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What We Read in 2010

Food Rules: An Eater's ManualMichael Pollan$11 At first glance, you might think this title is an enthusiastic declaration of just how groovy food really is:...

What We Read in 2009

Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work, Matthew B. Crawford Penguin, $25.95 For those of you still wondering how many...

Driftwood and Figs

This year, books are less in demand as books than as accessories and tools. Tell someone you're giving her "a book" and quite possibly a deathly...

Books to the Rescue

Really, at this stage, what's left to give? In this age of instant gratification, if there was any doohickey or gadget that anyone truly...

Pacific Rim Shots

This month's East Bay best-sellers dig a hole to China.

Make It Count

This month's East Bay best-sellers investigate fallacious assumptions and soul-crushing petty humiliations.

Swan Songs

This month's East Bay best-sellers investigate fallacious assumptions and soul-crushing petty humiliations.

Before There Were Hobbits

East Bay bookstores' best-sellers celebrate Einstein, eating, and Elvish.
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