Found 30 product(s) for Books (19-27 of 30)

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	SF Coroner's Office: A History HALF OFF SALE. History 1850-1980. Forensic pathologist pictures history of a coroner's office - forensics, autopies and unnatural deaths. In San Francisco the work of the Coroners who were mostly physicians influenced the city's public health, and later through publications affected public health policy elsewhere. Hardcover. REGULAR PRICE $17.00 PRICE: $8.50
	San Francisco's 1906 Equ PC Bk OVER 20% OFF. Just before dawn on April 18, 1906, San Francisco awoke to terror. A massive earthquake destroyed most of downtown and the South of Market neighborhood, as well as much of the rest of the city. A cataclysmic fore followed. The earthquake trapped thousands in or under imploded tenements; the fire was virtually impossible to quench, since all but one water main had burst. Photojournalists and citizens captured the devastation on film. From the archives of the California Historical Society, the images in this book of postcards are souvenirs from a city in ruins. REGULAR PRICE $9.95 PRICE: $7.50
	The Ca Diaryof Faxon D Atherton 70% OFF. Alta Calfiornia in the 1830's was the scene of political turmoil, civil-religious conflict, mushrooming trade, and foreign penetration. The decade was marked by frequent changes iin Mexican-appointed governors, local uprisings against established authority, and the secularization of the missions. Faxon Dean Atherton, a young man from New England, vividly recorded much of that process of change and innovation in his diary. Hardcover. REGULAR PRICE $12.50 PRICE: $3.76
	The Great Earthquake & Fire HC HALF PRICE SALE. This compelling look at how people and institutions function in great catastrophes demonstrates just how deeply earthquake, fires, hurricanes, floods, wars, droughts, or acts of terrorism can shape us. Hardcover. REGULAR PRICE $27.95. PRICE: $13.97
	The Great Earthquake & Fire PB HALF OFF SALE. (See above) Paperback. REGULAR PRICE $16.95 PRICE: $8.47
	The Way We Lived OVER 20% OFF. This collection of reminiscences, stories, and songs reflects the diversity of the people native to California. The magnitude of that diversity is obvious in any gathering of California Indians, with great differences quickly apparent not only between those from northern and those from southern California, but often between groups of people living only a few miles apart. These stories that tell of a shaman dancing for power, a young boy awaiting initiation, an old man gazing at a pine tree he could no longer climb, or a young girl hearing for the first time the mourning cries of her mother offer a greater understanding of Native American culture and of humanity. Paperback. REGULAR PRICE $14.95. PRICE: $11.50
	Ticket to Exile OVER 20% OFF. A memoir of an African American childhood in the Jim Crow South. At age nineteen, A. D. Miller sat in a jail cell. His crime? He passed a white girl a note that read, "I would like to get to know you better." For this he was accused of attempted rape. Ticket to Exile recounts Miller's coming-of-age in Depression-era Orangeburg, South Carolina. A closet rebel who successfully evades the worst strictures of a racially segregated small town, Miller reconstructs the sights, sounds, and social complexities of the pre-civil rights South. REGULAR PRICE $14.95 PRICE: $11.50
	Under the Dragon HALF PRICE SALE. When Lonny Shavelson and Fred Setterberg were viewing a Saint Patrick's Day parade in San Francisco, they were surprised to see a Chinese lion dance. They were even more surprised when the lion dancer emerged from his costume and turned out to be an African-American teenager. The old paradigm of the melting pot and phrases like "ethnic diversity" can no longer describe the freedom with which more and more Americans are modifying and assimilating cultural elements across ethnic lines. Under the Dragon is a fascinating look at the way individuals are building their own identities from an increasingly diverse pool, whether they are African American Buddhists, Latino Muslims, or a group of Mien students who invented their own cultural dance to celebrate their ethnic "heritage." Pay attention to the stories behind the photographs, they will inspire you to look closer. Paperback. REGULAR PRICE $24.95 PRICE: $12.47
	Union Bank History A California History of 145 years of Union Bank. It is a story full of outside personalities whose charismatic influence left lasting legacies and visiionary leaders whose foresight and imagination helped shape the state and the banking industry.Graphs, historic images, gallery photos of bank presidents and more. Hardcover. PRICE: $20.00

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