Join us for a special meet and greet signing with chef Pierre Thiam for his latest cookbook, Simply West African: Easy, Joyful Recipes for Every Kitchen: A Cookbook.  The celebrated chef and West African cooking authority unlocks the region’s essential tastes for the everyday home cook.

Heaven on the Half Shell offers a thoroughly researched and richly illustrated history of the Pacific Northwest's beloved bivalve, the oyster. Starting with the earliest evidence of sea gardens and clam beds from 11,500 years ago, this book covers the history of oyster cultivation through contemporary aquaculture in coastal Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, northern California, and southeastern Alaska.

The first book to critically examine the legacy of pop superstar Mariah Carey.

The story of a small AI company that gave facial recognition to law enforcement, billionaires, and businesses, threatening to end privacy as we know it.

Acclaimed Harvard sociologist makes the case for reexamining what we value to prioritize recognition—the quest for respect—in an age that has been defined by growing inequality and the obsolescence of the American dream.

A brilliant takedown and exposé of the great con job of the twenty-first century—the metaverse, crypto, space travel, transhumanism—being sold by four billionaires (Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreesen, Elon Musk), leading to the degeneration and bankruptcy of our society.

Join us for a special meet and greet signing with legendary chef Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin for his latest cookbook, Seafood Simple.

An interactive guide to help readers connect with, learn, and process their emotions creatively. Draw Your Feelings will stretch creative muscles you didn’t know you had. At the end of the journey, you will transform the way you interact with yourself and the world. 

Join us for an evening of contemporary poetry organized by poet Loisa Fenichell, and featuring Catherine Pond, Alexandria Hall, Liala Zaray & Tanya Castro, on the occasion of the publication of Fenichell's first collection: Wandering in all directions of this earth.

A trenchant reclamation of the Chinese American movie star, Anna May Wong, whose battles against cinematic exploitation and endemic racism are set against the currents of twentieth-century history.

A prize-winning scholar draws on astonishing new research to demonstrate how Black people used the law to their advantage long before the Civil Rights Movement.

 In THE EVERYDAY FEMINIST: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact–Driving Movements We Need Now, Global Fund for Women CEO Latanya Mapp Frett shows how grassroots feminists are changing the world—and what we can all do to support them as allies.

Pushing intimacy to its limits in prose of unearthly beauty, Vauhini Vara explores the nature of being a child, parent, friend, sibling, neighbor, or lover, and the relationships between self and others in this haunting and gorgeous collection of stories. Join her and novelist R.O. Kwon in conversation.

From journalist Alec Scott comes, Oldest San Francisco (which) draws a picture of the sudden city that exploded in the Gold Rush and has since drawn generations of dreamers to it. Together the stories distill something of the ebullient, entrepreneurial spirit of San Francisco. 

 The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples. Join us for a virtual discussion with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.

Join us for a special meet and greet signing with the sensational Joshua Weissman in celebration of his new cookbook Texture Over Taste.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg, comes an explosive, page-turning investigative thriller - with a mind-blowing twist. Join him in conversation with Cara Black as they discuss this thrilling ride into the Mojave.

A two-time Pulitzer finalist explores the story of American urban design through San Francisco’s iconic Ferry Building, fitting hosted at our Ferry Building store.

San Francisco lures people in search of a wide variety of treasure: fame, wealth, property, inspiration, love, family, community, freedom, and a fresh start. With this book in your hands, you hold a treasure map to the history of the City by the Bay—from its earliest days to more modern times.

A hypnotic, sexy, and incisive debut adult novel following one woman’s affair with her daughter’s best friend that tests the limits of love and ambition from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Riding Hood.

Join poets Louise Nayer and Alexandra Teague as they discuss their new memoirs, writing, family, memory and truth.