Given the realities of the current shelter in place, audiobooks offer an alternative way to access books. Several UC Press recent and noteworthy releases are available as audiobooks ranging from Dreamers and Schemers, which explores William May (Billy) Garland’s quest to host the Olympics in Los Ang
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Barry Siegel will be at several Southern California literary events in promotion of his new book, Dreamers and Schemers: How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis, which brilliantly chronic