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Book Review: Neptune’s Ark: From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas

October 01, 2007 by David Carroll

Neptune’s Ark: From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas, by David Rains Wallace, UC Press, 2007, 313 pages, $27.50
www.ucpress.edu
The thin continental

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Book Review: California’s Wild Gardens

October 01, 2007 by Novella Carpenter

California’s Wild Gardens: A Guide to Favorite Botanical Sites, edited by Phyllis M. Faber, University of California Press, 2005, 248

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Book Review: Wildflowers of Northern California’s Wine Country and North Coast Ranges

October 01, 2007 by Sue Rosenthal

Wildflowers of Northern California’s Wine Country and North Coast Ranges, by Reny Parker, New Creek Ranch Press, 2007, 282 pages,

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Book Review: Firescaping

October 01, 2007 by Matthew Bettelheim

Firescaping: Creating Fire-Resistant Landscapes, Gardens, and Properties in California’s Diverse Environments, by Douglas Kent, Wilderness Press, 2005, 149 pages, $18.95

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Book Review: Introduction to California Birdlife

October 01, 2007 by Matthew Bettelheim

Introduction to California Birdlife, by Jules Evens and Ian Tait, University of California Press, 2005, 382 pages, $16.95 paperback, $45.00

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Book Review: Lagunitas Creek

October 01, 2007 by Adrienne So

Lagunitas Creek: Hope in Restoration, photographs by Todd Pickering, text by Gregory Andrews, poetry by Albert Flynn DeSilver and Lagunitas

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Book Review: Peninsula Tales and Trails

October 01, 2007 by Kristen Van Dam

Peninsula Tales and Trails, by David Weintraub, Graphics Arts Books, 2004, 384 pages, $19.95

By any standard, Peninsula Tales and

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Book Review: Raptors of California

October 01, 2007 by Jessica Taekman

Raptors of California, by Hans and Pam Peeters, University of California Press, 2005, 305 pages, $17.95

Here in California, we

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Book Review: Birds of Napa County

October 01, 2007 by Jessica Taekman

Birds of Napa County, by Herman Heinzel, Heyday Books, 2006, 132 pages, $12.95
www.heydaybooks.com
The common image of Napa County

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Book Review: Stairway Walks in San Francisco

October 01, 2007 by Kevin Cutler

Stairway Walks in San Francisco, by Adah Bakalinsky, Wilderness Press, 2004, 212 pages, $14.95

“A good walk is an organism

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