San Francisco

Reducere. Part road novel and part reality-inspired fiction, BEAT BLUES: San Francisco, 1955 explores a time and a place when the American counterculture was...

Inspired by an actual crime that was sensationalized in the San Francisco papers, this novel tells the story of charlatan dentist McTeague and his ...

Monocle reports from around the globe. As its editors and correspondents dart from city to city, they get to know the best places to rest their hea...

Reducere. In How to Make Custom-Fit Bras & Lingerie Don McCunn draws on a decade's experience teaching online classes, this compendium of pattern making and ...

Reducere. THE SAN FRANCISCO FALLACY IS NOT ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO. Rather, it's about the herd instincts that drive tech companies to set up shop there, and the...

Reducere. On November 23, 1942, German U-Boats torpedoed the British ship Benlomond and it sank in the Atlantic in two minutes. The sole survivor was a secon...

Reducere. Description"The city presses palms flat against the thought of /Afternoon winds and has a brief fantasy of creeks"--Kim Shuck, "The 43"Deer Trails ...

Reducere. Lace up your walking shoes or settle into your favorite reading chair for an unforgettable adventure through San Francisco's past and present. The ...

DescriptionEverything changed on the morning of December 7, 1941, and life in San Francisco was no exception. Flush with excitement and tourism in ...

Reducere. Community, heritage, architecture--oh yes, and stiff pours: these are the hallmarks of San Francisco's Legacy Bars. High Spirits leads readers on a...

DescriptionFor more than half a century, San Francisco Seals baseball was a fertile source of future major league players, with a legacy firmly gro...

Reducere. In the late nineteenth century, San Francisco's merchant princes built grand stores for a booming city, each with its own niche. For the eager clie...

Reducere. After fifteen years of wishing we could share the actual entries instead of just a list of finalists, we've partnered with New Alexandria Creative ...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

An abandoned mansion, a ghostly face at the window and mysterious happenings at one of the city’s favorite landmarks is the start of a thrilling ad...

Reducere. Lily is a twelve-year-old Chinese American girl living in San Francisco's Chinatown when an earthquake destroys her home and sets her neighborhood ...

Reducere. Glittering drag queens, gay politics and alternative theater: Nicoletta was at the heart of the gay mecca that was 1970s San FranciscoDaniel Nicole...

Reducere. DescriptionA template for pranksters, artists, adventurers and anyone interested in rampant creativity, for years to come. Tales Of The San Francis...

Reducere. The 1950s, 60s, and 70s were defining moments in our nation's history, and San Francisco was at the forefront of the avant-garde artistic, intellec...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: PuckIllustrator: Violet LemayFor young artists who've left their hearts in San Francisco, this book allows them to create, ...

'David Reynolds is the perfect man for the road'. The ObserverBill Bryson's The Lost Continent meets Steinbeck's Travels with Charley. A candid, hu...

Reducere. Lily is a twelve-year-old Chinese American girl living in San Francisco's Chinatown when an earthquake destroys her home and sets her neighborhood ...

Aviation in Northern California 1910-1939, Vol. 1: San Francisco Bay Area is the only book to give a detailed account of early flying in the Bay Ar...

"An absolute charmer of a book...Delightful!" --Jenn Bennett, author of Alex, Approximately and Starry Eyes Sparks fly when two ex-best-friends tea...

Reducere. The Gentleman from San Francisco and Other Stories (1922) is a collection of short stories by Russian author and Nobel laureate Ivan Bunin. Publish...

Reducere. The date is April 18, 1906. The city of San Francisco has just been rocked and shaken by a huge earthquake. Even worse, the quake causes huge fires...

Publisher: CIDEB s.r.l.Author(s): Gina D B ClemenNumber of pages: 80Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 210 x 150 x 22Cover type: Mixed media product...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1969, Robert Cameron (1911-2009) began leaning out of a helicopter with his Pentax 6 7 cm camera to shoot city- and landscapes above ...

DescriptionPocket-sized travel guides featuring the very best routes and itineraries. Now with free eBook and a pull-out map.Discover the best of S...

Reducere. DescriptionGum Moon (Cantonese for "Gold Door" or "Golden Gate") is the remarkable coming of age story of a Chinese-American girl, Mei Chun Lai, wh...

Reducere. In this sequel to Maids of Misfortune, it is the fall of 1879 and Annie Fuller, a young San Francisco widow, has a problem. Despite her growing fin...

Reducere. Xana Bard is approached at Enrico's Cafe by a young man who asks her to read his tarot cards. When she does, the cards are terrifying. How is Xana ...

DescriptionThe essential San Francisco travel guide for walkers and hikers Hundreds of public stairways traverse San Francisco's 42 hills, exposing...

Reducere. SOME DANCE TO REMEMBER has been reviewed as "the gay GONE WITH THE WIND." But such popular praise does not do literary justice to this eyewitness c...

Reducere. DescriptionA Fleet History of the San Francisco Municipal Railway is a book that lists every transit vehicle that has been used in regular Muni ser...

Reducere. Clarence E. Edwords' book is both a culinary history that remains a reference and a reminder of just how different San Francisco has always been, d...

Reducere. Eight-year-old Encarnación Castro embarked on a life-altering journey that challenged her endurance and resolve. Her life would never be the same. ...

Reducere. Eight-year-old Encarnación Castro embarked on a life-altering journey that challenged her endurance and resolve. Her life would never be the same. ...

Reducere. A complete copy of the legendary psychedelic underground newspaper originally published in the Haight Ashbury during the Summer of Love The San Fra...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jack LondonEditor: Matthew AspreyPreface by: Rodger JacobsFrom one of America's great writers, this delightful collection -...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Stephen LeatherJack Nightingale fights his battles in the shadows - in the grey areas where the real world meets the supern...

Reducere. Charles C. McDougal lived in Asia for twenty years, including ten years in the Philippines from 1972 to 1982. His impeccable research stems from an...

Reducere. Genuine fans take the best team moments with the less than great, and know that the games that are best forgotten make the good moments truly shine...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The San Francisco 49ers have one of the best records in NFL history, with 20 division championships, seven conference titles, and five Super Bowl c...

Reducere. Black Bear, a retired Alaskan sled dog, continues her adventures in this second book in the Black Bear Sled Dog Adventure series. See San Francisco...

Reducere. Learning, Staycation, Virtual Field Trip, or Travel Wish List Regardless of what you are looking for this is the San Francisco Kids Travel Guide fo...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER! Capturing an ever-changing San Francisco, 25 acclaimed writers tell their stories of living in one of the most mesmerizing cit...

Publisher: Cameron & Company IncAuthor(s): Caroline ArnoldIllustration(s): Full-color illustrations throughoutNumber of pages: 40Publication date: ...

Two years have passed since Susan, Brian and Jim solved a baffling mystery in San Francisco. This time they have to solve a million dollar mystery:...

Reducere. Interrelated essays by the Nobel Laureate on his adopted home of California, which Lewis Hyde, writing in The Nation, called "remarkable, morally s...

Magritte's extraordinary late paintingsWhen RenMagritte reached his 40s, something unexpected happened. The painter, who had honed an iconic Surrea...

Reducere. DescriptionGold Medal: Best Mystery Novel, Readers' Favorite...Silver Medal: Best Novel (Pacific), IPPY Awards......Gold Award: Benjamin Franklin A...

Reducere. Independent Publisher Book AwardsJim Stewart, a survivor of the Titanic 1970s, has written a wonderful memoir revealing how South of Market became ...

"Not simply a narrative history: it raises the larger question of what constitutes the Americanization of Zen."

Reducere. Black Bear, a retired Alaskan sled dog, continues her adventures in this second book in the Black Bear Sled Dog Adventure series. See San Francisco...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. n this collection of poems, we show you the city that most tourists miss - dancing the samba at Carnaval in the Mission District, the Golden Gate B...

From Ocean City, Maryland to San Francisco, Reynolds traverses the back roads and small towns of the USA, taking the pulse of Trump's America as he...

Tia Gets a Second Chance at Love When an Old Crush Suddenly ReappearsTia D'Amico is thrilled to move to San Francisco to help her aunt transform an...

Reducere. DescriptionFirst published in 1999, this celebrated history of San Francisco traces the exploitation of both local and distant regions by prominent...

Reducere. In 1863, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors passed a law that criminalized appearing in public in "a dress not belonging to his or her sex." Adop...

Reducere. DescriptionJumping frogs, high society, San Francisco's Emperor Norton and the stray dogs that followed on his heels--nothing escaped Mark Twain's ...

DescriptionIn the same vein as his other two evocative love letters to cities, This Is Portland and This Is Shanghai, Alexander Barrett again plays...

Reducere. Counterpoints: A San Francisco Bay Area Atlas of Displacement and Resistance brings together cartography, essays, illustrations, poetry, and more i...

Counterpoints: A San Francisco Bay Area Atlas of Displacement and Resistance brings together cartography, essays, illustrations, poetry, and more i...

About the AuthorWilliam R. Huber worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories and other major American technology companies before becoming an expert witn...

Reducere. A major new urban history of the design and development of postwar San FranciscoDesigning San Francisco is the untold story of the formative postwa...

A handy, pocket-sized guide to the best of San Fransisco, plus daytrips further afield.

Colorful cable cars, sunny beaches, seaside havens, and thundering waterfalls: Buckle up for the best of the Golden State with Moon California Road...