This lively and engaging California guide by The Trailmaster John McKinney is now published by Wilderness Press. California’s Desert Parks features more than 100 hikes in California’s deserts, including those in Death Valley, Mojave, Joshua Tree, Palm Springs, Anza-Borrego, and Imperial Valley. Hikes range from easy nature trails and interpretive paths to daylong desert treks. Active hikers and families with small children will all find the perfect trips, along with clear dire (more…)

Scarecrow is to video stores as The Elliott Bay Book Co. is to bookstores: independent, iconoclastic, and obsessed. With more than 60,000 titles in a single outlet, it’s a paradise frequented by serious movie lovers ? including Bernardo Bertolucci, John Woo, and Quentin Tarantino ? and staffed by movie freaks. Loaded with a deep appreciation and understanding of movies, these fanatics have assembled one of the most eclectic movie lists to date. This is a unique list of essenti (more…)

Review

Anyone living in bear habitat should have two copies; one for handy reference and one to loan to neighbors. — Tom Beck, bear biologistAnyone living in bear habitat should have two copies; one for handy reference and one to loan to neighbors. –Tom Beck, bear biologistLinda has put together a book that’s concise, knowledgeable and easy-to-read. Her timing is perfect! — Bryan Peterson, Executive Director of Bear Smart Durango, ColoradoLinda has put together a book that’s c (more…)