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Los Angeles Books
| Los Angeles A to Z: An Encyclopedia of the City and County by Leonard Pitt, Dale Pitt Entries from Abdul-Jabbar to Zuma Beach cover people, places, events, and icons. | |
| Streetwise Los Angleles This excellent, laminated map shows a pedestrian-oriented view of city features and attractions. I have used Streetwise maps for years in cities around the world, and these maps have been the best souvenir and most enduring guide to the places I've visited. If you travel to LA, get this map. Also, check out Streetwise California. | |
| Los Angeles by Tim Street-Porter Shows off the land and scenes of LA in photographs. | |
| Lonely Planet Los Angeles by Andrea Schulte-Peevers A compact and comprehensive guidebook illuminating the "glamour, eternal summer, [and] Left Coast follies" of Los Angeles. | |
| Los Angeles Magazine Covers personalities, politics, economics, culture, commerce, restaurants, theater, television, art, film, books, sports, and entertainment. | |
| The City: Los Angeles and Urban Theory at the End of the Twentieth Century by Allen J. Scott (Preface), Edward W. Soja (Preface) Essays examining LA's urban planning, architecture, geography, and sociology. | |
| Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster by Mike Davis Examines the conflux of the urban, natural, imaginative, and political in LA. See book notes.
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| City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles by Mike Davis Traces LA's history from the 1840's Spanish farms to the 1992 riots. | |
| Afoot and Afield in Los Angeles by Jerry Schad Humans actually walk in LA? Yes--this book shows 192 hikes described in detail with trips organized into specific areas. Illustrated; detailed maps. | |
| Resident Tourist: Los Angeles by Kelly Mayfield, Chuck Mindenhall, Aaron M. Fontana The LA beyond the Tar Pits and Hollywood sign. | |
| Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith Words of the people who experienced the Los Angeles riots of 1992. | |
| Paul Jasmin: Lost Angeles by Paul Jasmin, Bruce Weber, Sofia Coppola Photographs by Paul Jasmin of people in LA. Essays by Bruce Weber and Sofia Coppola. | |
| The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood by David Thomson Covers film, filmmakers, culture, and gossip that make up the history of the town synonymous with movies. |
Los Angeles Movies
| L.A. Story (1991) Starring: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, et al. Director: Mick Jackson (II) | |
| True Blue: The Dramatic History of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Told by the Men Who Lived It by Steve Delsohn | |
| Los Angeles Lakers NBA Champions Starring: Los Angeles Lakers, et al. |
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