New Books

Naked on the Page: The Misadventures of My Unmarried Midlife by Jane Ganahl The jungle of midlife dating has found an intrepid new explorer in Jane Ganahl. Beginning with the launch of her San Francisco Chronicle column, Single Minded, and... More about this book »	Not Fade Away by Ben Fong-Torres In 1969, young rock reporter Ben Fong-Torres was hired by Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner to “come in and do what you think needs to be done.” Now Fong-Torres... More about this book »
The Motown Album: The Sound of Young America by Ben Fong-Torres When Motown Records founder Berry Gordy coined the term “the sound of young America” in 1960, he believed that his new sound would break down the barriers between... More about this book »	Becoming Almost Famous: My Back Pages in Music, Writing, and Life by Ben Fong-Torres This collection of favorite articles from Ben Fong-Torres features a slew of entertaining and informative music and pop-culture pieces on topics including Paul... More about this book »
The Hits Just Keep on Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio by Ben Fong-Torres This lively blast from the past peels back the many layers of the Top 40 phenomenon: the DJs, fans, singles, jingles, dedications, contests, requests and more. The... More about this book »	The Rice Room: Growing Up Chinese-American from Number Two Son... by Ben Fong-Torres The Rice Room is a brilliant and moving memoir of growing up in Oakland’s Chinatown, by one of America’s preeminent journalists. Ben Fong-Torres was the third child... More about this book »
Hickory Wind: The Life and Times of Gram Parsons by Ben Fong-Torres Gram Parons lived hard and died young, and left behind a musical legacy that has influenced generations of rock and country legends. Ben Fong-Torres’ moving account... More about this book »	The Doors by Ben Fong-Torres In 1967, the Doors broke through with their debut album, and one critic declared: “The Beatles and the Stones are for blowing your mind, but the Doors are for... More about this book »
Her by Lawrence Ferlinghetti “A surreal semi-autobiographical blackbook record of a semi-mad period of my life, in that mindless, timeless state most romantics pass through, confusing flesh... More about this book »	Starting from San Francisco by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Starting From San Francisco, first published in 1961, is the third collection of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poetry. More about this book »

Pride and Platypus: Mr. Darcy's Dreadful Secret by Vera Nazarian From the author of Northanger Abbey and Angels and Dragons... PRIDE AND PLATYPUS: Mr. Darcy's Dreadful Secret When the moon is full over Regency England, all the... More about this book »	The Gift of All Time by Susan Shumake Through her touching and inspiring poetry, Susan Shumake tells the story of the first Christmas in a new way, drawing from Scripture and a deep... More about this book »
The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz One morning in Los Angeles, Nate Overbay—a divorced former solider suffering from PTSD and slowly dying from ALS — goes to an eleventh-floor bank, climbs out of... More about this book »	Charles R. Knight: The Artist Who Saw Through Time by Richard Milner American wildlife artist Charles R. Knight (1874–1953) spent a lifetime creating some of the first paintings and sculptures of dinosaurs, mammoths, and cavemen... More about this book »
What's the Matter With Batman?: An Unauthorized Clinical... by Robin S. Rosenberg Batman dresses in costume, spends a good part of his wealth to support the lifestyle of his bat-alter ego, and puts his life on the line nightly. There must be... More about this book »	With the Sea Beside Me by Meade Fischer Imagine being an adventure traveler setting out to explore the California Coast. Then imagine climbing in beside someone with intimate local knowledge of the... More about this book »
Messiah Chronicles by Meade Fischer This is the story of Jesus, his disciples and friends told as a human story about a group of religious reformers on the road in the middle east of 20 centuries... More about this book »	"The Key Ingredient," in the anthology DIRTY DINER by Jeffrey A Ricker Food and sex. They go hand in…um, hand, don’t they? How many millions of dates start out in restaurants and end up in bedrooms? And it’s not just the patrons either... More about this book »
Before the Last Bell Rings by Suzy Nelson Jenny, an English teacher in an urban high school who is supporting her dying mother, not only has to face gang boys daily but she must also sidestep Lori, her... More about this book »	A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his... More about this book »