Download or read book Natural History of San Francisco Bay written by Ariel Rubissow Okamoto and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exploration into the San Francisco Bay covers an array of topics including fish and wildlife populations, ocean and climate cycles, endangered and invasive species, and the path from industrialization to environmental restoration.
Download or read book Weather of the San Francisco Bay Region written by Harold Gilliam and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1962 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the many factors which contribute to the unique weather of the San Francisco Bay region.
Download or read book The Bay of San Francisco Vol 1 written by Lewis Publishing Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Bay of San Francisco, Vol. 1: The Metropolis of the Pacific Coast and Its Suburban Cities; A History Presidios - industries - pueblos and population - 1769 - 1848. Military Establishment - San Francisco Presidio - Land Tenure - Agriculture - Live Stock - Manufactures -minerals - Marshall's Gold Discovery - Rush to the Mines - Productive Localities - Primitive Methods Scientific Mining - Silver and Quicksilver - Smuggling in Spanish Times - American Ships - Toleration of Foreign Trade - Methods and Burdens - postal Service - Spanish Exclusion of Foreigners, but the Latter Rush in all the More - The Small Primitive Population. 158 - 177. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Geology of the San Francisco Bay Region written by Doris Sloan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-06-27 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You can't really know the place where you live until you know the shapes and origins of the land around you. To feel truly at home in the Bay Area, read Doris Sloan's intriguing stories of this region's spectacular, quirky landscapes."—Hal Gilliam, author of Weather of the San Francisco Bay Region "This is a fascinating look at some of the world's most complex and engaging geology. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in an understanding of the beautiful landscape and dynamic geology of the Bay Area."—Mel Erskine, geological consultant "This accessible summary of San Francisco Bay Area geology is particularly timely. We are living in an age where we must deal with our impact on our environment and the impact of the environment on us. Earthquake hazards, and to a lesser extent landslide hazards, are well known, but the public also needs to be aware of other important engineering and environmental impacts and geologic resources. This book will allow Bay Area residents to make more intelligent decisions about the geological issues affecting their lives."—John Wakabayashi, geological consultant
Download or read book The Book of Jack London written by Charmian London and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several years after Jack London’s death, his wife Charmian released a 2-volume biography of his life. Volume I starts with the origins of his parents, John and Flora, and covers Jack’s childhood and early life growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area. It also covers his oyster pirating, Klondike trips, and time spent riding the railroads. The book is full of his letters to Cloudesley Johns, Anna Strunsky, and others. The first volume ends with his voyage to Asia to cover the Japanese-Russian War. Volume II starts with his return from Korea after war-reporting and his divorce from his first wife. It covers their trip on the Snark and trips to New York and around Cape Horn. The 'bad year' when his house burns is described in detail, as is a return to Hawaii and the start of World War I. The volume ends with Jack's death in 1916.
Download or read book City by the Bay written by Tricia Brown and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1998-04 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tour guide to the landmarks and interesting sights of San Francisco.
Download or read book Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945 1980 written by Thomas Albright and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived
Download or read book Circling San Francisco Bay written by Ginny Anderson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ginny Anderson is a sure-footed guide, not only to natural treasures in the Bay Area, but to the richness of our inner experience. Circling San Francisco Bay brings the outer and inner worlds together. It is a gift to the community of life and a valuable tool for deeper connection-a book that not only informs but also enchants." -Lauren deBoer, executive editor, EarthLight magazine "Shamanic naturalist Ginny Anderson takes us to seven sacred sites around San Francisco Bay to gain a better understanding of their connections, and ours, in the complex web of life. This is a celebration of our glorious bioregion, and our responsibility to it-and not a moment too soon." -M. Macha NightMare, priestess, ritualist, and author "Anderson shows us how to find these pillars of our paradise, as we come into a deeper and more spiritual bond with Mother Earth. A numinous, sentient work, and a signpost on the path to true joy in life." -Sandy Miranda, KPFA FM host/producer. "In Circling San Francisco Bay, a graceful meditation on reciprocity with the natural world, Ginny Anderson shows us that we need look no farther than our own Bay Area greenbelt for the balm that soothes the nerves and feeds the soul." -Lorraine Anderson, editor, Sisters of the Earth: Women's Prose and Poetry About Nature "Ginny Anderson's tour of Bay Area sacred mountains elicits the fragrance of native herbs, the sparkle of crystal rock outcroppings, and the wisdom of the natives who dwelled in this land we now call home. Circling offers its readers exercises to enhance their sensory awareness of specific sites - and pathways to greater methaphorical insights. At every stop, we read the voices of other Circling participants, telling how the wide vistas and meditations on nature's patterns have opened their souls to new understanding." -Debbie Mytels, Associate Director of Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth, and a participant in Circling the Bay 1991
Download or read book A People s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area written by Rachel Brahinsky and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alternative history and geography of the Bay Area that highlights sites of oppression, resistance, and transformation. A People’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area looks beyond the mythologized image of San Francisco to the places where collective struggle has built the region. Countering romanticized commercial narratives about the Bay Area, geographers Rachel Brahinsky and Alexander Tarr highlight the cultural and economic landscape of indigenous resistance to colonial rule, radical interracial and cross-class organizing against housing discrimination and police violence, young people demanding economically and ecologically sustainable futures, and the often-unrecognized labor of farmworkers and everyday people. The book asks who had—and who has—the power to shape the geography of one of the most watched regions in the world. As Silicon Valley's wealth dramatically transforms the look and feel of every corner of the region, like bankers' wealth did in the past, what do we need to remember about the people and places that have made the Bay Area, with its rich political legacies? With over 100 sites that you can visit and learn from, this book demonstrates critical ways of reading the landscape itself for clues to these histories. A useful companion for travelers, educators, or longtime residents, this guide links multicultural streets and lush hills to suburban cul-de-sacs and wetlands, stretching from the North Bay to the South Bay, from the East Bay to San Francisco. Original maps help guide readers, and thematic tours offer starting points for creating your own routes through the region.
Download or read book The Bay Of San Francisco The Metropolis Of The Pacific Coast And Its Suburban Cities A History written by Lewis Publishing Company and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-24 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Visions of Peace Justice written by Lincoln Cushing and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural Writing. Art. VISIONS OF PEACE & JUSTICE contains over 500 reproductions of political posters from the archives of Inkworks Press. Inkworks is a worker cooperative-union shop-green business in Berkeley, CA started in 1974. During the 30+ years of Inkwork's history, the shop has functioned as a pillar of the progressive community in the Bay Area providing printing services including discounts and donations to social movements, community groups, and non-profits. This unique position has allowed Inkworks to accumulate a comprehensive and fascinating archive of beautiful political posters that have been printed on its presses compiled for the first time ever in this important historical document. Whether it's the American Indian Movement, Latin American Solidarity campaigns, Women's Liberation, community-based struggles against environmentalracism, the current efforts to end the war in Iraq, or a broad range of other post-1960s US social movements, VISIONS OF PEACE & JUSTICE records it all through the timeless powerful art of the poster. This title also features essays by David Bacon, Lincoln Cushing, Angela Davis, Anuradha Mittal, Carol Wells, and more.
Download or read book History of the San Francisco Bay Region Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Bailey Millard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the San Francisco Bay Region, Vol. 1 An important event is one thing, a man's Opinion or interpretation of it is another, and may be quite unimportant. A historical personage, . Having played his part and gracefully withdrawn or lain down and died, . Has left his deeds to speak for themselves. How these deeds may strike the peculiar mentality of the historian who records them is, as a rule, not of paramount interest or value as literature. To be sure, there are exceptions, as in the cases of Plutarch, Macaulay, Gibbon and Carlyle but the annalist himself must be of sufficient mental stature and of such high authority, because of his scholarly attainments, as to make his comm ments or interpretative observations natural and warrantable parts of' the record and, in a sense, inseparable from it. One might well wish to know what Carlyle thought of certain phases of the French Revolution or of its leaders, but one would be likely to yawn over commentaries presented by a less famous or forceful writer. This history which I have written is not, as will be seen by its perusal, an obtrusively opinionated one; and wherever a comment, an expository observation or illustrative explanation happens to be thrown in it is always negligible.' For the most part there is little or no coloring of the matter presented - no heightening, remoulding or suppression of important details to make a case for or against any individual or group of individuals whose names and acts appear or are reported in the text. This rather unusual plan of treatment of the annals of San Fran cisco and its neighboring towns has been adopted by me because I believe that the discerning reader of such a history does not look for nor placidly accept ordinary judgment, much less argument. What he wants. Is facts. And so, though I have not failed altogether in analysis and comparison, I have tried to avoid anything save the most conservative comments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book New American Underground Poetry Vol 1 written by David Lerner and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flagship poetry anthology defining and presenting the underground Babarian genre and social movement in America.
Download or read book History of the San Francisco Bay Region Vol 3 Classic Reprint written by Bailey Millard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-07 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the San Francisco Bay Region, Vol. 3 Their daughter Evelyn married Sylvanus Cobb Farnham, who became president of the Oakland Box 81 Lumber Company, one of the prosperous busine'ss concerns of the city. He was born at the American Legation in Shanghai, China, and was brought by his father at an early age to Vallejo, Solano County, California. His father was one of the founders of the Farnham Boyd Shipbuilders Dock Owners organization. Since their establishment in this state they have prospered greatly and become well and favorably known. During the World war Mrs Farnham was active and prominent in all local Red Cross work, and earned the grati tude of the sufferers and the praise Of her acquaintances. Mr. And Mrs. Farnham have one son, Sylvanus Cobb III, who 15 of the third generation on his mother's side to be born in San Francisco. He is now a student at the Potter's School for Boys. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Historic San Francisco written by Rand Richards and published by Heritage House Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No American city has a more colorful history than San Francisco. In this unique book, author Rand Richards not only provides a vivid narrative of this special city from its very beginnings all the way through to the modern era, but also tells where to find the historic buildings, sites, museums, and artifacts that make that history come alive. Just a few of the things you will find in Historic San Francisco are the locations of, and the fascinating histories behind: A 1623 Spanish cannon that once guarded the entrance to the Golden Gate. A gold nugget discovered by James Marshall at Coloma in January 1848. The last surviving Nob Hill mansion. Relics from the 1906 earthquake and fire including clusters of melted dimes and pennies found in the ruins. Book jacket.
Download or read book Cathay by the Bay written by George Kao and published by Chinese University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published as newspaper columns, the thirty-odd pieces collected in this volume bring to life San Francisco's Chinatown at mid-century.
Download or read book Visions from San Francisco Bay written by Czeslaw Milosz and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1983-07 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interrelated essays by the Nobel Laureate on his adopted home of California, which Lewis Hyde, writing in The Nation, called "remarkable, morally serious and thought-provoking essays, which strive to lay aside the barren categories by which we have understood and judged our state . . . Their subject is the frailty of modern civilization."
