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  • Napa

    The Story of an American Eden

    by James Conaway ...
    The New York Times–bestselling history of the rise of California's wine country and its most famous vintners—from the author of Napa at Last Light.James Conaway's remarkable bestseller delves into the heart of California's lush and verdant Napa Valley, also known as America's Eden. Long the source of succulent grapes and singular wines, this region is also the setting for the remarkable true saga ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Napa at Last Light

    America's Eden in an Age of Calamity

    by James Conaway ...
    The New York Times bestselling author of Napa tells the captivating story of how the Napa Valley region transformed into an extraordinary engine of commerce, glamour, and an outsized version of the American dream—and how it could be lost—in “a strong plea for responsible stewardship of the land” (Kirkus Reviews).Not so long ago, wine was an exclusively European product. Now it is thoroughly ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Vanishing America

    In Pursuit of Our Elusive Landscapes

    by James Conaway ...
    A mixture of travelogue and personal narrative, James Conaway's smart, informative essays offer an insightful depiction of his journeys between Washington, D.C., and Big Sur, California, as he tries to understand what has become of the places, people, and traditions that were once so precious but have now been irreparably changed. Incorporating the voices of cowboys, real estate agents, activists, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Nose

    A Novel

    by James Conaway ...
    In a gorgeous wine valley in northern California, the economic downturn has put a number of dreams on hold. But not so for wine critic Clyde Craven-Jones, a man whose ego nearly surpasses his substantial girth. During a routine tasting in advance of his eponymous publication's new issue, he blindly samples a selection of Cabernets. To his confounded delight, he discovers one bottle worthy of his ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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    Napa at Last Light

    America’s Eden in an Age of Calamity

    by James Conaway ...
    Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 34 min

    Not so long ago, wine was an exclusively European product. Now it is thoroughly American; emblematic of Napa Valley, an area idealized as the epicenter of great wines and foods and a cultural tourist destination. But the romanticized accounts you find about it and its denizens is not what you’ll encounter in James Conaway’s candid book.Napa at Last Light exposes the often shadowy side of the ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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    The Tao Made Easy

    Timeless Wisdom to Navigate a Changing World

    by Alan Cohen ...
    Narrated by Alan Cohen ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 31 min

    May you live during interesting times: so goes an ancient Chinese blessing"or some say curse. That wish has come true for us. Now what? In this radically illuminating book, Alan Cohen delves into one of the world's most venerated wisdom texts for answers and brings the lofty and enigmatic concepts of the Tao Te Ching down to earth in fresh, easy-to-grasp language with practical, personal examples ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

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    Our Man in Tokyo

    An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor

    by Steve Kemper ...
    Narrated by Dan Woren ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 27 min

    A gripping, behind-the-scenes account of the personalities and contending forces in Tokyo during the volatile decade that led to World War II, as seen through the eyes of the American ambassador who attempted to stop the slide to war.In 1932, Japan was in crisis. Naval officers had assassinated the prime minister and conspiracies flourished. The military had a stranglehold on the government. War ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • The House of Mondavi

    The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty

    An epic, scandal-plagued story of the immigrant family that built—and then spectacularly lost—a global wine empireSet in California’s lush Napa Valley and spanning four generations of a talented and visionary family, The House of Mondavi is a tale of genius, sibling rivalry, and betrayal. From 1906, when Italian immigrant Cesare Mondavi passed through Ellis Island, to the Robert Mondavi Corp.’s ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Billionaire's Vinegar

    The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine

    The rivetingly strange story of the world's most expensive bottle of wine, and the even stranger characters whose lives have intersected with it.The New York Times bestseller, updated with a new epilogue, that tells the true story of a 1787 Château Lafite Bordeaux—supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson—that sold for $156,000 at auction and of the eccentrics whose lives intersected with it.Was it ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Carson Springs Trilogy

    Stranger in Paradise, Taste of Honey, and Wish Come True

    by Eileen Goudge ...
    Series series The Carson Springs Trilogy
    Three addictive novels of romance and suspense in a small California town from the New York Times –bestselling author of The Diary and Garden of Lies.In Stranger in Paradise, the first book of Eileen Goudge's bestselling Carson Springs series, an unlikely wedding upends the tranquil California town. It isn't easy to watch your daughter marry ... ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tangled Vines

    Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California

    A look into the history of obsession, greed, and violence in California's wine industry—"From its explosive prologue to the very last sentence, Frances Dinkelspiel has written an utterly riveting true-crime book" ( The Los Angeles Review of Books ).A New York Times BestsellerA San Francisco Chronicle B... ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Lakeland

    Journeys into the Soul of Canada

    by Allan Casey ...
    Lakes define not only Canada's landscape but the national imagination. Blending writing on nature, travel, and science, award-winning journalist Allan Casey systematically explores how the country's history and culture originates at the lakeshore. Lakeland describes a series of interconnected journeys by the author, punctuated by the seasons and the personalities he meets along the way including ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus