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<<< 1 2     sort list by title | author Between the Woods and the Water On Foot to Constantinople: From The Middle Danube to the Iron Gates Patrick Leigh Fermor In 1933, while Europe was drawing closer to WWII, the nineteen-year-old Fermor walked from Holland to Constantinople, and this is what he's written so far of the travelogue. The curious, adventuresome young man he was infuses this story with... Mark Twain's San Francisco Mark Twain "This book's time span is from the fall of 1863, when Twain began frequently making the coach trip from Virginia City down to San Francisco and contributing to San Francisco journals, to December, 1866 when he left the city to embark on the voyages... Footsteps in the Fog Alfred Hitchcock's San Francisco Jeff Kraft, Aaron Leventhal A celebration of the San Francisco films of Alfred Hitchcock, this book examines the master director's familiarity with Northern California and how it greatly influenced his decision to use the Bay Area location in several of his landmark motion... The Barbary Coast An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld Herbert Asbury You're standing right in it! The Barbary Coast. 150 years ago this area was a den of such vice and iniquity that it would've made even the Marquis de Sade blush. Find out why... Journey to Portugal In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture José Saramago When José Saramago decided to write a book about Portugal, his only desire was that it be unlike all other books on the subject, and in this he has certainly succeeded. Recording the events and observations of a journey across the length and breadth... Travels with Charley in Search of America Centennial Edition John Steinbeck In September 1960, John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America. A picaresque tale, this chronicle of their trip meanders through scenic backroads and speeds along anonymous superhighways, moving from small towns... San Francisco's Telegraph Hill Revised and Updated Edition David F. Myrick The City Lights Foundation has collaborated with the Telegraph Hill Dwellers Association to update and reprint David Myrick's classic Telegraph Hill, a beautiful, lavishly illustrated book that is an invaluable community resource documenting the story... Historic Walks in San Francisco 18 Trails Through the City's Past Rand Richards Reclaiming San Francisco History, Politics, Culture James Brook, Chris Carlsson, Nancy J. Peters Reclaiming San Francisco is an anthology of fresh appraisals of the contrarian spirit of the city-a spirit "resistant to authority or control." The official story of San Francisco is one of progress, development, and growth. But there are other... Tracking the Serpent Journeys into Four Continents Janine Pommy Vega These are the true-life adventures of a woman who ranges over four continents, endeavoring to go beyond the limits of ordinary life. Recovering from an accident, she goes to Glastonbury, where she finds energy portrayed in ancient earthworks as a... Caught Inside A Surfer's Year on the California Coast Daniel Duane A finely written and lyrical account of a year spent in the singular pursuit of surfing, punctuated with illuminating episodes on the literary history of surfing, the physics of wave formation, and the lure of the California coastline. Departures Selected Writings Isabelle Eberhardt As usual, Isabelle Eberhardt's stormy love affair with the Algerian desert sets the physical and emotional scene in this collection of short stories. Written in French in the late 1800s and translated by Karim Hamdy and Laura Rice, her characters... Ohlone Way Malcolm Margolin Included in the San Francisco Chronicle's Top 100 Non-fiction books of the century Two hundred years ago, herds of elk and antelope dotted the hills of the San Francisco-Monterey Bay area. Grizzly bears lumbered down to the creeks to fish for silver... <<< 1 2