Cool Gray City of Love
Title | Cool Gray City of Love PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Kamiya |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2014-10-14 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1620401266 |
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.
San Francisco, the Cool, Gray City of Love
Title | San Francisco, the Cool, Gray City of Love PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Porter |
Publisher | Dutton Adult |
Pages | 61 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | San Francisco (Calif.) |
ISBN | 9780525931805 |
Season of the Witch
Title | Season of the Witch PDF eBook |
Author | David Talbot |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 482 |
Release | 2012-05-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1439127875 |
The critically acclaimed, national bestseller—a gripping story of the strife and tragedy that led to San Francisco’s ultimate rebirth and triumph. In a kaleidoscopic narrative, New York Times–bestselling author and Salon founder David Talbot tells the gripping story of San Francisco in the turbulent years between 1967 and 1982. The emergence of a diverse cast of characters—Harvey Milk, Janis Joplin, Jim Jones, Bill Walsh—ushered in a transformative new era in the city’s history. Season of the Witch is the first book to fully capture the dark magic of San Francisco in this breathtaking period, when the city radically changed itself—and then revolutionized the world. “An enthralling—and harrowing—account of how the 1967 Summer of Love gave way to 20 or so winters of discontent.” —The Washington Post “A sprawling, ambitious history . . . Talbot’s energetic, highly entertaining storytelling conveys the exhilaration of ‘60s counterculture as well as the gathering ugliness that would mark the city in the ‘70s.” —The Boston Globe “Exhaustive research yields penetrating character studies . . . In exhilarating fashion, Talbot clears the rainbow mist and brings San Francisco into sharp focus.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A gritty corrective to our rosy memories . . . enthralling, news-driven history . . . smart and briskly paced . . . I found it hard to put down.” —San Francisco Chronicle “An ambitious, labor-of-love illumination of a city’s soul, celebrating the uniqueness of San Francisco without minimizing the price paid for the city’s free-spiritedness.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Talbot presents gripping accounts of both crime sprees and football showdowns.” —Booklist
Infinite City
Title | Infinite City PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca Solnit |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 2010-11-29 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0520262492 |
What makes a place? Rebecca Solnit reinvents the traditional atlas, searching for layers of meaning & connections of experience across San Francisco.
Big Alma
Title | Big Alma PDF eBook |
Author | Bernice Scharlach |
Publisher | Heyday Books |
Pages | 383 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781597143240 |
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,
The Cool, Grey City of Love (San Francisco)
Title | The Cool, Grey City of Love (San Francisco) PDF eBook |
Author | George Sterling |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | Poetry of places |
ISBN |
The Cool, Grey City of Love
Title | The Cool, Grey City of Love PDF eBook |
Author | George Sterling |
Publisher | |
Pages | 4 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | San Francisco (Calif.) |
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