Local poets were hoisted up into the windy towers of the new eastern span of the San Francisco—Oakland Bay Bridge in April 2011 to observe and map its progress and something of its soul. Their words, enhanced by the luminous photographs of Thomas Michael Alleman, are gathered in Everything Indicates, a tribute to the people designing and building the new bridge, and the waters it will span. Set to open in 2013, the eastern span will be the world’s largest self-anchored suspension span bridge; however, beyond this remarkable feat of engineering, the bridge is a literal lifeline for the diverse communities, individuals, and businesses of the San Francisco Bay Area and far beyond. The poems and photographs of Everything Indicates, which takes its title from Walt Whitman's “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,” are themselves a bridge, bringing us closer to the common experience that unites us all.

Everything Indicates: Bay Bridge Poems & Portraits

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Heyday

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 in thick clouds “with a sound like that of a hurricane.” This land of “inexpressible fertility,” as one early explorer described it, supported one of the densest Indian populations in all of North America.
One of the most ground-breaking and highly-acclaimed titles that Heyday has published, The Ohlone Way describes the culture of the Indian people who inhabited Bay Area prior to the arrival of Europeans. Recently included in the San Francisco Chronicle's Top 100 Western Non-Fiction list, The Ohlone Way has been described by critic Pat Holt as a “mini-classic.”

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

Biographies & Memoirs

Malcolm Margolin

Community & Culture

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.

Life in a California Mission: Monterey in 1786

History

de la Pérouse, Jean François

Americas

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

Children's Books

MUIR, John

Biographies

World-class collection of Maidu myths
 A stunning combination of master storytelling and deft translation produced this world-class collection of Maidu myths, with a forward by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gary Snyder.
 Published in conjunction with Rick Heide

Maidu Indian Myths and Stories of Hanc'ibyjim, The

Literature & Fiction

William Shipley

United States

Dozens of traditional games are described through personal accounts, anecdotes, photographs, and drawings.

Grass Games & Moon Races: California Indian Games and Toys

Humor & Entertainment

Jeannine Gendar

Puzzles & Games

At the turn of the century, the Sacramento Delta was home to thousands of Chinese immigrants. By day, laborers engaged in the back-breaking work of building the levees and harvesting crops. After work, many of them returned to the bustling, safe town of Locke. Locke, with its single-family homes, stores, saloons, restaurants, boarding houses, school, five gambling dens, and two brothels was the only village in the United States built and inhabited exclusively by Chinese.
Bitter Melon: Inside America's Last Rural Chinese Town is a collection of moving oral histories and stunning historical photographs (all printed in duotone), offers an unforgettable glimpse into this unique and vibrant community, and in doing so contributes significantly to our understanding of immigrant experience in California.

Bitter Melon: Inside America's Last Rural Chinese Town

Arts & Photography

Jeff Gillenkirk

James Motlow

Photography & Video

Before outsiders arrived, about 100 distinct Indian languages were spoken in California, many of them alive today. Each of these languages represents a unique way of understanding the world and expressing that understanding.
Flutes of Fire examines many different aspects of Indian languages: languages, such as Yana, in which men and women have markedly different ways of speaking; ingenious ways used in each language for counting. Hinton discusses how language can retain evidence of ancient migrations, and addresses what different groups are doing to keep languages alive and pass them down to the younger generations.

Flutes of Fire: Essays on California Indian Languages

Politics & Social Sciences

Hinton, Leanne

Social Sciences

California Indians vividly describe various aspects of traditional and contemporary Indian life, in a clear, easy-to-read style. With eighty photographs, index, map of Native California, and listing of California Indian resources.
Native Ways has been approved by the California Department of Education and is listed in the Instructional Materials Approved for Legal Compliance Catalog.

Native Ways: California Indian Stories and Memories

Yolanda Montijo

More than one hundred baskets from the Elsie Allen collection
 The Pomo Indians of Northern California are widely considered to be among the world's most skilled weavers, and no finer collection of their baskets exists than that created by Elsie Allen and her mother, Annie Burke. Basketweavers themselves, these women broke with the Pomo tradition that had the baskets buried or destroyed after their owners died, in order to preserve a precious legacy.
 This full-color book features more than a hundred baskets from their collection. Represented are twenty-six master weavers, all Pomo, who lived from the turn of the century to the present. The text of Remember Your Relations describes the lives of the various basketweavers, explaining their relationship to one another and the community which nurtured them. A wealth of archival photos collected from museums and families further deepens our understanding of the Pomo Indian community.
 Published in conjunction with the Grace Hudson Museum, City of Ukiah and the Oakland Museum of California

Remember Your Relations: The Elsie Allen Baskets, Family & Friends

Suzanne Abel-Vidor

Dot Brovarney

Susan Billy

History & Criticism

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