I went to Emeryville, it is by Oakland in Alameda County with considerably less violence.
While there I bought Afghan style hot chicken curry,
and a macadamia nut cookie for dessert,
then I browsed the map section of Barnes & Noble,
but I did not get a map because there was not an Australia map there.
I did, however, get a Nook reader once I figured out I can use it to do internet searches and post on forums from Paris,
and my hotel room in Paris comes with WiFi.