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These People Take Books (Very) Seriously
As a veteran typographer, printer, and publisher, Peter Koch has a particular fondness for books. He used to travel the world with fellow artisanal...
Staving Off a Midlife Crisis With the Ghost of Marc Chagall
Phoebe seems to have everything going for her: She's a painter who creates art on wine bottle labels for a living, and she owns...
Circle of Life
Nayomi Munaweera had almost given up on her novel. After abandoning her career as a visual artist to concentrate on writing, she spent five...
The Plot Thickens
Rhys Bowen's latest could turn you into a superfan of the mystery novel. The Twelve Clues of Christmas, the sixth and latest installment in...
James Freeman Reveals Blue Bottle Coffee’s Secrets to a Perfect Brew
As a clarinet player, James Freeman was able to scrape together a modest living by touring the country. "But the moments of inspiration were...
The Mystery in ‘Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore’
A newly unemployed website designer walks into a 24-hour used bookstore in San Francisco, drawn as much by the books as the quaint "Help...
The Books We Loved in 2012
This was a great year for books, especially those by authors from and writing about the Bay Area. Our top-ten books list this year...
What We Read in 2012
Bay Area independent bookstores are like island oases catering to the specific tastes of their neighborhoods. So it's no wonder that, of their top...
