New Books

Sailor’s Holiday, or The Wild Life of Sailor and Lula by Barry Gifford Wild at Heart introduced readers to Sailor Ripley and Lula Pace Fortune, the most sex-driven, star-crossed lovers since Romeo and Juliet. Now they’re back.... More about this book »	The Cavalry Charges: Writings on Books, Film and Music by Barry Gifford Barry Gifford’s diverse interests, varied influences, wide travels, and multitudinous acquaintances have fueled his prolific writing career. In a series of... More about this book »
Memories from a Sinking Ship by Barry Gifford The coming-of-age novel that Barry Gifford was born to write, Memories from a Sinking Ship recounts a uniquely American childhood and adolescence through a boy’s... More about this book »	Brando Rides Alone by Barry Gifford Part critique, part witty polemic, this revisiting of one of the 1960s’ most tortured and misunderstood productions finds a flawed masterpiece that survived... More about this book »
Single Woman of a Certain Age by Jane Ganahl In Single Woman of a Certain Age, Jane Ganahl assembles a chorus of sophisticated and witty voices for this revealing anthology about flying solo in midlife. Joyce... More about this book »	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 »

Sedan - an entertainment - the part two by Phil Cosker Sedan – the part two is the second part of the trilogy about England in the future, after the ‘big war’ … Battles have been fought and progress (well a bit) has... More about this book »	Sedan - an entertainment - the part one by Phil Cosker Sedan is the first part of a trilogy about England in the future, after the ‘big war’ that no one won and the subsequent slump. Fossil fuels have run out. The Sedan... More about this book »
Sedan - an entertainment - the part three by Phil Cosker Sedan the part three is the final part of the Sedan trilogy. The battles for freedom and justice have been long but finally some matters are resolved – some for the... More about this book »	The Apostles by Phil Cosker Harry Haitch takes a hazardous journey to discover who killed his father and learns that he didn’t know his dad at all. In the end he finds the truth but at great... More about this book »
Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies: The Surprising Science... by Jena Pincott Science writer Jena Pincott spent her pregnancy and postpartum months asking the questions that doctors don’t answer, and finding answers that expectant mothers... More about this book »	Deadly Currents by Beth Groundwater The Arkansas River, heart and soul of Salida, Colorado, fuels the small town’s economy and thrums in the blood of river ranger Mandy Tanner. When a... More about this book »
Story - how the Welsh flag came into being by Phil Cosker This is a short story for children of all ages. You’ve all seen the wonderful dragon on the Welsh flag – well – this is how it came to be there. There’s a dragon, a... More about this book »	Thomas O. Larkin: A Life of patriotism and Profit in Old... by Harlan Hague Thomas O. Larkin was among the first to test what would be called the "California Dream." Arriving in Mexican California in 1832, he expected to become a rich man--... More about this book »
American Monsters by Sezin Koehler "An important work of post-modern feminist horror, American Monsters is a poignant, angry volume about predation, the corruption of the rave scene, and... More about this book »	A Skeptic's Guide To Writers' Houses by Anne Trubek "A remarkable book: part travelogue, part rant, part memoir, part literary analysis and urban history, it is like nothing else I've ever read. In wondering why we... More about this book »