This work is intended as a useful companion for anybody interested in general or basic knowledge about any aspect of the most populous state in the Union.

Lucky Jim is the memoir of writer Jim Hart, the story of how he survived a violent childhood home, created a love that was both so right and so wrong, overcame obsessive dependencies, and finally found the strength to be his true self.

A complete reference book with entries on cities and counties, newspapers, flora and fauna, architecture, climate, politics, ethnic groups, and literature on or about the state of California.

This book is an eloquent account of the native peoples of the Carolina piedmont who became known as the Catawba Nation.