Oakland Food Connection
Bryant Terry

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

3/50 Project

Blue Chair Fruit

Home Project Champ 

New Music In Stock Now

Beth Orton   

Sugaring Season

(one of Luan's faves) 

Neil Young & Crazy Horse 

Psychedelic Pill 

 The Mountain Goats 

Transcendental Youth 

Aimee Mann 

Charmer

Martha Wainwright

Come Home to Mama 

Bonnie Raitt 

 Slipstream

(Yes, it's great!) 

Events! Click on the blue links for more information

December 15

Laurel Donation

Stroll 

December 19 Randy Alfred

Dear Reader,

    How's your list coming along? We've been recommending a lot of books and making lots of people happy with some unique choices. What can we find for you?  

    Don't forget we have the Kobo Glo and Kobo Mini reader in stock now. Take a look at the Kobo App that you can download for free to any of your devices that aren't Kindles. They have an amazing catalog of books and we're happy to be a vendor. Our link should be live shortly on the website. In the meantime, go look for yourself. I am a traditional book reader first and foremost, but for those of you who are bi-libro, we strive to have a great option for you.

   The Laurel Holiday Stroll is Saturday night from 6 to 8pm. Donate new toys, books, pet supplies or a new or gently used coat at Marquardt Realty and get a stamp that will entitle you to goodies all along the boulevard. $1 samples at restaurants!  

    Here we'll give you half off on any calendar in stock. We also will show you our selection of books at 30% off and entice you with snacks and things. Come and be merry.

   With the tragic events of today, we need to build community every possible way we can. Please connect with your neighbors and community any chance you get and invite our young people along. It's the only way to create a peaceful and respectful future. 

 And now, books.   

 Happy Reading,   

Be Good, How to Navigate the Ethics of Everything by Randy Cohen. Cohen is "The Ethicist" for the New York Times.   Cohen helps readers locate their own internal ethical compasses as he delivers answers to life's most challenging dilemmas, timeless and contemporary alike. Organized thematically in an easy-to-navigate Q&A format, and featuring line illustrations throughout, this amusing and engaging book challenges readers to think about how they would (or should) respond when faced with everyday moral challenges, from sex and love to religion, technology, and much more. You KNOW you have someone to give a copy of this to. 

One on One, Behind the Scenes with the Greats in the Game by John Feinstein.  Feinstein returns to the subjects of his first 10 books (from his celebrated sagas of college basketball seasons to insider tell-alls on pro tennis, golf, and the Army-Navy football rivalry). He recounts the most revealing encounters he's had as a sportswriter.

Giants. Yes we have a few Giants publications that celebrate the 2012 World Series Winners: Your San Francisco Giants!!! Just ask.

Queen of America by Luis Alberto Urrea $14.95 At turns heartbreaking, uplifting, fiercely romantic, and riotously funny, this novel tells the unforgettable story of a young woman coming of age and finding her place in a new world.  For someone who wants a big, meaty novel that they can sink their teeth into. 

Two Graves by Preston & Child $26.95 After his wife, Helen, is abducted, Special Agent Pendergast furiously pursues the kidnappers, chasing them across the country and into Mexico. But then, things go terribly, tragically wrong; the kidnappers escape; and a shattered Pendergast retreats to his New York apartment and shuts out the world. But when a string of bizarre murders erupts across several Manhattan hotels, NYPD Lieutenant D'Agosta asks his friend Pendergast for help.

Roots, The Definitive Compendium with More Than 225 Recipes for, yes, root vegetables. By Diane Morgan  $40 From the author of more than 10 cookbooks comes this comprehensive guide and collection of recipes using root vegetables. Discover the fascinating history and lore of 29 major roots, their nutritional content, how to buy and store them, and much more, from the familiar (beets, carrots, potatoes) to the unfamiliar (jicama, salsify, malanga) to the practically unheard of (cassava, galangal, crosnes). The best part? More than 225 recipes--salads, soups, side dishes, main courses, drinks, and desserts--that bring out the earthy goodness of each and every one of these intriguing vegetables.   

Don't forget Dancers Among Us by Jordan Matter $17.95 The mystery of the body in motion. The surprise of seeing what seems impossible. And the pure, joyful optimism of it all. "Dancers Among Us" presents one thrilling photograph after another of dancers leaping, spinning, lifting, kicking--but in the midst of daily life: on the beach, at a construction site, in a library, a restaurant, a park. With each image the reader feels buoyed up, eager to see the next bit of magic.  

Kiss My Aster, A Graphic Guide to Creating a Fantastic Yard Totally Tailored to You by Amanda Thomsen $16.95 Who cares what the neighbors think? "Kiss My Aster" is a hilarious, irreverent, interactive guide to designing an outdoor space that is exactly what "youO want. Combining entertaining illustrations with laugh-out-loud text, Thomsen lays out the many options for home landscaping and invites readers to make the choices.