Skiing in Southern California, Hardcover - Ingrid P. Wicken

Known for its sunshine and sandy beaches filled with bathing beauties and musclemen, Southern California is a Mediterranean-climate haven for winte...

Reducere. DescriptionThe snow-laden slopes of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains have beckoned Southland skiers since the 1930s. Many once-cherishe...

Reducere. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Lake Tahoe and the Donner Summit region became California's first developed winter sports areas. Plentif...

Reducere. Southern California, with its burgeoning Latino population, marked the spot as the proving ground for world-class boxers from Mexico, Puerto Rico, ...

Reducere. First published in 1993, this groundbreaking book is now fully revised and updated with the latest scientific information. Join a team of geologist...

Reducere. A definitive resource on California's Light and Space and Finish Fetish movements of the 1960s and '70sThis volume explores the art of Light and Sp...

Skiing stories by famous authors from all round the world.Publisher: Unicorn Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Ingrid ChristophersenNumber of pages: 338Pu...

Surfing, unlike many sports, requires no teams, rules, regulations, scores, or stadiums full of spectators. Surfing instead encapsulates personal t...

Reducere. Southern California can be called a sunny place for shady people. Its criminal history is as rich and varied as anywhere. Old West outlaws, serial ...

Reducere. In 1979, punk was over . . . but by 1981, hardcore was born. As teenagers in 1981, David Markey and his best friend Jordan Schwartz founded "We Got...

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Reducere. "A gem of historical scholarship!"--Vicki L. Ruiz, author of From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century AmericaHow do intimate rel...

Publisher: Wilderness PressAuthor(s): David HarrisIllustration(s): Color maps and photos throughoutNumber of pages: 296Collection: 101 HikesPublica...

Reducere. Gunfights and general lawlessness were common in the frontier cities of the American West. Tombstone and Dodge City are legendary. But neither saw ...

Reducere. Incorporated in 1886 by midwestern settlers known as the Indiana Colony, the City of Pasadena has grown into a world-famous tourist destination rec...

For the first time, Anton Wagner's groundbreaking 1935 book that launched the study of Los Angeles as an urban metropolis is available in English.P...

Reducere. Do you know Southern California? SoCal attracts people from all over the world--even little monstersDid you know that? Monsters are masters of camo...

Reducere. Bundle up for a visual adventure of vintage skiing featuring images by one of the most famous ski photographers of that era: Ray Atkeson. With more...

Reducere. Dick Dale & the Del-Tones began holding weekend dances at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa, California, in the summer of 1960. Over the next year ...

Reducere. With its glaciated peaks, temperate rain forests, and ocean wilderness, Olympic National Park has been called three parks in one. Efforts to protec...

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In the American West, water adjudication lawsuits are adversarial, expensive, and lengthy. Unsettled Waters is the first detailed study of water ad...

Reducere. Native Americans long resisted Western medicine--but had less power to resist the threat posed by Western diseases. And so, as the Office of Indian...

Richard Billingsley takes a photographic look at some of the spectacular railways across the Golden State.Illustrations: 180 Illustrations, unspeci...

A new breed of cooking is hitting the mainstream: farm-derived flavors in home-style, straightforward cooking with bright updates. Southern Made Fr...

Reducere. A popular outdoor destination for the 7 million residents of Los Angeles, Palm Springs offers stunning hiking opportunities. With Joshua Tree Natio...

Reducere. In this magisterial account of the Great Depression, MIT economist Charles Kindleberger emphasizes three factors that continue to shape global fina...

Reducere. The Southern California Nature Guide is a handy aid for area residents and visitors alike in identifying the animals and plants you'll find when vi...

Inseparable from the history of the Indians of Southern California is the role of the Indian agent--a government functionary whose chief duty was, ...

This cohesive treatment of cognitive radio and networking technology integrates information and decision theory to provide insight into relationshi...

Chronicles the lives of a group of fishermen from Ghana who took the long and dangerous journey to Southern Italy in search of work in a cutthroat ...

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I'm a kick-butt tracker. The best in the business.Dead or alive, I find them. No one can hide from me, including people's predestined mates. I can ...

Reducere. A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA All serious North American birders eventually end up in Southern California. This is not due to Hollywood, ...

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Reducere. DescriptionIn Ingrid Wolfenden's lovely, lyrical narrative, childhood adventures come alive and enable children to explore, create and imagine the ...

Lonely Planet Italian Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Italian phra...

Reducere. Join Arthur Sylvester, an award-winning UC Santa Barbara geologist, and Elizabeth O'Black Gans, a geologist-illustrator, as they motor through moun...

Surfing, unlike many sports, requires no teams, rules, regulations, scores, or stadiums full of spectators. Surfing instead encapsulates personal t...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the early 1900s, the population of Southern California exploded, and the cities grew at such a rapid pace that builders could hardly ...

Reducere. Enjoy the beautiful curated photographs (in color) of Los Angeles in California, USA The photos captures the quintessential stunning landmarks, sce...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. A history that is equal parts science and mythology, Sacred Sites offers a rare and poetic vision of a world composed of dynamic natural forces and...

Reducere. Nowhere in the world was the sport of biathlon, a combination of cross-country skiing and rifle marksmanship, taken more seriously than in the Sovi...

Reducere. Organized ski racing in America started near Lake Tahoe in the 1860s when gold miners rode 15-foot boards that reached speeds near 100 miles per ho...

A major response to Westminster Seminary in California by Reformed theologians on controversies surrounding the New Perspective of Paul, the Federa...

Reducere. Colorado definitely is known as a ski state, but did you know the sport dates back over 100 years to the days when it was called "snowshoeing." Twe...

In this new book, readers are treated to a huge variety of views illustrating numerous different vehicles from all three pregrouping companies that...

Reducere. Frank Bonney Champion Water Skier Legend and Pioneer Few people have been able to impact a sport to the extent that Frank Bonney has influenced the...

Reducere. Soft Skiing is unique among many how-to-ski-better books-full of practical, easy-to-follow and immediately effective ski coaching ideas, it's also ...