Andrew Todhunter
Andrew Todhunter lives in northern California with his wife and two children. A freelance journalist who has written frequently for The Atlantic Monthly, he is the author of Fall of the Phantom Lord and Dangerous Games. Awarded three stars by ... [... more]
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Edible and Poisonous Plants of Northern California
 Meet Your Friends and Enemies of the Plant Kingdom: James Wiltens has carefully chosen 60 or so of plants found in Northern California that can easily be identified by beginning naturalists and botanists as edible or poisonous plants. Each plant covered [... more]
CDN$11.99
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Nicolette Hahn Niman from HarperCollins Publishers
Nicolette Hahn Niman, author of Righteous Porkchop, environmental activist, Northern California cattle rancher who has been published in The New York Times, and former lawyer. [... more]
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Glenn Fitzgerald
It is New Year's Eve when the storm of the century hits northern California. In a quiet neighborhood in San Francisco, amid the chaos of fallen trees and damaged homes, the lives of three strangers are about to collide. For Quinn Thompson, what ... [... more]
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Annie Barrows
Her niece, Annie Barrows, is the author of the children's series Ivy and Bean, as well as The Magic Half. She lives in northern California. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows " I wonder how the ... [... more]
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Tobias Wolff
Tobias Wolff lives in Northern California and teaches at Stanford University. He has received the Rea Award for excellence in the short story, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the PEN/Faulkner Award. The protagonist of Tobias Wolff's ... [... more]
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Daniel Mason
Daniel Mason was born and raised in Northern California. He studied Biology at Harvard, and Medicine at the University of California, in San Francisco. His first novel, The Piano Tuner, published in 2002, was a national bestseller and has since ... [... more]
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Bella Andre
Before plunging wholeheartedly into writing romance, Bella Andre got a BA in Economics at Stanford University, worked as a marketing director, and strutted hundreds of stages as a rock star. Bella now lives in Northern California with her ... [... more]
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Birding Northern California
The most comprehensive guide to birding northern California.: With the passion of a life-long birder and the precision of a former professor of engineering, John Kemper has written an exceptional, new site guide for northern California. Detailed [... more]
CDN$29.95
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Moon Handbooks Northern California
Out of date listings, but good general info: In general I like the Moon Guides. I appreciate them for the practical, honest advice about attractions -- if it's a tourist trap, they'll tell it as it is. -- and the mix of both high- and low-end restaurants [... more]
CDN$24.00
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101 Hikes in Northern California: Exploring Mountains, ...
The best hiking guide...: This is the best hiking guide for Northern California that I've ever used. The great selection of hikes covers more area than most books about the region. I've found a lot of places I never new about. I love the descriptions of [... more]
CDN$17.01
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Northern California Atlas and Gazetteer: Oregona Border ...
Very helpful; has an idiosyncracy: The Northern California DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer is very useful if you're planning to travel on paved back roads or major dirt fire roads. But the scale of the maps, at 1:150,000, is too large to show the detail [... more]
CDN$27.95
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