Katherine Seligman

Brand new hardcover edition, never read, and from a smoke-free home. 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

California

The 10th Winner of the 2019 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, Awarded by Barbara Kingsolver “What a read this is, right from its startling opening scene. But even more than plot, it’s the richly layered details that drive home a lightning bolt of empathy. To read At the Edge of the Haight is to live inside the everyday terror and longings of a world that most of us manage not to see, even if we walk past it on sidewalks every day. At a time when more Americans than ever find themselves at the edge of homelessness, this book couldn’t be more timely.” —Barbara Kingsolver, author of Unsheltered and The Poisonwood Bible Maddy Donaldo, homeless at twenty, has made a family of sorts in the dangerous spaces of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. She knows whom to trust, where to eat, when to move locations, and how to take care of her dog. It’s the only home she has. When she unwittingly witnesses the murder of a young homeless boy and is seen by the perpetrator, her relatively stable life is upended. Suddenly, everyone from the police to the dead boys’ parents want to talk to Maddy about what she saw. As adults pressure her to give up her secrets and reunite with her own family before she meets a similar fate, Maddy must decide whether she wants to stay lost or be found. Against the backdrop of a radically changing San Francisco, a city which embraces a booming tech economy while struggling to maintain its culture of tolerance, At the Edge of the Haight follows the lives of those who depend on makeshift homes and communities. As judge Hillary Jordan says, “This book pulled me deep into a world I knew little about, bringing the struggles of its young, homeless inhabitants—the kind of people we avoid eye contact with on the street—to vivid, poignant life. The novel demands that you take a close look. If you knew, could you still ignore, fear, or condemn them? And knowing, how can you ever forget?”

At the Edge of the Haight

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Dashka Slater

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New Mexico

A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Two teenagers growing up in Oakland, California. One, Sasha, was born male but identifies as agender, wears skirts and attends a private school. The other, Richard, is an African American from a poor part of Oakland who attends a rough public school. They have no reason to meet, except for eight minutes every day, they catch the same bus home. And one day, messing about, Richard spies Sasha napping. He flicks the flame of his lighter to Sasha's skirt, and Sasha wakes up in a ball of flame. What happens next, as the victim, the perpetrator and the community struggle to come to terms with their sadness and shock, is a story of recovery, reconciliation, forgiveness and, above all, hope. It's about the power of being true to yourself, bravery and the good and bad in all of us.

The 57 Bus

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Sailing ⛵️ The Bay

Olivia Allen-Price

Oregon

Exploring the Hidden True Stories of the San Francisco Bay Area

Curious about the San Francisco Bay Area? With explorations into unique local legends, interesting landmarks, and uncovered histories, Bay Curious is a fun, quirky guide to the secret stories of the San Francisco Bay Area for visitors, newcomers, and California natives alike. Who was America's first and only Emperor? Why are there ships buried under the streets of San Francisco? And was the word hella really created in the East Bay? Bay Curious brings you the answers to these questions and much more through fun and fascinating illustrated deep dives into hidden gems of Bay Area trivia, history, and culture. Based on the award-winning KQED podcast of the same name and written by host Olivia Allen-Price, Bay Curious brings a fresh eye to some of its most popular stories and covers more stories unique to this book. With subjects ranging from Marin's redwood forests to the Winchester Mystery House, from the Black Panther Party's school program to the invention of the Mai Tai, Bay Curious gives you the entertaining and informative, weird and wonderful true stories of the San Francisco Bay Area. NOT YOUR AVERAGE GUIDEBOOK: Bay Curious takes a unique approach to exploring the Bay Area through its lesser known, but no less fascinating stories, taking readers on a reportorial rather than literal tour. BEYOND THE PODCAST: With 49 entries--inspired by the famous 49 Mile Drive--Bay Curious includes a combination of updated popular episodes from the podcast and brand new, never before heard stories researched for the book, plus fun illustrations and irresistible trivia sidebars. Perfect for: - Bay Area locals and new arrivals - San Francisco tourists - Fans of the NPR-member radio station KQED podcast - History buffs - Anyone who enjoys unexpected, quirky true stories

Bay Curious

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Hua Hsu

A Memoir

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art, by the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu “This book is exquisite and excruciating and I will be thinking about it for years and years to come.” —Rachel Kushner, New York Times bestselling author of The Flamethrowers and The Mars Room In the eyes of eighteen-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken—with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity—is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for generations, is mainstream; for Hua, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, who makes ’zines and haunts Bay Area record shops, Ken represents all that he defines himself in opposition to. The only thing Hua and Ken have in common is that, however they engage with it, American culture doesn’t seem to have a place for either of them. But despite his first impressions, Hua and Ken become friends, a friendship built on late-night conversations over cigarettes, long drives along the California coast, and the successes and humiliations of everyday college life. And then violently, senselessly, Ken is gone, killed in a carjacking, not even three years after the day they first meet. Determined to hold on to all that was left of one of his closest friends—his memories—Hua turned to writing. Stay True is the book he’s been working on ever since. A coming-of-age story that details both the ordinary and extraordinary, Stay True is a bracing memoir about growing up, and about moving through the world in search of meaning and belonging.

Stay True

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Iowa

North Carolina

Virginia

Snoop Dogg

Earl "E-40" Stevens

Antonis Achilleos

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Colorado

The follow-up to From Crook to Cook, this next-level cookbook is all about cooking for a crowd and bringing together memorable meals for any occasion, with 65+ recipes from rappers Snoop Dogg and E-40. Following the breakout success of his first cookbook, From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen (more than 1 million copies sold), Snoop Dogg returns with this new collection of recipes in collaboration with his friend and iconic Bay Area rapper E-40. Drawing inspiration from both rappers' musical catalogs, their favorite meals to cook and eat together, and E-40's Filipino food business, Lumpia, here are 65+ crowd-pleasing dishes that range from drinks to main courses to desserts. A number of Snoop and E-40's well-known industry pals appear in recipe headnotes about their most epic dinner parties and nights out. Seriously entertaining, this soulful cookbook is the follow-up fans are hungry for. GOOD EATS FROM SNOOP & E-40: The bestseller success of From Crook to Cook is all thanks to Snoop's irresistible persona, highly entertaining writing style, and accessible, tasty recipes. Now the door to Tha Boss Dogg's kitchen is open again, with added spice from collaboration with Earl "E-40" Stevens (the "Goon with the Spoon"), upping the ante with more crowd-pleasing recipes, more photography of Snoop at home and in the kitchen, and more stories from Snoop's celebrity friends. CELEBRITY COOKBOOKS: If you're a fan of celebrity books and cookbooks such as Trejo's Tacos, Half Baked Harvest, Magnolia Table, The Bob's Burgers Burger Book, and Thug Kitchen, Snoop Dogg's cookbooks have got you covered--complete with epic stories and behind-the-scenes photos that bring his masterpieces to life. SECRETS FROM SNOOP & MARTHA'S TV SHOW: The third season of Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party wrapped in February 2020. Snoop collaborated with and learned a thing or two from the MVP of entertaining herself, and here in his second recipe book, he shares all his secrets. Perfect for: Fans of Snoop Dogg, Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party, and Snoop's brands including Merry Jane, 19 Crimes, and more! Fans of E-40 and his food and spirits brands Home cooks looking for easy, crowd-pleasing recipes Birthday, graduation, holiday, host or hostess gift giving

Snoop Dogg Presents Goon with the Spoon

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Just a folded page corner as shown in pic. Minor wear

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Telegraph Avenue

Good binding and no markings in the text.

Minnesota

Connecticut

Stay True 2022

Richard White

No creasing on spine. Cover edge wear, one corner creased on back. Pages still crisp, no yellowing or dog-ear pages.

A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University

A premier historian penetrates the fog of corruption and cover-up still surrounding the murder of a Stanford University founder to establish who did it, how, and why.

Who Killed Jane Stanford?

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Perspectives on Bay Area history

Golden Gate Metropolis

Harvey Schwartz

Light shelf wear on the jacket. Subtle. Pages in amazing shape. Crisp and clean. Low mileage. Sharp photography. Please see photos for reference.

Ohio

A Workers' Oral History

Silver Award Winner, 2016 Nautilus Book Award in Young Adult (YA) Non-Fiction Moving beyond the familiar accounts of politics and the achievements of celebrity engineers and designers, Building the Golden Gate Bridge is the first book to primarily feature the voices of the workers themselves. This is the story of survivors who vividly recall the hardships, hazards, and victories of constructing the landmark span during the Great Depression. Labor historian Harvey Schwartz has compiled oral histories of nine workers who helped build the celebrated bridge. Their powerful recollections chronicle the technical details of construction, the grueling physical conditions they endured, the small pleasures they enjoyed, and the gruesome accidents some workers suffered. The result is an evocation of working-class life and culture in a bygone era. Most of the bridge builders were men of European descent, many of them the sons of immigrants. Schwartz also interviewed women: two nurses who cared for the injured and tolerated their antics, the wife of one 1930s builder, and an African American ironworker who toiled on the bridge in later years. These powerful stories are accompanied by stunning photographs of the bridge under construction. An homage to both the American worker and the quintessential San Francisco landmark, Building the Golden Gate Bridge expands our understanding of Depression-era labor and California history and makes a unique contribution to the literature of this iconic span.

Building the Golden Gate Bridge

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Malcolm Margolin

Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area

Describes the culture of Native American inhabitants in the California Bay Area prior to the arrival of Europeans, offering insight into the daily lives, culture and rituals of the Ohlone while tracing their experiences under Spanish, Mexican and American regimes. By the author of The Way We Lived.

The Ohlone Way

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"Survive and Advance" is a tournament strategy athletes employ to advance through the rounds. Whenever possible, athletes will attempt to advance to the next round without expending too much energy. The theory is that their best performance should come at the championships, in the final round, where the medals and titles are decided. To Tianna Bartoletta, the "Survive and Advance" strategy is effective away from the field of play as well. To her, it means doing whatever is needed to survive life...moment to moment, to get to tomorrow to fight another day. Tianna is defiance personified. Defiant of gravity, and defiant in the face of adversity. This revealing memoir by 3-time world champion, 2-time Olympian, and 3-time Olympic gold medalist Tianna Bartoletta, chronicles her drive to become an elite athlete and her climb to the top of her game...what you knew about her-and what you didn't-until now. You may think you know what it means to be a champion, but you're about to find out that you had no idea.

Survive & Advance

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"Goon with a Spoon," is a cookbook co-authored by Snoop Dogg and E-40. It's the follow-up to Snoop Dogg's first cookbook, "From Crook to Cook," and features over 65 crowd-pleasing recipes inspired by their musical catalogs, favorite meals, and E-40's Filipino food business, "Lumpia". The book includes recipes for drinks, main courses, and desserts, along with behind-the-scenes photos and stories. 

Wisconsin

Robert L. Allen

Book condition like new. Pencil price inside cover  excellent dust cover

The Story of the Largest Mass Mutiny Trial in U. S. Naval History

The Port Chicago Mutiny

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Bob Calhoun

How Vigilantes, Hoodlums, Mob Bosses, Serial Killers, and Cult Leaders Built the San Francisco Bay Area

The 170-year history of the San Francisco Bay Area told through its crimes and how they intertwine with the city's art, music, and politics In The Murders That Made Us, the story of the San Francisco Bay Area unfolds through its most violent and depraved acts. From the city's earliest days, where vigilantes hung perps from buildings and newspaper publishers shot it out on Market Street, to the kidnapping of Patty Hearst and the Zodiac Killer, crime has made the people of San Francisco who they are. Murder and mayhem are intertwined with the city's art, music, and politics. The Great 1906 Earthquake that burned down the old Barbary Coast shook a city that was already teetering on the brink of a massive prostitution scandal. The Summer of Love ended with a pair of ghastly acid dealer slayings that made the Haight too violent for even Charles Manson. The '70s ground to a halt with San Francisco pastor Jim Jones forcing his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch in Guyana, and the assassination of gay icon Harvey Milk. With each tale of true crime, The Murders That Made Us will take you from the violence that began in the original Gold Rush into the brutal displacement of today's techie ruination.

The Murders That Made Us

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Fran McManus

Washington

The Bay Area's Best Recipes for Eating Local, Organic Produce at Its Seasonal Best

More than 80 recipes from the region'¬'s most acclaimed chefs, handpicked for their commitment to local, seasonal, and organic ingredients.

Cooking Fresh from the Bay Area

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Dave Eggers

Pennsylvania

"This is a beautifully ragged, laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable book." --San Francisco Chronicle

National Bestseller
Pulitzer Prize Finalist

A book that redefines both family and narrative for the twenty-first century. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the moving memoir of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother. Here is an exhilarating debut that manages to be simultaneously hilarious and wildly inventive as well as a deeply heartfelt story of the love that holds a family together.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is an instant classic that will be read for decades to come.

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Stay True

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Snoop Dogg Presents Goon with the Spoon

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Stay True

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Stay True 2022

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Who Killed Jane Stanford?

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Golden Gate Metropolis

Harvey Schwartz

Building the Golden Gate Bridge

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The Ohlone Way

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Survive & Advance

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Snoop Dogg Presents Goon with the Spoon

Robert L. Allen

The Port Chicago Mutiny

Bob Calhoun

The Murders That Made Us

Fran McManus

Cooking Fresh from the Bay Area

Snoop Dogg; Earl "E-40" Stevens; Antonis Achilleos

Snoop Dogg Presents Goon with the Spoon

Dave Eggers

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius