Lassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASBrownstein, Ronald
Summary: Documents the kaleidoscopic year during which transformative talents from Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard, and Beverly Hills heavily influenced pop culture, politics, and social movements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.4 BROShanklin, Mary C.
Summary: The story of Mar-A-Largo starts even before heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and investor E.F. Hutton built this ode to Roaring Twenties excess atop a coral reef in south Florida. How did Palm Beach's most famous manse become the chew toy for tabloid headline writers? Shanklin reveals the disputes, politics, and lifestyles of a power couple's dream oasis through its history and to the current...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Diversion Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.9 SHAGaines, Steven S.
Summary: A portrait of the culture of excess that marks Miami's South Beach evokes the behavior of the rich, famous, beautiful, and self-indulgent in the glittering, tawdry, and reckless world of a premier party city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.9381 GAIStein, Jean.
Summary: "An epic, mesmerizing oral history of Hollywood and Los Angeles by the author of the contemporary classic Edie; Jean Stein influenced the art of oral history in her groundbreaking book Edie : American Girl, an indelible portrait of Andy Warhol 'superstar' Edie Sedgwick. Now, in West of Eden, Stein turns her lens toward the city Sedgwick came from--Los Angeles--and a mythic cast of fortune...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979 STELisick, Beth
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReganBooks 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LISICK, BETH LISSarlot, Raymond R.
Summary: Presents a history of the well-known Los Angeles hotel, along with stories and anecdotes of the famous actors and celebrities who have stayed there from its opening in 1929 up to the present day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 647.95794 SARSummary: Collection of photographs combined with commentary by 20 writers. The work documents the rich history of the social movements of the 1960's and 1970's with a focus on the San Francisco Bay Area. Distinguished writers explore the rise of the Black Panthers, the Free-Speech and Anti-war movements, feminism, disability rights, environmental activism, the struggle for gay rights, Cesar Chavez and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkeley Art Center Association 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 327.172 WHORifkind, Donna
Summary: "The little-known story of screenwriter Salka Viertel, whose salons in 1930s and 40s Hollywood created a refuge for a multitude of famous figures who had escaped the horrors of World War ll. Hollywood was created by its "others"; that is, by women, Jews, and immigrants. Salka Viertel was all three and so much more. She was the screenwriter for five of Greta Garbo's movies and also her most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VIERTEL, SALKA RIFBailey, Mark
Summary: From the frontier days of silent film up to the wild auteur period of the 1970s, Mark Bailey has pillaged the vaults of Hollywood history and lore to dig up the true--and often surprising--stories of seventy of our most beloved actors, directors, and screenwriters at their most soused
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979 BAIMaxwell, Alyssa
Summary: "1901: Back from their honeymoon in Italy, Emma and Derrick are adapting to married life as they return to their duties at their jointly owned newspaper, the Newport Messenger. The Elms, coal baron Edward Berwind's newly completed Bellevue Avenue estate, is newsworthy for two reasons: A modern mansion for the new century, it is one of the first homes in America to be wired for electricity with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC MAXSummary: Best-selling author, culinary adventurer and self-proclaimed hedonist, Anthony Bourdain has carved out a distinct place as a gastronomic Indiana Jones. In this series, his journey introduces viewers to people and places far beyond the realm of food as he travels the world sampling local foods and culture. Paris: Take an unusual tour of the city of light and love as Tony ventures from a hardcore...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Communications 2007
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Summary: "A poignant, surreal, and fearlessly honest look at growing up on one of the most secretive weapons installations on earth, by a young woman who came of age with missiles. The China Lake missile range is located in a huge stretch of the Mojave Desert, about the size of the state of Delaware. It was created during the Second World War, and has always been shrouded in secrecy. But people who make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio PiperMerrifield, Andy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Company 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.459 MERTalbot, David
Summary: Traces the story of San Francisco in the latter half of the twentieth century, covering topics ranging from the civil rights movement and pop culture to the 49ers and famous crime cases.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.09794 TALHahn, Emanuel
Summary: "A successful self-published project, now in a new and expanded trade package, Koreatown Dreaming offers readers an intimate look into the lives of shopkeepers and small business owners in Los Angeles Koreatown. A touching homage to Korean immigrants everywhere, this book will resonate with the growing audience of people interested in Korean culture"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.4 HAHHarpaz, Beth J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 HARKuklin, Susan.
Summary: African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic-American children describe their families' cultural traditions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bradbury Press 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.8 KUKMarshall, Jim
Summary: Widely regarded as the cradle of revolution, California’s Haight-Ashbury grew in the sixties from a small neighborhood in San Francisco to a worldwide phenomenon. Legendary photographer Jim Marshall visually chronicled this area as perhaps no one else did. Renowned for his powerful portraits of some of the greatest musicians of the era, in this one-of-a-kind book the full extent of Marshall’s...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Insight Editions 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 780 MARCobb, Daniel M.
Summary: Join the Smithsonian Institution to discover the rich history of native Americans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 NATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD NATWPA Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in Southern California
Summary: Describes a pivotal moment in Los Angeles history, when writers like Raymond Chandler, Nathanael West, and F. Scott Fitzgerald were creating the images and associations--and the mystique--for which the City of Angels is still known. Los Angeles in the 1930s a guide to the contemporary culture, with a brief L.A. history, revisiting the Spanish colonial period, the Mexican period, the brief...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979 FEDMaxwell, Alyssa
Summary: Responding to a frantic call from her cousin, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Emma Cross arrives at the Marble House mansion and learns Consuelo's mother, Alva, is forcing her into marriage with the Duke of Marlborough. Her mother has even called in a fortune teller to assure Consuelo of a happy future. But the future is short-lived for the fortune teller, who is found dead by her crystal ball, strangled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2014
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Summary: Describes what it was like to live as a settler in Colonial America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.2 TRONordskog, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2010