The bible-sized guide to Rock Climbing Joshua Tree shows why this is one of the premier climbing spots in the world.

The San Francisco skyline rises above the city of hills, Victorian homes, and an atmosphere of freedom and creativity that is unique in the world.

Rich in photography, this book provides a beautiful profile of this diverse urban and natural environment. San Francisco Bay: Portrait of an Estuary.

The Lost Palms Oasis, one of more than 100 palm oasises scattered across the Mojave Desert, offering a cool reprieve from the searing heat of the desert.

Learn more about the evocative environment of The Mojave.

Mission Santa Barbara, one of 21 missions founded by the Spanish in the 18th and early 19th centuries along the California coast, each about a day's horseback ride apart.

A detailed history of The Missions of California, including extensive photography.

Traditional Native American houses at a ceremonial site on the Hoopa Reservation in Northern California.

Learn more: Indigenous Traditions and Ecology: The Interbeing of Cosmology and Community .

The snow-covered Sierra Nevada, as seen from Eagle View in Sequoia National Park.

Poet Gary Snyder combines verse with beautiful woodcuts in The Sierra Nevada.

Seagulls follow in the wake of a boat crossing San Diego harbor.

Short walks and long hikes around San Diego are described in detail: Afoot & Afield in San Diego County.

Ancient petroglyphs have been chiseled in to the rocks at this site on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada.

Learn more about rock art around the world: The Archeology of rock Art.

A row of Victorian houses climb a hill in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district.

An historical narrative of the short lived Summer of Love. Beneath the Diamond Sky: Haight-Ashbury 1965-1970.