"Adam O'Kee is the half-Cherokee son of a prosperous brothel owner from the gold rush town of Bodie, California. Young and strong-willed, Adam is forced to grow up quickly after the unexpected death of his beloved mother. Left without family, Adam flees the little town to begin his life anew at the tender age of eight. Mathilda Jamison and her family are on their way to California when they are left stranded with their covered wagon on the vast plains...

"Taken to a slave auction with his father in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1836, twelve-year-old John Wilder tensed as he heard a pregnant black teenage girl's pleas not to be separated from her son. While others in the crowd told John that black people were different from them, with different sensibilities, he knew that was not the case. Sensing his son's consternation and being a compassionate man himself, John's father purchased the entire family...

Helen Ballard writes about the life of her mother, Georgiana Ballard of The Kennels and Green Gates, a long-time resident of San Luis Obispo County from 1868 through 1941.

"A ... historical action adventure set in the Ventura and L.A. counties of the 1790's when California was a brutal outpost on Spain's colonial frontier. Based on the De Santa Maria-Cota reconnaissance of 1795 that led to the establishment of Mission San Fernando."--Book description from www.amazon.com

"This Report describes the proposed improvements, budgets, zones of benefit (zones and sub areas) and assessments to be levied on lots, parcels and subdivisions of land within the El Paso de Robles Landscape and Lighting District No. 1 for fiscal year 2022/2023, as the same existed at the time of the passage of the Resolution of Intention. Reference is hereby made to the San Luis Obispo County Assessor's maps for a detailed description of the lines...

"This is a story about Ure, a fat innkeeper worm, and his hotel full of guests on the mud flats."--P. [4] of cover.

"Large ships are responsible for substantial amounts of worldwide emissions of black carbon, nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, sulfur, air toxics, greenhouse gases, and substances that deplete ozone in the upper atmosphere. Shipping emissions have been included in District emission inventories since 1994, and the District has been working to raise awareness of the problem and calling for voluntary and regulatory measures to control these...

Did you ever threaten to run away and join the circus? It’s 1980, and Gail has decided to blow off her full college ride and become a trapeze artist. As she finds herself wandering the dysfunctional circus life, she realizes the safety net of the existence she once knew is unraveling, but the show must go on no matter what. This honest, daring, and sexy story is about mysterious circus culture through the eyes of a young woman with a dream of flying....