Here’s a sweet deal for the holidays: Get 50 percent off the paperback Water & the Shaping of California, a treasure trove of gorgeous color photos, water literature and famous sayings about water.

This beautifully designed oversize book discusses the engineering feats, political decisions and popular opinion that reshaped the nature – flood and drought – and society – gold, grain and growth – that led to the water projects that created the California we know today. The book Includes a foreword by the late Kevin Starr, the Golden State’s premier historian.

This book normally retails for $35, but you can get it for a limited time for just $17.50. Use the discount code HOLIDAYBOOK at checkout to get your 50 percent discount. It’s the perfect gift for anyone interested in water in California.

We’re also offering 20 percent discounts on our beautiful poster-size maps showing the integral role that water plays in California and in the Colorado River Basin; educational Layperson’s Guides on topics such as groundwater, climate change, the Colorado River, California water, flood management and more. To get the 20 percent discount, use the code HOLIDAYSALE at check out.

Order by Dec. 18 to make sure it arrives in time for Christmas. 

Explore our other offerings, including:

• Special discounted bundles on California water and California groundwater that include both a map and a Layperson’s Guide.
• School-age publications and videos for teachers and students on water history, coastal ecosystems, water recycling, wetlands and more.
• Season’s Greetings holiday cards, featuring beautiful scenes of Yosemite, the Colorado River and winter streams. Inside, each card includes a quotation about the value of water.
• DVDs on such topics as salinity in California’s Central Valley, California’s water history and issues, flood management and more.