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  • ISLANDS, THE UNIVERSE, HOME. by Ehrlich, Gretel.
    Ehrlich, Gretel.
    ISLANDS, THE UNIVERSE, HOME.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third book, a collection of 10 lyrical and very personal essays on living - not just in the West - but in the universe. When her first book was published, Annie Dillard said 'Wyoming has found its Whitman' and like Dillard's own writings, Ehrlich explores the relationship between the human and natural worlds. Illustrated with brush paintings by the author. 196 pp. ISBN: 0-670-821616.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name, price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 27962
    Keywords: chumash indians, japan, wildfires, Women Authors, wyoming
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  • ISLANDS, THE UNIVERSE, HOME. by Ehrlich, Gretel.
    Ehrlich, Gretel.
    ISLANDS, THE UNIVERSE, HOME.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third book, a collection of 10 lyrical and very personal essays on living - not just in the West - but in the universe. When her first book was published, Annie Dillard said 'Wyoming has found its Whitman' and like Dillard's own writings, Ehrlich explores the relationship between the human and natural worlds. Illustrated with brush paintings by the author. 196 pp. ISBN: 0-670-821616.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 52537
    Keywords: chumash indians, japan, wildfires, Women Authors, wyoming
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  • WEATHER WOMAN. by Emmons, Cai.
    Emmons, Cai.
    WEATHER WOMAN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Pasadena, CA: Red Hen Press, (2018). First edition - The author's third novel, a book which poses the question to all women - "what is your secret power and how will you use it?" After 30-year-old Bronwyn Artair drops out of the doctoral program in Atmospheric Sciences at MIT, takes a job as a TV meteorologist, and is dumped by her boyfriend, she discovers that "her deep connection to the natural world has given her an ability to affect natural forces.. . A woman experiencing power for the first time in her life, she must figure out what she can do for the world without hurting it further." Issued as a trade paperback original. 349 pp plus a reading group guide.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 84908
    Keywords: arc, california, siberia, tornado, uncorrected proof, wildfires, Women Authors
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  • NEVER FEAR. by Frost, Scott.
    Frost, Scott.
    NEVER FEAR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel (his first was nominated for the Edgar), set in Southern California and featuring Pasadena homicide detective Alex Delillo. SIGNED by the author on a blank preliminary page. 289 pp. ISBN: 9780399153402.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 64748
    Keywords: cold case, female detective, Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction, pasadena, southern california, wildfires
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  • THE GREAT LOS ANGELES FIRE. by Stewart, Edward.
    Stewart, Edward.
    THE GREAT LOS ANGELES FIRE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A suspenseful story that could all too easily become reality - fourteen wild fires raging through the tinder-dry terrain of the hills surrounding and running through Los Angeles create a flaming hell on earth. 315 pp. ISBN: 0-671-25135x.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (one corner slightly bumped, small stray black mark on top edge of text block.)

    Book ID: 48078
    Keywords: California, fire-fighting, suspense novel, wildfires
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  • SUDDEN RAIN. by Wolff, Maritta (1918 - 2002)
    Wolff, Maritta (1918 - 2002)
    SUDDEN RAIN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - Posthumous publication of the 7th novel by this award-winning author, one where the manuscript was literally hidden in the refrigerator for 30 years. "A brilliant, noirish cultural commentary on upheaval in American marriage and politics, circa 1970. . . Over a four-day weekend, the author brings a half-dozen Southern California families to the boiling point, portraying the trouble she sees brewing in suburbia. And trouble - much of it deadly - is oozing out everywhere, from the cracks and chasms that have appeared between husbands and wives, parents and children, humans and planet, (as wildfires ravage the hills of Malibu). Wolff weaves the era's social upheaval into each foreboding page,…

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    New York: Scribner, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - Posthumous publication of the 7th novel by this award-winning author, one where the manuscript was literally hidden in the refrigerator for 30 years. "A brilliant, noirish cultural commentary on upheaval in American marriage and politics, circa 1970. . . Over a four-day weekend, the author brings a half-dozen Southern California families to the boiling point, portraying the trouble she sees brewing in suburbia. And trouble - much of it deadly - is oozing out everywhere, from the cracks and chasms that have appeared between husbands and wives, parents and children, humans and planet, (as wildfires ravage the hills of Malibu). Wolff weaves the era's social upheaval into each foreboding page, but it's her devastating insight into what people say and do when they're disappointed with each other that makes this book a page-turner." (PW) 429 pp. ISBN: 0-743254821.

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    Condition: Near fine in a very near fine dust jacket. (toning to edges of textblock)

    Book ID: 91935
    Keywords: los angeles, marriage, wildfires, Women Authors
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