Unreal Estate

Unreal Estate
Author: Michael Gross
Publisher: Broadway
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 076793265X

A history of lucrative real estate in Los Angeles shares the lesser-known contributions of a range of figures from Douglas Fairbanks and Marilyn Monroe to Howard Hughes and Ronald Reagan. By the best-selling author of Rogues' Gallery.

My Urban Wilderness in the Hollywood Hills

My Urban Wilderness in the Hollywood Hills
Author: Richard Gordon Lillard
Publisher: UPA
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1983-07-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1461752566

A rich, fresh, anecdotal, and thoughtful account. Beautifully written, the book tells the story of modern families in technological Los Angeles who live compatibly amid chaparral with the scores of wild species on the hillsides and in the canyon. For students of ecology, conservation, and the environment.

Letters from the Orange Empire

Letters from the Orange Empire
Author: George Harold Powell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1990
Genre: California
ISBN:

Powell was a pomologist who influenced fruit growers to better pack their fruit to prevent spoilage. He worked both in government and in industry. Afterword by his son.

Federal Aviation Agency

Federal Aviation Agency
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1360
Release: 1961
Genre: Executive departments
ISBN:

The Illio

The Illio
Author: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1895
Genre: College yearbooks
ISBN:

The Chicago Food Encyclopedia

The Chicago Food Encyclopedia
Author: Carol Haddix
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 646
Release: 2017-08-16
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 025209977X

The Chicago Food Encyclopedia is a far-ranging portrait of an American culinary paradise. Hundreds of entries deliver all of the visionary restauranteurs, Michelin superstars, beloved haunts, and food companies of today and yesterday. More than 100 sumptuous images include thirty full-color photographs that transport readers to dining rooms and food stands across the city. Throughout, a roster of writers, scholars, and industry experts pays tribute to an expansive--and still expanding--food history that not only helped build Chicago but fed a growing nation. Pizza. Alinea. Wrigley Spearmint. Soul food. Rick Bayless. Hot Dogs. Koreatown. Everest. All served up A-Z, and all part of the ultimate reference on Chicago and its food.