Recommended reading on Palm Springs architecture:

• Palm Springs Weekend by Alan Hess and Andrew Danish
• Palm Springs Modern by Adele Cygelman and David Glomb

For a highly readable and gossipy history of Palm Springs:

• Palm Springs Babylon - Sizzling Stories from the Desert Playground of the Stars by Ray Mungo
• Palm Springs Confidential - Playground of the Stars  by Howard Johns

Guidebooks to Palm Springs:

• Palm Springs:  California's Dessert Gem , Westcliff Publishers, 2006

• Insider's Guide to Palm Springs, by Carolyn Patten