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	Earthquake Days: 1906 SF OVER 20% OFF. 1906 San Francisco comes to life in this unique collection of over 100 original stereo photographs of the "City-By-The-Bay." These haunting 3-D images were created before, during, and after the earthquake and fire that destroyed 508 city blocks and left 200,000 homeless. Accompanied by period newspapers, maps, and lithographs, they re-create San Francisco's great calamity and indomitable spirit with stunning realism. Stereo viewer included. Hardcover. REGULAR PRICE $44.95 PRICE: $35.50
	Earthquake Exodus, 1906 HALF PRICE SALE. This is a book that tells the story of the ten-week relief effort in the East Bay after the 1906 Earthquake and fire. Earthquake Exodus, 1906, celebrates a largely unknown chapter from the aftermath of the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Containing many breathtaking photos and illustrations never before published or unseen in nearly 100 years, this new visual history is breathtaking. Softcover. REGULAR PRICE $24.95 PRICE: $12.47
	General Vallejo OVER 20% OFF. General Vallejo And The Advent of the Americans by Alan Rosenus. General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was one of California's most distinguished citizens in the mid-nineteenth century. A frontier cosmopolitan and visionary, Vallejo owned vast ranchos in northern California and wielded enormous political power throughout the province. While serving as military governor during Mexican rule, he established an open immigration policy that encouraged and facilitated the American entrada to northern California. This richly textured and thoughtful biography explores the contradictions and passions of this most complex of men, shedding light not only on Vallejo, but on the formation of California as a modern state. Paperback. REGULAR PRICE $18.95. PRICE: $15.00
	Golden Gate Bridge, History & D Current bridge architect Donald MacDonald answers these questions and others in a friendly, informative look at the bridge's engineering and 70-year history. This accessible account is accompanied by 70 of MacDonald's own charming color illustrations, making it easy to understand how the bridge was designed and constructed. A fascinating study for those interested in architecture, design, or anyone with a soft spot for San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge is a fitting tribute to this timeless icon. Hardcover. PRICE: $16.95
	Indian Summer HALF PRICE SALE. With accuracy, zest, and insight, Indian Summer portrays the nearly lost and unspeakably beautiful world of the Choinumne Yokuts and the valley in which they lived. Softcover. REGULAR PRICE $16.00 PRICE: $8.00
	Life Of Mjr WmGouverneur Morris 70% OFF SALE. Morris arrived in California in 1855, and for almost twenty years he played an active role in politics and government in the Golden State. His Civil War service for the Union included posts in Las Angeles, Santa Catalina Island, and the San Francisco Bay area. He owned extensive property inthe Napa Valley, and served as a U. S. Marshal in Visalia. Hardcover. REGULAR PRICE $15.95. PRICE: $4.79
	Only What We Could Carry OVER 20% OFF. Edited by Lawson Fusao Inada. In the wake of wartime panic that followed the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor, more than 100,000 Japanese Americans residing along the West Coast of the United States were uprooted from their homes and their communities and banished to internment camps throughout the country. Through personal documents, art, and propaganda, Only What We Could Carry expresses through words, art, and haunting recollections, the fear, confusion and anger of the camp experience. The only anthology of its kind, Only What We Could Carry is an emotional and intellectual testament to the dignity, spirit and strength of the Japanese American internees. Paperback. REGULAR PRICE 21.95. PRICE: $17.50
	Quizzical Eye 20% OFF. Quizzical Eye is filled with breathtakingly intimate portraits, devastating environmental statements, compositional wonders, and telling moments from six decades of American history the essential works of a man who has dedicated his long life to capturing single moments on film. Quizzical Eye features over 100 black and white duotone photos. About the authors: Elizabeth Partridge (daughter of Rondal Partridge) is the author of Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorthea Lange and This Land Belongs to You and Me: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie. Sally Stein teaches art history and visual studies at the University of California, Irvine, and writes about the history of photography in the United States. Hardcover. REGULAR PRICE $40.00. PRICE: $32.00
	Rancho San Miguel HALF OFF SALE.Rancho San Miguel is essentially the history of the land from the time of the last Mexican Alcalde of Yerba Buena, Jose deJesus Noe, to the present time. Since the Rancho comprised one-sixth of San Francsico, this history covers the neighborhoods known today as Noe Valley, Eureka Valley (the Castro), Fairmount Heights, Upper Market, Twin Peaks, Glen Park, Sunnyside, Clarendon Heights, Laguna Honda, West Portal, St. Francis Wood, Forest Hill, Westwood Park, Ingleside Terraces, Monterey Heights, Miraloma, Diamond Heights, and New Mission Terrace. It is the only written history of a San Francisco rancho. 128 pages. paperback. REGULAR PRICE $18.95 PRICE: $9.47

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