August 2012 | Lime San Francisco

What Matters in College: Four Critical Years Revisited Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is Astin's follow-up to his classic "Four Critical Years", which was one of the most cited books in the higher education literature. This book sums up some of Astin's more recent research and is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what a college education is all about. This book...

The Ohlone Past and Present: Native Americans of the San Francisco Bay Region (Ballena Press Anthropological Papers ; No. 42) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a compilation of various articles based on the Ohlone. I was worried that these technical papers or dissertations would be quite dry. I was quite wrong! If you want to understand this unique culture, without worry of extreme bias either way, then this book is for you. Other books I've read,...

Secret San Francisco: The Unique Guidebook to San Francisco's Hidden Sites, Sounds, & Tastes (Secret Guide series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book surpassed my expectations. I love San Francisco, and one of my favorite things to do there is to walk around the city and enjoy all its quirky wonders. This book is a delightful guide to such places. It covers many old favorites, but it really does have a lot of secrets, too--places I had never...

Love.com Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It's hard to find a romantic suspense that is not formulaic these days but Love.com brought this fan of the genre and professional librarian/book reviewer lots of surprises. When a seemingly innocent enterprise of an online matchmaking service takes on sinister and controlling overtones the folks both...

And the Wisdom to Know the Difference, Conversations with Residents of San Francisco, Paris, and Minsk Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a comparative study of daily life in three historic cities. Students of sociology, anthropology, and comparative social history will benefit from reading these first-person accounts of individual aspirations, disappointments, and triumphs. The cultural differences between the French, the...

San Francisco in Colors Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)San Francisco in Colors was published in 1984 and has been so successful that it is now in its eighteenth printing. This is a coloring book with an historical touring guide of the city. The pictures-to-be depict some of the famous locales from one of American's most interesting cities and are drawn to...

San Francisco's Best Dive Bars: Drinking and Diving in the City by the Bay Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Todd Dayton's book, "San Francisco's Best Dive Bars" is one of the most engagingly, wittily written guides that has ever been written. It's about time that someone took the time and effort to lovingly describe an essential part of any major city: its dive bars. San Francisco in particular has a large,...

Qualitative Research: A Guide to Design and Implementation (JOSSEY-BASS HIGHER & ADULT EDUCATION SERIES) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is an excellent book. As one who had studied quantitative research and is now doing a switch to qualitative for a doctorate, this book is giving me just what I need. Organized, well written and extremely helpful.Click Here to see more reviews about: Qualitative Research: A Guide to Design and Implementation...

Michelin Green Guide San Francisco (Green Guide/Michelin) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I am disappointed that Michelin has dumbed down their books. They are more matter of fact and don't have a lot of the wonderful descriptions that the older ones had. Still, they are comprehensive and tell you what is super, good or okay with 3, 2 or 1 stars. Indispensible.Click Here to see more reviews...

Raking the Ashes--Genealogical Strategies for pre-1906 San Francisco Research Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Perhaps nothing is more frustrating for a family history researcher than contending with the destruction of records. Historic disasters were devastating to our ancestors & were not kind to the records we depend on to trace our families either. With this year's centennial anniversary of the 1906 San...

Hidden Treasures of San Francisco Bay Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I just got through reading and looking at the beautiful photography of an area that I am very familiar with. Yet I found that I learned a great deal about facets of the Bay that I din't know existed. It is going to make some wonderful gifts for my family and friends. The views are spectular and Anderson...

Michelin Red Guide 2008 San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country (Michelin Red Guides) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a great book for checking out many Bay Area restaurants and geographical areas like the wine country. The restaurant synopses are very accurate and the ratings are quite fair, if tough. For example, two-star Aqua was our best dining experience this summer during a three month stay in SF, eating...

The San Francisco Panorama Comics Section Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This was originally part of McSweeney's 33, the San Francisco Panorama issue which took the form of a newspaper. If you're into comics and not much else, this is for you! Chris Ware provides a build it yourself spacecraft for his comic strip "Rocket Sam", Dan Clowes spoofs "Lost in Space" with "The Christian...

The Millennium Cookbook: Extraordinary Vegetarian Cuisine Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Overall, this is one of the best cookbooks I own, and I make that claim as a former meat-eater and a recent most-of-the-time vegan. I have been using "The Millennium Cookbook" since February and have made roughly half of the recipes in the book, including nearly all of those for pasta and pizza. I use...

The Ride: How to Ride Your Bike from San Francisco to Los Angeles Without Even Dying Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I read Russ's book which I bought on Memorial Day this year. I read it in about two days since I was going on this year's AIDS/Lifecycle5 Ride June 4th and wanted an up close and personal look at what I was going to experience as a first time rider. Not only was it great in capturing the experience but...

Swing: A Mystery Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Swing is a lyrical ride to a time where life seemed simpler, but perhaps it wasn't. Europe was refusing admission to Jews. War drums were beating in Europe and Japan. Pearl Harbor was about year away. However, if you wanted to talk on a phone, you used a rotary dial, you could repair your own car and...

Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders: Homeless in San Francisco Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders is one of the more innovative ethnographies released recently. Whether you are reading for academic reasons or for fun, I highly recommend you read this book! Dr. Gowan conducts a discourse analysis to her rich ethnographic data--i.e. she reads actions as text--in a way...