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Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love by David Talbot Publisher Comments In a kaleidoscopic narrative, bestselling author David Talbot recounts the gripping story of San Francisco in the turbulent years between 1967 and 1982—and of the extraordinary men and women who led to the citys ultimate rebirth and triumph... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover 
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Ten Years That Shook the City: San Francisco 1968-1978 by Chris Carlsson Publisher Comments A collection of essays spans the tumultuous decade from 1968, the year of the San Francisco State University strike, to 1978 and the twin traumas of the Jonestown massacre and the assassinations of mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk. This... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 by Simon Winchester Staff Pick "If you liked Krakatoa, The Professor and the Madman, or any of Winchester's other works, you'll like this one. He explains geological ideas well, and is well on his way to being the new ambassador of geology's influence on human history. He places... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Final Leap: Suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge by John Bateson Publisher Comments The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most beautiful and most photographed structures in the world. It's also the most deadly. Since it opened in 1937, more than 1,500 people have died jumping off the bridge, making it the top suicide site on earth. It's... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Travelers' Tales San Francisco: True Stories (Travelers' Tales Guides) by James Oreilly Publisher Comments From the Pacific surf to Nob Hill to Chinatown, the legendary City by the Bay comes to life in this diverse collection of essays celebrating America's favorite playground. Praise the Lord at Glide Memorial Church, skate through the wonders of Golden Gate... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Good Life in Hard Times: San Francisco in the 20's and 30's by Jerry Flamm Publisher Comments The 1920s and '30s were exciting times in San Francisco, filled with joy and optimism despite the Great Depression. Now back in print, Jerry Flamm's acclaimed history of the City glows with the romance of the days before the bridges, when San Franciscans... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Golden Gate: San Francisco's Celebrated Bridge by Peter Beren Synopsis The Golden Gate Bridge is an icon of one of the most storied of American cities, San Francisco. Standing between the Bay and the mighty Pacific like a guardian of the West, the Golden Gate retains its grip on the American imagination long after its... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Hardcover
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San Francisco's Castro District, CA (Images of America) by Images Of America Publisher Comments Nestled in the Eureka Valley area, the Castro is arguably the most well-known of San Francisco's neighborhoods, having been the epicenter of the gay rights movement since the 1970s. This new collection of photographs shows the area's growth from a... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Disaster!: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 by Dan Kurzman Publisher Comments On the morning of April 18, 1906, an earthquake measuring 8.3 on the Richter scale ripped through sleeping San Francisco. At the Palace Hotel, opera star Enrico Caruso fled, half dressed, into the street; John Barrymore searched through the chaos for a... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco by Marilyn Chase Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-262) and index.... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Gables and Fables: A Portrait of San Francisco's Pacific Heights by Anne Bloomfield Publisher Comments Cultural Writing. Architecture. Design. Charming and deeply informed, part historical detective work and part gossip column. This storied tour of 110 of Pacific Heights' grand old edifices offers an architectural and social history of one of San... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Vanilla Slim (06 Edition) by Bob Armstrong Publisher Comments On December 8, 2002, the San Francisco Chronicle published an article by "Insight" contributor Bob Armstrong titled "Zen Dolls: Confessions of a Pimp in the Pod." In the article, Bob briefly recounted his adventures running an "escort" service before... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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California Studies in Critical Human Geography #03: Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin by Gray Brechin Publisher Comments First published in 1999, this celebrated history of San Francisco traces the exploitation of both local and distant regions by prominent families--the Hearsts, de Youngs, Spreckelses, and others--who gained power through mining, ranching, water and... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Lost San Francisco (Lost) by Dennis Evanovsky Publisher Comments Looks at how a city used to run—the old transport systems, former city halls, stores, theaters and cinemas, gas stations and car showrooms, restaurants, and people on the sidewalk Aspects of lost San Francisco that are examined here include the... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Hardcover
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Reclaiming San Francisco: History, Politics & Culture by James Brook Publisher Comments Nonfiction. " This book celebrates the fact that we live in the most glorious of all human creations, a city, with living streets, more like ancient Athens or Samarkhand or Calcutta than like the aggregate office block/parking lot/shopping malls that... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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San Francisco Stories by John Miller Publisher Comments Every city has its stories, but San Francisco seems to have more than most. It falls down. It burns up. It goes Beatnik in the fifties and crazy in the sixties -- but it remains elegant throughout. "San Francisco Stories" collects the most outstanding... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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San Francisco Is Burning: The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake and Fires by Dennis Smith Publisher Comments At 5:12 a.m. on the morning of April 18, 1906, San Francisco was struck by one of the worst earthquakes in history, instantly killing hundreds. The ensuing fires that ravaged the city for days were responsible for the deaths of as many as 3,000 more. In... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $5.25 Used - Hardcover
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Cityscapes: San Francisco and Its Buildings by John King Book News Annotation King, urban design critic for the San Francisco Chronicle shares 50 of his favorite examples of San Francisco architecture in this portable (7x5.2") guide. Grouped into categories of icons, styles and masters, landscape, and change, each entry... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco by Marilyn Chase Publisher Comments "San Francisco in 1900 was a Gold Rush boomtown settling into a gaudy middle age. . . . It had a pompous new skyline with skyscrapers nearly twenty stories tall, grand hotels, and Victorian mansions on Nob Hill. . . . The wharf bristled with masts and... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906 : How San Francisco Nearly Destroyed Itself (05 Edition) by Philip Fradkien Publisher Comments "In this well-researched book, Fradkin contends that it was the people of San Francisco, not the forces of nature, who were responsible for the extent of the destruction and death."--"Booklist."... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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