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Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!6 years ago
A true story telling the tale of flared tensions between railroad workers and local farmers in early 20th century California. Much worse than it sounds…
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Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!2 years ago
A young Mexican-American woman comes of age in this collection of poems chronicling the effects of addiction and violence, a father’s drug use and a brother’s incarceration.
Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!3 years ago
Tracing literal and metaphorical fault lines through the past and present of an ordinary Californian suburb, these poems excavate the fractured layers of history — from valley girls and strip malls to redwood trees and Japanese internment camps.
Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!4 years ago
When the Rams returned home to Los Angeles in 2016, the city got a landmark back. The mid-twentieth century history of this legendary NFL side is one of glamour, glitz and grit. It is also the story of the first truly modern sports franchise: the first pro-sports team west of the Mississippi River, the first to integrate, the first to reach a million fans and the first with a TV contract. They were for a time, Hollywood’s first team.
Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!5 years ago
She thought she was going back to Vietnam to research her parents' homeland — but her trip took her much further than she'd ever imagined back in California.
Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!5 years ago
Vegas mobsters make a former LA detective an offer he really can't refuse.
Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!5 years ago
Wild characters and Aztec traditions meet Gold Rush baroque in this intriguing fantasy series set in the seemingly familiar 'Republic of Califa'.
Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!5 years ago
Drug crime on the mean streets of San Francisco. Cue lashings of bloodshed and betrayal.
Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!5 years ago
What happens when the sun goes down — where the beach meets the ghetto.
Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!5 years ago
Crazy times. Crazy people. Santa Cruz.
Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!6 years ago
Maupin's much-lauded look at San Francisco life, and the eccentrics who call the city 'home'.
Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!6 years ago
Hollywood crime capers gone wild. Based on a true story.
Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!6 years ago
Sex, lies, murder. And more sex. And lies.
Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!6 years ago
A romantic race to the Pacific along good old Route 66.
Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!6 years ago
Imagine a future Los Angeles where the homeless, gangsters, infant organ entrepreneurs, and Hollywood collide on a stretch of the Harbor Freeway…
Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!6 years ago
A former ecoterrorist tends a millionaire's collection of some of the world's rarest animals. What could possibly go wrong?
Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!6 years ago
What can the rest of America learn from California? How to weather a right-wing takeover: that's what(!)
Bookmateadded a book to the bookshelfWhat A State!6 years ago
Earthquakes triggered by atomic bombs? That's some bad juju right there…
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