs, and

satellite images, A Coast to Explore takes readers on a fascinating

journey of discovery so they can better understand this most remarkable and varied of coastlines.

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Discovering Nature's Alphabet. Castella, Krystina and Boyl, Brian. Full-color throughout. 8 - 12 Years. 64

pages.

paperback. 9781597140218. $15.95

The shapes of the alphabet are everywhere. If you stand in

just the right place, at just the right time, you are going to see

some pretty amazing things. Like the three tall branches leaning

against one another, creating the letter A. Or the spines of a

cactus forming the letter F. And it looks like that bent, twisting

tree trunk makes the bars of the letter K with that straight

trunk in the foreground. Discovering Nature’s Alphabet is more

than an ABC book: it’s a hiking game and alphabet hunt. Full of

beautiful photos and practiced imagination, these pages take

readers outdoors to let them see nature in a new light. The

shapes of the alphabet are everywhere if you look hard enough;

not just in the branches or vines, but in the cracks between

rocks, the spaces between mountain cliffs, and the accidental

clumping of a couple bits of seaweed.

Essential Muir: A Selection of John Muir's Best Writings. Muir, John. Edited by Fred White. 208 pages.

paperback. 9781597140270. $12.95

An introduction to the great 'poetico-trampo-geologist-botanist and

ornithologist-naturalist.' Preservationist. Inventor. Lobbyist. John Muir was

many things at once, and he is California’s best-known icon-so much so that his

image was chosen to appear on the new state quarter. But the best way to know

the man who founded the Sierra Club and helped create Yosemite National Park

is to read his own words. Essential Muir is the second volume in the California

Legacy Essentials Collection. Taking the best of John Muir’s writings on

nature—in which he waxes ecstatic even as he accurately describes the

scientific attributes of a flower-as well as his thoughts on religion and society,

this book presents a fresh look at one of California’s greatest literary figures.

His love for nature was so powerful—and his description of it so compelling—it

still inspires us a century later.

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Flora of the Santa Ana River and Environs: With References to World Botany. Clarke, Oscar F. / Svehla,

Danielle / Ballmer, Greg / Montalvo, Arlee. 512 pages.

paperback. 9781597140508. $29.95

An introduction to the botanical richness of one of southern

California’s major waterways. The Santa Ana River is the largest

watercourse in the heavily populated coastal plain of southern

California. Despite the encroachment of urban development, the river

and its environs are home to nearly 1,400 plant species. In this seminal

guide to the flora of the Santa Ana River, Oscar F. Clarke and his team

have compiled descriptions of 900 plant species, accompanied by 3,200

images and illustrations. The book also serves as an introduction to

basic botanical concepts and is arranged by evolutionary relationships,

to aid readers in plant identification. Historical and cultural uses, plant

diseases, and associations with insects, birds, and mammals of both

native and introduced species are woven together with technical

information to paint a rich picture of the flora of this region as well as

to relate it to that of the rest of the world.

Laws Guide to Drawing Birds. Laws, John Muir. With over 700 full-color illustrations. 128 pages.

paperback. 9781597141956. $24.95

A new way to see and draw 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, and drawing becomes the vehicle for

seeing. As Laws writes, To draw feathers, you must understand

how feathers grow, overlap, and insert into the body. To create

the body, you must have an understanding of the bird’s skeletal

structure. To pose this skeleton, you must be able to perceive

the energy, intention, and life of the bird. This how-to guide will

perfect the technique of serious arists but also, perhaps more

importantly, it will provide guidance for those who insist they

can’t draw. Leading the mind and hand through a series of

detailed exercises, Laws delivers what he promises: that drawing

birds opens you to the beauty of the world. An Audubon Book.

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Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada. Laws, John Muir. Illustrated by John Muir Laws. With 2,800

watercolor illustrations. 368 pages.

paperback. 9781597140522. $24.95

The most comprehensive field guide to the natural wonders of the Range of

Light! In this groundbreaking and meticulously field-tested guide, the rich variety

of Sierra life—trees, wildflowers, ferns, fungi, lichens, fish, reptiles, amphibians,

birds, mammals, and insects—comes alive. Easy-to-use features include: Intuitive

organization, color tabs, and simple keys; Similar-looking species side by side; Over

2,800 full-color illustrations; Range maps of species that are otherwise difficult

to distinguish; Index of common and scientific names; Lightweight and compact—

ideal for backpacking. Impressively detailed and comprehensive, the guide

includes: More than 1,700 species; Descriptions of behavior, adaptations, and

interactions between species; Species and topics not found in most guides,

including aquatic life, spiders and webs, plankton, plant galls, bark beetle galleries,

animal tracks and evidence, seasonal star charts, weather patterns, and cloud

formations. Published in conjunction with the California Academy of Sciences.

Laws Pocket Guide: Among the oaks and pines. Laws, John Muir (Text and Illustrations).

Fold-out guide. 9781597141246. $5.95

Things you'll see among the oaks and pines. With an ideal climate for some of

the most majestic trees in the world, the Bay Area is an arboreal playland. Take a

trek through Muir Woods to see the amazing Coast Redwood. This fog-loving tree

provides shelter for the endangered Spotted Owl and is the tallest and one of

longest-lived trees on earth—some grow to over three hundred feet tall and live

more than two thousand years! Several varieties of oak trees are commonly found

in the Bay Area, and when their acorns begin to ripen in autumn, look for squirrels

and Acorn Woodpeckers busily storing this nutritious food for the winter. As

winter arrives, insect-eating birds—like Warblers, Bushtits, and Chickadees—

converge in mixed flocks that hunt insects together as they move through the

trees. Spring brings some especially vibrant blooms to the woods, and along with

them come the beautiful Pipevine Swallowtail and the many butterfly species that

flit about until late summer.

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Laws Pocket Guide: At the beach and on the bay. Laws, John Muir (Text and Illustrations).

Fold-out guide. 9781597141215. $5.95

Things you'll see at the beach and on the bay. Graced by the Pacific Ocean and

the San Francisco Bay, the Bay Area teems with aquatic life. A major migratory

stop for ducks and other shorebirds, Bay Area shorelines offer tremendous

opportunities to enjoy waterfowl as they flock to the area during the winter.

Springtime brings other avian delights as Alcatraz Island comes alive with the

activities of the gulls and cormorants that make it their nursery. Look for these

birds on the water’s surface following schools of herring. These tiny fish also

nourish the famed Pier 39 California Sea Lions and their brethren, the Harbor

Seals who haul out of the San Francisco Bay in the spring to bear pups. Explore

around the bay at low tide to get the most out of the area’s extensive salt

marshes, which are populated by clams, crabs, and shrimp and are ideal sites for

observing the feeding habits of shorebirds.

Laws Pocket Guide: Near creeks, rivers, and ponds. Laws, John Muir (Text and Illustrations).

Fold-out guide. 9781597141222. $5.95

Things you'll see near creeks, rivers, and ponds. The Bay Area is a great place

to explore the life that is sustained by marshes, streams, and ponds. Muddy

banks make for great animal tracking, so keep your eyes downward in search of

tracks and other clues, and listen for the sounds of frogs splashing as they leap

into the water. In late winter, be on the lookout for newts as they emerge from

their burrows to lay eggs. Springtime ushers in blooming azaleas, and brightly

colored migrant birds fill the trees with cacophonous celebration–few, however,

outshine year-round resident Anna’s Hummingbird, whose beautiful plumage,

clicking calls, and thrilling aerial mating shows are sure to delight observers.

Summertime brings more fantastic displays in the sky as dragonflies dart about

in the sunlight looking for mates. On especially hot days, you may also find snakes

sunning themselves along the trail, and Western Pond Turtles likewise basking in

the warmth.

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Laws Pocket Guide: On grassy hills and in fields. Laws, John Muir (Text and Illustrations).

Fold-out guide. 9781597141239. $5.95

Things you'll see on grassy hills and in fields. The Bay Area is known for its

beautiful golden hills, which are covered with the combination of grasses,

tangled shrubs, and other low-growing vegetation known as chaparral. Resident

mammals are magnificent—look for the tracks and droppings of coyotes and

other large mammals, and for signs of smaller rabbits and rodents too. On the

hills you’ll find springtime welcomed by blankets of orange poppies growing

abundantly alongside other colorful wildflowers. Later in the season, the hills

turn brown and go to seed, attracting birds and rodents to feast. Listen for the

Wrentit, whose distinct accelerating trill is known as 'the voice of the

chaparral.' Wintertime is ideal for spotting the state bird, the California Quail,

which often travels in large flocks of fifty or more. It can be seen skittering

along at the San Francisco Presidio fields while large raptors, like the Red-

tailed Hawk, soar above.

Life Amongst the Modocs: Unwritten History. Miller, Joaquin. Introduction by Malcolm Margolin. Afterword

by Alan Rosenus. 446 pages.

paperback. 9780930588793. $18.95

Capturing the fierce power and sublime beauty of California's wild landscape.

Although Joaquin Miller is widely viewed as one of the 'founding fathers' of the

literature of the west, this new edition of his classic work proves him to be a

writer of considerable power and appeal, with something fresh and vital to say

to the readers of today. First printed in 1873, Life Amongst the Modocs is

based on Miller’s years among the mining towns and Indian camps of

northernmost California during the tumultuous 1850s. As a nature writer, he was

among the first to capture the fierce power and sublime beauty of California’s

wild landscape. He was also a maverick in his portrayal of the state’s emotional

landscape, dealing as no one has before or since with themes such as loneliness

and defeat, melancholy and rage, weakness and strength, joy and loyalty.

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Nature's Beloved Son : Rediscovering John Muir's Botanical Legacy. Gisel, Bonnie J. Images by Stephen J.

Joseph. Foreword by David Rains Wallace. With over 150 botanical images. 256 pages.

paperback. 9781597141260. $35.00

John Muir's botanical legacy. Stunned into awe by the orchid

Calypso borealis, John Muir wrote: 'I never before saw a plant so full

of life, so perfectly spiritual, it seemed pure enough for the throne of

its Creator.' Muir was blessed throughout his life with a love of plants.

He tucked away interesting specimens from wherever he traveled,

sent them to herbariums all over the country, and wrote passionately

of them to friends and colleagues. Skilled in the technical aspects of

botany, Muir also found in plants 'pleasure so deep, so pure, so

endless.' The revelatory beauty of plants provided inspiration that

suffused his career as a writer, adventurer, and environmental

advocate. In this opulently produced book, photographer Stephen J.

Joseph presents images of plants collected directly by Muir, while

scholar Bonnie J. Gisel richly lays before us the life and words of a

man at once familiar and surprising, a towering figure forever smitten

with 'nature’s irresistible, divine beauty.'

Raccoon Next Door: Getting Along with Urban Wildlife. Bogue, Gary. Illustrated by Chuck Todd. With b&w

illustrations throughout. 160 pages.

paperback. 9781890771713. $16.95

Critters in your backyard. Raccoon Next Door is a guide to help

us identify and get along with the neighborhood raccoon and all our

other wild neighbors. Author Gary Bogue presents stories,

anecdotes, and sound advice for coexisting with the common

creatures you might encounter in your backyard. Chuck Todd’s

illuminating illustrations bring the animals to life in vivid detail. The

species discussed in the book include everything from coyotes and

mountain lions to tarantulas and earwigs, newts and salamanders,

songbirds and butterflies. Learn how to be a good animal neighbor

using down-to-earth, practical, and homey advice that will show you

how to live in harmony with those wild and crazy skunks who like to

party all night long! Awards - 2004 Skipping Stones Honor Award.

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Rare Botanical Legacy: The Contributions of Ruby and Arthur Van Deventer in Northwestern California.

Bennett, Rick and Calla, Susan (editors). With an essay by David Rains Wallace. 160 pages.

hardcover. 9781597141161. $35.00

Illustrations of some of California’s most exotic flora. Del

Norte County is one of the most botanically diverse regions of

California. In 1936, when Ruby Van Deventer, at the time an

unschooled enthusiast, met California’s lead field botanist,

Professor Willis Linn Jepson, he was enthusiastic. 'I am glad to

meet someone from Del Norte,' he said as he shook Ruby’s hand.

'We have the least knowledge of that area of anywhere in the

state.' Jepson, author of the authoritative botanical text The

Jepson Manual, encouraged Ruby’s botanical collecting and

pushed her to learn taxonomy and plant anatomy. As Ruby

increased her efforts, Arthur began to illustrate her plants with

pen-and-ink drawings and watercolor paintings. Over the years,

they compiled a vast flora of Del Norte County–over four

hundred specimens, which are now in the Jepson Herbarium at

the University of California, Berkeley. A lavish production with

more than 128 illustrations of over 120 specimens of the North

Coast region, A Rare Botanical Legacy is a long-overdue

testament to the Van Deventers’ contributions to California

botany. David Rains Wallace’s introductory essay brings their

irrepressible personalities to life and the beautiful reproductions of the paintings inspire a closer look at

nature.

Rise of the Ranges of Light: Landscapes and Change in the Mountains of California. Gilligan, David Scott. 8

black-and-white illustrations. 224 pages.

paperback. 9781597141512. $18.95

Experience the world in the making. California is a place of intense and

immediate tectonic activity, varied climate, and diverse habitats, and it is a

place where stunning arrays of life meet and intermingle. California is also one

of the newest places on Earth, freshly hewn, young and full of vitality, a place

where one can literally watch the world in the making. Rise of the Ranges of

Light combines captivating first-person narrative with science writing to tell

the story of the ever-changing landscapes of California. Picking up where

John Muir left off in the classic The Mountains of California, Gilligan takes

the reader on a tour of California’s mountains to show how forces of

expansion and contraction have manifested themselves for over five hundred

million years to create everything we know. From plate tectonics and

devastating glaciers to mass extinction and species competition, the

formation of the world is a dramatic and dynamic process. Rise of the Ranges

of Light allows readers to witness a world ever in the throes of creation.

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River of Words: Images and Poetry in Praise of Water. Michael, Pamela (editor). Introductions by Robert

Hass and Thacher Hurd. Full color throughout. 96 pages.

paperback. 9781890771652. $12.95

Poetry and art through the eyes of children. Water—in all its splendid

forms—is the subject and inspiration behind the alluring artwork and

astounding poetry presented in River of Words: Images and Poetry in

Praise of Water. Rivers, lakes, oceans, rain, and tears come alive in

pages of verse and full-color art. This collection is all the more

remarkable because it was created by surprisingly young poets and

artists. Culled from the annual River of Words art and poetry contest,

here is an exceptional selection of creative work from young people

(ages 5–19) across America and around the world. An epilogue by Pamela

Michael, addressed to parents and teachers, discusses how to inspire

great art and poetry from kids. River of Words was co-founded in 1995

by Robert Hass and Pamela Michael to promote literacy, the arts, and

environmental awareness. River of Words conducts an annual international poetry and art contest for

students K-12. Published in conjunction with River of Words. Awards - 2004 Skipping Stones Honor Award.

Rivers of California: Natural Lifelines of the Golden State. Palmer, Tim. Photographs by Tim Palmer, With 174

color photos. 208 pages.

hardcover. 9781597141291. $39.95

A celebration of California's wild rivers. The classic images of

California are those of sunny beaches, redwoods, and the Sierra

Nevada. Yet California is also a land of rivers—about ninety of them

with thousands of forks, branches, and creeks. Totaling 194,000 miles,

they cover more area than those of any other state but Alaska. With

176 exquisite photographs and original prose, Palmer showcases the

variety, vitality, and majesty of streams large and small through all four

seasons, from rainforest to desert, from high country source to the

Pacific. He visits rivers in drought as well as in flood conditions. He

points out that, plentiful as they are, rivers cannot serve unlimited

demands, and that our needs are so extreme today that the collapse of

many of these life-support systems now looms on the horizon. With

enduring hope, Tim Palmer draws on decades of experience, research, and interviews to chronicle the rich

history of people’s efforts to protect a threatened inheritance. Rivers of California captures the true nature

of California and takes us on a journey of discovery that can change the way we think about water and the

shining, winding paths that it creates across our land.

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Room to Breathe: The Wild Heart of the San Francsico Peninsula. Britt, Kristi (editor). Foreword by Ken

Fisher. Preface by Steve Abbors. With 100 full-color photographs and paintings. 200 pages.

paperback. 9781597141994. $24.95

Celebrating forty years of preserving open space. With San Francisco

and 'Silicon Valley' just down the road, the hills and valleys of the San

Francisco Peninsula would have been teeming with residential

development had it not been for a group of visionaries who forty years

ago created the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District*. More than

two hundred miles of trails bring hikers, horseback riders, and

bicyclists through 60,000 acres of redwood and mixed evergreen

forests, oak woodlands, meadows, and streams. Room to Breathe is a

community celebration of photographs, paintings, prose, and poetry—

preserve users paying homage to the gift of wildness in our midst. It serves as a keepsake for those who

know this land well; and for those who don’t, it will be a revelatory introduction. In the words of the Measure

R Campaign, which founded the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District in 1972: 'Open space is our green

backdrop of hills. It is rolling grasslands, cool forests in the Coast Range, orchards and vineyards in the

sun…It is the serene, unbuilt, unspoiled earth that awakens all our senses and makes us whole again….It is

room to breathe.' Published in collaboration with the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. The

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District encompasses northwestern Santa Clara County, southern San

Mateo County, the San Mateo County coastside, as well as a small portion of Santa Cruz County.

State of Change: Forgotten Landscapes of California. Cunningham, Laura. 352 pages.

hardcover. 9781597141369. $50.00

A remarkable vision of the Golden State. Vernal pools, protected

lagoons, grassy hills rich in bunchgrasses and, where the San

Francisco Bay is today, ancient bison and mammoths roaming a vast

grassland. Through the use of historical ecology, Laura Cunningham

walks through these forgotten landscapes to uncover secrets about

the past, explore what our future will hold, and experience the

ever-changing landscape of California. Combining the skill of an

accomplished artist with passion for landscapes and training as a

naturalist, Cunningham has spent more than two decades poring over

historical accounts, paleontology findings, and archaeological data.

Traveling with paintbox in hand, she tracked the remaining vestiges

of semipristine landscape like a detective, seeking clues that

revealed the California of past centuries. She traveled to other

regions as well, to sketch grizzly bears, wolves, and other

magnificent creatures that are gone from California landscapes. In

her studio, Cunningham created paintings of vast landscapes and

wildlife from the raw data she had collected, her own observations

in the wild, and her knowledge of ecological laws and processes.

Through A State of Change, readers are given the pure pleasure of wandering through these wondrous and

seemingly exotic scenes of Old California and understanding the possibilities for both change and

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conservation in our present-day landscape. A State of Change is as vital as it is visionary. Gold Medal Winner

of the 2011 California Book Award.

Stickeen. Muir, John. Illustrated by Carl Dennis Buell. Afterword by Malcolm Margolin. With b&w

illustrations. 8 - 10 Years. 96 pages.

paperback. 9780930588489. $7.95

An exhilarating American classic. An illustrated edition of the well-

loved tale in which world-famous naturalist John Muir recounts how he

and a dog named Stickeen struggled to cross an Alaskan glacier during

an ice storm. An exhilarating story that has become an American

classic. Published in conjunction with Rick Heide. Stickeen is one of

Muir's best-known writings, and a classic dog story. It was first

published in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine in September

1897 (V. 54, No. 5), under the title ‘An Adventure with a Dog and a

Glacier’. The editor cut out parts of the original manuscript so Muir

attempted a reconstruction when it was republished in expanded book

form in 1909. A slightly shortened version of the 1909 edition was

published in his 1915 Travels in Alaska. Ronald Limbaugh's book, John

Muir's ‘Stickeen’ and the Lessons of Nature (1996) reconstructs the

original manuscript submitted by Muir in 1897. Muir felt it was the

hardest thing he ever tried to write. Muir saw Stickeen as ‘the herald

of a new gospel’ adding ‘in all my wild walks, seldom have I had a more

definite or useful message to bring back.’

Sudden and Solitary: Mount Shasta and Its Artistic Legacy, 1841-2008. Miesse, William E. and Peterson,

Robyn G. Full color throughout. 288 pages.

paperback. 9781597140881. $35.00

Lonely as God, and white as a winter moon, Mount Shasta starts

up sudden and solitary from the heart of the great black forests

of Northern California.'—Joaquin Miller. Sudden and Solitary

presents more than 150 years of artwork by the many visionary

artists, past and present, big and small, who have been inspired by

Mount Shasta. The mountain’s grand beauty has called to a myriad

of artists, from early California painters Albert Bierstadt and

William Keith, to modern masters of photography such as Imogen

Cunningham, Ansel Adams, and Michael Kenna. As the authors state

in the introduction, this book is an 'attempt to characterize what

Mount Shasta meant to the nineteenth-century American and

Californian, and how those ideas have evolved in the visual arts up

to the present.' There are many mountains in the West, but few

offer the experience that Shasta does of being in a place apart

and unique; it is no surprise that it has generated an artistic legacy

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of such grandeur. Published in collaboration with the Turtle Bay Exploration Park.

Tahoe beneath the Surface: The Hidden Stories of America’s Largest Mountain Lake. Lankford, Scott. 288

pages.

paperback. 9781597141390. $16.95

The lake that changed America. Lake Tahoe transformed

America, and not just once but many times over—from the earliest

Ice Age civilizations to the mysterious death of Marilyn Monroe. It

even played a hidden role in the American conquest of California,

the launch of the Republican Party, and the birth of John

Steinbeck’s first novel. Along the way, Lake Tahoe found the time

to invent the ski industry, spark the sexual revolution, and win

countless Academy Awards. Tahoe beneath the Surface brings this

hidden history of America’s largest mountain lake to life through

the stories of its most celebrated residents and visitors over the

last ten thousand years. It mixes local Washoe Indian legends with

tales of murderous Mafia dons, and Rat Pack tunes with Steinbeck

novels. It establishes Tahoe as one of America’s literary hot spots

by tracing the steps of more than a dozen authors including

Bertrand Russell, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Michael Ondaatje.

Tahoe beneath the Surface reveals how the lake transformed the

lives of conservationists like John Muir, humorists like Mark Twain, and Hollywood icons like Frank Sinatra. It

even touches upon some of the darker aspects of American history, including anti-Chinese racism and the

Kennedy assassination. Despite the impact Lake Tahoe has had on America, environmental threats loom large,

and Tahoe Blue—a term that Lankford uses to encompass the whole range of life, beauty, and meaning the

lake represents—grows increasingly vulnerable. In Tahoe beneath the Surface, human history and natural

history combine in a most engaging way, one that will both inform and inspire all who would keep Tahoe blue.

Winner of a 2010 ForeWord Book of the Year Award.

Take Me to the River: Fishing, Swimming, and Dreaming on the San Joaquin. Hallowell, Joell and Hallowell,

Coke. 100 b&w photos. 192 pages.

paperback. 9781597141437. $21.95

Stories of life along the San Joaquin River. For ten years, Coke

Hallowell and her daughter Joell asked people with deep

connections to the San Joaquin, 'What was your life like along the

river?' With candor and enthusiasm, people responded. Fishermen,

miners, immigrants, Native Americans, hunters, farmers, and

environmentalists all clamored to be heard. The result is Take Me

to the River—a collection of thirty-three deeply personal accounts

of life along the San Joaquin. These are stories that capture rare

snapshots of river history: childhoods spent swimming in the

river’s ice-cold waters, rafting downstream in a rickety boat with

friends, spearing fifty-pound chinook salmon year after year,

eating fresh figs picked right from a huge tree on the river-bank,

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dredging for gold during the Depression, building a coalition to restore the river’s health, sharing the very

last meal before Friant Dam was built and the salmon runs stopped, and many, many fish stories. Take Me to

the River recounts the many trials—damming, overpopulation, climate change—and triumphs that a river

undergoes in our times. Each story calls us to discover our own relationships with the natural world and, as a

whole, Take Me to the River propels us toward a brighter future—one that holds the promise of restoring the

health and vigor of the San Joaquin.

Tamalpais Walking: Poetry, History, and Prints. Killion, Tom and Snyder, Gary. Full color throughout. 160

pages.

hardcover. 9781597140973. $50.00

Seventy-two views of Mt. Tamalpais. In a new

collaboration by the authors of the bestselling The

High Sierra of California, readers are introduced to

the unique mountain overlooking San Francisco Bay. A

source of story and myth since time began, Mt.

Tamalpais has inspired conservationists, trail builders,

botanists, artists, and poets for more than a century.

With freshness and sustained delight, Tamalpais

Walking explores Mt. Tamalpais’s natural, cultural,

historic, and spiritual dimensions. It is a book shaped

by two master craftsmen collaborating on an enterprise

nurtured by long and passionate involvement. The

artwork is the product of Tom Killion’s decades of

depicting and interpreting the mountain’s many moods

and aspects. Gary Snyder has been hiking Mt. Tamalpais since 1948, and through poetry and a new, revealing

essay he offers his thoughts on the mountain, its history, and the practice of walking meditation. Further

enriched with Killion’s essays on the mountain’s history and selections from the work of Jack Kerouac, Ina

Coolbrith, Kenneth Rexroth, and Lew Welch, Tamalpais Walking takes us deep into Mt. Tamalpais’s pathways,

offering original, revelatory views of a mountain prominent not just on the landscape but in the history and

imagination of the West Coast. 2010 NCIBA Book of the Year Award Winner.

There's a Hummingbird in My Backyard. Bogue, Gary. Illustrated by Chuck Todd. Full color throughout. ages

4–9. 40 pages.

hardcover. 9781597141314. $15.95

A family learns to interpret the mysterious ways of the hummingbirds

residing in their backyard. The Bakers are spending time in their

backyard when they notice two hummingbirds zooming around. Before

long, they are surprised to learn that the female hummer has built a

nest and is raising her new family in their yard. Kelly, her dog, and her

parents watch the new hummingbird family grow up and learn that these

tiny busy birds see reddish colors best, use a variety of materials to

build their nests, and enjoy taking 'showers' by flying into a spray of

water from a hose. Along with its companion, There’s an Opossum in My

Backyard, this book shows you don’t have to travel to a distant national

or state park to experience and learn from nature in a meaningful way.

You can do so in your own backyard!

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There's an Opossum in My Backyard. Bogue, Gary. Illustrated by Chuck Todd. Full color throughout. ages 4–9.

40 pages.

hardcover. 9781597140591. $15.95

A friendly opossum finds adventure in a family’s backyard. A baby opossum

falls off her mother’s back and finds herself in a strange new world—a

suburban backyard. As the Green family and the opossum become acquainted

with each other, the adventurous creature learns to sneak food from the dog

bowl, avoid capture by an owl, and make friends with other wildlife along the

way. From the team who created the popular urban wildlife guide The Raccoon

Next Door comes a story introducing one of California’s most adorable and

intriguing critters.

Treasures of the Conservatory of Flowers. Sazevich, Nina. Photography by Kevin J. Frest. With full-color

photographs throughout. 72 pages.

paperback. 9781597140317. $8.95

Treasures of the Conservatory of Flowers is the first book to

capture in great breadth and detailed attention the verdant richness of

the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco. Housed in the oldest

surviving municipal wood and glass greenhouse in the United States, the

tropical plants of the Conservatory have attracted a steady stream of

visitors since the building opened its doors in 1879. Author Nina

Sazevich tells of the historic building and its leafy inhabitants with

studied but lively prose, sharing old stories and anecdotes. Divided into

four parts—lowland tropics, highland tropics, aquatic plants, and potted

plants—the book takes readers on a descriptive tour of the Conservatory’s main sections, with details on the

flora that inhabit each of them. In addition, an illustration of the overall structure of the building supplies

details of its beautifully preserved Victorian architecture.

Trees of Golden Gate Park and San Francisco. McClintock, Elizabeth. Edited and arranged by Richard G.

Turner, Jr. With b&w drawings, color plates, maps, index, and

bibliography. 244 pages.

paperback. 9781890771287. $18.95

170 different trees found in the park and throughout San Francisco.

The Trees of Golden Gate Park is based on the writings of botanist

Elizabeth McClintock, whose column on the trees of Golden Gate Park was

a feature of Pacific Horticulture magazine for twenty-five years; it

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presents the reader with the stories of 170 different trees found in the park and throughout the city.

Detailed maps and elegant line drawings of leaves, flowers, and fruit make it a useful field guide; extensive

descriptions of the biology, lineage, and horticultural history of the trees make it essential armchair reading

for everyone who wishes to deepen their knowledge of San Francisco and the unique urban treasure known as

Golden Gate Park. Published in Conjunction with the Pacific Horticultural Foundation.

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