Pacific Natural Everywhere
A celebrated fashion and homewares designer, Kayne has become a leading tastemaker in interior design. Inspired by organic textures, thoughtful simplicity, and nature, Kayne embodies an earthy and effortless aesthetic that can be adapted, practiced, and experienced anywhere and everywhere.
Making Space
The history of women’s involvement in interior design is rich and varied. It is a discipline where women enjoy an equal standing with their male counterparts, yet it is typically framed as a design practice especially suited to women, secondary to the heroic role of architect or furniture designer.
Surf Shacks Vol. 3
Surf Shacks Vol. 3 continues the cult-favorite series with a new lineup of creative surfers and the eclectic spaces they inhabit. From breezy cabins in California and artist-built hideaways in Hawaii to design-forward retreats in Portugal and Panama, the book captures how surf culture extends far beyond the waves.
Trust Your Gut
After being diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease, Jennifer Fisher transformed her life by learning to listen to her body and change how she eats. In Trust Your Gut, she shares her approach to living healthfully, not by following a diet, but by finding balance and discovering a holistic way to feel better through food. Filled with simple, flavorful recipes and easy swaps for any lifestyle, this cookbook proves that nourishing your body should always taste good.
Foundations
In this beautifully crafted yet accessible book, Nate Berkus shares how to layer a home with character and history to make a space that is uniquely yours—on any budget. Whether redecorating a nook, a room, or starting from the ground up, you will learn how Nate decodes the Four Tenets of Good Design. Foundational, they apply to any home and all budgets and apply when choosing paint colors, matching hardware, assessing flooring, or deciding about furniture—and every other decision big and small that goes into putting a home together. The tenets are not a recipe to follow as much as they are ideas to get you started.
Nathan Turner's I Love Decorating
In Nathan Turner's I Love Decorating, Turner offers readers an inside look at his design process, from the seedling of initial ideas to the nuts-and-bolts challenges of building a dream home. With personal anecdotes, stunning photography, and practical advice, Turner shares how he creates homes that feel both stylish and livable.
Tony Duquette's Dawnridge
Designer Tony Duquette’s legendary Dawnridge, located in Beverly Hills, is one of the most creatively designed private homes in America. Built in 1949 by Duquette and his wife, Elizabeth, the original structure was a modest 30-by-30-foot box. Hutton Wilkinson purchased the home following Duquette’s death in 1999, and he has since breathed new life into the estate, broadening the property, adding houses of his own design, and incorporating remarkable objects designed and created by the Duquettes.
California Dream State
“California: Dream State” curates C Magazine’s best over 20 years, spotlighting luxurious homes, hidden gems, and influencers across Canyon, Coast, Valley, City, Garden, Mountain, and Desert. Vivid photos reveal Malibu retreats, Sonoma vineyards, Topanga domes, and desert oases, blending architecture, art, and lifestyle into a portrait of California’s dreamy essence. It’s a love letter to the state’s diverse beauty and innovative spirit.
From Under the Truck
“From Under the Truck” is Josh Brolin’s raw memoir of a feral Central California childhood and the long fallout that followed. He recalls growing up on a chaotic ranch with his reckless mother, brushes with violence, addiction, and jail, and the unlikely path to Hollywood stardom. Moving back and forth in time, Brolin turns fragmented, often brutal memories into a jagged reflection on grief, love, fatherhood, and the uneasy work of becoming whole.
Dirtbag Billionaire
“Dirtbag Billionaire” tells the story of Yvon Chouinard, the unconventional climber who built Patagonia, made a fortune, and then gave it away. David Gelles shows how Chouinard’s anti‑authoritarian streak and love of wild places pushed Patagonia to prioritize workers, the environment, and activism over endless growth. The book examines whether Patagonia’s experiment—donating most profits to climate causes and rejecting traditional ownership—offers a real model for more responsible business.
Unplugged
“Unplugged” follows Tom Freston from wandering traveler to architect of MTV’s global youth culture revolution. He recounts hitchhiking and hustling abroad, launching a clothing business from South Asia, then helping build MTV before running a vast constellation of TV networks and finally Viacom. Candid and fast‑paced, the memoir blends music, media, and adventure to argue that embracing detours, risk, and cross‑cultural connection can be its own unconventional route to lasting success.
Pub Theory
“Pub Theory” is Jeff Shelton’s compact manifesto for reviving neighborhoods by restoring the humble pub—or any intimate, walkable gathering place—to the heart of urban design. With playful drawings and plainspoken commentary, he shows how car‑first planning isolated homes from everyday needs and from one another. His solution is to seed small pubs and third places through suburban fabric, turning streets into social rooms and shifting communities from drive‑through zones into walkable, lived‑in environments.
Women
“Women” collects more than 250 Annie Leibovitz portraits into a powerful, slipcased two-volume celebration of female lives. From celebrities and CEOs to athletes, activists, and anonymous workers, the images chart an evolving landscape of womanhood, looking at how women inhabit authority, intimacy, and vulnerability. Essays by Susan Sontag, Gloria Steinem, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie frame the photographs as an ongoing conversation about how women are seen—and how they see themselves—in the 21st century.
The Book of Santa Barbara
Macduff Everton’s expanded “The Book of Santa Barbara” uses panoramic photos to showcase the city’s beaches, hills, missions, gardens, and people—from pioneers to protesters. With Mary Heebner’s captions, Pico Iyer’s foreword, and Nick Welsh’s afterword on recent upheavals, this 376-page second edition balances paradise with real life, blending archival shots and new images to affirm the town’s enduring allure, quirks, and community amid change.
Trusting the Dawn
After surviving the 2018 Montecito mudslide, Mary Firestone interviewed trauma survivors and now shares her own harrowing story in Trusting the Dawn (Sounds True, $26). The book lends a fresh take on healing modalities, focusing on connection, hope, and choosing joy. Firestone says, “Experiencing extreme growth, positive change, and a new, wondrous perspective on what it means to be alive can contribute to a more connected, dynamic life on the other side [of trauma].”
3 Sisters, 3 Weeks, 3 Countries
In a bright, heartfelt, humorous memoir, 3 Sisters, 3 Weeks, 3 Countries (Still Talking)(BookBaby, $15), Elizabeth Moore Kraus proves that sometimes it takes being a half world away (specifically Ireland, England, Scotland) to rediscover things about yourself and the people—in this case three sisters in their 60s, Liz, Les, and Rie—you love. “Eat, Pray, Love this is not,” the author says. “Think more along the lines of Eat. Laugh. Lost. That’s something the Moore sisters do, oh, so very well.”
A Map to Your Soul
A Map to Your Soul (Rodale Books, $26), by Dr. Jennifer Freed, sheds light on the elements (fire, earth, air, water) that manifest in each of us. The guide helps readers discover their personal map, with self-care rituals to design their best life. “I wanted to share a pathway to full self-expression, turning gifts and strengths into community contribution,” says Freed, Goop’s resident psychological astrologer. “Getting elemental is the best way I know to teach the fundamental and worldwide basics of astrology.”
All Signs Point to Paris
All Signs Point to Paris (Mariner Books, $29) is a rom-com-like memoir of one woman’s search for a second chance at love. Author Natasha Sizlo—“divorced, broke, freshly heartbroken, and reeling from her father’s death”—is gifted a session with L.A.’s most sought-after astrologist, who tells her that an ex is “the one,” because his birthdate and birthplace (November 2, 1968; Paris, France) line up with her astrological point of destiny. The nonbeliever says, “Oui” and books a ticket to Paris with her sister and two besties for the trip of a lifetime.
California Elegance
California Elegance: Portraits From the Final Frontier (Mondadori, available at Chaucer’s Books) profiles people who have shaped the destiny of the Golden State, including scientists, politicians, designers, firefighters, and, appropriately, treasured local denizen Mahri Kerley, who has elegantly helmed the venerable Chaucer’s Books since 1974.
Michael Haber
For a taste of eye candy, pick up Michael Haber: The Elements (Art/Society Publishing, available at Field + Fort), a large-format tome featuring a curated collection of images snapped by the talented local lensman during the course of his awardwinning career producing stunning commercial campaigns for the likes of The Gap, Old Navy, and Tommy Bahama. Don’t miss the author’s book signing on December 11, 3-6 p.m., at Summerland’s Field + Fort.