The author describes how she was held hostage for eighteen years by registered sex offender Phillip Garrido, who sexually abused her and fathered her two children, and how she was finally found by authorities.

In this collection of essays, Didion explores subjects such as John Wayne and Howard Hughes, growing up in California and the nature of good and evil in a Death Valley motel room, along with the essence of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, the heart of the counterculture.

he entire legacy of WDI is covered from day one through future projects with never-before-seen access and insights from people both on the inside and on the outside. So many stories and details were left on the cutting room floor—this book allows an expanded exploration of the magic of Imagineering. So many insider stories are featured. ° Sculptor Blaine Gibson’s wife used to kick him under the table at restaurants for staring at interesting-looking...

Thompson takes the reader inside the most notorious of California's motorcycle gangs and describes their controversial activities.

"A frank, smart and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs. Born on a farm and named in a field by her parents--artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs--Lisa Brennan-Jobs's childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa's father was a mythical figure who was rarely present in her life. As she grew older, her father took an interest in her, ushering her into a new world of mansions, vacations,...

The story of four young men and their quest for a gold medal in rowing in the 1984 Olympics.

"A revelatory, urgent narrative with national implications, exploring the decline of California's largest utility company that led to countless wildfires - including the one that destroyed the town of Paradise - and the human cost of infrastructure failure Pacific Gas & Electric was a legacy company built by innovators and visionaries, establishing California as a desirable home and economic powerhouse. In California Burning, Wall Street Journal reporter...

Taking readers deep inside three unusual police departments in California, Colorado, and Georgia, this book, informed by research and by turns gripping, tragic, and inspirational, follows the chiefs--and their officers and detectives--as they worked to replace aggressive culture with something better.

Matt Gutman can tell you the precise moment when his life was upended. Reporting live on a huge story in January 2020, he found himself in the throes of an on-air panic attack—and not for the first time. The truth is that Gutman had been enduring panic attacks in secret for twenty years: soul-bruising episodes that left his vision constricted, his body damp, his nerves shot. Despite the challenges, he had carved out a formidable career, reporting...