Eat Me
Each month, I review a cookbook or food-related book for Tablehopper, a lively weekly email about all things food and drink in San Francisco.
You can see this month's quirky pick here.
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New Kids and Young Adult Books
Aubrey, the employee who takes care of our children's and young adult sections, has some great recommendations for newly released books for youngsters. Click here to see all six.
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Litquake
Litquake,
the San Francisco Literary Festival that's now the region's largest
literary event of the year, will rumble throughout the Bay Area this
October 3-11.
More than 10,000 are expected to attend readings and performances by
some of the biggest local and national literary stars, including Dave
Eggers, Daniel "Lemony Snicket" Handler, Ann Packer, Curtis Sittenfeld,
Dennis Lehane, Neil Gaiman, U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan, Raj Patel,
Beth Lisick, and actress and poet Amber Tamblyn.
We're especially excited about the opening night storytelling performance, Monday's Literary Death Match, and October 10th's Fabulous Femmes of Fiction event.
This is the ninth year for Litquake, a festival run by volunteers, with
generous support from donors, education and arts organizations,
authors, booksellers, publishers and the literary community.
For the complete festival schedule, go HERE.
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Greetings!
Fall is here for sure: the surf is up, a little drizzle fell today, and our display tables are bursting with what we and the publishers hope will be the holiday season's bounty. Today's Green Apple missive is bountiful, too. Here's a quick run-down:  Our book of the month, guaranteed to please; a few books to help make sense of the current economic crisis; other newly released titles you may but shouldn't have missed; some fresh sale books; a trio of unique events (including one on beer tonight); a quirky cookbook; new books for young readers; and a Litquake update. Oh, and calendars are here in all their glory; shop early for the best selection, as we can't reorder designs that sell out. Thanks for reading. |
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October's Book of the Month!
On an almost monthly basis, we present to you a brand-new book that we're excited about. Really excited about: we guarantee it 100% or your money back. Here's our ninth of 2008. Nick explains: "When Michael Greenberg's daughter Sally, at the young age of fifteen,
suffers a psychotic breakdown, it threatens to tear apart the lives of
those who love her. Hurry Down Sunshine is an elegant &
tragic account of the quick downward spiral madness can take. Greenberg
interweaves his story with that of Joyce & his daughter & the other patients
in the psych ward. This book is a haunting & beautifully written
study of madness & the suffering of a child whose family struggles
to understand her. Immensely honest & personal, you
will not be able to put this memoir down." --Nick B. Click here to buy the book or pick it up on your next visit. |
Books on the Economy
Adam, a former Green Apple employee,
recently sent us this list of books that may help illuminate the
economic meltdown, proposed bailout, etc. We thought you, our beloved Green Apple
customers, might be interested. You can read it here. |
New Book Releases!
Of the 1,000 or so new books we have received in the last month or so, here are a few that may have slipped in under your radar but deserve a look: A new young adult novel by Neil Gaiman, a history primer for kids, a book on how mathematicians are quantifying and analyzing our lives, the story of the banning of The Grapes of Wrath, a people's history of sports, a collection of important photojournalism, Zen Architecture, a creepy Mark Ryden children's book, and a 2009 Murakami day-planner. There's also much to see on our display tables as the publishers release their best hopes for the coming holiday season, so drop by for a browse soon. View blurbs of this month's featured books HERE. |
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Fresh sale books
 Fresh remainders just keep coming, and they're often our best deals: as-new books that cost even less than used copies. Here are a few new arrivals: a glorious collection of botanical illustrations; 2007's National Book Award winner for fiction (by Denis Johnson); a recent Paulo Coelho novel; a travelogue described by the WSJ as "a page-turner with great insight into Chinese society;" Vendela Vida's recent taut novel; and one of our best-selling cookbooks of this year. All on sale for at least half off the list price. See them all HERE. |
Author Events Green Apple style: Join us TONIGHT for a beer and a book on beer
Red, White, and Brew is the ultimate beer run across the United States, during which Brian Yaeger visits fourteen breweries of various sizes and talks to founders, owners, brewmasters, consumers, and anyone else he meets on his odyssey and who enjoys the making, tasting, and appreciating of brews.
Red, White, and Brew pursues the roots of brewers who brought their craft with them from their homeland and investigates how the tradition is faring today and where it may head in the future. Covering everything from fifth-generation family-run brewing companies to first-wave microbreweries, this book is a travelogue, guide, and genealogical study of beer families and homebrewers from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon. It is filled with eclectic characters and shrewd businesspeople who populate an industry as old as the New World, and who produce liquid philanthropy, one keg at a time.
Meet our neighbor, author Brian Yaeger, and enjoy a malted beverage of your choice just a few doors down from our store at the 540 Club (540 Clement). 8:00 p.m. TONIGHT, Thursday October 2.
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Rock poster event
From Italy, the country that brought you spaghetti and
spaghetti westerns, comes a new wave of beautiful handmade rock posters.
MALLEUS Rock Art Lab, the artist collective of Urlo, Poia and Lu, a sensational poster design team from Italy, will be showing at The 540
Club on Thursday, October 16th from 7PM onward.
The Malleus collective is very excited to come to San Francisco,
which they refer to as the "Capitol of Rock Posters;" and Malleus'
growing number of fans here in the USA are excited to see their work
and the artists live. We'll have copies of their new book (The Hammer of God), too. Their brilliant posters from Italy, inspired
equally by the fin de si�cle style of Toulouse Lautrec and 1960's San
Francisco Psychedelia, indicate that the present rock poster movement,
which started in San Francisco, is sweeping the world.
OCTOBER 16, 2008 7pm
540 CLUB
540 Clement Street
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Bucky Sinister Events
Says Bucky: "12-Step recovery was my last resort. I was highly cynical and skeptical
of the whole community and process. But it worked for me. Since
then, a lot of friends, friends of friends, and random strangers on
MySpace have asked me how I reconciled my atheism and my creative life
with sobriety and 12 Step. This book is all about that." Here are two coming events Green Apple is co-sponsoring. October 25th Gilman Street Project
Bucky Sinister Presents Cleancore Punk:"This
show is a lineup of punk bands with members who are clean and sober.
I'll do my readings first then hand it off to the bands. This is not a
straight edge show, it's more of a cleancore show. The difference is that we are all punks who bottomed out, got clean and sober,
and are back on stage rocking it harder than ever." (doors at 8, show at 9. $7 cover)http://www.924gilman.org/Show Info: (510) 525-9926 October 26th at Cell Space
Bucky's Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social and Comedy Show
"This
show is a lineup of comedians who are clean and sober. Additionally,
I'm bringing in 9 gallons of Mitchell's Ice Cream. There will be a
cover charge, but the ice cream is free inside. Also, there will be art
from clean and sober artists. No milkshakes after 8 pm!" (doors at 7, show at 8. $5-$10 cover)
http://www.cellspace.org/new/2050 Bryant St; (415) 648-7562
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