The essential guide to Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra: skiing, hiking, camping, fishing, eating, shopping, relaxing by a lake.

Mammoth from the Inside: The Honest Guide to Mammoth & the Eastern Sierra

Sports & Outdoors

Bates, Colleen Dunn

Hiking & Camping

Prospect Park Books

Written by locals for locals, this is the book Santa Monica and her neighbors depend upon. Its 256 color-charged pages celebrate the savvy, the friendly, the smart, the fashionable, the beachy, the fun and the historic in Santa Monica, Venice, the Palisades, the Marina, Malibu, Topanga and Brentwood.

Hometown Santa Monica: The Bay Cities Book

Travel

Reference

At Home Pasadena is the first book to showcase the range and diversity of the San Gabriel Valley’s renowned homes and gardens. With lush color photographs and evocative text, the book celebrates how Pasadenans live at homewhere they cook, eat, sleep, work, play, socialize, garden, grow, learn, collect, retreat, dress, bathe and even save the world.

At Home Pasadena

Arts & Photography

Gillis, Sandy

Ganon, Jill Alison

Photography & Video

A new kind of city book, written by longtime locals who dig deep to reflect the place they find so special. This witty, richly colorful book unlocks the insider secrets of the San Gabriel Valley. With a forewords by KPCC's Larry Mantle and cover art by R. Kenton Nelson, it celebrates the people, places and passions that make Pasadena remarkable.

Hometown Pasadena 2009.2010: The San Gabriel Valley Book

Ganon, Jill

Hometown Santa Barbara is like having a dyed-in-the-wool local - five of them, actually - introducing you to the most interesting people in town, telling you the most fascinating stories, and whispering in your ear where to find the best antiques store, oceanview restaurant, surf spot, art gallery, peaceful hiking trail or convivial coffeehouse. With an intro by Fannie Flagg.

Hometown Santa Barbara: The Central Coast Book

Crabtree, Cheryl

Roshell, Starshine

L.A. is one of the world's great food cities, and here's the proof. "EAT: Los Angeles" is the first book to celebrate everything a food lover needs to know. A team of expert culinary journalists shares the Why, What and Who on more than 1,000 of their favorite places: restaurants, of course, but also caterers, ethnic markets, gourmet-to-go, breakfast cafes, taco trucks, kitchen supply, wine shops, bakeries, burger joints, farmers' markets, food festivals, ramen houses, butchers, coffeehouses, tea parlors, gelaterias, pubs, chocolatiers, pizzerias and much more. The geographic range is as broad as the culinary scope - the book covers all of L.A. County, from Long Beach to La Canada.

EAT Los Angeles: The Food Lover's Guide to Los Angeles

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Burum, Linda

Barrett, Jean T.

Cooking Education & Reference

Pocket of Paradise: The Story of Beach Road, Capistrano Beach

Joe Dunn

United States

This award-winning, regionally best-selling cookbook is flat-out gorgeous. And the food is amazing, too. Author Susan Campoy spent thirty years as one of Los Angeles’ most in-demand caterers, and her Julienne bistro in San Marino hasn’t had an empty seat in two decades. Completed just before Campoy died of breast cancer in 2009, Celebrating with Julienne showcases the most beloved recipes from her career: Crème Brûlée French Toast, Carrot Ginger Soup, Beef Daube, Lemon Coconut Bars, and so much more, including holiday, party, and picnic menus. All royalties go to City of Hope.

Celebrating with Julienne

Campoy, Susan

Beverages & Wine

An all-new edition of the 2009 bestseller that took Los Angeles by storm. Expanded to more than 1,100 listings of the resources that every food lover needs, from restaurants to Korean markets, bakeries to wine shops, artisanal coffeehouses to gastropubs, caterers to cheesemongers, all across Los Angeles County. Plus in-depth profiles of 14 Good Food Neighborhoods. EAT: Los Angeles celebrates the local, the passionate, the mom 'n' pop, the sustainable, the affordable and, most of all, the delicious. Corporate chains are not included. Produced by a team of L.A.'s finest food journalists: editor Colleen Dunn Bates (Westways, L.A. Times, Bon Appetit, many books) and contributing editors Bandini (GreatTacoHunt.com), Linda Burum (Los Angeles Magazine, L.A. Times, A Guide to Ethnic Foods in Los Angeles), Jean T. Barrett (Westways, L.A. Times), Jenn Garbee (L.A. Times, Secret Suppers), Amelia Saltsman (Santa Monica Farmers' Market Cookbook) and Pat Saperstein (EatingLA.com).

Eat 2010 Los Angeles: The Food Lover's Guide to Los Angeles

Linda Burum

Pat Saperstein

When it comes to animals, the fluffy, the handsome, and the strong get all the attention. But children have every reason to love the critters that scuttle, slither, buzz, and sting. Naturalist and author Diane Lang and artist Lauren Gallegos take children on a guided tour of the animals that do so many good things for us, yet don't get enough love. Through lively, witty rhymes and warm, friendly illustrations, Vulture Verses helps children appreciate and befriend even the scariest critters. That's right, even the vampire bat!

Vulture Verses: Love Poems for the Unloved

Children's Books

Lang, Diane

Animals

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