San Francisco Chronicle Best Sellers - April 2024

Tartine Bread (Artisan Bread Cookbook, Best Bread Recipes, Sourdough Book)

The Tartine Way - Not all bread is created equal"...The most beautiful bread book yet published..." – The New York TimesTartine - A bread bible for the home baker or professional bread-maker! It comes from Chad Robertson, a man many consider to be the best bread baker in the United States, and co-owner with Elizabeth Prueitt of San Francisco's Tartine Bakery. At 5 P.M., Chad Robertson's rugged, magnificent Tartine loaves are drawn from the oven. The bread at San Francisco's legendary Tartine Bakery sells out within an hour almost every day.Only a handful of bakers have learned the bread scie... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0811870413
• UPC: 786173114699
• ASIN: 0811870413
• ISBN: 0811870413
• Brand: Chronicle Books
• Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

Robin

• ASIN: B076B17NZP
• ASIN: B076B17NZP
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

San Francisco Opera: The First Seventy-Five Years

This richly illustrated retrospective profiles the lively history of the San Francisco Opera. In the fall of 1997, the prestigious company returns to its original, newly renovated performance space, the War Memorial Opera House, and at the same time celebrates its seventy-fifth season. A spectacular chronicle of glamour, glory, and years of hard work, this book rediscovers the illustrious directors, the young singers, the brilliant costume and set designers, and, of course, the stars who have made the San Francisco Opera an institution. Many of the world's greatest voices, including Luciano Pa... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0811813681
• ASIN: 0811813681
• ISBN: 0811813681
• Brand: Brand: Chronicle Books
• Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

Natural Witch (Demon Days, Vampire Nights World Book 4)

An explosive entry in the DDVN World by Wall Street Journal Bestselling author K.F. Breene! Something has always been missing from my life. A hole that I could never seem to fill.When I accidentally turn a coven of witches into nightmares, I find out what that something is.Magic.And it turns out, I have a crap load of it. As a latent power awakens deep inside of me, I’m exposed to one of the most powerful and corrupt organizations in the magical world—the Mages’ Guild.Barely knowing a spell from a few swear words and luck, I won’t be able to evade them alone. And that’s when I meet h... [Read More]

• ASIN: B078TZCYF5
• ASIN: B078TZCYF5

Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books

Whether curled up on a sofa with a good mystery, lounging by the pool with a steamy romance, or brooding over a classic novel, Americans love to read. Despite the distractions of modern living, nothing quite satisfies many individuals more than a really good book. And regardless of how one accesses that book—through a tablet, a smart phone, or a good, old-fashioned hardcover—those choices have been tallied for decades. In Bestseller: A Century of America’s Favorite Books, Robert McParland looks at the reading tastes of a nation—from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1538109999
• ASIN: 1538109999
• ISBN: 1538109999
• Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Return to Zero (Lorien Legacies Reborn Book 3)

All bets are off in this third and final book in the epic New York Times bestselling Lorien Legacies Reborn series! This fast-paced, action-packed adventure—which is set in the world of I Am Number Four—is perfect for fans of the Darkest Minds series and the X-Men franchise.After the battle in Switzerland, the Fugitive Six find their allegiances torn, dividing them into two factions. Taylor, Kopano, and Nigel return to the Academy with Nine, but nothing is the same. As fear and resentment of the Human Garde continues to grow, the United Nations decrees that all humans with Legacies must be... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07DN9S2T8
• ASIN: B07DN9S2T8
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins

Presidio Gateways: Views of a National Landmark at San Francisco's Golden Gate

Enter the Presidio of San Francisco through the gates herein; follow the photographers as they explore and freeze moments in the Presidio's present; read about its past and future. (from dust jacket front flap).

• ASIN: 0811808742
• ASIN: 0811808742
• ISBN: 0811808742
• Brand: Brand: Chronicle Books
• Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

Splash Game for Kids 6 Years & Up - Winner of 5 Best Children's Game and Top Family Game Awards - Fast Action & Fast Fun! (ed 4 )

Splash is a wild and incredibly fun game for kids similar to musical chairs with dolphins. Grab a dolphin before it disappears, but you have to be quick because there are never as many dolphins as there are players. Splash contains colorful playing cards with educational facts about our ocean friends. By playing this fast action game you can discover details about seahorses, walruses and more. Winner of the Parents' Choice Award, San Francisco Chronicles Best Family Game, Sesame Street Parents Top Toys Award for kids, Dr. Toys 100 Best Children Products and Tillywig's Best Family Fun Award. Ki... [Read More]

• ASIN: B06XRQK7QS
• UPC: 748905016183
• ASIN: B06XRQK7QS
• Brand: SPV
• Manufacturer: Sierra Pacific Ventures

Fugitive Six (Lorien Legacies Reborn Book 2)

This sequel to Pittacus Lore’s Generation One is the second book in an epic new series set in the world of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series.Newcomers as well as fans of the original series will devour this fast-paced, action-packed sci-fi adventure that’s perfect for fans of Marvel’s X-Men, Alexandra Bracken’s Darkest Minds trilogy, and Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me series.The Human Garde Academy was created in the aftermath of an alien invasion of Earth. It was meant to provide a safe haven for teens across the globe who were suddenly developing incredible power... [Read More]

• ASIN: B072KDDS1P
• ASIN: B072KDDS1P
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins

642 Things to Write About

This collection of 642 outrageous and witty writing prompts will get the creative juices flowing in no time. From crafting your own obituary to penning an ode to an onion, each page of this playful journal invites inspiration and provides plenty of space to write. Brimming with entertaining exercises from the literary minds of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto, this is the ultimate gift for scribes of every stripe.

• ASIN: 1452105448
• ASIN: 1452105448
• ISBN: 1452105448
• Brand: San Francisco Writers Grotto
• Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (The Road to Nowhere 1)

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016 and Philip K. Dick Award WinnerWhen she fell asleep, the world was doomed. When she awoke, it was dead.In the wake of a fever that decimated the earth’s population—killing women and children and making childbirth deadly for the mother and infant—the midwife must pick her way through the bones of the world she once knew to find her place in this dangerous new one. Gone are the pillars of civilization. All that remains is power—and the strong who possess it. A few women like her survived, though they are scarce. Even fewer are safe from the clans of ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01DAD218C
• ASIN: B01DAD218C
• Manufacturer: 47North

Appetites: A Cookbook

Anthony Bourdain is a man of many appetites. And for many years, first as a chef, later as a world-traveling chronicler of food and culture on his CNN series Parts Unknown, he has made a profession of understanding the appetites of others. These days, however, if he’s cooking, it’s for family and friends. Appetites, his first cookbook in more than ten years, boils down forty-plus years of professional cooking and globe-trotting to a tight repertoire of personal favorites—dishes that everyone should (at least in Mr. Bourdain’s opinion) know how to cook. Once the supposed "bad boy" of c... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062409956
• ASIN: 0062409956
• ISBN: 0062409956
• Brand: Ecco
• Manufacturer: Ecco

Sharpshooter: A Sunny McCoskey Napa Valley Mystery (Napa Valley Mysteries)

Sunny McCoskey is the independent chef/owner of Wildside, a little cafe nestled in Napa Valley, where the food is exactly right. When the heir apparent to a major vineyard is shot dead, and Sunny's eccentric winemaker friend, Wade, is arrested for the murder, she launches her own investigation. The solution lies in the tangled personalities and politics of the wine industry, and in the threat posed to the valley by the glassy-winged sharpshooter. Set in a region renowned for its food and wine, Sharpshooter launches an entertaining mystery series featuring Sunny and an engaging cast of wine pro... [Read More]

• ASIN: 081183462X
• ASIN: 081183462X
• ISBN: 081183462X
• Brand: Brand: Chronicle Books LLC
• Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

San Francisco: A Certain Style D

Interior of houses, by noted decorators, are presented for the viewer for ideas, copying, comparison, or betterment

• ASIN: 0811801993
• ASIN: 0811801993
• ISBN: 0811801993
• Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

The Flame: Poems Notebooks Lyrics Drawings

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERNamed a Fall Read by Vogue, Esquire, The Washington Post, TIME, Vanity Fair and O, the Oprah Magazine. One of Daily Mail and Financial Times's Best Books of 2018.“There are very, very few people who occupy the ground that Leonard Cohen walks on.” ―BONOThe Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the revered poet and musician whose fans span generations and whose work is celebrated throughout the world. Featuring poems, excerpts from his private notebooks, lyrics, and hand-drawn self-portraits, The Flame offers an unprecedentedly intimate look inside the life... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0374156069
• ASIN: 0374156069
• ISBN: 0374156069
• Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The Essential Writer's Guide : Spotlight on Judith Merril, Including Her Education, Analysis of Her Best Sellers Such as That Only a Mother, Sf: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy, and More

The Essential Writer's Guide

• UPC: 725461938

Novel - Place Last Seen A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller Free Shipping

• UPC: 264645321875
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 8 USD