Heyday Books

Now in paperback and newly expanded, this gripping memoir is hailed as essential by the likes of Joy Harjo, Leslie Marmon Silko, and ELLE magazine. Bad Indians--part tribal history, part lyric and...

Now in paperback: a gently powerful memoir about deepening your relationship with your homeland. Tribal chairman and celebrated storyteller Greg Sarris--whose novels are esteemed alongside those of...

Now in paperback: a "deeply researched and reported" (San Francisco Chronicle) exploration of sea level rise in California that "breathes exquisite detail and dialogue" (Science Magazine) into the...

A herpetologist introduces budding snake enthusiasts to the weird wonders of California snakes. Fear of snakes is one of the most common phobias in the world, yet step into any local zoo and you'll...

A primer on racism that offers an intersectional, anti-racist, coalition-building view of Asian American identity. What does it mean to be Asian American? How does our racialization in the United...

The story of how nearly 100,000 Americans achieved reparations and an official apology for one of the most shameful episodes in US history. For decades the World War II incarceration of Japanese...

A journey through the world of books, featuring personal reflections on Susan Sontag, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, W. G. Sebald, and Christopher Hitchens--Author: Steve WassermanPublisher: Heyday...

The first book on the birds of California's oaks, from our most lyrical and observant wanderer of the woods. With charm and delight, The Birds in the Oaks introduces us to the birds who burrow,...

Ride across California on the back of the wind, learning about the dramatic impacts seasonal weather and climate change have on our state. Often stereotyped as the land of unflaggingly perfect...

A cycle of stories that take place in Northern California, featuring Southern Pomo and Coast Miwok characters, and that span the nineteenth century to the future.--Author: Greg SarrisPublisher:...

Weaving together diary entries, photographs, clandestine correspondences, and haiku, psychotherapist and activist Satsuki Ina reveals how her parents navigated life, love, loss, and loyalty tests...

Now in paperback, Pulitzer-winning novelist Jane Smiley presents her first nonfiction volume on writing since 2005's best-selling Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel. "Smiley gives educators,...

From San Francisco Chronicle best-selling author-illustrator Obi Kaufmann, a gorgeously illustrated exploration of fire in California. Fire is an essential part of California's ecology. Humans have...

A decade behind bars spurs fifty powerful years of political and legal battles for freedom and human rights. When Dorsey Nunn shuffled, shackled like a slave, into the California State carceral...

Now updated with a new preface: a full-color celebration of coexistence with California's iconic wildlife. Wildness beats in the heart of California's urban areas, and across the state Californians...