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Spirits of San Francisco

Author : Gary Kamiya
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1635575893
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Spirits of San Francisco written by Gary Kamiya and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling book from two prizewinning, critically acclaimed contemporary chroniclers of San Francisco-a rich, illustrated, idiosyncratic portrait of this great city. In Spirits of San Francisco, #1 bestselling Cool Gray City of Love author Gary Kamiya joins forces with celebrated, bestselling artist Paul Madonna to take a fresh look at this one-of-a-kind city. Marrying image and text in a way no book about this city has done before, Kamiya's illuminating narratives accompany Madonna's masterful pen-and-ink drawings, breathing life into San Francisco sites both iconic and obscure. Paul Madonna's atmospheric images will awe: his wide-angle drawings offer a new perspective on the “crookedest street in the world” and vistas across the city. And Kamiya's engaging prose, accompanying each image, offers striking vignettes of this incredible city: witness his story of “Dumpville,” the bizarre community that sprang up in the 19th century on top of a massive garbage dump. Handsome and irresistible-much like the city it chronicles-Spirits of San Francisco is both a visual feast and a detailed, personal, loving, informed portrait of a beloved city.

Spirits of San Francisco

Author : Gary Kamiya
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1635579813
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Spirits of San Francisco written by Gary Kamiya and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller The bestselling book from two prizewinning, critically acclaimed contemporary chroniclers of San Francisco—a rich, illustrated, idiosyncratic portrait of this great city—now in paperback.

Cool Gray City of Love

Author : Gary Kamiya
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620401266
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Cool Gray City of Love written by Gary Kamiya and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A kaleidoscopic tribute to San Francisco by a life-long Bay Area resident and co-founder of Salon explores specific city sites including the Golden Gate Bridge and the Land's End sea cliffs while tying his visits to key historical events. By the author of Shadow Knights. 30,000 first printing.

All Over Coffee

Author : Paul Madonna
Publisher : City Lights Books
ISBN 13 : 9780872864566
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book All Over Coffee written by Paul Madonna and published by City Lights Books. This book was released on 2007-04-29 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new voice and vision for art as comics and comics as art -- and poetry.

Secondhand Spirits

Author : Juliet Blackwell
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101082178
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Secondhand Spirits written by Juliet Blackwell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love the vintage- not the ghosts Lily Ivory feels that she can finally fit in somewhere and conceal her "witchiness" in San Francisco. It's there that she opens her vintage clothing shop, outfitting customers both spiritually and stylistically. Just when things seem normal, a client is murdered and children start disappearing from the Bay Area. Lily has a good idea that some bad phantoms are behind it. Can she keep her identity secret, or will her witchy ways be forced out of the closet as she attempts to stop the phantom?

The End of the Golden Gate

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Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1797210297
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book The End of the Golden Gate written by and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capturing an ever-changing San Francisco, 25 acclaimed writers tell their stories of living in one of the most mesmerizing cities in the world. Over the last few decades, San Francisco has experienced radical changes with the influence of Silicon Valley, tech companies, and more. Countless articles, blogs, and even movies have tried to capture the complex nature of what San Francisco has become, a place millions of people have loved to call home, and yet are compelled to consider leaving. In this beautifully written collection, writers take on this Bay Area-dweller's eternal conflict: Should I stay or should I go? Including an introduction written by Gary Kamiya and essays from Margaret Cho, W. Kamau Bell, Michelle Tea, Beth Lisick, Daniel Handler, Bonnie Tsui, Stuart Schuffman, Alysia Abbott, Peter Coyote, Alia Volz, Duffy Jennings, John Law, and many more, The End of the Golden Gate is a penetrating journey that illuminates both what makes San Francisco so magnetizing and how it has changed vastly over time, shapeshifting to become something new for each generation of city dwellers. With essays chronicling the impact of the tech-industry invasion and the evolution, gentrification, and radical cost of living that has transformed San Francisco's most beloved neighborhoods, these prescient essayists capture the lasting imprint of the 1960s counterculture movement, as well as the fight to preserve the art, music, and other creative movements that make this forever the city of love. For anyone considering moving to San Francisco, wishing to relive the magic of the city, or anyone experiencing the sadness of leaving the bay—and ultimately, for anyone that needs a reminder of why we stay. Bound to be a long-time staple of San Francisco literature, anyone who has lived in or is currently living in San Francisco will enjoy the rich history of the city within these pages and relive intimate memories of their own. • GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY: A percentage of the proceeds will be given to charities that help those in the bay experiencing homelessness. Every copy purchased offers a small way to help those in need.

The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Book

Author : Downton Abbey
Publisher : Weldon Owen International
ISBN 13 : 1681885948
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (818 download)

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Download or read book The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Book written by Downton Abbey and published by Weldon Owen International. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raise a glass to the elegant past with this collection of drinks recipes inspired by the beloved historical drama. Cocktails were introduced in the drawing rooms of Downton Abbey in the 1920s, when US prohibition inspired the popularity of American-style bars and bartenders in Britain. This well-curated selection of recipes is organized by the rooms in the Abbey in which the drinks were served, and spans everyday sips to party drinks plus hangover helpers and more. In addition to classic concoctions like a Mint Julep, Prince of Wales Punch, and Ginger Beer, this collection features character-specific variations such as Downton Heir, Turkish Attaché, The Valet, and The Chauffeur. The recipes reflect drinks concocted and served upstairs and down, as well as libations from village fairs, cocktail parties, and restaurant menus typical of the time. The book also includes tips, historical trivia, and over forty color photographs featuring cocktails and cast members.

A Visitation of Spirits

Author : Randall Kenan
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 080215932X
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book A Visitation of Spirits written by Randall Kenan and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “With A Visitation of Spirits, Randall Kenan continues James Baldwin’s legendary tradition of ‘telling it on the mountain.’”—San Francisco Chronicle When A Visitation of Spirits was published, Randall Kenan (1963-2020) was instantly recognized as a writer of significance, and one who brought into literary fiction the southern Black, gay experience, one of the first such writers to achieve mainstream success. His groundbreaking first novel, A Visitation of Spirits, is the powerful story of Horace Cross, a popular and high-achieving sixteen-year-old boy, who wrestles with the guilt of discovering who he is, a young man attracted to other men and yearning to escape the narrow confines of the small town of Tims Creek, North Carolina, where he grew up. Raised on stories of prophets, revelations, and dreams, his internal struggles take shape in his mind as demons and angels battling for his soul, culminating in one night of horrible and tragic transformation. A Visitation of Spirits established Randall Kenan as a literary master, and his influence continues to be felt. Now in Grove paperback and with an introduction by Tarell Alvin McCraney, Oscar-winning writer of Moonlight, A Visitation of Spirits is a classic novel of growing up from a literary giant.

Infinite City

Author : Rebecca Solnit
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520262492
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Infinite City written by Rebecca Solnit and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes a place? Rebecca Solnit reinvents the traditional atlas, searching for layers of meaning & connections of experience across San Francisco.

Sin & Spirit

Author : K. F. Breene
Publisher : Demigods of San Francisco
ISBN 13 : 9781734624601
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book Sin & Spirit written by K. F. Breene and published by Demigods of San Francisco. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kieran has stepped up as the ruler of magical San Francisco. As his girlfriend, I'm in the spotlight, getting noticed by the Hades Demigods. They'll do anything to get me on their team - including killing Kieran and taking me by force.

By the Smoke and the Smell

Author : Thad Vogler
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 0399578617
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book By the Smoke and the Smell written by Thad Vogler and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirits expert Thad Vogler, owner of the James Beard Award–winning Bar Agricole, takes readers around the world, celebrating the vivid characters who produce hand-made spirits like rum, scotch, cognac, and mezcal. From the mountains of Mexico and the forbidden distilleries of Havana, to the wilds of Scotland and the pastoral corners of France and beyond, this adventure will change how you think about your drink. Thad Vogler is one of the most important people in the beverage industry today. He’s a man on a mission to bring “grower spirits”—spirits with provenance, made in the traditional way by individuals rather than by mass conglomerates—to the public eye, before they disappear completely. We care so much about the food we eat: how it is made, by whom, and where. Yet we are far less careful about the spirits we drink, often allowing the biggest brands with the most marketing dollars to control the narrative. In By the Smoke and the Smell, Vogler is here to set the record straight. This remarkable memoir is the first book to ask the tough questions about the booze industry: where our spirits come from, who makes them, and at what cost. By the Smoke and the Smell is also a celebration of the people and places behind the most singular, life-changing spirits on earth. Vogler takes us to Normandy, where we drink calvados with lovable Vikings; to Cuba, a country where Vogler lived for a time, and that has so much more to offer than cigars, classic cars, and mojitos; to the jagged cliffs and crystal-clear lochs of Scotland; to Northern Ireland, Oaxaca, Armagnac, Cognac, Kentucky, and California. Alternately hilarious and heartfelt, Vogler’s memoir will open your eyes to the rich world of traditional, small-scale distilling—and in the process, it will completely change the way you think about and buy spirits.

Bitter Spirits

Author : Jenn Bennett
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0425269574
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Bitter Spirits written by Jenn Bennett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s the roaring twenties, and San Francisco is a hotbed of illegal boozing, raw lust, and black magic. The fog-covered Bay Area can be an intoxicating scene, particularly when you specialize in spirits… Aida Palmer performs a spirit medium show onstage at Chinatown’s illustrious Gris-Gris speakeasy. However, her ability to summon (and expel) the dead is more than just an act. Winter Magnusson is a notorious bootlegger who’s more comfortable with guns than ghosts—unfortunately for him, he’s the recent target of a malevolent hex that renders him a magnet for hauntings. After Aida’s supernatural assistance is enlisted to banish the ghosts, her spirit-chilled aura heats up as the charming bootlegger casts a different sort of spell on her... On the hunt for the curseworker responsible for the hex, Aida and Winter become drunk on passion. And the closer they become, the more they realize they have ghosts of their own to exorcise…

Big Alma

Author : Bernice Scharlach
Publisher : Heyday Books
ISBN 13 : 9781597143240
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Big Alma written by Bernice Scharlach and published by Heyday Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a revised and revamped reprint of a biography of Alma Spreckels who was a larger-than-life, turn of the century character . At home among the wealthiest and most powerful people in California and in Europe she moved within cultural circles on both continents, always living by her own rules. At six feet tall she was an imposing presence but her lifestyle kept her out of the inner circle of San Francisco society. She discovered Rodins sculptures in Paris and made them the centerpiece of her new museum, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor and in Union Square today a column rises with a female figure dancing at the top (Alma). both signature gifts to the City,

A Good Drink

Author : Shanna Farrell
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1642831433
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book A Good Drink written by Shanna Farrell and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In A Good Drink, Farrell goes in search of the bars, distillers, and farmers who are driving a transformation to sustainable spirits. She meets mezcaleros in Guadalajara who are working to preserve traditional ways of producing mezcal, for the health of the local land, the wallets of the local farmers, and the culture of the community. She visits distillers in South Carolina who are bringing a rare variety of corn back from near extinction to make one of the most sought-after bourbons in the world. She meets a London bar owner who has eliminated individual bottles and ice, acculturating drinkers to a new definition of luxury."--Amazon.

Season of the Witch

Author : David Talbot
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439108242
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Season of the Witch written by David Talbot and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In a kaleidoscopic narrative ... bestselling author David Talbot tells 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 city's ultimate rebirth and triumph."--P. [4] of cover.

Free Spirit

Author : Joshua Safran
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1401304958
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Free Spirit written by Joshua Safran and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Unforgettable Journey Through an Unconventional Childhood When Joshua Safran was four years old, his mother--determined to protect him from the threats of nuclear war and Ronald Reagan -- took to the open road with her young son, leaving the San Francisco countercultural scene behind. Together they embarked on a journey to find a utopia they could call home. InFree Spirit, Safran tells the harrowing, yet wryly funny story of his childhood chasing this perfect life off the grid--and how they survived the imperfect one they found instead. Encountering a cast of strange and humorous characters along the way, Joshua spends his early years living in a series of makeshift homes, including shacks, teepees, buses, and a lean-to on a stump. His colorful youth darkens, however, when his mother marries an alcoholic and abusive guerrilla/poet. Throughout it all, Joshua yearns for a "normal" life, but when he finally reenters society through school, he finds "America" a difficult and confusing place. Years spent living in the wilderness and discussing Marxism have not prepared him for the Darwinian world of teenagers, and he finds himself bullied and beaten by classmates who don't share his mother's belief about reveling in one's differences. Eventually, Joshua finds the strength to fight back against his tormentors, both in school and at home, and helps his mother find peace. But Free Spirit is more than just a coming-of-age story. It is also a journey of the spirit, as he reconnects with his Jewish roots; a tale of overcoming adversity; and a captivating read about a childhood unlike any other.

The House of the Spirits

Author : Isabel Allende
Publisher : Everyman's Library
ISBN 13 : 1400043182
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The House of the Spirits written by Isabel Allende and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2005-04-19 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed) Chilean writer Isabel Allende’s classic novel is both a richly symbolic family saga and the riveting story of an unnamed Latin American country’s turbulent history. In a triumph of magic realism, Allende constructs a spirit-ridden world and fills it with colorful and all-too-human inhabitants. The Trueba family’s passions, struggles, and secrets span three generations and a century of violent social change, culminating in a crisis that brings the proud and tyrannical patriarch and his beloved granddaughter to opposite sides of the barricades. Against a backdrop of revolution and counterrevolution, Allende brings to life a family whose private bonds of love and hatred are more complex and enduring than the political allegiances that set them at odds. The House of the Spirits not only brings another nation’s history thrillingly to life, but also makes its people’s joys and anguishes wholly our own.