California Trees

California now has more trees than at any time since the late Pleistocene. This green landscape, however, is not the work of nature. It’s the work of history. In the years after the Gold Rush, American settlers remade the California landscape, harnessing nature to their vision of the good life. Horticulturists, boosters, and civic reformers began to "improve" the bare, brown countryside, planting millions of trees to create groves, wooded suburbs, and landscaped cities.

Aside from crowds of hikers, campers, and general tourists, there's a dark side to these three locations in California; the famous Yosemite, Joshua Tree, and Mount Shasta. From strange disappearances, grisly murders, and bone-chilling paranormal hauntings to ghost sightings, these pristine locales have a lot more to offer than just serene hiking trails or camping. In this second installment of National Park Mysteries & Disappearances, Steve Stockton, along with Bill Melder, presents the listener with a side to these locations you've never heard before.

The biggest redwood trees are over 1,000 years old, rising more than 35 stories in what's left of the once-vast, ancient redwood forest. Believed to be impossible to ascend, these majestic giants have remained unexplored until recently, when a tiny group of daring botanists and amateur naturalists discovered a lost, dangerous, and hauntingly beautiful world high above California.

The number one best-selling Magic Tree House series is ready to whisk you away through time with Jack and Annie! Camp Time in California: The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to the Yosemite National Park in 1903. They are surprised to join John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt on the most significant camping trip in conservation history! Sunlight on the Snow Leopard: The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Nepal with a mission to find...a ghost! As frightening as that sounds, the mission is clear: Find the ghost, and save the world.

The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to the Yosemite National Park in 1903. They are surprised to join John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt on the most significant camping trip in conservation history!

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Joshua Tree. Greater than a Tourist - Joshua Tree, California, USA by author Michelle White-Juillet offers the inside scoop on this high desert town in Southern California. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater than a Tourist series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

“…a twisted, fast-paced story of deception and intrigue, which proves both creative and unique.” — BookLife Prize They're Gone, But I'm Still Here Mandy’s life has become a complex labyrinth following the tragic death of her husband and twin daughters. Despondent and depressed, she withers away in a drunken haze on a glorious Maui beach, longing to turn back time, plagued by strange dreams of her family. Even with her in this state, handsome surfer, Chase, cannot stop thinking about the mystery woman he sees lying on the beach every morning, and he befriends her. A relationship is...

Do you love nature? Do you love gorgeous nature photos? Have you ever considered traveling to the Joshua Tree National Park? Then you need to see what all the fuss is about and why attendance numbers at Joshua Tree National Park have been skyrocketing. You need to listen to California Destinations Travel Books: Joshua Tree National Park! This mini travel guide provides money saving travel tips for visiting and jaw-dropping, gorgeous photographs of the wildlife, campgrounds, and scenery at Joshua Tree National Park.

Imagine a place where granite monoliths rise out of the ground in fantastical shapes...where otherworldly Joshua trees grow as dense forests...where secluded palm oases beckon weary desert travelers...where the ruins of old ranches and gold mines stand as monuments to men’s Herculean efforts and shattered dreams...where bare rugged mountains loom over vast sand dunes...where the Milky Way glitters at night like no man-made light show ever could. The place is real: It’s called Joshua Tree National Park. Located in Southern California, Joshua Tree is an increasingly popular destination ...

Imagine a place where you can hike through the continent's largest desert oasis, where you can explore cool evergreen mountain forests, where fossils of a vanished ancient lake cover the ground, where rare bighorn sheep gaze down upon you from precarious cliffs, where centuries of Native American history sit at your feet, where you can lean against a weeping wall of maidenhair ferns or squeeze through narrow canyon passages. The place is real: It's called Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. With the valley and surrounding mountains covering hundreds of square miles, how can you ensure ...