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Author
Publisher
Pacific Street Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
vii, 321 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Description
"California Plants is an essential resource for outdoor enthusiasts. With his vibrant photographs and lively writing, Matt Ritter takes the reader on a journey through the Golden State's iconic landscapes and abundant plant life. This definitive guide features more than 500 species, along with detailed descriptions, fascinating natural history stories, and handy tree and wildflower color identification charts."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.
Description
Illustrations and text present the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, and social life and customs of California, which is the most populous of the fifty states.
4) Odder
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Appears on list
Description
Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her.
Author
Series
Description
Since former Marine helicopter pilot Jack Morgan started Private, it has become one of the world's most powerful investigation firms, sought out by the rich and famous to discretely handle their most sensitive problems. Private's investigators are the smartest, the fastest, and the most technologically advanced in the world, and they always uncover the truth. When a former lover is found murdered in Jack's bed, he is instantly the number one suspect....
Author
Series
California Gold Rush novels volume 1
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Formats
Description
Jack and the butler stow away on a side-wheeler bound for California where they join the Gold Rush of 1849.
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of California"--Provided by publisher.
11) Cat running
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
168 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
When eleven-year-old Cat Kinsey builds a secret hideout to escape her unhappy homelife, she slowly gets to know a poor family who have come to California after losing their Texas home to the dust storms of the 1930s.
Author
Series
House of Wolves volume 1
Description
The Wolfs, the most powerful family in California, have a new head--thirty-six-year-old former high school teacher Jenny Wolf. That means Jenny now runs the prestigious San Francisco Tribune. She also controls the legendary pro football team, the Wolves. And she has a murdered father to avenge—if she can survive the killers all around her.
17) Elephant seals
Author
Publisher
Central Coast Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
60 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Formats
Description
Describes elephant seals with particular emphasis on the Piedras Blancas colony on the central coast of California.
19) The chase
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Formats
Description
In 1906 detective Isaac Bell goes after the Butcher Bandit who has committed a string of bank robberies and murders in the western states of America and becomes the hunted.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm.
Description
Describes the discovery of gold in California, the rush to California to look for gold, establishment of mining towns, the outbreak of criminal activity, and other aspects of this volatile period in California history.
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