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Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
marzo de 2023.
Physical Desc
181 pages : map ; 23 cm
Description
"Joaquín Murrieta no era un justiciero, pero la gente lo creyó así; no luchó por la libertad ni para defender a su gente de la ambición estadounidense, sino que se convirtió en un símbolo de resistencia en momentos en los que la muerte recorría los caminos de California. Esta es la historia real del antihéroe mexicano que se propuso ser «el azote de los gringos» durante la fiebre del oro, repartió el botín de sus atracos con los más...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiii, 457 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Description
"The definitive story of the California redwoods, their discovery and their exploitation, as told by an activist who fought to protect their existence against those determined to cut them down"--
Author
Description
Gaby Dalkin shares 125 of her absolute favorite recipes for food lovers who want to feel great.
In her follow-up to her breakout success What's Gaby Cooking, Gaby Dalkin reveals the best way to live: Enjoy the food you love. The cookbook reflects how Gaby eats in real life, and for her, balancing moderation and indulgence is everything. No deprivation, no "bad foods" list. The only real rule? Enjoy your life by eating food you love. Complete with...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
106 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimile, maps, photographs, portraits ; 23 cm.
Description
"In the winter of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from the Midwest to California found themselves snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range with no way forward and no food or supplies. While forty-eight of the group members survived, the others perished due to extreme weather, starvation, and illness. To survive, the remaining people resorted to extreme measures . . . including cannibalism. Learn about the many miscalculations,...
Author
Publisher
Fawcett/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
436 pages ; 18 cm
Description
Judy Maddox, a young FBI agent, is assigned to track down a terrorist group who have threatened to trigger a man-made earthquake if their demands are not met. With the help of seismologist Michael Quercus, Judy must race to beat the terrorist deadline and save San Francisco from being brought down in ruins.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
ix, 433 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations, maps, portraits, photographs ; 25 cm
Description
"Matthew J. Davenport's The Longest Minute is the spellbinding true story of the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, and how a great earthquake sparked a devastating and preventable firestorm. At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco, catching most of the city asleep. For approximately one minute, shock waves buckled streets, shattered water mains, collapsed buildings, crushed hundreds of residents to...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"It's the final years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and Br�id and her sister, Ina, try to maintain a stable life in a divided country. Pushed by her mother's fanaticism and a family tragedy, Br�id joins the IRA and makes a devastating choice. Frightened and guilt ridden, she flees, leaving behind Ireland and her family for America. Years later, her guilt and tragic history still buried, Br�id is an overprotective mother raising her sensitive...
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