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Angel City Press titles
A COMMUNITY OF ANGELS: Los Angeles 2002
by Marnie Tenden / photos by Michele Dugan  1-883318-27-0 / paperbound $24.95  Order
A COMMUNITY OF ANGELS: Los ANGELes (2001)
by Marnie Tenden / photos by Michele Dugan  1-883318-25-4 / paperbound $16.95  Order
AMAZING GRACE IN AMERICA : Our Spiritual National Anthem
by Mary Rourke and Emily Gwathmey  1-883318-30-0 / hardcover $26.95 Order
AMERICANA THE BEAUTIFUL: Mid-Century Culture in Kodachrome®
by Charles Phoenix   1-883318-54-8 / 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 1-883318-35-1 / hardcover $30.00 Order
BEYOND THE ICONIC: Contemporary Photographs of Paris, 1971-2003
by Guy Bennett and Béatrice Mousli 978-1-883318-80-2 / paperbound / $25.00  Order
AMERICAN DISH : 100 Recipes From Ten Delicious Decades
by Merrill Shindler  1-883318-10-6 / hardcover / $21.95  Order
BARKLEY: A Dog's Journey
by Al Martinez   1-883318-60-2 / trade paper / $14.95  Order
BROWN ACRES: An Intimate History of the Los Angeles Sewers
by Anna Sklar 978-1-883318-75-8 / paperbound / $19.95 Order
CALIFORNIA'S SPANISH PLACE NAMES : What They Mean and the History They Reveal
by Barbara and Rudy Marinacci  1-883318-69-6 / trade paper / $16.95  Order
CHASEN'S : Where Hollywood Dined -- Recipes and Memories
by Betty Goodwin  1-883318-23-8 / hardcover / $24.95  (April 2005: back by popular demand!) Order
COASTAL NIGHTS AND INLAND AFTEROOONS : Poems 2001-2006
by Al Young  1-883318-73-4 / trade paper / $14.95  Order
COWBOY LOVE POETRY : Verse From the Heart of the West
edited by Paddy Calistro, Jack Lamb and Jean Penn  1-883318-46-7 / paperbound / $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
DUMMY DAYS : America's Favorite Ventriloquists from Radio and Early TV
By Kelly Asbury 1-883318-28-9 / hardcover / $30.00  Order
FABULOUS LAS VEGAS IN THE '50s : Glitz, Glamour and Games
by Fred E. Basten and Charles Phoenix  1-883318-05-X / hardcover / $26.95 Order
FOR THE PEOPLE : Inside the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office 1850-2000
by Michael Parrish  1-883318-15-7 / hardcover / $40.00  Order
FULL OF LIFE: A Biography of John Fante
by Stephen Cooper   1-883318-58-0 / trade paper / $21.95  Order
GOLF IN HOLLYWOOD : Where the Stars Come Out to Play
by Robert Z. Chew and David Pavoni  1-883318-08-4 / hardcover / $35.00  Order
HAPPILY EVER AFTER : The Wit and Wisdom of Marriage
by Helene and Jim McMullan  1-883318-20-3 / hardcover / $16.95  Order
HOLLYWOOD DISH : Recipes, Tips and Tales of a Hollywood Caterer
by Nick Grippo and Jane C. Russo  1-883318-09-2 / hardcover / 29.95  Order
HOLLYWOOD DU JOUR : Lost Recipes of Legendary Hollywood Haunts
by Betty Goodwin  1-883318-22-X / hardcover / $16.95  Order
HOLLYWOOD HAUNTED : A Ghostly Tour of Filmland
by Laurie Jacobson and Marc Wanamaker  1-883318-12-2 / paperbound / $14.95  Order
HOLLYWOOD POOLSIDE : Classic Images of Legendary Stars
by Frans Evenhuis and Robert Landau  1-883318-19-X / paperbound / $19.95  Order
HOLLYWOOD'S LATIN LOVERS : Latino, Italian and French Men Who Make the Screen Smolder
by Victoria Thomas  1-883318-41-6 / hardcover / $26.00  Order
I, CON: The Autobiography of Paul Conrad
by Paul Conrad 1-883318-72-6 / paperbound / $25.00  Order
ICONIC L.A.: Stories of L.A.'s Most Memorable Buildings [revised and updated]
by Gloria Koenig / foreword by Frank O. Gehry 1-883318-68-8 / paperbound / $19.95  Order
INSIDE RODEO DRIVE : The Stores ... the Stars . . .the Stories
by Scott Huver and Mia Kaczinski Dunn  1-883318-47-5 / paperbound / $14.95  Order
JOY OF LIBERACE : Retro Recipes from America's Kitschiest Kitchen
by Michael Feder and Karan Feder  1-883318-78-8 / hardcover / $24.95  Order
LIGHTS! CAMERA! CELEBRATE! : Hollywood Birthdays, Bashes and Blowouts
by David Marsh  1-883318-26-2 / hardcover / $16.95  Order
MALIBU: California’s Most Famous Seaside Community
by Marian Hall  1-883318-59-9 / paperbound / $25.00  Order
MARRY ME! : Courtships and Proposals of Legendary Couples
by Wendy Goldberg and Betty Goodwin  1-883318-21-1 / hardcover / $18.95  Order
MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL : Forty Legendary Years
by William Minor  1-883318-40-0 / hardcover / $40.00  Order
MY CALIFORNIA : Journeys by Great Writers
edited by Donna Wares  1-883318-43-2 / paperbound / $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 (available Spring 2007)
by Anthony Slide, with Jane Burman Powell and Lori Goldman Berthelsen  1-883318-53-X / hardcover / $50.00  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  1-883318-50-5 / paperbound / $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
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  1-883318-17-3 / paperbound / $14.95  Order
REAL CITY : Downtown Los Angeles Inside/Out
photographs by Marissa Roth, text by D.J. Waldie  1-883318-07-6 / hardcover / $24.95  Order
RÍO L.A. : Tales from the Los Angeles River
by Patt Morrison / photographs by Mark Lamonica  1-883318-24-6 / hardcover / $30.00  Order
SANTA MONICA BEACH : A Collector's Pictorial History
by Ernest Marquez 1-883318-36-X / hardcover / $35.00  Order
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS: Range on the Edge
by Tom Gamache and Matthew Jaffe  1-883318-51-3 / hardcover / $40.00  Order
THE SECRET SEX LIFE OF DOGS AND CATS
by Bernadine Cruz   1-883318-52-1/ hardcover / $16.95  Order
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN THE '50s : Sun, Fun and Fantasy
by Charles Phoenix  1-883318-49-1 / hardcover / $35.00  Order
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIALAND : Mid-Century Culture in Kodachrome
by Charles Phoenix  1-883318-42-4 / hardcover / $35.00  Order
STAR STYLE : Hollywood Legends as Fashion Icons
by Patty Fox  1-883318-03-3 / hardcover / $23.95 Order
STAR STYLE AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS® : A Century of Glamour
by Patty Fox  1-883318-14-9 / hardcover / $30.00  Order
SYMPHONY IN STEEL : Walt Disney Concert Hall Goes Up
photographs by Gary Leonard  1-883318-33-5 / softcover / $16.95 Order
THE VOLKSWAGEN BUG BOOK : A Celebration of Beetle Culture
By Dan Ouellette  1-883318-34-3 / paperbound w/flaps / $19.95 Order
THIS IS AIRTALK: 20 Years of Conversation on 89.3 KPCC
by Larry Mantle / Foreword by Patt Morrison  1-883318-57-2 / trade paper / $16.95  Order
WHERE WE ARE NOW : Notes from Los Angeles
by D.J. Waldie 1-883318-38-6 / paperbound / $16.95  Order
WILSHIRE BOULEVARD: The Grand Concourse of Los Angeles
by Kevin Roderick, research by J. Eric Lynxwiler  1-883318-55-6 / hardcover / $40.00  Order

Los Angeles Times Books titles
Answers for California Gardeners
by Robert Smaus   1-883792-63-0 / trade paper / $17.95  Order
ConArtist
by Paul Conrad   0-961909-55-2 / hardcover / $35.00  Order
Drawing the Line
by Paul Conrad   1-883792-54-1 / hardcover / $24.95  Order
Eternally Yours
by Jack Smith   1-883792-21-5 / trade paper / $14.95  Order
52 Weeks in the California Garden
by Robert Smaus   1-883792-11-8 / trade paper / $16.95  Order
God and Mr. Gomez
by Jack Smith   1-883792-68-1 / trade paper / $16.95  Order
The Great Ones
by Jim Murray   1-883792-56-8 / hardcover / $23.95  Order
The Last of the Best
by Jim Murray   1-883792-50-9 / trade paper / $15.95  Order
L.A. Unconventional
by Cecilia Rasmussen   1-883792-23-1 / hardcover / $29.95  Order
Low-Fat Kitchen: From the Pages of the Los Angeles Times Food Section
by Donna Deane   1-883792-22-3 / trade paper / $18.95  Order
Modern California Cooking
by [Los Angeles Times]   1-883792-59-2 / trade paper / $21.95  Order
Plaschke: Good Sports, Spoilsports, Foul Balls and Oddballs
by Bill Plaschke   1-883792-65-7 / hardcover / $23.95  Order
Reflections: Columns from The Los Angeles Times
by Al Martinez   1-883792-72-X / trade paper / $17.95  Order
The San Fernando Valley: America's Suburb
by Kevin Roderick   1-883792-55-X / trade paper / $24.95  Order
Dear SOS: Thirty Years of Recipe Requests to the Los Angeles Times
by Rose Dosti   1-883792-06-1 / hardcover / $18.95  Order
Dear SOS: Favorite Restaurant Recipes from the Los Angeles Times
by Rose Dosti   1-883792-60-6 / hardcover / $18.95  Order
Sunset Boulevard: Cruising the Heart of Los Angeles
by Amy Dawes  1-883792-62-2 / trade paper / $24.95  Order
Surviving Suburbia: The Best of the Guy Chronicles
by Chris Erskine   1-883792-69-X / trade paper / $17.95  Order
UCLA vs. USC: 75 Years of the Greatest Rivalry in Sports
by Lonnie White   1-883792-27-4 / trade paper / $29.95  Order

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