san francisco

Reconstructs a realistic murder crime on the remote Palmyra Island, 1,000 miles due south of Hawaii.

In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, McTeague opens a quack dental parlor, but his wife's former suitor is jealous and exposes his malpractice.

Reprint of a 1958 novel by Beat generation writer Jack Kerouac, in which Leo Percepied, a writer in underground San Francisco, makes an important discovery about himself and his life at the moment when his lover is leaving him.

An account of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

Presents the complete collection of "Rolling Stone" magazine covers from 1967 to 1997, and includes an introductory essay, excerpts from cover stories, and behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the publication.

Fifteen-year-old Soli, nicknamed Shifty, keeps getting into trouble without trying, but as he strives to trust and be trusted, he grows in appreciation of his foster family and works toward putting his past behind him.

Nicholas Dray, an eleven-year-old orphan newly arrived in San Francisco from Texas, tries to help his new neighbors survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the subsequent fires.

A memoir about growing up motherless in 1970's-80's San Francisco with an openly gay father.

The author's memoir of growing up with a schizophrenic mother.

A San Francisco member of the Board of Supervisors, Harvey Milk's personal life, public career, and assassination reflect the dramatic emergence of the gay community as a political power in America.