Fulton, William, The Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

In this collection of twelve essays, Fulton explores the political and financial development of the city in the last thirty years of the twentieth century.

Kennedy, Marla Hamburg, Ben Stiller, and David L. Ulin, eds., Looking at Los Angeles, Metropolis Books, 2005.

The editors collected photographs and pictorial representations of Los Angeles from the early part of the twentieth century to the twenty-first. The collection presents a visual history of the city as revealed in its architecture, culture, and people.

Marx, Robert J., and Susan Wengerhoff Davidson, Facing the Ultimate Loss: Coping with the Death of a Child, Champion Press, 2003.

The authors have worked extensively in the field of grief counseling and in this book suggest ways to cope with the death of a child.

Rosof, Barbara D., The...