• 🍏📚 BOOK OF THE MONTH Make It Scream, Make It Burn From the astounding (Entertainment Weekly), spectacularly evocative (The Atlantic), and brilliant (Los Angeles Times) author of the New York Times bestsellers The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes a return to the essay form in this expansive new book. ONE OF THE FALL'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS: Time, Entertainment Weekly, O, Oprah Magazine, Boston Globe, Newsweek, Esquire, Seattle Times, Baltimore Sun, BuzzFeed, BookPage, The Millions, Marie Claire, Good Housekeeping, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Lit Hub, Women's Day, AV Club, Nylon, Bustle, Goop, Goodreads, Book Riot, Yahoo! Lifestyle, Pacific Standard, The Week, and Romper. With the virtuosic synthesis of memoir, criticism, and journalism for which Leslie Jamison has been so widely acclaimed, the fourteen essays in Make It Scream, Make It Burn explore the oceanic depths of longing and the reverberations of obsession. Among Jamison's subjects are 52 Blue, deemed the loneliest whale in the world; the eerie past-life memories of children; the devoted citizens of an online world called Second Life; the haunted landscape of the Sri Lankan Civil War; and an entire museum dedicated to the relics of broken relationships. Jamison follows these examinations to more personal reckonings -- with elusive men and ruptured romances, with marriage and maternity -- in essays about eloping in Las Vegas, becoming a stepmother, and giving birth. Often compared to Joan Didion and Susan Sontag, and widely considered one of the defining voices of her generation, Jamison interrogates her own life with the same nuance and rigor she brings to her subjects. The result is a provocative reminder of the joy and sustenance that can be found in the unlikeliest of circumstances.
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    🍏📚 BOOK OF THE MONTH Make It Scream, Make It Burn From the astounding (Entertainment Weekly), spectacularly evocative (The Atlantic), and brilliant (Los Angeles Times) author of the New York Times bestsellers The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes a return to the essay form in this expansive new book. ONE OF THE FALL'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS: Time, Entertainment Weekly, O, Oprah Magazine, Boston Globe, Newsweek, Esquire, Seattle Times, Baltimore Sun, BuzzFeed, BookPage, The Millions, Marie Claire, Good Housekeeping, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Lit Hub, Women's Day, AV Club, Nylon, Bustle, Goop, Goodreads, Book Riot, Yahoo! Lifestyle, Pacific Standard, The Week, and Romper. With the virtuosic synthesis of memoir, criticism, and journalism for which Leslie Jamison has been so widely acclaimed, the fourteen essays in Make It Scream, Make It Burn explore the oceanic depths of longing and the reverberations of obsession. Among Jamison's subjects are 52 Blue, deemed the loneliest whale in the world; the eerie past-life memories of children; the devoted citizens of an online world called Second Life; the haunted landscape of the Sri Lankan Civil War; and an entire museum dedicated to the relics of broken relationships. Jamison follows these examinations to more personal reckonings -- with elusive men and ruptured romances, with marriage and maternity -- in essays about eloping in Las Vegas, becoming a stepmother, and giving birth. Often compared to Joan Didion and Susan Sontag, and widely considered one of the defining voices of her generation, Jamison interrogates her own life with the same nuance and rigor she brings to her subjects. The result is a provocative reminder of the joy and sustenance that can be found in the unlikeliest of circumstances.
  • “The State of Water” by Obi Kaufman the author of the California Field Atlas “Obi Kaufmann, author of the best-selling California Field Atlas, turns his artful yet analytical attention to the Golden State's single most complex and controversial resource: water. In this new book, full-color maps unravel the braided knot of California's water infrastructure and ecosystems, exposing a history of unlimited growth in spite of finite natural resources--a history that has led to its current precarious circumstances. Yet this built world depends upon the biosphere, and in The State of Water Kaufmann argues that environmental conservation and restoration efforts are necessary not only for ethical reasons but also as a matter of human survival. Offering nine perspectives to illustrate the most pressing challenges facing California's water infrastructure, from dams to species revitalization, Kaufmann reveals pragmatic yet inspiring solutions to how water in the West can continue to support agriculture, municipalities, and the environment. Interspersed throughout with trail paintings of animals that might yet survive under a caring and careful water ethic, Kaufmann shows how California can usher in a new era of responsible water conservation, and--perhaps most importantly--how we may do so together” - www.greenapplebooks.com
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    “The State of Water” by Obi Kaufman the author of the California Field Atlas “Obi Kaufmann, author of the best-selling California Field Atlas, turns his artful yet analytical attention to the Golden State's single most complex and controversial resource: water. In this new book, full-color maps unravel the braided knot of California's water infrastructure and ecosystems, exposing a history of unlimited growth in spite of finite natural resources--a history that has led to its current precarious circumstances. Yet this built world depends upon the biosphere, and in The State of Water Kaufmann argues that environmental conservation and restoration efforts are necessary not only for ethical reasons but also as a matter of human survival. Offering nine perspectives to illustrate the most pressing challenges facing California's water infrastructure, from dams to species revitalization, Kaufmann reveals pragmatic yet inspiring solutions to how water in the West can continue to support agriculture, municipalities, and the environment. Interspersed throughout with trail paintings of animals that might yet survive under a caring and careful water ethic, Kaufmann shows how California can usher in a new era of responsible water conservation, and--perhaps most importantly--how we may do so together” - www.greenapplebooks.com
  • Thank you @bibliofinder 🍏📚❤️ #Repost @bibliofinder ・・・ Green Apple Books opened their doors over 50 years ago. They are both a literary destination and a neighborhood bookstore offering a huge but carefully curated selection of new and used books in all subject areas. They also sell LPs, magazines, greeting cards, gifts, games, used CDs and DVDs, blank books, journals, and more! . Check out their Instagram page @greenapplebooks and when you’re in San Francisco don’t forget to stop by! . Find local independent bookstores, bookish events, book clubs (real life & online) and more on BIBLIOFINDER [link in bio] . Photo: @thesanfranciscanmagazine
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    Thank you @bibliofinder 🍏📚❤️ #Repost @bibliofinder ・・・ Green Apple Books opened their doors over 50 years ago. They are both a literary destination and a neighborhood bookstore offering a huge but carefully curated selection of new and used books in all subject areas. They also sell LPs, magazines, greeting cards, gifts, games, used CDs and DVDs, blank books, journals, and more! . Check out their Instagram page @greenapplebooks and when you’re in San Francisco don’t forget to stop by! . Find local independent bookstores, bookish events, book clubs (real life & online) and more on BIBLIOFINDER [link in bio] . Photo: @thesanfranciscanmagazine
  • Read a book #sunday
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    Read a book #sunday
  • If you've been waiting to hear about this Pulitzer Prize winning book, look no further! Richard Powers will be at the JCCSF, and we'll be there selling books. This event is coming in two weeks, but is guaranteed to be one that lasts with you for a lifetime!
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    If you've been waiting to hear about this Pulitzer Prize winning book, look no further! Richard Powers will be at the JCCSF, and we'll be there selling books. This event is coming in two weeks, but is guaranteed to be one that lasts with you for a lifetime!
  • Thanks to YOU buying books at Green Apple, Books on the Park, and Browser Books (or our website), we made payroll for the 1,354th consecutive time. The owners, managers, and unionized workers of Green Apple thank you for your support. #ShopLocal #ShopUnion @UFCW5
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    Thanks to YOU buying books at Green Apple, Books on the Park, and Browser Books (or our website), we made payroll for the 1,354th consecutive time. The owners, managers, and unionized workers of Green Apple thank you for your support. #ShopLocal #ShopUnion @UFCW5
  • EVENT: 💥 Join us on October 30th @ 7.30-9:00pm for a discussion - tea and nibbles included - of Song of Solomon novel by the brilliant Toni Morrison. #browserbookclub #community #songofsolomon #riptonimorrison Browser books 2195 Fillmore Street 94115 #Repost @browserbooks
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    EVENT: 💥 Join us on October 30th @ 7.30-9:00pm for a discussion - tea and nibbles included - of Song of Solomon novel by the brilliant Toni Morrison. #browserbookclub #community #songofsolomon #riptonimorrison Browser books 2195 Fillmore Street 94115 #Repost @browserbooks
  • We love getting packages from @chuckpalahniuk!
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    We love getting packages from @chuckpalahniuk!
  • The JCCSF will be hosting a discussion with Raphael Bob-Waksberg about his new collection of short stories, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory. Sweet times ahead. 7pm // get your tickets!
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    The JCCSF will be hosting a discussion with Raphael Bob-Waksberg about his new collection of short stories, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory. Sweet times ahead. 7pm // get your tickets!
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