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Mix up a taste of the City by the Bay and experience San Francisco without ever leaving home!Eating and drinking are always the topics of the day in this city that is unlike any other. With San Francisco Cocktails, you will be transported to the biggest small-town city in America.Inside, you will find: Easy-to-follow recipes sure to be crowd pleasersCocktail basics for your home bar, including glassware, tools, and spiritsChapters dedicated to your favorite San Francisco neighborhoodsProfiles on some of the most recognizable bars in San Francisco along with the cocktail recipes that make them stand outInterviews with local bartendersGorgeous, full-color photography gives you a taste of each cocktail long before you mix them up yourselfA list of songs and movies that will help you truly grasp the San Francisco experienceNo matter where you find yourself, San Francisco Cocktails is the perfect gift for cocktail lovers everywhere. This is the perfect guide for drinking like a true San Franciscan.

Find the most romantic locations the Golden City has to offer with Date Night: San Francisco.It can be hard to find fun and romantic things to do while on a budget. This book features the most charming locations and date ideas you can find in San Francisco without breaking the bank. These dates will let you connect, laugh, and adventure together on a whole new level. Whether you’re looking to try something new or just want to escape the kids for a magical and affordable evening out, this book has you covered. Inside you’ll find:50 romantic walks, stunning lookouts, affordable restaurants, cheap cocktails, and more creative options Date ideas perfect for couples of all ages—whether you’re starting a new relationship or just celebrated your 30th anniversary, this book has something for everyone!Beautiful photographs to give you inspiration for your next outing  Engaging activities to increase emotional intimacy You don’t have to settle for dinner and a movie. Now it’s easy to add spontaneity and romance to your relationship. Get excited about your next date with Date Night: San Francisco.

"[A] noir delight of a novel . . . . Evil Genius is deceptively light on its feet, skittering across the page to deliver its scorpion sting.”— New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)A Recommended Read from: Alta * Bustle * Electric Literature * Forbes * LitHub * Los Angeles Times * Kirkus * New York Times * People * Vulture It’s 1974 and San Francisco is full of mystery and menace. Nineteen-year-old Celia Dent keeps telling herself how lucky she is to be working at the phone company and to be married to her Drew, a man who says he loves her. Celia’s contentment with her little life is shattered, though, when a woman she knows from work is murdered in a love tryst gone awry. What would that be like, Celia wonders, to die for love—or to kill for love? What would it be like to live each moment passionately and with full awareness that each breath is bringing her closer to her last?Before Celia knows it, her musings about love-and-death happenings are bleeding into daily life. Suddenly she’s playing hooky from work and searching for a love tryst of her very own. She’s practicing her marksmanship at a local gun range and thinking about how good it would feel to bury something sharp inside her domineering husband’s ear. It’s all pretend, though, until the night comes when Celia finally goes too far, and she and Drew are set on a deadly collision course.Exhilarating, surreal, and bitingly clever, Evil Genius is a comic noir exploring obsession and desire—and what happens when a sweetly seditious young woman dares to imagine a better life.

‘Drew me in like a whirlpool’ NICOLA DINAN ‘A feverish love story’ ANOTHER ‘Hugely enjoyable … dreamlike and erotic’ THE TIMES ‘Romantic, dangerous and sexy’ STYLIST Highly seductive … and fun as hell!’ TONY TULATHIMUTTE A rollercoaster of a cult love story following a dancer in San Francisco’s erotic underground. Baby spends her days with her sweet, cross-dressing, drug-dealing ex-boyfriend, Dino, and every night dancing at Paradise Lost, a strip club where she transforms into whoever her clients want her to be.When Dino disappears suddenly, Baby plunges headfirst into San Francisco’s shady, erotic underground of dive bars and sex dungeons to find him. She encounters a surreal cast of characters: Simon, a recluse who pays her for increasingly bizarre favours; a suicide fetishist named Nobody; and Emeline, Paradise’s new hire who seems to want to steal Baby’s whole identity, starting with her underwear.Will Baby manage to find the only man she’s ever loved? Or might her past catch up with her first? A hottest book of 2025 in Sunday Times Style, Dazed, AnOther and Stylist. ‘A beautiful fever dream’ KRISTEN ARNETT, author of With Teeth ‘Exhilarating … full of verve, drama and detail’NEW YORK TIMES ‘Incredible … the best book I’ve read this year’ STYLIST ‘A wide ride through San Francisco's dark underbelly’ DAILY MAIL ‘For the generation whose life is an endless stream of dead-end Hinge dates’ SUNDAY TIMES STYLE ‘A profound look at sex work and lives unusually lived’ DAZED

“A brilliant amalgamation of history, literature, horror, humor and humanity, unfolding with page-turning energy.” — Petalama Argus-CourierFrom New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore comes a hilariously deranged tale of a mad scientist, a famous painter, and an undead woman’s electrifying journey of self-discovery.Vienna, 1911. In this work of historical fantasy comedy, Gustav Klimt, the most famous painter in the Austrian Empire, the darling of Viennese society, spots a woman’s nude body in the Danube canal. He knows he should summon a policeman, but he can’t resist stopping to make a sketch first. And as he draws, the woman coughs. She’s alive!Back at his studio, Klimt and his model-turned-muse Wally tend to the formerly-drowned girl. She’s nearly feral and doesn’t remember who she is, or how she came to be floating in the canal. Klimt names her Judith, after one of his most famous paintings, and resolves to help her find her memory.With a little help from the fathers of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, Judith recalls being stranded in the arctic one hundred years ago, locked in a crate by a man named Victor Frankenstein, and visiting the Underworld.So how did she get here? And why are so many people chasing her, including Geoff, the giant croissant-eating devil dog of the North?Poor Things meets Bride of Frankenstein in Anima Rising, Christopher Moore’s most ingenious (and probably most hilarious) novel yet.

Emma gets a fresh Indian-American twist from award-winning author Sonali Dev in her heartwarmingly irresistible Jane Austen inspired rom com series.No one can call Vansh Raje’s life anything but charmed. Handsome—Vogue has declared him California’s hottest single—and rich enough to spend all his time on missions to make the world a better place. Add to that a doting family and a contagiously sunny disposition and Vansh has made it halfway through his twenties without ever facing anything to throw him off his admittedly spectacular game.A couple years from turning forty, Knightlina (Naina) Kohli has just gotten out of a ten-year-long fake relationship with Vansh’s brother and wants only one thing from her life…fine, two things. One, to have nothing to do with the unfairly blessed Raje family ever again. Two, to bring economic independence to millions of women in South Asia through her microfinance foundation and prove her father wrong about, well, everything.Just when Naina’s dream is about to come to fruition, Vansh Raje shows up with his misguided Emma Project... And suddenly she’s fighting him for funding and wondering if a friends-with-benefits arrangement that’s as toe-curlingly hot as it is fun is worth risking her life’s work for.

100 of the greatest cars from 1886 to the present day.For all classic car enthusiasts and everyone who loves the nostalgia and romance of these beautiful machines. Discover all you need to know about 100 iconic vehicles in this highly-giftable hardback filled with stunning photography of world-famous cars.Cars are a barometer of society, from film buffs to music fans to fashionistas or art students, many of the best-known classics are easy to associate with the ‘scene’ they became part of: Minis on the King’s Road driven by chic 1960s models, the VW Microbus transporting hippies to San Francisco, Porsche 911 Turbos painted Guards Red to match the braces worn by the 1980s City boys.Organized era by era, starting with the early pioneers, then through the war years to the ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s and ’90s, Nigel covers the concepts behind the car’s creation, its styling and engineering, its place in society and the reasons it came to be so loved, celebrity owners, famous movie or TV appearances and notable innovations. And, crucially what it’s like to drive. All key specifications are detailed for car buffs. Pre-war models like the Austin 7, Bugatti Type 35 and the Bentley ‘Blower’ are covered alongside the most recent classics like the McLaren F1, Nissan Skyline R33, Ferrari F50, Mazda MX-5, and the cute Renault Twingo – all from the 1990s. There will be a special section covering the truly great names in greater depth –histories of Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, Cadillac, Porsche, and Jaguar.

A magnificent sweeping tale from the international bestselling author of ‘The House of the Spirits’.Set in Anglophile Chile and goldrush California during the middle years of the nineteenth century, this magnificent romance tells the story of English foundling Eliza Sommers who grows up in the bustling entrepot of Valparaiso. Eliza is a spirited, sparky and ambitious romantic who becomes embroiled in a forbidden love affair with the charismatic but capricious Joaquin Andieta. When he disappears suddenly for California, and the promise of riches that rumours of gold strikes have brought him, she can but follow after him…

The brand new edge-of-your-seat thriller from the author of the smash hit No.1 bestseller The Woman in the Window.'Elegant, absorbing, full of Hitchcockian menace’ Lucy Foley‘I was mesmerized’ Lisa Jewell'Brilliantly plotted' Liz Nugent‘Fans of detective fiction will be thrilled!’ Shari Lapena "I’ll be dead in three months. Come tell my story." This is the chilling invitation from Sebastian Trapp, renowned mystery novelist, to his long-time correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. Welcomed into his lavish San Francisco mansion, Nicky begins to unravel Trapp’s life story under the watchful eyes of his enigmatic wife and plainspoken daughter.But Sebastian Trapp is a mystery himself. And maybe – probably – a murderer.Two decades ago, his first wife and son vanished, the case never solved. Is the master of mystery playing a deadly game? If so, who will be the loser?And when a body surfaces in the family's garden, they all realize the past isn't buried – it's waiting.What readers are saying about End of Story'Had me gripped all the way through to the jaw dropping finale!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Lots of plot twists to keep you on the edge of your seat’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘A great rollercoaster ride of a book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘I changed my mind about the way I thought the plot would progress so many times, and was still surprised!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘This is a writer who loves words, loves mysteries, and loves weaving the two together’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘One of those books that once finished I want to read from start to finish all over again’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘The whole novel is packed full of atmosphere’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘An extremely twisted murder mystery’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

In a tiny hut in rural India, Kavita gives birth to Asha. Unable to afford the luxury of raising a daughter, her husband forces Kavita to give the baby up-a decision that will haunt them both for the rest of their lives. Halfway around the globe, Somer, an American doctor, decides to adopt a child after making the wrenching discovery that she will never have one of her own. When her husband Krishnan shows her a photo of baby Asha sent to him from a Mumbai orphanage, she falls instantly in love. Waiting for the adoption to be finalized, she knows her life will change, but is convinced that the love she already feels will overcome all obstacles. In a braided narrative that unites the stories of Kavita, Somer and Asha, "Secret Daughter" moves between the two families, one struggling to eke out an existence in Mumbai, the other grappling with the challenge of raising a brownskinned child from another culture, Gowda poignantly parses issues of culture, identity, and familial loyalty.

It was the love story of the decade…Or it should have been–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM A24, FILMING IN SPRING 2026 'Tender as a ballad and pleasurable as a pop song' COCO MELLORS 'Clever and heart-wrenching and addictive' MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER 'An incredibly special book' BETH O'LEARY ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––The first time Joe plays Percy one of his songs in his college room in 2000, she instantly realises three things:One, she is watching a star in the making.Two, she can shape his music into something extraordinary.Three, she will always be on the sidelines.She swallows her jealousy and throws herself into collaboration, transforming Joe’s songs into indie hits with her blistering critiques.But there’s an undercurrent to the music they’re making – something undeniably electric, hurtling towards love. And then, almost inevitably, towards heartbreak.As Joe steps into the spotlight, can Percy bear to watch on in silence?And can he exist there without her? Deep Cuts is an irresistible novel about passion and obsession, love and longing and, above all, our need to be heard. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––WHAT READERS ARE SAYING…'The best debut novel I've ever read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I need this book to come out so I can talk to at least one person about it!! Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow meets Normal People, with all the nostalgia of Almost Famous and High Fidelity' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'You need to add this to your TBR. Just trust me on this, ok?' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I can’t believe this book is a debut novel because of how good it is. I felt a mixture of Sally Rooney with Gabrielle Zevin and it was delicious' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I love it with all my heart, I'm super sad it's over and I will be insufferable when it's out' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I wish I could have written this book. I’m jealous of people who haven’t yet read this book' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This is an absolutely breathtaking debut. I cannot hammer that home enough' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I can’t believe this is a debut! It’s perfect for fans of One Day and Daisy Jones & The Six … This one hit me hard'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

The brand new edge-of-your-seat thriller from the author of the smash hit No.1 bestseller The Woman in the Window.'Elegant, absorbing, full of Hitchcockian menace’ Lucy Foley‘I was mesmerized’ Lisa Jewell'Brilliantly plotted' Liz Nugent‘Fans of detective fiction will be thrilled!’ Shari LapenaA house filled with secrets… Young writer Nicky Hunter is summoned to the lavish mansion of infamous crime novelist Sebastian Trapp to tell his life story — before his imminent death.And then a body is found… Who really is Sebastian Trapp? Misunderstood genius or cold-hearted killer? What really happened to his first wife and young son, who disappeared twenty years ago?You’ll never guess the secret. You’ll never forget the twist.What readers are saying about End of Story'Had me gripped all the way through to the jaw dropping finale!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Lots of plot twists to keep you on the edge of your seat’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘A great rollercoaster ride of a book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘I changed my mind about the way I thought the plot would progress so many times, and was still surprised!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘This is a writer who loves words, loves mysteries, and loves weaving the two together’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘One of those books that once finished I want to read from start to finish all over again’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘The whole novel is packed full of atmosphere’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘An extremely twisted murder mystery’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘A truly great millennial novel’ New York Times Book Review newsletter‘A big, beautiful novel about what friendship means as we get older’ LitHub ‘A big-hearted and daring novel from one of our finest creative and critical minds’ Jonathan Escoffery, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of If I Survive You ‘A powerfully intimate portrait of female friendship’ Kimberly King Parsons, author of We Were the Universe *****As undergrads, Gregg, Reba, Hillary, Bella, and Carson formed the kind of rare bond that university brochures promise – friendship that lasts a lifetime. Two decades later, the women are spread across the country but remain firmly linked through their ever-active group chat. They’ve made it through COVID and childbirth and midcareer challenges, but no one can anticipate what’s coming next.The five women converge on Palm Springs for a long overdue reunion: Gregg, a progressive Texas legislator, is facing a huge decision about her political future. Reba is deep in IVF treatments while caring for her aging parents and navigating a San Francisco she hardly recognizes. Hillary’s medical career is going great – but at home, her husband’s struggles with addiction have derailed their life. In New York City, Bella faces the biggest case in her career as a litigator while her home life crumbles around her, and across the river in Brooklyn, Carson is working on a new novel as well as forging a possible relationship with the father she’s never met.Twenty years into their shared friendship, the stakes are higher than ever. With wit, empathy and heart, Clutch asks how much we can give to our friends and our families, and what space we can save for ourselves.***** ‘White Lotus with more sincerity and heart’ Los Angeles Times

Winner of the 2015 International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook Award Forewords by Alice Waters and Michael Pollan In this dazzling, full color cookbook and kitchen manual filled with lush photographs and beautiful drawings, the chef of Alice Waters' Chez Panisse offers basic techniques and essential recipes that will transform anyone into a confident home cook. When his oldest son was leaving for college, Cal Peternell, the chef of San Francisco's legendary Chez Panisse, realized that, although he regularly made dinners for his family, he'd never taught them the basics of cooking. Based on the life-altering course of instruction he prepared and honed through many phone calls with his son, Twelve Recipes is the ultimate introduction to the kitchen. Peternell focuses on the core foods and dishes that comprise a successful home cook's arsenal, each building skill upon skill-from toast, eggs, and beans, to vinaigrettes, pasta with tomato, and rice, to vegetables, soup, meats, and cake. Twelve Recipes will help home cooks develop a core repertoire of skills and increase their culinary confidence.Peternell tells you what basic ingredients and tools you need for a particular recipe, and then adds variations to expand your understanding. Each tip, instruction, and recipe connects with others to weave into a larger story that illuminates the connection between food and life. A deeply personal book, it was written by the chef alone and it glows with warmth and humor as he mulls over such mundane items as toast and rice to offer surprising new insights about foods that only seem exceedingly ordinary. It's a book you're as likely to keep by your bedside as your stovetop. With Peternell as your guide, the journey is pure pleasure and the destination is delicious. Twelve Recipes features gorgeous color photos and inset illustrations by Peternell's wife and sons (all artists), and forewords by celebrated chef Alice Waters and New York Times columnist and bestselling author Michael Pollan.

A full-blooded, pacy biography of one of the most charismatic writers of the century, whose life and work were to inspire Hemingway, Steinbeck, Kerouac and Mailer. ‘We cannot help but read on’: TLS. ‘The energy, dynamism and sheer bursting life-force of Jack London bowls you over’: Scotsman. Jack London’s life story (1876–1916) is as dramatic as any of the fiction he wrote. Born illegitimate in San Francisco, he was (in his teens) an oyster pirate, seal-hunter, hobo, Klondike goldminer – and spectacular drinker.On publication of The Call of the Wild in 1903, he became the most highly publicised writer in the world. Subsequent books, including Martin Eden, White Fang, The Iron Heel, The People of the Abyss, John Barleycorn, The Sea Wolf, continue in print as world classics in many languages.Apart from writing 50 books, he lectured for the Socialist Party in America; was a war correspondent in Korea and Mexico; introduced surfing to the West Coast; sailed the seven seas in his yacht, the Snark…

‘Drew me in like a whirlpool’ NICOLA DINAN ‘A feverish love story’ ANOTHER ‘Hugely enjoyable … dreamlike and erotic’ THE TIMES ‘Romantic, dangerous and sexy’ STYLIST Highly seductive … and fun as hell!’ TONY TULATHIMUTTE A rollercoaster of a cult love story following a dancer in San Francisco’s erotic underground. Baby spends her days with her sweet, cross-dressing, drug-dealing ex-boyfriend, Dino, and every night dancing at Paradise Lost, a strip club where she transforms into whoever her clients want her to be.When Dino disappears suddenly, Baby plunges headfirst into San Francisco’s shady, erotic underground of dive bars and sex dungeons to find him. She encounters a surreal cast of characters: Simon, a recluse who pays her for increasingly bizarre favours; a suicide fetishist named Nobody; and Emeline, Paradise’s new hire who seems to want to steal Baby’s whole identity, starting with her underwear.Will Baby manage to find the only man she’s ever loved? Or might her past catch up with her first? A hottest book of 2025 in Sunday Times Style, Dazed, AnOther and Stylist. ‘A beautiful fever dream’ KRISTEN ARNETT, author of With Teeth ‘Exhilarating … full of verve, drama and detail’NEW YORK TIMES ‘Incredible … the best book I’ve read this year’ STYLIST ‘A wide ride through San Francisco's dark underbelly’ DAILY MAIL ‘For the generation whose life is an endless stream of dead-end Hinge dates’ SUNDAY TIMES STYLE ‘A profound look at sex work and lives unusually lived’ DAZED

The stunning new novel from the author of international million-copy bestseller Cold Mountain Hurtling past the downtrodden communities of Depression-era America, painter Val Welch travels westward to the rural town of Dawes, Wyoming. Through a stroke of luck, he’s landed a New Deal assignment to create a mural representing the region for their new Post Office.A wealthy art lover named John Long and his wife Eve have agreed to host Val at their sprawling ranch. Rumors and intrigue surround the couple: Eve left behind an itinerant life riding the rails and singing in a western swing band. Long holds shady political aspirations, but was once a WWI sniper—and his right hand is a mysterious elder cowboy, a vestige of the violent old west. Val quickly finds himself entranced by their lives.One day, Eve flees home with a valuable painting in tow, and Long recruits Val to hit the road with a mission of tracking her down. Journeying from ramshackle Hoovervilles to San Francisco nightclubs to the swamps of Florida, Val's search for Eve narrows, and he soon turns up secrets that could spark formidable changes for all of them.

New York Times Bestseller“Smart and funny and all sorts of raunchy in the best way.” — San Francisco ChronicleRepeat New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns to the mean streets of San Francisco in this outrageous follow-up to his madcap novel Noir.San Francisco, 1947. Bartender Sammy “Two Toes” Tiffin and the rest of the Cookie’s Coffee Irregulars—a ragtag bunch of working mugs last seen in Noir—are on the hustle: they’re trying to open a driving school; shanghai an abusive Swedish stevedore; get Mable, the local madam, and her girls to a Christmas party at the State Hospital without alerting the overzealous head of the S.F.P.D. vice squad; all while Sammy’s girlfriend, Stilton (a.k.a. the Cheese), and her “Wendy the Welder” gal pals are using their wartime shipbuilding skills on a secret project that might be attracting the attention of some government Men in Black. And, oh yeah, someone is murdering the city’s drag kings and club owner Jimmy Vasco is sure she’s next on the list and wants Sammy to find the killer.Meanwhile, Eddie “Moo Shoes” Shu has been summoned by his Uncle Ho to help save his opium den from Squid Kid Tang, a vicious gangster who is determined to retrieve a priceless relic: an ancient statue of the powerful Rain Dragon that Ho stole from one of the fighting tongs forty years earlier. And if Eddie blows it, he just might call down the wrath of that powerful magical creature on all of Fog City.Strap yourselves in for a bit of the old razzmatazz, ladies and gentlemen. It’s Christopher Moore time.

A rare collection of more than 200 full-color and black-and-white souvenir photographs and memorabilia that bring to life the renowned jazz nightclubs of the 1940s and 1950s, compiled by Grammy Award-winning record executive and music historian Jeff Gold and featuring exclusive interviews with Quincy Jones, Sonny Rollins, Robin Givhan, Jason Moran, and Dan Morgenstern.In the two decades before the Civil Rights movement, jazz nightclubs were among the first places that opened their doors to both Black and white performers and club goers in Jim Crow America. In this extraordinary collection, Jeff Gold looks back at this explosive moment in the history of Jazz and American culture, and the spaces at the center of artistic and social change. Sittin’ In is a visual history of jazz clubs during these crucial decades when some of the greatest names in in the genre—Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, and many others—were headlining acts across the country. In many of the clubs, Black and white musicians played together and more significantly, people of all races gathered together to enjoy an evening’s entertainment. House photographers roamed the floor and for a dollar, took picture of patrons that were developed on site and could be taken home in a keepsake folder with the club’s name and logo.Sittin’ In tells the story of the most popular club in these cities through striking images, first-hand anecdotes, true tales about the musicians who performed their unforgettable shows, notes on important music recorded live there, and more. All of this is supplemented by colorful club memorabilia, including posters, handbills, menus, branded matchbooks, and more. Inside you’ll also find exclusive, in-depth interviews conducted specifically for this book with the legendary Quincy Jones; jazz great tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins; Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic Robin Givhan; jazz musician and creative director of the Kennedy Center, Jason Moran; and jazz critic Dan Morgenstern.Gold surveys America’s jazz scene and its intersection with racism during segregation, focusing on three crucial regions: the East Coast (New York, Atlantic City, Boston, Washington, D.C.); the Midwest (Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, Kansas City); and the West Coast (Los Angeles, San Francisco). This collection of ephemeral snapshots tells the story of an era that helped transform American life, beginning the move from traditional Dixieland jazz to bebop, from conservatism to the push for personal freedom.

The fast-paced new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Best Laid Plans, Morning, Noon & Night and Bloodline.Someone was following her. She had read about stalkers, but they belonged in a different, faraway world. She had no idea who it could be, who would want to harm her. She was trying desperately hard not to panic, but lately her sleep had been filled with nightmares, and she had awakened each morning with a feeling of impending doom.Thus begins Sidney Sheldon’s chilling novel, Tell Me Your Dreams. Three beautiful young women are suspected of committing a series of brutal murders. The police make an arrest that leads to one of the most bizarre murder trials of the century. Based on actual events, Sheldon’s novel races from London to Rome to Quebec City to San Francisco, with a climax that will leave the reader stunned.

Thrilling contemporary novel from the author of THE SNOW FALCON and STILL WATER. What could be better than this…To all appearances, Nick has an eviable life: his own advertising company, comfortable house in a desirable area of San Francisco, car to die for and, above all, a gorgeous wife whom he loves more than anything. But he knows that the company could fold if his latest pitch isn’t successful. Trouble is, he’s neglected to mention this to his wife or best friend and business partner. When they find out, they start to see him in a different light and a fatal distrust creeps in.Oblivious to everything but the need to succeed, Nick can’t see what’s happening to the rest of his life. Inexorably, the destructive momentum grows and Nick is left desperately pinning his hopes on one impossible scheme. How far will he go to save his marriage? Theft? Murder? Will it really lead to something better than this?

Stunning reissue of an international bestseller, from the author of ‘The Joy Luck Club’ and ‘The Bonesetter’s Daughter’.Olivia Yee is only five years old when Kwan, her older sister from China, comes to live with the family and turns her life upside down, bombarding her day and night with ghostly stories of strange ancestors from the world of Yin. Olivia just wants to lead a normal American life.For the next thirty years, Olivia endures visits from Kwan and her ghosts, who appear in the living world to offer advice on everything from restaurants to Olivia’s failed marriage. But just when she cannot bear it any more, the revelations of a tragic family secret finally open her mind to the startling truths hidden in Kwan’s unorthodox vision of the world.

The ultimate tale of teen rebellion – one seventeen-year-old against the surveillance state.Big Brother is watching you. Who’s watching back?Marcus is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works – and how to work the system. Smart, fast and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems.But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison, where they’re mercilessly interrogated for days.When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state, where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself.