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Hollywood Homes: Postcard Views of Early Stars’ Estates. Mary L. Martin, Tina Skinner & Tammy Ward. This wonderful book takes you on an architectural tour into the lives of more than 100 early demi-gods of the Silver Screen. Then, as now, visitors paid to ride past these homes, hoping above all else to glimpse one of the giants of the screen so that a little bit of star dust might rub off on them. Short biographies of the celebrities illuminate this golden era of entertainment. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 505 images • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-2202-0 • PB • $12.95 / £12.99 / 19.95 CAD More Hollywood Homes. Mike Oldham. Tour the homes of movie stars of the silver screen. More than 360 postcards and photos display the residences of Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Charlie Chaplin, Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Peter Falk, Judy Garland, Elvis Presley, and many more. Facts about the stars and the residenc- es are revealed. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 362 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-2902-9 • PB • $14.95 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Ghosts of Hollywood: The Show Still Goes On. Marla Brooks. Glitz, glamour, and ghosts! Read about the celebrity apparitions who touch visitors at the Hollywood Wax Museum, the phantom bartender at the elegant Yamashiro Restaurant, lively spirits at the Formosa Café who drink right along with the customers, and many more. Curses, murder, and mayhem aplenty, for in Hollywood, the show still goes on. • 6 " x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 47 b/w photos•256pp. •978-0-7643-2883-1•PB•$14.95 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Ghosts of Hollywood II: Talking to Spirits. Marla Brooks. The ghostly residents of Hollywood are not shy. During séances conducted at Hollywood locations spirits come forth, denying accidental deaths, naming murderers, and chit-chatting for fun. Hear what Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Harry Truman, and Jim Morrison, among others, have to say from beyond. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) •71b/wphotos•224pp. •978-0-7643-2997-5•PB•$14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Ghosts of Hollywood III. Marla Brooks. Tour Hollywood’s most haunted studios, hotels, private homes, and grave- yards. Here still more of the rich and famous lived, died, and in some cases refuse to leave. • 6"x9" (152x228mm) •76b/wphotos•224pp. •978-0-7643-3201-2•PB•$14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Fade to Black: GravesideMemories of Hollywood Greats 1927 – 1950. Michael Thomas Barry. Visit burial locations and read shocking life stories and extraordinary film career biographies of award-winning actors, actresses, and directors from 1927–1950. Trivia, quotes, and facts for 446 stars. • 81/2"x11" (215x279 mm) • 100 b/w photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-3709-3 • PB • $24.99 / £23.99 / 36.99 CAD Haunted Monterey Peninsula. Anita Yasuda. Spend time with a ghostly lady in a black dress who occupies a rocking chair at the Robert Louis Stevenson house. Read about a phantom woman in Pebble Beach who frightens drivers when she appears in the middle of the road. Unusual paranormal stories are compiled here, including the ghost of a Chinese fisherman, a Devil’s Ship, a Haunted Lighthouse, and more • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 55 b/w photos•160pp. •978-0-7643-3151-0•PB•$14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Piercing the Veil: Examining San Diego’s Haunted History. Charles L. Spratley. Many people search to find a good—and true—ghost story in San Diego. It might surprise you to find that some tales you thought were true, maybe created frommisconceptions, distortions, and even made up historic events. Premier stories about the famous “most haunted” Whaley House. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 60b/wphotos •160pp. •978-0-7643-4140-3•PB•$16.99 / £16.99 / 24.99 CAD The Final Curtain: Celebrity Deaths. Catherine Olen. Whether you are curious about the unsolved mysteries around Rudolph Valentino, Elvis Presley, John Candy, and Michael Jackson, or the tragic endings of Judy Garland, John Belushi, and Chris Farley, the stars are here to welcome you! So get ready to be up close and personal with the crypts of Hollywood. It’ll leave you dying for more. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 40 b/w images • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643- 3472-6 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Ghosts of Greater Los Angeles. Preston Dennett. Greater Los Angeles is no stranger to ghosts. Take time at Universal Studios to look for Lon Chaney, who haunts Sound Stage 28, or a ghostly little girl in a hurry not to miss her favorite “killer” ride. From Ouija Boards and levitation, to EVP and animal haunts, it just may be that the ghosts in this town are what make it great . . . • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 17 b/w images • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643- 3503-7 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Final Resting Places: Orange County’s Dead and Famous. Michael Thomas Barry. Tour 24 graveyards in Orange County, California. Photos help identify burial locations and 200 life stories include President Richard Nixon, murder victim Nicole Brown Simpson, and John Wayne. Step-by-step directions. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) •57b/wphotos•224pp. •978-0-7643-3421-4•PB•$16.99 / £16.99 / 24.99 CAD Ghosts of Orange County. Victoria Gross. 26 haunted locations, including the ship Queen Mary and Disneyland. Meet the ghost of Le Potager that keeps the lights on when the kitchen garden is closed and a phantom that inhabits an antique mirror in a residence in La Habra. Walk the streets of Fullerton to visit spirit actors at the Fox Theater and dine with ghosts at Rutaborgze Restaurant. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 58 b/wphotos • 192 pp. • 978-0- 7643-3171-8 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Murder and Mayhem: 52 Crimes That Shocked Early California 1849-1949. Michael Thomas Barry. Relive 52 notorious crime stories of early California from 1849–1949. True tales, compiled here for the first time, come to life with dozens of rare historical photographs. Sit back, relax, and explore the darker side of the history of the Golden State. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 87 color & b/w photos • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-3968-4 • PB • $19.99 / £19.99 / 29.99 CAD Ghosts of Alcatraz. Kathryn Vercillo, photography by Adam Vogt. Alcatraz Island, near San Francisco, has a chilling haunted history. Hear Al Capone’s mournful banjo and Robert “Birdman” Stroud’s shriek in the wind. Find Smitty, the amazing escape artist, Rufe McCain, murdered by a monster, and many more stories. Visit with unsettled spirits on Alcatraz, but make sure you catch the last boat home. • 6 x 9 (152 x 228 mm) • 32 b/w photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-2884-8 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Ghost Stories and Legends of Alameda, Berkeley, and Oakland. Karen Zimmerman. Never-before-published stories of Alameda, Berkeley, and Oakland’s haunted locations. Includes homes, a restaurant, a student co-op, and the historic Pardee Home Museum. 25 tales told from paranormal investigators, residents, and psychics. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 63 b/w photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643- 3576-1 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Willamette Valley Oregon. Barbara Tricarico. Stretching from Portland to Eugene in Oregon, the fertile Willamette Valley is known for its Pinot Noir wines, farms, festivals, and charming small towns. Twenty fine-art photographers offer a collection of exquisite images from tulip and dahlia festivals to fields ofsunflowers, waterfalls, and cultural hotspots such as McMinnville. The scenes will remind residents of the richness of this region and inspire visitors to experience the valley first-hand. • 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" (190 x 139 mm) • 116 color images • 112 pp. • 978- 0-7643-6160-9 • HC • $12.99 / £12.99 / 19.99 CAD Haunts of San Jose. David Lee. Whether it’s a haunted house on Stockton Avenue, the ghost begging for a police officer to find his murderer outside the Japanese Tea Garden, or the ghost in overalls and a cowboy hat at Tres Gringos, on Second Street, the haunts of San Jose will make you shiver as you walk the streets! • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 43 b/w photos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-3029-2 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD 1906 Earthquake: San Francisco’s Great Disaster. Sandor Demlinger. An amazing collection of vintage photographs, some never published, lets readers delve into the first earth- quake ever photographed. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 175 images • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643- 2404-8 • PB • $24.95 / £23.99 / 36.95 CAD Ghosts of San Francisco. Kathryn Vercillo. San Fran- cisco is a dynamic city built upon a rich and vibrant his- tory overflowing with ghostly intrigue. Learn about a rum-soaked body who continues to haunt the Atherton Mansion, the eerie piano player at the York Hotel, lights and footsteps of the abandoned Park Presidio military hospital. These and many more spirited tales will haunt you! • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643- 2765-0 • PB • $12.95 / £12.99 / 19.95 CAD Coastal Ghosts of Southern California. Anita Yasuda. Meet inhabitants of the Olivas Adobe in Ventura County where icy hands pull at your clothes; glimpse ghostly lights at Smugglers Beach as they disappear into the waves, seeming to walk along the bottom of the ocean. Dead sailors, sea monsters, and evil apparitions abound here . . . beware! • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) •66b/wphotos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-3150-3 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD CALIFORNIA • OREGON Eastern Oregon. Barbara Tricarico. Eastern Oregon’s ambiguous borders stretch from the Columbia River Gorge in the north to the Neva- da border in the south, straddling Idaho to the east. Home to cattle ranchers, pronghorn, wild horses, and sagebrush, this high desert territo- ry is more of a lifestyle than a region. Over 20 fine-art photographers provide a look at its diverse wildlife, ghost towns, and golden mountains, including the Steens and Blue Mountains, Malheur National Forest, and the spectacular Painted Hills, considered one of the Seven Wonders of Oregon. • 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" (190 x 139mm) • 99 color images • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643-6158-6 • HC • $12.99 / £12.99 / 19.99 CAD Oregon: Scenes | 71