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Author: Alison Rose Jefferson
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 1496229061
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →2020 Miriam Matthews Ethnic History Award from the Los Angeles City Historical Society Alison Rose Jefferson examines how African Americans pioneered America’s “frontier of leisure” by creating communities and business projects in conjunction with their growing population in Southern California during the nation’s Jim Crow era.
Author: Rick Smolan
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780002151627
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Captioned photographs describe everyday life in California.
Author: Don Winslow
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Published: 2012-08-01
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 0307824594
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CARTEL. When Jack Wade is called in to examine a suspicious arson claim, he follows the evidence into the crime infested inferno of the California underworld. Jack Wade was the rising star of the Orange County Sheriffs Department’s arson unit, but a minor scandal cost him everything, except his encyclopedic knowledge of fire. Now working as an insurance claims investigator, Jack is called in to examine a suspicious claim: within hours of a disastrous blaze tearing through a wing of real estate mogul Nicky Vale’s house— causing the horrific death of his young wife—he filed a 3 million-dollar insurance claim. The tracks of the fire tell Jack that something's wrong, and as he follows the evidence the case grows to involve the Russian mob, Vietnamese gangs, real estate scams, counterfeiting and corporate corruption. Things get so hot and deadly that Jack might not make it out alive . . . that is until he decides to fight fire with fire.
Author: Robert Ornduff
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2003-07-24
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780520237049
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →California's remarkably diverse plants range in size from the stately coast redwoods to the minute belly plants of the southern deserts. This is the only concise overview of the state's unique flora, its plant communities, and the environmental factors that shape them. 156 illustrations.
Author: Philip W. Rundel
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2005-04-29
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 0520241991
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Rundel introduces readers to the plant communities of the Southern California coastal areas and foothills, including color photos of 250 species and additional color habitat photos.
Author: Carl G. Thelander
Publisher: Heyday Books
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 594
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Marty Snyderman
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →California Marine Life is an invaluable guide to common marine species and various habitats found along the California coast. It is fully illustrated with brilliant color photographs of the fantastic creatures that live in these waters.
Author: Jean-François de Galaup comte de La Pérouse
Publisher: Heyday
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →On the afternoon of September 14, 1786, two French ships appeared off the coast of Monterey, the first foreign vessels to visit Spain's California colonies. Aboard was a party of eminent scientists, navigators, cartographers, illustrators, and physicians. For the next ten days the commander of this expedition, Jean François de La Pérouse, took detailed notes on the life and character of the area: its abundant wildlife, the labors of soldiers and monks, and the customs of Indians recently drawn into the mission. These observations provide a startling portrait of California two centuries ago.
Author: Sally Senzell Isaacs
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Published: 2001-07-01
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9781588104144
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Describes the daily life of people who settled in the California missions, and why the missions were built.
