California Memoir

While the journey was long and brutal, Lavinia found time to keep a daily journal of the entire adventure. Later in life, upon the urging of her children and grandchildren, she wrote this book to share her overland journey in great detail with anyone who wanted to learn what it was like for those old pioneers. They risked everything for a new land and a new start, and many died on the way, but for many who made it, the risk was well worth the reward.

Most familiar with the Wild West know Wyatt Earp, Virgil Earp, and Morgan Earp for the famous shootout on the streets of Tombstone, Arizona. But few know the later years of the close-knit Earp family, which revolved around patriarch Nicholas Earp, and their last push at a major monetary coup in Los Angeles.

In this first biography of Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. in more than 30 years, Chuck McFadden explores the unique persona of one of the most idiosyncratic politicians in California history. The son of California political royalty who forged his own political style against the tumultuous backdrop of a huge, balkanized state - and shoved to and fro by complex currents - Jerry Brown pursued visionary impulses as well as his grandiose ambitions.

This rapidly aging bird flew the coop - via TWA! I left my tear-soaked, empty nest in the California dust, and joyously migrated to Paris, France! I took to the air with two bulging K-Mart wide-belly suitcases; one seriously emaciated bank account; an excess of self-confidence; and last, but not least, my little "hotdog" and main squeeze...Sport Dachshund!

Charles Manson è l'uomo che ha annegato in un mare di sangue il sogno del flower power: insieme alla sua "Family" è stato il protagonista di alcuni dei crimini più efferati della storia americana, come il massacro di Cielo Drive, in cui l'attrice Sharon Tate (all'epoca incinta) venne trucidata con più di 160 coltellate, o gli omicidi LaBianca.

This is a work of Tricktion, some truth and a lot of fiction Also, it is some truth and some fiction that has been tricked out to make it a more interesting read. Some of these stories I experienced firsthand, many of them I heard second, third, and even fourth hand, if there is such a thing. All of them have been altered if for no other reason than to preempt any potential lawsuits or even attempted murders if revealing some of them happens to really piss off those that were involved. Most of these stories happened well over twenty years ago, so I have to rely on my far from perfect memory...

Tired of California's glitzy lifestyle, greed, and urban sprawl, Captain Skip Rowland sells everything to drift and blend in the drop dead beauty of the South Pacific. But before casting-off, his yacht is stolen and set ablaze on a desolate Mexican shore. Skip, recently in the USMC, captures the thieves, sailing later in a new yacht with his son and nurse girlfriend. They accidentally sail into an active military coup d'état, are chased by a vagabond freighter, make love on picture-perfect uninhabited islands, and cross the Tasman Sea to Australia in the worst weather in 100 years.

Laurie and her husband Brent got out of California at just the right time. And in Bullhead, she tells the story of how they did, and and why. Laurie is a free thinker, a singer songwriter who values liberty and self-expression. Her journey, often humorous, travels backwards and forwards through time, interspersed with essays on such topics as psychology, sociology, politics, religion, and the importance of critical thinking. Bullhead is a memoir, a self-help book, a love story, and a chronicle of one woman's experience in a pivotal time in our history.

At the ripe old age of thirteen, Larry W. Gamble’s curiosity made a decided right-hand turn from dating lovely teenage girls and enjoying the transitional years of youth, to making terrible decisions creating constant turmoil in his young life. Jumping off the Roof takes the reader on a trip through the teen years as Larry tries in vain to develop character and integrity. Unfortunately, his psychological development is a challenge and always a work-in-progress.

An eight-year-old boy assigned the task of throwing flowers during the Shah’s visit. A teenager in boot camp eager to catch episodes of a popular Japanese TV show. An adult coming to the United States, ready to make his mark in the tech world. These are just some of the personal experiences shaping Hodjat’s intimate narrative of a boy growing up in post-revolutionary Iran. The stories paint a picture of a middle-class Westernized boy experiencing all the common - and uncommon - adventures of childhood and self-discovery.

A boyhood memoir of two summers in Armenian Fresno and it's relation to the rise of the California super state and it's relationship with New York. "49 million Californians can't be wrong." (Randy Stickrod)

The narrative nonfiction, short story journalism, and photo-essays of Elihu Blotnick, between 1968 and 1980, in their full original versions, unseen or unavailable till now. Revisited by the author and newly edited, these 11 pieces tell of credit card crime, New Mexico, drug testing, the San Francisco streets, and of being walked to school by Woody Allen.

Gruesome California is a collection of true-life stories, most of them rescued from old newspaper accounts that were published over 100 years ago. Only a few of the events in this book have ever made it into print, except maybe in musky-old county histories. Even then, many of them are lucky to rate a paragraph. Listen to them now, if you dare!

In this group of stories from the Notorious USA archives, we find three ladies who will do anything, just about anything, for money. This journey has no limit to the amount of twists and turns it will take, and things are not always how they appear. Miki McDermott, June Gravlee, and Olga Thomas all had selfish desires to take what did not belong to them. Enlisting friends and family in their devious plots could be a stroke of genius or just may be their undoing.

Nel 1936, nel pieno della Grande depressione, il San Francisco News commissiona a John Steinbeck una serie di articoli sulla condizione dei braccianti agricoli immigrati in California. Sono americani del Midwest, colpiti dalla crisi e costretti a fuggire dalle tempeste di sabbia della Dust Bowl. Reduce dal grande successo di "Pian della Tortilla", Steinbeck sale su un furgone da panettiere e inizia il suo viaggio fra le vallate della California.

In this extraordinarily intimate portrait of her mother - and herself - Fanny Singer, daughter of food icon and activist Alice Waters, chronicles a unique world of food, wine and travel; a world filled with colourful characters, mouth-watering traditions and sumptuous feasts. Across dozens of vignettes with accompanying recipes, she shares the story of her own culinary coming of age and reveals a side of her legendary mother that has never been seen before.

You're about to discover the incredibly inspirational story of boxing superstar Timothy Bradley. If you're reading this, then you must be a fan of Timothy Bradley, like so many others. As a fan, you must wonder how this man is so talented and want to know more about him. Timothy is considered as one of the greatest boxers of our time, and it's been an honor to be able to watch him fight throughout his career.