#biography #romance #sanfrancisco #unhappychildhood 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

California

"With 215 Million copies of her thirty-two novels in print worldwide, author Danielle Steele is an international household name. While readers have loved her books, few have known anything about the woman behind them - until now." "Vickie L. Bane and Lorenzo Benet, both People magazine correspondents, relate the surprising and electrifying tale of a fascinating woman who has endured more dark and stormy episodes in her rise to celebrity and fortune than most of her own heroines." "Raised in New York City, Danielle grew up solitary, lonely, and in ill health. At eighteen, she married a wealthy banker and shuttled between Manhattan, San Francisco, and Paris. After the marriage dissolved, she married men of a different stripe - first a convicted rapist and then a recovering heroin addict." "Her rocky road to happiness led her through a third divorce, a bitter custody battle, and finally to what looks like a picture-perfect existence. Today she lives with her fourth husband as a devoted wife, mother of seven, a Christian Scientist - and a multimillionaire author."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Lives of Danielle Steel

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Maryland

From New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart, a riveting new novel of legal suspense featuring Dismas Hardy and his daughter, Rebecca, now grown up and an associate in Hardy's law firm.

Late one night, a teenage African American foster child named Tanya Morgan plummets to her death from the overpass above San Francisco's Stockton tunnel. But did she fall...or was she pushed?

Rushing to produce a convictable suspect in the glare of the media spotlight, homicide inspectors focus their attention on a naive young man named Greg Treadway. Greg is a middle school teacher and he volunteers as a Special Advocate for foster children. At first, the only thing connecting him to Tanya's death is the fact that they shared a meal earlier that night. But soon enough, elements of that story seem to fall apart...and Hardy's daughter, Rebecca, finds herself drawn into the young man's defense.

By the time Greg's murder trial gets underway, Dismas and Rebecca have unearthed several other theories about the crime: a missing stepfather who'd sexually assaulted her; a roommate who ran a call girl service; a psychologically unstable birth mother; and a mysterious homeless man who may have had dealings with Tanya. Or Greg Treadway himself, who is perhaps not all that he first appeared. But how will they get these theories in front of a jury? And if they can, what price will they have to pay?

With signature suspense and intricate plotting, The Fall puts Dismas Hardy and his only daughter in the middle of one of John Lescroart's most complex and thrilling cases yet.

The Fall

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Paul Lobo

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Ohio

The Adventures of a San Francisco Bay Bar Pilot

There is nothing placid about San Francisco Bay. Its raucous waters have hosted brutal storms, daring rescues, horrendous accidents, and countless hours of drama and tension. Captain Paul Lobo knows that better than most people. As a licensed harbor pilot in those treacherous waters, Lobo captained nearly 6,500 boats in a thirty-one year career—everything from mega-yachts to the USS Enterprise to the Love Boat. Each trip tells its own story, and Lobo shares many. Here readers will find gripping, tense adventure stories, all well told. Reading Crossing the Bar is like being on the rolling bridge with Lobo. Here are tragic deaths and lives saved, inspiring rescues, devastating storms, and the infamous and horrendous oil spill after the Cosco Busan rammed the Oakland Bay Bridge—which resulted in the first imprisonment of a maritime pilot for making an error. Readers will also find a December sea rescue Lobo assisted with in hurricane strength winds and monstrous seas. Without Lobo’s pilot boat and its crews’ supreme effort, the ship they saved would have foundered on the rocky Marin County, California, coastline with the loss of all hands. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Crossing the Bar

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Amelia Diane Coombs

Arkansas

Sparks fly when two ex-best-friends team up to save a family business in this swoon-worthy and witty debut perfect for fans of Jenn Bennett and Sarah Dessen. Caroline “Chuck” Wilson has big plans for spring break—hit up estate sales to score vintage fashion finds and tour the fashion school she dreams of attending. But her dad wrecks those plans when he asks her to spend vacation working the counter at Bigmouth’s Bowl, her family’s failing bowling alley. Making things astronomically worse, Chuck finds out her dad is way behind on back rent—meaning they might be losing Bigmouth’s, the only thing keeping Chuck’s family in San Francisco. And the one person other than Chuck who wants to do anything about it? Beckett Porter, her annoyingly attractive ex-best friend. So when Beckett propositions Chuck with a plan to make serious cash infiltrating the Bay Area action bowling scene, she accepts. But she can’t shake the nagging feeling that she’s acting irrational—too much like her mother for comfort. Plus, despite her best efforts to keep things strictly business, Beckett’s charm is winning her back over...in ways that go beyond friendship. If Chuck fails, Bigmouth’s Bowl and their San Francisco legacy are gone forever. But if she succeeds, she might just get everything she ever wanted.

Keep My Heart in San Francisco

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James Patterson

Maxine Paetro

January LaVoy

Long ride coming up this Christmas season?  Or like having TV or music playing in the background while cleaning, cooking …. Enjoy something different and pop in a Christmas-themed audio book.  Unabridged audio book on 6 CD discs, which are all free on scratches and smudges, with the exception of disc 5 which has a couple of tiny surface scratches.  Plays without skipping.

Includes an excerpt from the 20th Midnight.

Part of the Women’s Murder Club series.  You don’t need to have read the other books to enjoy this book, or any others in the set. 

Ex-library.

A New Women’s Murder Club Novel

The 19th Christmas (CD Audio Book)

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Katherine Seligman

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

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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C. L. Kelly

Washington

Sensations #3

Nick and Cassie Dixon devote their time to Taste of Success, a training program that teaches the homeless the culinary arts and helps them find a better life. But someone is hungry to discredit the nonprofit group. Taste of Success just happens to sit on a very valuable slice of San Francisco waterfront property, a piece of real estate someone is willing to kill for. Poison. Kidnapping. Fire. A series of disturbing events leaves the staff reeling and on edge ...

Delicacy (Large Print)

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Ray Mungo

Welcome to the dark side of San Francisco. Like there was another? 

Massachusetts

Tales of Scandal and Excess from the Town That's Seen Everything

Describes the unusual figures, events, and traditions that characterize the history and popular culture of the city

San Francisco Confidential

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A vacation in Paris inspired Miroslav Sasek to create children travel guides to the big cities of the world. He brought me This is Paris in 1958 when I was publishing in London, and we soon followed up with This is London. Both books were enormously successful, and his simple vision grew to include more than a dozen books. Their amusing verse, coupled with bright o acclaim he deserved.

I was thrilled to learn that This is San Francisco will once again find its rightful place on bookshelves, and I would like to thank Judith Stonehill and Barbara Cohen of New York Bound Books for their help and enthusiasm in bringing this wonderful gem to the attention of Universe Publishing. Sasek is no longer with us (and I have lost all contact with his family), but I am sure he would be delighted to know that a whole new generation of wide-eyed readers is being introduced to his whimsical, imaginative, and enchanting world.

Illinois

A children’s classic

Let the rumbling cable car tell you the story! And what a story: From the crookedest street in the world to the Peking ducks in Chinatown, San Francisco is easily one of the world's most enchanting cities. Illustrator Miroslav Sasek captures both the breathtaking landscape and the cosmopolitan flavor of the City by the Bay in This is San Francisco. First published in 1962, Sasek's jaunty, colorful illustrations will still dazzle kids and adults alike.

This Is San Francisco

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Steve Bryant

There is a written note inside otherwise it's in good condition

This book tells the story of the city's ascent; its people, great moments, and feats of architecture. From the earliest maps of the area to superb photography of its most famous buildings, the book picks out images that best represent key points in the development of San Francisco as we know it today. It includes photographs of the city's best loved sights such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Chinatown, the Ferry Building and Embarcadero as well as intriguing fragments of the past, such as vintage photos of the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake, Telegraph Hill's Coit Tower, and Ghirardelli Square.

San Francisco

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Kirby Larson

After leaving Uncle Chester's homestead claim, orphan Hattie Brooks throws a lasso around a new dream, even bigger than the Montana sky. She wants to be a reporter, knowing full well that a few pieces published in the Arlington News will not suffice. Real reporters must go to Grand Places, and do Grand Things, like Hattie's hero Nellie Bly. Another girl might be stymied by this, but Hattie has faced down a hungry wolf and stood up to a mob of angry men. Nothing can squash her desire to write for a big city newspaper. A letter and love token from Uncle Chester's old flame in San Francisco fuels that desire and Hattie jumps at the opportunity to get there by working as a seamstress for a traveling acting troupe. This could be her chance to solve the mystery of her "scoundrel" uncle and, in the process, help her learn more about herself. But Hattie must first tell Charlie that she will not join him in Seattle. Even though her heart approves of Charlie's plan for their marriage, her mind fears that saying yes to him would be saying no to herself. Hattie holds her own in the big city, literally pitching her way to a byline, and a career that could be even bigger than Nellie Bly's. But can making headlines compensate for the pain of betrayal and lost love? Hattie must dig deep to find her own true place in the world. Kirby Larson once again creates a lovingly written novel about the remarkable and resilient young orphan, Hattie Inez Brooks. 

Hattie, Book 2

In 1919, 17-year-old Hattie leaves the Montana prairie—and her sweetheart Charlie—to become a female reporter in San Francisco, in the sequel to Hattie Big Sky, that was written, in part, to answer many questions that readers posed about the irrepressible Hattie.

Hattie Ever After (First Edition)

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Oklahoma

Sasha the San Francisco Sea Lion 

Sidney Sheldon

Three San Francisco doctors encounter the challenges of the medical profession, a murder charge, and a deadly bet. By the author of The Stars Shine Down. 1,000,000 first printing. $650,000 ad/promo. Lit Guild Main. Tour.

Nothing Lasts Forever

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Box has a bit of wear on the outside, else the rest of items are in good condition. Comes with 50 cards for walks and a map. #hardcover #sanfrancisco

50 adventures on foot

City walks: San Francisco 

#hardcover #romcom #SanFrancisco #California #family #reinvention #lifelessons #debut


Minnesota

A Novel

A group of friends burn off their pasts to reinvent themselves in California. In a land of spiritual soirees, sexual bonding, and pagan and Buddhist ritual gatherings, they play out their destinies as the rude realities of life and death intervene.

The California Book of the Dead

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#hardcover #classic #SeaWolf #Adventure #fiction #critic #SanFrancisco #shipwreck #JackLondon

The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by Jack London about a literary critic Humphrey van Weyden.The story starts with him aboard a San Francisco ferry, called Martinez, which collides with another ship in the fog and sinks. He is set adrift in the Bay, eventually being picked up by Wolf Larsen.Larsen is the captain of a seal-hunting schooner, the Ghost. Brutal and cynical, yet also highly intelligent and intellectual, he rules over his ship and terrorizes the crew with the aid of his exceptionally great physical strength.

Reader's Digest The World's Best Reading

The Sea Wolf

Syed M. Masood

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Wisconsin

"Following two families from Pakistan and Iraq in the 90s through to San Francisco in 2016, a comic novel about being Muslim immigrants in modern America"--

The Bad Muslim Discount

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Jennifer Adams

Board book with slight edge wear. Tight binding. Pages in very good condition.

(Board Books for Toddlers, Travel Books for Kids, City Children's Books)

In this delightful series written by BabyLit author Jennifer Adams and illustrated by kidlit darling Greg Pizzoli, each book showcases a different city with sweet baby-appropriate text, ridiculously charming illustrations, and a light introduction to rhyme and opposites. High-chair travelers can explore the City by the Bay: cruise along the majestic Golden Gate Bridge, play with the sea lions at Pier 39, ride cable cars up steep hills, and have a picnic in lovely San Francisco.

My Little Cities: San Francisco

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#hardcover #animals #birds #parrots #birding #ornothology #birdwatching #sanfrancisco #audobon #wildlife 

Oregon

A Love Story... with Wings

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hillis the inspiring story of how one man found his life’s work—and true love—among a gang of wild parrots roosting in one of America’s most picturesque urban settings. Mark Bittner was down on his luck. He’d gone to San Francisco at the age of twenty-one to take a stab at a music career, but he hadn’t had much success. After many years as an odd-jobber in the area, he accepted work as a housekeeper for an elderly woman. The gig came with a rent-free studio apartment on the city’s famed Telegraph Hill, which had somehow become home to a flock of brilliantly colored wild parrots. In this unforgettable story, Bittner recounts how he became fascinated by the birds and made up his mind to get to know them and gain their trust. He succeeds to such a degree that he becomes the local wild parrot expert and a tourist attraction. People can’t help gawking at the man who, during daily feedings, stands with parrots perched along both arms and atop his head. When a documentary filmmaker comes along to capture the phenomenon on film, the story takes a surprising turn, and Bittner’s life truly takes flight.

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

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#paperback #art #arthistory #sanfrancisco #artist #history

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Selected Works

Patterned after Napoleon ' Legion d Honneur in Paris, the museum in San Francisco houses a prestigious collection representing classical Mediterranean and European culture from antiquity to the 20th century. It boasts European masterpieces by some of the biggest names in art history and a fine collection of French furniture. This new survey of selected works from the collection of the Legion of Honor pairs beautiful reproductions with enlightening commentaries. The two museums that in 1970 became the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco were at one time rival institutions. The de Young museum grew out of the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. The Legion of Honor had its genesis in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915, but was conceived from the outset as a museum of fine art. 125 colour illustrations

Legion of Honor

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Missouri

Taking over the casework of a recently disappeared attorney, Dismas Hardy and his friend, detective Abe Glitsky, tackle an unexpectedly challenging appeal to overturn the life sentence of a National Guard reservist who has been convicted for a complicated double murder.

Betrayal

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The Hundred Secret Senses

HC with dust jacket. DJ shows minimal wear. Tight binding. Pages like new. 

A Wish from San Francisco 

Cynthia Robinson

One reader, slight bend at top of dust jacket only, book is in excellent condition 

A Mystery

Raymond Chandler meets David Sedaris--the first in a dynamite new cozy series that's "a lot of fun, full of unexpected depths and twists." --Josh Bazell, bestselling author ofBeat the Reaper

Amy Carter is missing. And there's no one less capable of finding her than Max Bravo.

Max Bravo is a mid-rung opera singer with a diva's towering ego. And he doesn't do favors. Not until the day he visits a troubled friend in Berkeley and offers to walk her dog.

Max quickly discovers the local dog park. It's an odd, private little world--a preserve for neighborhood crackpots and lay-abouts, and, incidentally, their dogs.

But, the park regulars are friendly. Clubby. They even serve beer. Before long, Max can't stay away.

When one of the regulars disappears, Max's interest in the dog park turns to obsession. Amy Carter - beautiful, adored, pregnant - has vanished. The circumstances bode the worst.

What happened to Amy? The dog park club has brewed up a theory. And they mean to prove it.

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