Heyday: 55 books
The Heyday of Malcolm Margolin
The Damn Good Times of a Fiercely Independent Publisher
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
In an age of big box stores and media conglomerates, how can an independent publishing house survive—and even thrive? Kim Bancroft takes us into Heyday, a small press that for forty years has spotlighted California's best stories. Drawing from the words of founder Malcolm Margolin, this compelling...
by Los Angeles Times Editorial Board
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
Even before Donald J. Trump reached his first hundred days in office, the Los Angeles Times's Editorial Board published the first of six consecutive denunciations calling him “Our Dishonest President.” The paper's condemnation of Trump's lies, his authoritarian temperament, his war on journalism,...
by Young
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Winner of Heyday's James D. Houston Award, emerging writer Mariah K. Young brings readers deep into the varied lives of remarkable individuals at the fringes of dominant culture. Set in the lively and unpredictable landscape of East Oakland, Young's subtly crafted stories and unforgettable characters...
The Ohlone Way
Indian Life in the San Francisco–Monterey Bay Area
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1978
Two hundred years ago, herds of elk and antelope dotted the hills of the San Francisco–Monterey Bay area. Grizzly bears lumbered down to the creeks to fish for silver salmon and steelhead trout. From vast marshlands geese, ducks, and other birds rose in thick clouds “with a sound like that of...
Foucault in California
[A True Story—Wherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death]
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
In The Lives of Michel Foucault, David Macey quotes the iconic French philosopher as speaking “nostalgically…of 'an unforgettable evening on LSD, in carefully prepared doses, in the desert night, with delicious music, [and] nice people'”. This came to pass in 1975, when Foucault spent Memorial...
Just Another Nigger
My Life in the Black Panther Party
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Just Another Nigger is Don Cox's revelatory, even incendiary account of his years in the Black Panther Party. He participated in many peaceful Bay Area civil rights protests but hungered for more militant action. His book tells the story of his work as the party's field marshal in charge of gunrunning...
Sierra Birds
A Hiker's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Over 35,000 copies sold! As a naturalist managing the field studies program at the California Academy of Sciences, John Muir Laws noticed that novice birders often distinguish birds by color and size rather than species. This inspired him to create Sierra Birds: A Hiker's Guide, a unique book that...
The Bakersfield Sound
How a Generation of Displaced Okies Revolutionized American Music
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
In California’s Central Valley, two thousand miles away from country music’s hit machine, the hard edge of the Bakersfield Sound transformed American music in the latter half of the twentieth century. It turned displaced Oklahomans like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard into household names, and it...
Gold Rush Stories
49 Tales of Seekers, Scoundrels, Loss, and Luck
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
This volume explores the deeply human stories of the California Gold Rush generation, drawing out all the brutality, tragedy, humor, and prosperity as lived by those who experienced it. In less than ten years, more than 300,000 people made the journey to California, some from as far away as Chile...
Game Changers
Twelve Elections That Transformed California
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
The latest CHS Book Award winner examines California's history through the prism of twelve elections that forever changed the state. Drawing from a wealth of primary sources, including new interviews conducted by the authors, each chapter explores one election (Leland Stanford's gubernatorial race,...
California Fights Back
The Golden State in the Age of Trump
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2018
Veteran journalist Peter Schrag argues that California's role in the era of Donald Trump is twofold: to act as a leader in the resistance to the current administration, and to be held up as an alternative to the course being pursued in Washington. Given the Democratic Party's stronghold on all statewide...
by John Muir Laws
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
The ultimate guide to nature drawing and journaling! A potent combination of art, science, and boundless enthusiasm, the latest art instruction book from John Muir Laws (The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds) is a how-to guide for becoming a better artist and a more attentive naturalist. In straightforward...
The Ohlone Way
Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1978
Two hundred years ago, herds of elk and antelope dotted the hills of the San Francisco-Monterey Bay area. Grizzly bears lumbered down to the creeks to fish for silver salmon and steelhead trout. From vast marshlands geese, ducks, and other birds rose in thick clouds “with a sound like that of a...
How a Mountain Was Made
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
In the tradition of Calvino's Italian Folktales, Greg Sarris, author of the award-winning novel Grand Avenue, turns his attention to his ancestral homeland of Sonoma Mountain in Northern California. In sixteen interconnected original stories, the twin crows Question Woman and Answer Woman take us...