Welcome to Windows on the World - Books & Art

Please use the menu bar above to browse our in-store books about Yosemite, Mariposa County, the Mother Lode, Sierra Nevada, and California and the West, and the local arts & crafts we carry. Using the search box to the right, you have access to over 4 million titles.

Greetings from Windows on the World - Books & Art! We are a full-service, independent bookstore located in the town of Mariposa in the western foothills of California's central Sierra Nevada. We are at the southern end of the historic Mother Lode gold-mining region and on the “all year highway” into Yosemite National Park, one of America’s premier national parks. 

Our Books

In additiion to a broad and eclectic selection of new and used books, we specialize in titles relating to the natural and cultural history, art, and literature of Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, the Mother Lode, the Sierra Nevada, California, and the West, including maps, atlases, guide books, and travelogues.

Who We Are

A newcomer to the downtown Mariposa business community, we envision our store becoming a local community resource: a gathering place; an "information station"; a venue for artists, writers, musicians, and people; and things we haven't even dreamed of yet!  While the bookstore is new to the community, owners Gary and Reva Colliver are long-time community members. Having met and married in Yosemite in the early '60's, they have travelled widely, yet always returned "home" to the Sierra Nevada, Yosemite, and Mariposa County. 

Windows on the World - Books & Art

5029 Highway 140. Suite 1
PO Box 787
Mariposa, CA 95338

209-742-READ (7323)

Email: info@windowsontheworld.ws

Gloryland (Hardcover)

By Shelton Johnson

$25.00

ISBN-13: 9781578051441
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Sierra Club Books, 09/01/2009

Local author and Yosemite National Park ranger Shelton Johnson's debut novel -- the story of fictional Elijah Yancy (inspired by Shelton's exploration of his own family's past, as well as his research related to Yosemite), who is born in Spartanburg, South Carolina and ultimately finds his way to Yosemite National Park by way of the U.S. Cavalry.

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