books by Angel City Press     books:     Angel City Press      Hollywood Haunted: A Ghostly Tour of Filmland Laurie Jacobson, Marc Wanamaker Angel City Press, 1999 A "Chilling" Experience! Reading Laurie Jacobson's amazing book "Hollywood Haunted" is a very captivating and thrilling experience to make! Gosh, I couldn't believe that there were so many mysterious and ghostly stories and backgrounds to Hollywood and all the people involved! I know that ...             Colcord: Home Bret Parsons Angel City Press, 2008 A Delightful Surprise! Admittedly never having heard of Colcord, I was surprised to learn so much about him by way of this well-packaged book. Filled with photos both old and new, floor plans and renderings, Parsons and Angel City Press have succeeded in filling a gap about mid-twentieth ...             Hollywood Du Jour: Lost Recipes of Legendary Hollywood Haunts Betty Goodwin Angel City Press, 1993 The Foodie was right! I read Jonathan Reynolds' article in the NYTimes Magazine--an interview with a wacky-but-wonderful foodie whose current favorite cookbook is Hollywood du Jour, so I sent for it. It's great. I love the recipes, but the lore of these extinct Hollywood restaurants is ...             Edith Head's Hollywood Edith Head, Paddy Calistro Angel City Press, 2008             Southern California in the '50s: Sun, Fun and Fantasy Charles Phoenix Angel City Press, 2001 Fun, fun, fun... let's have more from Charles Phoenix! This book is, well, fun for anyone with a Los Angeles childhood, like me. However, for anyone who loves kitsch and Californiana, this book is well worth the price. Sun, Fun and Fantasy" takes an indulgent, loving look at a time and place that's largely been torn down ...             Americana the Beautiful: Mid-century Culture in Kodachrome Charles Phoenix Angel City Press, 2006 Colorfully normal Another selection of snaps rescued by Charles Phoenix just before they might have ended up in the local landfill. In the same format as his excellent 'Southern Californialand' (ISBN 1883318424) and so much better than the earlier 'God Bless Americana' book. The two ...             Wilshire Boulevard: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles Kevin Roderick Angel City Press, 2005 Excellent book! A must for anyone interested in LA History! Before I bought it, I did not expect this book to be worth the money. But this is SIMPLY one of the BEST LA history books I've EVER read! I read the 200 pages cover to cover in no time! The authors put tremendous effort in covering the history of all parts of the ...             Don Benito Wilson: From Mountain Man to Mayor Los Angeles 1841 to 1878 Nat B. Read Angel City Press, 2008 Wilson in the Wild West This is a beautifully crafted narrative which describes the struggles associated with California's coming of age through the lens of one of its first mayors. Don Benito lived a colorful life, and the author presents it in a series of vignettes and carefully researched ...             Paradise Promoted: The Booster Campaign That Created Los Angeles, 1870-1930 Tom Zimmerman Angel City Press, 2008             Leo Politi: Capturing the Heart of Los Angeles Rob Wagner, Paul Leo Politi Angel City Press, 2008             California's Spanish Place Names: What They Mean and the History They Reveal Barbara Marinacci, Rudy Marinacci Angel City Press, 2005             Brown Acres: An Intimate History of the Los Angeles Sewers Anna Sklar Angel City Press, 2008 Flush with good stories Brown Acres is a history of the sewer system in Los Angeles. That may not seem interesting at first glance, but following the story is much more adventurous than you might imagine. Nepotism, cronyism and just plain stinginess were responsible for a long series of bad ...             Fabulous Las Vegas in the 50s: Glitz, Glamour & Games Fred E. Basten, Charles Phoenix Angel City Press, 1999 A visual fantasyland I've been to Vegas a dozen times, but the stores are always sold out of this fabulous book. So I was glad to get it here. It's a great, visual tour of old Las Vegas--the place my mom and dad used to go and bring me souvenirs. I like the pictures very much, as well as ...             City of Angels: In and Around Los Angeles Julie Jaskol, Brian Lewis Angel City Press, 2008 City of Angels "City of Angels: In and Around Los Angeles" is a delightful book not only for children but anyone who loves Los Angeles! The illustrations are charming and the text informative and fun.             Real Life on Cannery Row: Real People, Places and Events That Inspired John Steinbeck A. L. Lundy Angel City Press, 2008 Amazing book! Informative and a joy to read. I finally got around to reading John Steinbeck's Cannery Row last year. It's a nice book; but, what is really fascinating is learning that the characters in the book come from real life. See, John Steinbeck lived on or near the real Cannery Row for awhile, and he used ...          products you might be interested in search for books boulevard, california, concourse, kodachrome, legendary, mid-century      geepe.com    web randomly chosen magazines: The Bark