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It used to be impossible to sign a hologram. That all changes this Wednesday when literary superhero Dave Eggers pays a visit to Green Apple Books to sign his newest novel, A Hologram for the King. Ne... More »
How do San Franciscans afford to eat out every other night? It's time for the sensible (and broke ass) to kick the $40 fried mac 'n cheese habit and eat at home for a change. Thank the food gods for ... More »
At the start of Katie Arnold-Ratliff's debut novel, Bright Before Us, a 25-year-old teacher takes his second-grade class to a beach in San Francisco. It's a field trip. With discoveries. "The children... More »
Author and DIY expert Harriet Fasenfest shows up at Green Apple Books (in the Granny Smith Room, no less) to read from her paperback A Householder's Guide to the Universe (Tin House Books, $16.95). Th... More »
Maybe you thought of doing the jam class thing but didn't, got shut out of the kombucha tutorial at the Women's Building, gave in and bought bogus perennials for the backyard strip. Atone for your lac... More »
THE best new and used book store in SF. They also have movies and CDs. Huge selections and the set up is really cozy and interesting.
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The good used bookstore is a civic necessity: You can tell a town or a neighborhood is in decline when such shops start disappearing. The Castro District hasn't been the same since its used shop shut down several years ago. A phantom experience in hyperspace isn't right either. We like to pick up a volume to get its heft, and to check for loose bindings, foxed corners, and the snail trail of ink scrawls and yellow highlighter. Good used bookstores smell of time. Here are a few we hope... More »
Green Apple's victory in this category is, well, hardly a stunning upset. After all, if our readers' poll is anything to go on (and we hope it is) it's San Franciscans' favorite used bookstore year in and year out. And the pleasures of Green Apple are many -- its well-organized stock is tucked into so many odd nooks, accessible by several pleasantly creaky staircases, that any normal person can easily spend a whole afternoon browsing unexpected title after unexpected title, inhaling the... More »
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