Author: Berkeley Public Library
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
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Author: Berkeley Public Library
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Languages : en
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Author: Gloria J. Stockton
Publisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 8

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Author: Kevin Madrigal Galindo
Publisher: Nomadic
ISBN: 9781955239165
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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HELL/A MEXICAN is an appreciation of the tragicomedy that is existing on American soil with foreign roots. These stories shed light on the boundless experience of living and learning through your identity. This collection, much like us, reaches for hope; Sometimes we find it, sometimes we don't. Poetry.

Author: Obi Kaufmann
Publisher: Heyday Books
ISBN: 9781597144025
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 552

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"[A] gorgeously illustrated compendium."--Sunset This lavishly illustrated atlas takes readers off the beaten path and outside normal conceptions of California, revealing its myriad ecologies, topographies, and histories in exquisite maps and trail paintings. Based on decades of exploring the backcountry of the Golden State, artist-adventurer Obi Kaufmann blends science and art to illuminate the multifaceted array of living, connected systems like no book has done before. Kaufmann depicts layer after layer of the natural world, delighting in the grand scale and details alike. The effect is staggeringly beautiful: presented alongside California divvied into its fifty-eight counties, for example, we consider California made up of dancing tectonic plates, of watersheds, of wildflower gardens. Maps are enhanced by spirited illustrations of wildlife, keys that explain natural phenomena, and a clear-sighted but reverential text. Full of character and color, a bit larger than life, The California Field Atlas is the ultimate road trip companion and love letter to a place.

Author: Frances Dinkelspiel
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429959592
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385

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Isaias Hellman, a Jewish immigrant, arrived in California in 1859 with very little money in his pocket and his brother Herman by his side. By the time he died, he had effectively transformed Los Angeles into the modern metropolis we see today. In Frances Dinkelspiel's groundbreaking history, the early days of California are seen through the life of a man who started out as a simple store owner only to become California's premier money-man of the late 19th and early 20th century. Growing up as a young immigrant, Hellman quickly learned the use to which "capital" could be put, founding LA's Farmers and Merchants Bank, that city's first successful bank, and transforming Wells Fargo into one of the West's biggest financial institutions. He invested money with Henry Huntington to build trolley lines, lent Edward Doheney the funds that led him to discover California's huge oil reserves, and assisted Harrison Gary Otis in acquiring full ownership of the Los Angeles Times. Hellman led the building of Los Angeles' first synagogue, the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, helped start the University of Southern California and served as Regent of the University of California. His influence, however, was not limited to Los Angeles. He controlled the California wine industry for almost twenty years and, after San Francisco's devastating 1906 earthquake and fire, calmed the financial markets there in order to help that great city rise from the ashes. With all of these accomplishments, Isaias Hellman almost single-handedly brought California into modernity. Ripe with great historical events that filled the early days of California such as the Gold Rush and the San Francisco earthquake, Towers of Gold brings to life the transformation of California from a frontier society whose economy was driven by the barter of hides and exchange of gold dust into a vibrant state with the strongest economy in the nation.

Author: Patrick Stadille
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781597142601
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 31

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Spiders! Scary? Maybe. Cool? Definitely. Author Pat Stadille used to be terribly afraid of these eight-legged daddies, until he started learning more about them. Now spiders are his best friends! We have a feeling you're going to feel the same way, once you hear about their silky skills, hunting habits, and generally shy and gentle nature. Learn about jumpers, wolf spiders, tarantulas, the "bird turd spider," and, of course, the black widow! Spiders in Your Neighborhood features detailed drawings and photos of the critters you'll find, and sections on types of webs, how and where to discover spiders, spider anatomy, common relatives even a spidey quiz to test your creepy crawly knowledge. So, grab a flashlight and your sleuthing kit and join Pat "Spiderman" Stadille on a journey around your backyard that will leave you spinning with excitement.

Author: Oliver Wendell 1809-1894 Holmes
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781360483849
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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Author: Berkeley Public Library
Publisher:
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Category : Library buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 18

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Author: Cassandra Kvenild
Publisher: Assoc of Cllge & Rsrch Libr
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 249

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Showcases strategies for successfully embedding librarians and library services across higher education. Chapters feature case studies and reports on projects from a wide variety of colleges and universities. --from publisher description.