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...throughout California & the West

...or in far-off Patagonia

New and Exciting from Bored Feet:


Mendocino Coast Recreation Map This great new map by longtime Mendo coast resident Rixanne Wehren provides extensive information about the wide range of recreational activities on the Mendocino coast.	Moved by a Mountain Inspiration from an Alpine View in Alaska This gorgeous and moving book features black and white photos of surrounding mountains and glaciers taken from the author’s cabin. Reed’s text describes finding the land and explores the question, “How and why are humans inspired by mountain views?”


Humboldt Rocks: How They Got Here, What They Are, How to Find Them The amazing geology of Humboldt County in clear and informative language. It begins deep in the Gorda Trench, where sulfurous steam vents support giant tube worms, then moves on to describe an earthquake before describing the rocks that underlie all this action.	Conifer Country: A Natural History and Hiking Guide to 35 Conifers of the Klamath Mountain Region This superb book is an innovative natural history and hiking guide that uses conifers as a lens to explore the astounding plant diversity in the Klamath Mountains. Author/publisher Michael Kauffmann introduces readers to the magic of this little known botanical wonderland.


Exploring Eastern Sierra Canyons Sonora Pass to Pine Creek Discover the hidden beauty of the Eastern Sierra's wondrous canyons with Sierra native Sharon Giacomazzi as your guide. She details local history, campgrounds, resorts, where to find the best wildflower blooms, autumn color displays and waterfalls, and more.	Exploring Eastern Sierra Canyons Bishop to Lone Pine This handsome and handy guide covers thirteen dramatic eastside Sierra Canyons. Starting around the spectacular forks of Bishop Canyon, Sharon divulges a wealth of hikes both popular and obscure, then continues south to include hikes near Mount Whitney.


Eastern Sierra Hot Springs The Complete Guide to Eastern Sierra Recreational Hot Springs Concise, fun guide describes the hot springs of the Eastern Sierra. Covers soaks in northeastern California, and nine western Nevada springs.	San Francisco: Intellect and Passion California impressionist painter Ken Auster has created a stunningly fresh and vibrant collection of oil paintings of his favorite city, San Francisco, powerfully conveying the colorful vibrancy of that great city.

“The Greatest Paper Map of the United States You’ll Ever See... Made by one guy in Oregon.” — Slate.com, January 2, 2012
Imus Geographics’ Essential Geography of the USA Enjoy a clear view of the USA with this handsome map, perhaps the best and most representative map ever published of our country. This elegant map is available rolled on heavy duty paper, laminated and rolled as well, or as a folded version.	California Road Trip A Climber's Guide Northern California This hefty road reference for climbers is an ideal guidebook for any climber traveling in Northern California. Coverage ranges from Lone Pine in the southern Sierra to Big Sur in the SW to Lassen National Park in the NE to Redwood National Park in the NW.


An Everyday History of Somewhere A classic Ray Raphael’s classic award-winning people's history of California’s north coast is an evocative blend of oral history and narrative. As the subtitle says “Being the true story of Indians, deer, homesteaders, potatoes, loggers, trees, fishermen, salmon, and other living things in the back woods of Northern California.”	Two Peoples, One Place In this fascinating account of Humboldt history by two acclaimed and accomplished authors, the reader views what happened when Euro-Americans and Native Americans competed for a place they both relished. This book details Humboldt's native peoples and their contact with the newcomers.

At Bored Feet, the fantastic diversity of quality products from small independent presses continues to amaze us. This season finds us with a cornucopia of great new titles. Here's a sampling:

We’re now carrying the excellent Bluewater satellite-image Maps, one of the most exciting new maps lines we’ve ever sold. Bluewater newest line has great maps of Coastal California, and they also produce six great satellite-image maps of other western regions. And don't miss our other map lines:
- Redwood Hikes Press: exquisitely detailed maps of Redwood National and State Parks, Muir Woods, Big Basin, and other great Redwood parks.
- Tom Harrison Maps: famously accurate trail & recreation maps for California, including the Sierra Nevada and southern California.
- Earthwalk Press Maps: recreation maps for select western parks, travel destinations, & wilderness areas.
- Pease Press Maps: Recreation Maps of the greater San Francisco Bay area.
- Imus Geographics Maps: state maps for Alaska & Oregon, plus topographic recreation maps for the Sierra Nevada & Chugach State Park (Alaska)
Walk the Sky, a gorgeous new photo book about the John Muir Trail of California's Sierra Nevada, is available now, and don't miss the other beautiful photo books from Companion Press
Nutcracker Ballet Playing Cards. And don't forget Prospero Art's other playing card sets: Shakespeare Playing Cards: A quote from the Bard on every card! Plus Alice in Wonderland Playing Cards
If you have children, check out Etan Boritzer's What is... series. These books will help children come to terms with the difficult questions of life, love, god, beauty, money, and more, including the brand new What Is True?
A must-have for naturalists or other curious people who visit California's Sierra Nevada mountains: Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada. This guide covers plants, mammals, insects, spiders, and more... even plant galls.
We have two more brand new titles about the Sierra Nevada: The High Sierra of California features stunning woodcuts by Tom Killion plus poems and journal entries by Gary Snyder. Sierra Birds: A Hiker's Guide exhaustively covers—you guessed it— the birds of the Sierra.
The Third Edition of The Hiker's hip pocket Guide to Sonoma County is shipping!
You probably thought you'd never find a fascinating book about pomegranates, but here it is.
We are proud of our Sierra author, Sharon Giacomazzi’s, three books:Exploring Eastern Sierra Canyons; Sonora Pass to Pine Creek, Exploring Eastern Sierra Canyons; Bishop to Lone Pine, and the classic Trails and Tales of Yosemite and the Central Sierra.

In our abundant Outdoor Recreation line, we're proud to distribute Maximus Press, publishers of definitive climbing guides for California rock. Inside you'll find all their information- and image-rich guides, so far we have six covering the Sierra Nevada- the Bishop/Lone Pine area, the Mammoth area, the Big Chief area near Tahoe, the Owens River Gorge area, the forty top High Sierra climbs, and the brand new California Road Trip , which covers the entire north half of this glorious state -plus one for the Santa Monica Mountains , with more to come.

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Who We Are (In Case You Didn't Know)

Bored Feet Press, a small publisher founded in 1986, is proud to celebrate our 24th year of providing great and accurate books and maps. We now publishes twelve highly regarded guidebooks to California and four fine poetry titles. Since 1995 we’ve also been a distributor for carefully selected micro-publishers. Today we bring you the best in quality books and maps produced by more than 65 small publishers.

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