Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list CITY OF THIEVES, by David Benioff AN EVERLASTING MEAL, by Tamar Adler NOW YOU SEE ME, by S.J. Bolton SENSE OF AN ENDING, by Julian Barnes 50 ... Read More
Proving that a lifelong love of France can pay off, Kimberley Lovato received two awards in September from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation. Lovato’s book Wa... Read More
Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list CITY OF THIEVES, by David Benioff GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn NO EASY DAY, by Mark Owen TELEGRAPH AVENUE, by Michael Chabon 50 SHADES DARKER,... Read More
“Picabia has destroyed ‘beauty’ and built his work with the leftovers.” — Tristan Tzara A self-declared poet, painter, idiot, failure, pickpocket, and anti-a... Read More
Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list 1. GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn 2. CITY OF THIEVES, by David Benioff 3. 50 SHADES DARKER, by E.L. James 4. IRREVERENT CURIOSITY, by David F... Read More
Gore Vidal died on July 31, 2012, and much has been written about him since. Some have retold the story of his infamous on-air argument with William F. Buckley Jr., while others ha... Read More
As American expatriates in Paris, Lee Miller and Man Ray lived together from 1929 to 1932 and popularized several photographic techniques, including solarization. Their mutual insp... Read More
Having a dull couple of months so far? Well, your answer to the cold summer doldrums might be right around the corner at Fort Mason Center, where the Merola Opera is romping about ... Read More
Sometimes love can slip through the fingers, but those fingers will feel the pain for a long time after love gets away. This handicap is particularly difficult for a gifted violini... Read More
Do you consider life to be a cabaret, old chum? Well, at least we can all agree that it’s an enormous improvisation, so doesn’t it seem a good idea to spend an evening ... Read More
When a perpetrator of a crime is sent to prison, visitors and visitations are limited. Usually only family members, attorneys and, sometimes, approved friends are allowed inside. T... Read More
Old New York may have Dame Liberty, standing in its well-worn harbor, Sent from France, with torch aloft, in sun or drizzle. But she doesn’t even rate against the gal who gua... Read More
Custom Made Theatre’s poster of The Mer-chant of Venice telegraphs their updating of this true classic to Wall Street: a large foot about to crush a running businessman. Puzz... Read More
The Painted Word features artworks by 80 writers and poets of the San Francisco Renaissance and Beat Generation. During the 1950’s and ’60’s, San Francisco experi... Read More
Mystery novels about Germany that show up on our shores tend to be either reprints of World War II-era books or new novels set in that time. It’s an interesting milieu, but i... Read More