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Meet Elliott Almond, the Wave Masternew

While the title of Surfing: Mastering Waves From Basic to Intermediate screams "surf instruction book," its 200 pages are packed with more than tips, as the author explains the sport's history, personalities and lingo.

OC Weekly | Matt Coker | 06-09-2009 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Elliott Almond, Surfing: Mastering Waves From Basic to Intermediate, California, sports, surfing

A Companion Guide/Shameless Propaganda for 'Orange County: A Personal History'new

Orange County lacks two things: footnotes and pictures. Following are some of the missing pieces, along with chapter descriptions to entice ustedes into buying the book.

OC Weekly | Gustavo Arellano | 09-16-2008 | Books

Tags: Immigration, Gustavo Arellano, memoir, Orange County, Orange County: A Personal History

Humberto Caspa Chronicles the Fear and Loathing of Mexicans in Costa Mesanew

If Orange County is the Mexican-hating capital of America, then Costa Mesa is its capitol -- the crucible where anti-immigrant measures get debated, adopted, executed, and then mimicked nationwide.

OC Weekly | Gustavo Arellano | 05-15-2008 | Nonfiction

Tags: Immigration, Minutemen, anti-immigration, Mexicans, Humberto Caspa, Seven Locks Press, Terror in the Latino Barrio: The Rise of the New Right in Local Government, Nonfiction Reviews

That Other Quagmirenew

Sonali Kolhatkar remembers Afghanistan, even if the rest of us don't.

OC Weekly | Gustavo Arellano | 05-22-2007 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence, Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls

Calendario Girlsnew

Angela Villalba tracks the chicas calientes of Mexican calendars.

OC Weekly | Gustavo Arellano | 04-03-2007 | Nonfiction

Tags: Angela Villalba, Mexican Calendar Girls

The Working Lifenew

Gonzalez examines roots of our love affair with Mexican labor.

OC Weekly | Gustavo Arellano | 03-14-2007 | Nonfiction

Tags: Gilbert Gonzalez, Guest Workers or Colonized Labor?

The Author Your Chuch Doesn't Want You to Readnew

Leedom and co-author "Maria Murdy" try to bring unity to people of different religious faiths -- for this they will face the wrath of believers ... again.

OC Weekly | Matt Coker | 03-05-2007 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Book Your Church Does Not Want You to Read II, Tim Leedom