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Los Angeles A - Z:
An Encyclopedia of the City and County, by Leonard and Dale Pitt. People complain that Los Angeles is chaos, a massive tangle of freeways and boulevards, gangs, and movie stars. Leonard and Dale Pitt bring organization to the confusion with an encyclopedia covering the people, places, events, and icons that make up the city and county of Los Angeles. Click here to buy this selection 
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Angels Flight
by Michael Connelly
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Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Booklist Review -- In his compelling Harry Bosch novels, Connelly typically puts the onetime Vietnam tunnel rat turned LAPD detective into one tight spot after another. Here Harry is assigned to investigate a murder that threatens to set the city ablaze. African American attorney Howard Elias, who has become rich and famous suing LAPD for brutality, is murdered on the eve of his biggest case. Thousands of cops are likely suspects, and with the memory of the Rodney King incident fresh, police brass are looking for any kind of spin control they can find. Click here to buy this selection
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The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth (Creating the North American
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by Blake Gumprecht
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Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. In the artificial landscape that is contemporary Los Angeles, Gumprecht observes, perhaps nothing symbolizes the role of human beings in changing the face of the earth more than the exploitation and transformation of the Los Angeles River. Modified beyond recognition, its flow tapped before it even reached the surface, the river was used, abused, and forgotten. In recent years, however, there has been a growing interest in revitalizing its course - part of an expanding worldwide movement to revive urban rivers. The new attention that is being paid to the river highlights the need for a more complete telling of its history. The Los Angeles River offers the first comprehensive account of a river that helped give birth to one of the world's great cities, significantly shaped its development, and promises to play a key role in its future. Click here to buy this selection
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Inner City Blues: A Charlotte Justice Novel
by Paula L. Woods
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Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Amazon Reader Comments -- Want to see another side of the LAPD-read Inner City Blues As a general rule, I don't normally buy into the hype about a " new exciting author" with a different view of my hometown of Los Angeles; invariably they disappoint me because the author does not understand the currents & nuances of the City. However after reading this novel I believe that Ms. Woods has captured the city & its cops as well as its citzens brillantly- I look forward to the return of Det. Charlotte Justice. A reader from California , January 28, 1999 My vote goes to Woods It seems there are a rash of books out right now that revisit L.A.'s recent, volatile racial history. After reading Kellerman and Connelly and now Paula Woods' INNER CITY BLUES, my vote goes to Woods for the most realistic portrayal of the racial nuances of L.A. and the secrets that threaten to destroy the city. And besides the thrills and suspense, this book is sexy, funny, and gave me as a reader a great taste of black life in LA I never knew existed. And I want the recipe for that Electric Lemonade the heroine, LAPD homicide detective Charlotte Justice, drinks--it sounds heavenly! INNER CITY BLUES is a tremendous police procedural that stars a refreshing new character. The story line is loaded with action and insight as the days following the LA riots of 1992 are explored from the unique perspective of a Black female cop. Paula L. Woods clearly does justice to the sub-genre with an excellent tale. Click here to buy this selection
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Los Angeles County Street Guide and Directory 2002: The Thomas Guide
by Thomas Bros. Maps
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Spiral-bound Amazon Customer Comments -- A reader from Boston, MA , March 25, 1999 Super-Duper! Trying to get around Los Angeles without this would just be plain silly. Ask anyone who's ever lived there or tried to get around...everyone knows and uses the Thomas Guide. A reader from Los Angeles,CA , February 16, 1999 This is your brain on the T-guide: info - info - info -info - info . . . This is your brain without the T-guide: {help} A reader from Pittsburgh, PA , January 28, 1999 Don't try to do without it! If you're a hot shot actor moving out from the East Coast in your Subaru in search of fame or fortune or just relocating to soak up more rays, you'll need this handy-dandy guide to get from here to there. Make sure you are buying the most recent edition - updated every year. Current link goes to the 2002 edition. Click here to buy this selection
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Details of Frank Lloyd Wright : The California Work, 1909-1974
by Judith Dunham, Scot Zimmerman (Photographer), Eric Lloyd Wright (Introduction)
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Hardcover - 144 pages Renowned for the innovatively styled facades of the buildings he designed, Frank Lloyd Wright was also famous for creating many of their interior details. This elegant photographic survey offers a comprehensive look at each of the 24 California homes and public buildings designed by Wright over a 60-year period. 175 color photos. Amazon Reader Comments -- Wright's genius in all its amazing detail. As a builder, I'm in awe at what this man did with materials. Why are we not all living in houses that inspire like these do? Have we forgotten that life lived fully is about beauty and adventure? Wright didn't. This is an exceptional book. Click here to buy this selection
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House
by Donald Hoffmann, David Hoffman
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Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Booknews Review - Hoffman draws on primary documents and his own direct observation to recreate the turbulent history behind the house (located in Hollywood, Calif.) and to invite appreciation of its myriad aesthetic and architectural satisfactions. Includes abundant b&w photos and plan sketches. Click here to buy this selection
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Access Los Angeles (9th Ed.)
by Richard Saul Wurman
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Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Book Description The 40 detailed neighborhood maps in this guide will help you immediately locate the hotels, restaurants, shops, and sights of Los Angeles. Click here to buy this selection
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Los Angeles : An Architectural Guide
by David Gebhard, Robert Winter
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Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days. Booknews Review: A touring guide to the architecture of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County, using freeways to separate regions and emphasizing buildings that can be seen from the street. Lots of maps and photographs. Click here to buy this selection
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Los Angeles: A Certain Style
by John Vaughan (Photographer), Pilar Viladas (Contributor), George Christy
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Hardcover - 204 pages (October 1995)
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California Cottages : Interior Design, Architecture & Style
by Diane Dorrans Saeks, Alan Weintraub (Photographer)
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hours. Synopsis California Cottages reveals the finest cottages created by some of the most talented designers and architects, from the civilized seclusion of a home nestled in the Santa Cruz mountains to a Bolinas cottage overlooking the Pacific Ocean to a refined weekend home in Sonoma. 225+ full-color photos. Customer Comments A reader from New York, New York , February 25, 1999 A BOOK TO LOOK AT OVER AND OVER AGAIN! I bought this book on a whim about two years ago and thought it would be like most of the decorating books I own. I would skim through it, read it, then put it away to take up space on my bookshelf. Not so! The book sits on my coffee table in my small, adorable NYC apartment, which I rented after being inspired by the homes in this book. I have read every word in this book at least three times and feel like I know the owners of each of the homes pictured. My favorites surprisingly change from time to time as I spot things I never noticed before. I recommend this book for anyone to whom his home is his cottage. It's wonderful. A reader , November 17, 1996 A beautiful book. What a beauty. If you have any interest in cottages or small houses, whether they are in California or not, you should take a look at this book. The photography of both the interiors and exteriors (mostly the gardens) are spectacular and the accompaning text has stories about the owners and what has been done to the cottages to make them more livable. Great browsing book. Click here to buy this selection
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California Living Rooms
by Diane Dorrans Saeks
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Paperback - 120 pages Reviews Synopsis Living Rooms shows how to make the comfortable elegance of West Coast style a reality in any home, offering tips from professional decorators on everything from selecting a great sofa to choosing the best carpet or area rugs. Includes resource guide to design centers and retail stores. 90 color photos. Saeks, a San Francisco city editor for Metropolitan Home, never interviews one expert when two will do. Quizzing five designers on the shapely and versatile ottoman, she determines the best size (20 to 30 inches wide) and explores the range of prices ($50 for a down-at-the-the-heels, flea-market specimen to $5,000 n the top showrooms). Then she adds nine guidelines for upholstering, trimming, embellishing, or slipcovering to make one's ottoman ever more glamorous. The rooms in the pictures are classic, but also highly imaginative. These are, after all, designers homes, and they know the secrets of fabulous style. As John Dickinson explains it, 'Style is not what you do, but rather how you do it.' This is one of the rare design books that gives the instructions away." Click here to buy this selection
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