In the shabby district called Tortilla Flat above Monterey, California lives a gang whose exploits compare to those of King Arthur's knights.
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- Auteur:Steinbeck, JohnSommaire:
- Auteur:Bourelle, Andrew, DiLallo, Max, Patterson, JamesSommaire:
In these true-crime stories in which the bonds of matrimony and love can tear you apart, "Til Murder Do Us Part" features a husband too good to be true, and "Ramp Up to Murder" involves a missing teen.
- Auteur:Ridley, JohnSommaire:
In the near future, superheroes are very real. But so are supervillains. When San Francisco is toasted during a superbeing clash, America has had enough. All metanormals must leave the country--or face extermination at the hands of an...
- Auteur:Faber, FelizSommaire:
How can love between two men possibly be responsible for a horse’s death during the Kentucky Derby? Reporter Will Yeats wants to know the truth. Seventeen years ago, a love affair between a jockey and a horse trainer and a tragic...
- Auteur:Rudolph, PennySommaire:
For Rachel Chavez, every day is a battle with her demons. She only wants to stay sober and keep her recently inherited parking lot in downtown LA financially afloat. It’s nearly a 24/7 job. Then an executive from the nearby water agency...
- Auteur:Pochoda, IvySommaire:
The lives of five very different women are steeped in danger and anguish. They're connected by one man and his deadly obsession, though not all of them know that yet. The careful existence they have built for themselves starts to...
- Auteur:Price, JillSommaire:
Jill Price cannot forget anything. Ask her what she had for breakfast on any given day in 1970, and she'll tell you. She'll even tell you the major news events for that day. In this astonishing memoir, she shares what it's like to...
- Auteur:Kingston, Maxine HongSommaire:
- Auteur:Boyle, T. CoraghessanSommaire:
T. Coraghessan Boyle weaves together the stories of two families in Southern California--one affluent, the other destitute. As Boyle creates a counterpoint of personal needs, civic responsibility, and social custom, each family's quest...
- Auteur:See, LisaSommaire:
2018 Audie Award Finalist The thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been abandoned and adopted by an American couple. Li-yan and her family...
- Auteur:Mallery, SusanSommaire:
"A charming, feel-good story of the ways that devoted friends-and great books!-can change our lives with the summer vibes I'm needing right now! There's a dose of Susan Mallery magic in all her novels; this one just might...
- Auteur:Reiss, KathrynSommaire:
In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, twelve-year-old Clara finds a baby left on the doorstep of her family's boarding house, and sets out to unravel the surrounding mysteries.
- Auteur:Freeman, MarthaSommaire:
Eleven-year-old Dougie, living in California's Calaveras County, teams up with twelve-year-old Varloo, an emissary from a culture living in underground caves, and tries to help her people.
- Auteur:Fadiman, AnneSommaire:
- Auteur:Desai, SaraSommaire:
Opposites attract in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about a free-spirited lawyer who is determined to find the perfect match for the grumpy bachelor at her cousin's wedding. After a devastating break-up, celebrity-obsessed...
- Auteur:Fowler, EarleneSommaire:
Ruby McGavin returns to Cardinal, California, with her brother Nash, hoping the fresh start will help him kick a debilitating drinking habit. And Ruby's not the only one with renewed hope, as saddlemaker Lucas McGavin redoubles his...
- Auteur:Chandler, RaymondSommaire:
- Auteur:Connelly, MichaelSommaire:
Harry Bosch's mentor, J. J. Thompson, is dead, but after his funeral his widow hands Bosch a murder book, the unsolved killing of a troubled young man in an alley used for drug deals.
- Auteur:Davis, Steven L., Minutaglio, BillSommaire:
Based on freshly uncovered primary sources and new firsthand interviews, this book takes readers along for the gonzo ride of a lifetime. Spanning twenty-eight months, President Nixon's careening, global manhunt for Dr. Timothy...
- Auteur:Frost, MarkSommaire:
In 1956, a casual bet between two millionaires eventually pitted two of the greatest golfers of the era--Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan--against top amateurs Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi. Frost recounts this dramatic tale from start to...