California Collection - Braille Institute of America

L.A. Follies: A Critical Look at Growth, Politics and Architecture
CBB-0842
by Sam H. Kaplan
Chapters in this volume include: Why L.A. Looks the Way It Does,
Whose City Is It Anyway?, Preserving the Past, and Personal
Prejudices. 1989.
L.A. Is the Capital of Kansas: Painful Lessons in Post-New York Living
CBB-0743
by Richard Meltzer
Meltzer, a refugee from New York City, counts the ways in which he
loathes L.A. However, he stayed, still arguing that L.A., not Kansas
and certainly not New York is America's true cultural center. 1988.
L.A. Justice CBB-0846
by Robert L. Vernon
The great drama began routinely enough. State Highway Patrol and
L.A. police were chasing a suspected drunk driver in the early morning
hours of Sunday, March 3, 1991. After the driver, Rodney King, was
stopped, however, history-making events unfolded. 1993.
L.A. Live: Profiles of a City CBB-0531
by June Rose Gader
This is not a conventional guide book, but a portrait of the Los Angeles
scene as a whole in which the past is woven into the story of the
present for a highly personal portrait of this sprawling, elusive city.
1980.
L.A. Lost and Found: An Architectural History of Los Angeles
CBB-0843
by Sam Hall
Writing with both scholarship and amazement, the author makes
understandable the social and architectural forces which have helped to
shape Los Angeles. 1987.
L.A. Lunch: Downtown Dining CBB-0651
by Randi Markowitz and Charles R. Noble III
Over 100 best luncheon places in downtown Los Angeles are in this
selective restaurant list which evaluates food quality, service and decor,
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