This is the rollicking tale of the adventures of Charlie, the youngest cable car. Only sixty years old, he is tired of the same old rut. One night as he's puffing himself up Nob Hill, he hears a lot of excitement down below: Chinese New year! Suddenly, Charlie takes a right turn at Jackson Street, rather than the left he has taken for sixty years, and he finds himself in the middle of the parade. There he meets a friendly dragon named Chu Chin Chow, who is bored with his job. Charlie treats Chu to a cable car ride that looks as if it will end in a disastrous plunge into the San Francisco Bay--unless a miracle occurs.

The Cable Car and the Dragon

Children's Books

CAEN, Herb

Geography & Cultures

Chronicle

Even if you never travel, the book "will provide good information and entertainment for the armchair survivalist

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, Student Edition

Sports & Outdoors

David Borgenicht

Joshua Piven

Survival Skills

How to handle parenting emergencies: How to make an emergency bottle; how to get rid of monsters in the closet; How to survive a family car trip; How to deal with teenage angst... Illustrated, step-by-step instructions for dealing with the worst-case scenerio in your family.

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Parenting by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht, Sarah Jordan (2003) Paperback

Humor & Entertainment

Borgenicht, David

Piven, Joshua

Jordan, Sarah

Humor

This beautiful and visually stunning book, contains a collection of both ordinary and unusual objects, all of them designed and created with charm, taste and ingenuity, and of immediate appeal to any home-maker or lover of the exotic.

Arts and Crafts of Thailand

Arts & Photography

WILLIAM WARREN

History & Criticism

Following on the success of Chronicle Books' Mothers and Sons, Living Happily Ever After explores the lives of 30 American couples who have been together for 30 years or longer. In personal, intimate interviews and charming vintage and contemporary photographs, these pairs reveal their private experiences of couplehood. From Helma and Benno Schneider, who came together in a concentration camp and survived to marry and raise a family, to Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, women who met in the 1950s and have stayed together for over 40 years, these couples have lived extraordinary lives. Yet their experiences consecrate the ordinary, as they discuss buying a house, raising children, surviving affairs, aging, and the ups and downs of everyday life. A perfect gift for weddings, anniversaries, or any loving occasion, Living Happily Ever After is a thoughtful, beautiful look at real-life commitment.

Living Happily Ever After: Couples Talk about Lasting Love

et al Laurie Wagner

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Longing for Darkness: Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa

Isak Dinesen and the land and people she loved are nowhere so real and compelling as in Longing for Darkness, written by Dinesen's majordomo, Kamante, and now boasting a smart new cover. Readers familiar with Out of Africa may recognize many of the enchanting stories. These celebrated tales and others are retold here from Kamante's perspective and are enhanced with his own drawings and letters, Dinesen's words and snapshots, and photographs by Peter Beard. Writes Beard, "Over a period of 12 years, as if divesting himself of his possessions, Kamante put down the extra dimensions of truth which are at the heart of Out of Africa."

Longing for Darkness: Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa, With Original Photographs (January 1914-Ju (1st Chroni) [Paperback]

Beard, Peter (collected by)

Religion & Spirituality

La sensualiste

barbara-hodgson

Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook to University

VARIOUS

When Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan founded Method, the environmentally friendly brand of cleaning products, they used packaging stylish enough to showcase on the countertop and pleasant aromas such as green tea and cucumber to transform household products into must-have lifestyle accessories. And when they coined the phrase "People Against Dirty," they weren't just talking about the stuff you track in on your shoesthey also meant the toxic chemicals that make up many household detergents. Packed with helpful tips and surprising facts, their first book, Squeaky Green, is a totally informative and completely entertaining room-by-room guide to giving dirty the boot. Squeaky Green isrehab for chemically dependant homes.

Squeaky green : the method guide to detoxing your home

Science & Math

Ryan, Eric / Lowry, Adam

Nature & Ecology

Evie is a quirky high-schooler who tends to stretch the truth. She especially enjoys exaggerating her 'relationship' with Jonah, a college-aged guy who earns his living dragging dead animals out of the woods behind a wealthy neighborhood. Her tall tales are harmless until the day Jonah finds the body of Evie's schoolmate Zabet during his trek through the woods. At the funeral, a fateful lie leads Evie into a complicated relationship with Zabet's father and her old best friend Hadley. And as Evie and Hadley attempt to track down the killer, they set in motion a series of events that may put their own lives in danger. Katie Williams brings a fresh, authentic voice to this unique coming of age tale.

Space Between Trees

Literature & Fiction

Williams, Katie

Contemporary

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