san francisco (calif.)

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.

Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, are en route to California to settle her family's estate. Once they arrive, a series of mysterious deaths leads them from the winding streets of Chinatown to the unspoken secrets of a parent's marriage and the tragic accident that Mary alone survived. She discovers that even a forgotten past never dies and that it can kill again.

Lt. Lindsay Boxer and the members of the Women's Murder Club face a defensive hospital administration and a wily killer when they set out to learn why a rash of recuperating patients at a San Francisco hospital, on the verge of being released, have suddenly taken a fatal turn for the worse.

Aurora del Valle, raised in the privileged class of Chile by her overwhelming grandmother, is tormented by nightmares and half-memories of events that occurred when she was a child in San Francisco's Chinatown, and when she becomes disillusioned with her marriage, Aurora sets out to rediscover her missing memories.

Susan Murphy, transformed into a giant monster after being struck by a meteorite, is enlisted by the government to join with other monsters to save San Francisco and the world from invading aliens.

Easy-to-follow text and colorful illustrations introduces early readers to the members of Team Monster, which includes The Missing Link, Insectosaurus, B.O.B., Ginormica, and others.

Presents a comprehensive account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the fires that burned for three days afterward killing over three thousand people and destroying twenty-eight thousand buildings, and traces the experiences of those who lived through it.

In 1906, after the devastating earthquake hits San Francisco, twelve-year-old Phillip struggles to save the horses in his family's livery stable.

In search of his missing appendage, Max the tailless cat travels to New York City and then across country to San Francisco.

Describes the devastating earthquake and ensuing fire that destroyed much of San Francisco in the spring of 1906.