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Angel City Press titles
ALINE BARNSDALL'S OLIVE HILL PROJECT
by Jeffrey Herr  978-1-883318-65-9 / trade paper / $19.95  Order
AMAZING GRACE IN AMERICA : Our Spiritual National Anthem
by Mary Rourke and Emily Gwathmey  978-1-883318-30-7 / hardcover $26.95 Order
AMERICAN DISH : 100 Recipes From Ten Delicious Decades
by Merrill Shindler  978-1-883318-10-9 / hardcover / $21.95  Order
AMERICANA THE BEAUTIFUL: Mid-Century Culture in Kodachrome®
by Charles Phoenix   978-1-883318-54-3 / hardcover / $35.00  Order
THE ART OF JAZZ: Monterey Jazz Festival / 50 Years
by Keith and Kent Zimmerman 978-0-9794037-0-5 / hardcover $50.00 Order
BARBIE LOVES L.A. : America's Favorite Doll Sees the Sites
by Greg LaVoi 978-1-883318-87-1 / hardcover $25.00 Order
BEYOND THE ICONIC: Contemporary Photographs of Paris, 1971-2003
by Guy Bennett and Béatrice Mousli 978-1-883318-80-2 / trade paper / $25.00  Order
BARKLEY: A Dog's Journey
by Al Martinez   978-1-883318-60-4 / trade paper / $14.95  Order
BROWN ACRES: An Intimate History of the Los Angeles Sewers
by Anna Sklar 978-1-883318-75-8 / trade paper / $19.95 Order
CALIFORNIA'S SPANISH PLACE NAMES : What They Mean and the History They Reveal
by Barbara and Rudy Marinacci  978-1-883318-69-7 / trade paper / $16.95  Order
CITY OF ANGELS : In and Around Los Angeles
by Julie Jaskol and Brian Lewis; illustrated by Elisa Kleven  978-1-883318-85-7 / hardcover / $19.99  Order
COASTAL NIGHTS AND INLAND AFTEROOONS : Poems 2001-2006
by Al Young  978-1-883318-73-4 / trade paper / $14.95  Order
COLCORD--HOME
by Bret Parsons  978-1-883318-70-3 / hardcover / $40.00  Order
COWBOY LOVE POETRY : Verse From the Heart of the West
edited by Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb and Jean Penn  978-1-883318-46-8 / trade paper / $12.95  Order
DON BENITO WILSON: From Mountain Man to Mayor, Los Angeles 1840 to 1878
by Nat Read 978-1-883318-83-3 / hardcover $25.00 Order
DREAMERS IN DREAM CITY
by Harry Chandler 978-1-883318-84-0 / hardcover $35.00 Order
DUMMY DAYS : America's Favorite Ventriloquists from Radio and Early TV
By Kelly Asbury 978-1-883318-28-4 / hardcover / $30.00  Order
EDITH HEAD'S HOLLYWOOD : 25th Anniversary Edition
by Edith Head and Paddy Calistro  978-1-883318-89-5 / trade paper / $25.00  Order
FABULOUS LAS VEGAS IN THE '50s : Glitz, Glamour and Games
by Fred E. Basten and Charles Phoenix  978-1-883318-05-5 / hardcover / $26.95 Order
FOR THE PEOPLE : Inside the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office 1850-2000
by Michael Parrish  978-1-883318-15-4 / hardcover / $40.00  Order
FULL OF LIFE: A Biography of John Fante
by Stephen Cooper   978-1-883318-58-1 / trade paper / $21.95  Order
GOLF IN HOLLYWOOD : Where the Stars Come Out to Play
by Robert Z. Chew and David Pavoni  978-1-883318-08-6 / hardcover / $35.00  Order
HAPPILY EVER AFTER : The Wit and Wisdom of Marriage
by Helene and Jim McMullan  978-1-883318-20-8 / hardcover / $16.95  Order
HOLLYWOOD DISH : Recipes, Tips and Tales of a Hollywood Caterer
by Nick Grippo and Jane C. Russo  978-1-883318-09-3 / hardcover / 29.95  Order
HOLLYWOOD DU JOUR : Lost Recipes of Legendary Hollywood Haunts
by Betty Goodwin  978-1-883318-22-2 / hardcover / $16.95  Order
HOLLYWOOD HAUNTED : A Ghostly Tour of Filmland
by Laurie Jacobson and Marc Wanamaker  978-1-883318-12-3 / trade paper / $14.95  Order
HOLLYWOOD POOLSIDE : Classic Images of Legendary Stars
by Frans Evenhuis and Robert Landau  978-1-883318-19-2 / trade paper / $19.95  Order
HOLLYWOOD'S LATIN LOVERS : Latino, Italian and French Men Who Make the Screen Smolder
by Victoria Thomas  978-1-883318-41-3 / hardcover / $26.00  Order
ICONIC L.A.: Stories of L.A.'s Most Memorable Buildings [revised and updated]
by Gloria Koenig / foreword by Frank O. Gehry 978-1-883318-68-0 / trade paper / $19.95  Order
I, CON: The Autobiography of Paul Conrad
by Paul Conrad 978-1-883318-72-7 / trade paper / $25.00  Order
INSIDE RODEO DRIVE : The Stores... the Stars . . .the Stories
by Scott Huver and Mia Kaczinski Dunn  978-1-883318-47-5 / trade paper / $14.95  Order
JOY OF LIBERACE : Retro Recipes from America's Kitschiest Kitchen
by Michael Feder and Karan Feder  978-1-883318-71-0 / hardcover / $24.95  Order
LIGHTS! CAMERA! CELEBRATE! : Hollywood Birthdays, Bashes and Blowouts
by David Marsh  978-1-883318-26-0 / hardcover / $16.95  Order
MARRY ME! : Courtships and Proposals of Legendary Couples
by Wendy Goldberg and Betty Goodwin  978-1-883318-21-5 / hardcover / $18.95  Order
MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL : Forty Legendary Years
by William Minor  978-1-883318-40-6 / hardcover / $40.00  Order
MY CALIFORNIA: Journeys by Great Writers
edited by Donna Wares  978-1-883318-43-7 / trade paper / $16.95 Order
all proceeds from this book benefit the California Arts Council
NOW PLAYING: Hand-Painted Poster Art from the 1910s through the 1950s
by Anthony Slide, with Jane Burman Powell and Lori Goldman Berthelsen  978-1-883318-53-6 / hardcover / $50.00  Order
THE 101 BEST BARS IN LOS ANGELES : A Libationary Guide to the City's Finest Saloons, Pubs and Watering Holes... Plus Some Delightful Dives
by Frank Mulvey  978-1-883318-17-8 / trade paper / $14.95  Order
PARADISE PROMOTED: The Booster Campaign That Created Los Angeles 1870-1930
by Tom Zimmerman 978-1-883318-64-2 / hardcover $35.00 Order
PLAY BY PLAY : Los Angeles Sports Photography 1889-1989
by David Davis  978-1-883318-50-5 / trade paper / $24.95  Order
PORT OF LOS ANGELES: An Illustrated History from 1850 to 1945
by Ernest Marquez and Veronique de Turenne; foreword by Geraldine Knatz, Ph.D. 978-1-883318-78-9 / hardcover $40.00 Order
PORTRAITS OF SUCCESS
by Barbara De Witt  978-0-9790601-0-6 / trade paper / $19.95 (benefits Lupus International) Order
REAL CITY : Downtown Los Angeles Inside/Out
photographs by Marissa Roth, text by D.J. Waldie  978-1-883318-07-9 / hardcover / $24.95  Order
REAL LIFE ON CANNERY ROW: People, Places and Events that Inspired Steinbeck
by A.L. “Scrap” Lundy; Foreword by Thomas Steinbeck 978-1-883318-90-1 / trade paper / $19.95 Order
RÍO L.A. : Tales from the Los Angeles River
by Patt Morrison / photographs by Mark Lamonica  978-1-883318-24-6 / hardcover / $30.00  Order
SANTA MONICA BEACH: A Collector's Pictorial History
by Ernest Marquez 978-1-883318-36-9 / hardcover / $35.00  Order
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS: Range on the Edge
by Tom Gamache and Matthew Jaffe  978-1-883318-51-2 / hardcovertrade / $40.00  Order
SANTA MONICA PIER: A Century on the Last Great Pleasure Pier
by James Harris; foreword by Robert Redford  978-1-883318-82-6 / paper with flaps / $19.95  Order
THE SECRET SEX LIFE OF DOGS AND CATS
by Bernadine Cruz   978-1-883318-52-9/ hardcover / $16.95  Order
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN THE '50s : Sun, Fun and Fantasy
by Charles Phoenix  978-1-883318-49-9 / hardcover / $35.00  Order
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIALAND: Mid-Century Culture in Kodachrome
by Charles Phoenix  978-1-883318-42-0 / hardcover / $35.00  Order
STAR STYLE : Hollywood Legends as Fashion Icons
by Patty Fox  978-1-883318-06-2 / trade paper / $18.95 Order
STAR STYLE AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS®: A Century of Glamour
by Patty Fox  978-1-883318-14-7 / hardcover / $30.00  Order
SYMPHONY IN STEEL: Walt Disney Concert Hall Goes Up
photographs by Gary Leonard  978-1-883318-33-8 / softcover / $16.95 Order
THIS IS AIRTALK: 20 Years of Conversation on 89.3 KPCC
by Larry Mantle / Foreword by Patt Morrison  978-1-883318-57-4 / trade paper / $16.95  Order
TWENTYNINE PALMS: A True Story of Murder, Marines, and the Mojave
by Deanne Stillman 978-1-883318-79-6 / trade paper / $19.95 Order
THE VOLKSWAGEN BUG BOOK : A Celebration of Beetle Culture
By Dan Ouellette  978-1-883318-34-5 / trade paper w/flaps / $19.95 Order
WHERE WE ARE NOW : Notes from Los Angeles
by D.J. Waldie 978-1-883318-38-3 / trade paper / $16.95  Order
WILSHIRE BOULEVARD: The Grand Concourse of Los Angeles
by Kevin Roderick, research by J. Eric Lynxwiler  978-1-883318-55-0 / hardcover / $40.00  Order

Los Angeles Times Books titles
Answers for California Gardeners
by Robert Smaus   978-1-883792-63-3 / trade paper / $17.95  Order
ConArtist
by Paul Conrad   978-0-9619095-5-0 / hardcover / $35.00  Order
Curbside L.A.: An Offbeat Guide to the City of Angels from the Pages of the Los Angeles Times
by Cecilia Rasmussen  978-1-883792-13-8 / trade paper / $13.95  Order
Dear SOS: Dessert Recipe Requests to the Los Angeles Times
by Rose Dosti   978-1-883792-15-2 / hardcover / $18.95  Order
Dear SOS: Favorite Restaurant Recipes from the Los Angeles Times
by Rose Dosti   978-1-883792-60-2 / hardcover / $18.95  Order
Dear SOS: Thirty Years of Recipe Requests to the Los Angeles Times
by Rose Dosti   978-1-883792-06-0 / hardcover / $18.95  Order
Drawing the Line
by Paul Conrad   978-1-883792-54-1 / hardcover / $24.95  Order
Eternally Yours
by Jack Smith   978-1-883792-21-3 / trade paper / $14.95  Order
52 Weeks in the California Garden
by Robert Smaus   978-1-883792-11-4 / trade paper / $16.95  Order
God and Mr. Gomez
by Jack Smith   978-1-883792-68-8 / trade paper / $16.95  Order
The Great Ones
by Jim Murray   978-1-883792-56-5 / hardcover / $23.95  Order
The Last of the Best
by Jim Murray   978-1-883792-50-3 / trade paper / $15.95  Order
L.A. Unconventional
by Cecilia Rasmussen   978-1-883792-23-1 / hardcover / $29.95  Order
Low-Fat Kitchen: From the Pages of the Los Angeles Times Food Section
by Donna Deane   978-1-883792-22-0 / trade paper / $18.95  Order
Modern California Cooking
by [Los Angeles Times]   978-1-883792-59-6 / trade paper / $21.95  Order
Plaschke: Good Sports, Spoilsports, Foul Balls and Oddballs
by Bill Plaschke   978-1-883792-65-7 / hardcover / $23.95  Order
Reflections: Columns from The Los Angeles Times
by Al Martinez   978-1-883792-72-5 / trade paper / $17.95  Order
The San Fernando Valley: America's Suburb
by Kevin Roderick   978-1-883792-55-8 / trade paper / $24.95  Order
Sunset Boulevard: Cruising the Heart of Los Angeles
by Amy Dawes  978-1-883792-62-6 / trade paper / $24.95  Order
Surviving Suburbia: The Best of the Guy Chronicles
by Chris Erskine   978-1-883792-69-5 / trade paper / $17.95  Order
UCLA vs. USC: 75 Years of the Greatest Rivalry in Sports
by Lonnie White   978-1-883792-27-5 / trade paper / $29.95  Order

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