Cultural Region/Northern California
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The Chinese Parrot: A Charlie Chan Mystery
$16.99 Add to cart1926. The character of Charlie Chan was based in part on the experiences of two Chinese detectives, Chang Apana and Lee Fook, who Biggers had read about in a Honolulu newspaper while on vacation. Bigg
- Series: Charlie Chan Mysteries #02
- Author: Biggers, Earl Derr
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: January 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0897335783
- Language: English
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China Dolls
$27.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “A fascinating portrait of life as a Chinese American woman in the 1930s and ’40s.”–The New York Times Book Review
“Superb . . . This emotional, informative and brilliant … [more below]- Author: See, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 03 2014
- ISBN10: 081299289X
- Language: English
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If Only It Were True
$17.99 Add to cartWhat do you do when you find a stranger in your closet, particularly when she’s surprised that you can even see her — and she can disappear and reappear at whim? What if she then tells you that her b… [more below]
- Author: Levy, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 17 2005
- ISBN10: 0743276841
- Language: English
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I Hate the Internet
$15.95 Add to cartWhat if you told the truth and the whole world heard you? Would you expect to be believed? What if you lived in a country swamped with Internet outrage? What if you were a woman living in a society th… [more below]
- Author: Kobek, Jarett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0996421807
- Language: English
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Desert of the Heart
$17.95 Add to cartEvelyn Hall arrives in Reno wanting only to be left alone while she waits six weeks for a painful divorce from her husband. Once there she meets Ann Child – 15 years her junior, who is both a free spi
- Author: Rule, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: July 01 2005
- ISBN10: 159493035X
- Language: English
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The Valley of Amazement
$16.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestseller The Valley of Amazement is a sweeping, evocative epic of two women’s intertwined fates and their search for identity–from the lavish parlors of Shanghai courtesans to the fo
- Author: Tan, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: July 15 2014
- ISBN10: 0062107321
- Language: English
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Virgin Soul
$14.95 Add to cartWritten in first-person point of view, Virgin Soul is the semi-autobiographical tale of a young woman’s struggle for identity and purpose during one of the most politically and racially charged eras o
- Author: Juanita, Judy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 374
- Publish Date: July 06 2017
- ISBN10: 0971635242
- Language: English
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A Sprinkling of Murder
$15.95 Add to cartFairy garden store owner Courtney Kelly believes in inviting magic into your life. But when uninvited trouble enters her shop, she’ll need more than a sprinkling of her imagination to solve a murder .
- Series: A Fairy Garden Mystery #1
- Author: Gerber, Daryl Wood
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 30 2020
- ISBN10: 1496726340
- Language: English
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Mary Ann in Autumn
$17.99 Add to cartInspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the City
The eighth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.
Following the success of his N
- Series: Tales of the City #8
- Author: Maupin, Armistead
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 04 2011
- ISBN10: 0061470899
- Language: English
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In the Land of the Grasshopper Song: Two Women in the Klamath River Indian Country in 1908-09
$24.95 Add to cartIn 1908 easterners Mary Ellicott Arnold and Mabel Reed accepted appointments as field matrons in Karuk tribal communities in the Klamath and Salmon River country of northern California. In doing so, t
- Author: Arnold, Mary Ellicott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: December 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0803236379
- Language: English
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Iconic San Francisco Coloring Book
$9.99 Add to cartThe Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, Chinatown . . these are some of the symbolic images of San Francisco captured in Iconic San Francisco Coloring Book. Twenty-four of these magnificent sights are por… [more below]
- Series: Iconic Coloring Books
- Author: Isabella, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: November 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1579657710
- Language: English
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Where Is Alcatraz?
$7.99 Add to cartEscape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz, America’s most famous prison!
The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that’s fascinated visitors, from the Native American tribes who believed- Series: Where Is?
- Author: Medina, Nico
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 24 2016
- ISBN10: 0448488833
- Language: English
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Al Capone Does My Homework
$9.99 Add to cartAlcatraz Island in the 1930s isn’t the most normal place to grow up, but it’s home for Moose Flanagan, his autistic sister, Natalie, and all the families of the guards. When Moose’s dad gets promoted … [more below]
- Series: Tales from Alcatraz #3
- Author: Choldenko, Gennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 08 2014
- ISBN10: 0142425222
- Language: English
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When We Rise: My Life in the Movement
$21.99 Add to cartThis sweeping memoir tells the life story of longtime LGBTQ and AIDS activist Cleve Jones in a profoundly moving account from sexually liberated 1970s San Francisco, through the AIDS crisis, and up to
- Author: Jones, Cleve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 26 2017
- ISBN10: 0316315419
- Language: English
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China Dolls
$17.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “A fascinating portrait of life as a Chinese American woman in the 1930s and ’40s.”–The New York Times Book Review
“Superb . . . This emotional, informative and brilliant … [more below]- Author: See, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 03 2015
- ISBN10: 0812982827
- Language: English
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The Jury Master
$10.99 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller
“John Grisham, move over…A riveting tale of murder, treachery, and skullduggery at the highest levels.” — Seattle Times In a courtroom, David Sloane can grab a jury and- Author: Dugoni, Robert
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: January 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0446617075
- Language: English
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Tartine No. 3: Ancient Modern Classic Whole
$42.50 Read moreThe third in a series of classic, collectible cookbooks from Tartine Bakery & Cafe, one of the great bakeries, Tartine Book No. 3 is a revolutionary, and altogether timely, exploration of baking with … [more below]
- Series: Tartine
- Author: Robertson, Chad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 17 2013
- ISBN10: 1452114307
- Language: English
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Sobrevivà El Terremoto de San Francisco, 1906 (I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906)
$5.99 Add to cartThe terrifying details of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake jump off the page
iLa versi n en espa ol de I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 A Leo, de diez a os, le gusta ser vendedor de peri… [more below]
- Series: Sobreviv? #5
- Author: Tarshis, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1338601210
- Language: Spanish
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A to Z Mysteries Super Edition #9: April Fools’ Fiasco
$6.99 Add to cartCelebrate 20 years of A to Z Mysteries No foolin’
It’s the first of April in Green Lawn Mr. Paskey, owner of the Book Nook, plays an April Fools’ Day prank on Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. They hatch- Series: A to Z Mysteries #9
- Author: Roy, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0399551956
- Language: English
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The 6th Target
$19.99 Add to cartWhen a horrifying attack leaves one of the Women’s Murder Club struggling for her life, the others fight to keep a madman behind bars before anyone else is hurt.
Lindsay Boxer and her new partner in th… [more below]- Series: Women’s Murder Club #6
- Author: Patterson, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 08 2008
- ISBN10: 446179515
- Language: English
