Highly lauded historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history. Dick and Doris were married for forty-two years....and married to American history even longer. Dick was one of the brilliant young men working with John F. Kennedy and then Lyndon Johnson, helping to create the Great Society; he was also a speechwriter and close advisor to Robert Kennedy. Doris Kearns was a twenty-four-year-old graduate student when selected as a White House Fellow where she worked directly for Lyndon Johnson. 

Save the date for our next book club,

November 11th, 5:30pm

We will be discussing Heart the Lover by Lily King

LitQuake/Mill Valley Film Festival -- Author/Filmmaker Conversation  with Kevin Smokler Break the Frame: Conversations with Women Filmmakers with Bay Area Filmmaker Tiffany Shlain -- The Outdoor Art Club/1 West Blithedale, Mill Valley                      

Book Launch Celebration with Sausalito Author Ciji Ware The Spy Wore Long White Gloves              

Reception for Artist Laura Culver -- whose work will be showcased on our Gallery Wall through November.

Author Liam O’Brien Butterflies of the Bay Area in conversation with Mia Monroe                    

Cathryn Shea - Ghost Matinee

Judy Halebsky - Spring and a Thousand Years

LeeAnn Pickrell - Gathering the Pieces of Days

Erin Van Rheenen

You Could Be Happy Here In Conversation With Barbara Lane

A novel about a daughter’s search for her phantom father in Costa Rica, which asks how far would you go to find your real home? While born and raised in America, the book was Inspired by the author’s  connection to Latin America. She learned Spanish as a child in Guatemala and lived for years as an adult in Ecuador and Mexico. In 2000, she moved to Costa Rica, where she lived and traveled by herself.

The Smell of Wet Dog @ $19
Tuna Breath: A Litter of Cat Poems (pre-order)
Just A Banana @ $16
Rabbit’s Feat @ $19
Beautiful Oops @ $17

With Toluma Farms Tomales Farmstead Creamery & Authors Tamara Jo Hicks & Jessica Lynn Maclou Feasts On The Farm

Come meet these talented women and get a signed copy of their gorgeous new cookbook published by Chronicle. And – sample some award-winning artisanal cheeses from the famed creamery!

Eastbound By Maylis de Kerangel

Discussion with Shelby Van Meter

Shelby Van Meter will lead this book group discussion. The novel is a fast-paced tale of two vibrant inner worlds. In winding sentences gorgeously translated, the prolific French author De Kerangal weaves the story of two unlikely souls entwined in a quest for freedom with a striking sense of tenderness – a sharp contrast to the brutal world around them. Racing toward Vladivostok on a Trans- Siberian train with other Russian conscripts, we meet the young Aliocha. Soon after boarding, he decides to desert and over a midnight smoke in a dark corridor of the train, he encounters an older French woman, Hélène, for whom he feels an uncanny trust. The complicity and plot thickens from there, as both protagonists struggle with their inner landscapes. 

Discussing Patrick’s new book Apple in China

Named by both The New York Times and The Economist as one of the best books of the year, this impeccable reporting portrays how Apple allowed itself to become dependent on China for a huge percentage of its manufacturing, making it vulnerable and unwittingly laying the groundwork for the Asian superpower to rival the US in technological expertise.

Patrick McGee was the Financial Time’s principal Apple reporter from 2019 to 2023, having first worked for the newspaper in Hong Kong in 2013.

Ker Gibbs has lived in Asia for most of the last 30 years and is the author of Selling to China.

We will be discussing Hotel Ukraine By Martin Cruz Smith

In Memorium. Martin Cruz Smith passed away peacefully last month...on July 12, just days after Hotel Ukraine published on July 8th. This truly is the final Arkady Renko Novel. Martin was 82 years old and had been living courageously with Parkinson’s for 30 years. As his daughter Luisa Cruz Smith said: "His death leaves a silence, but not a void... he will live in our hearts forever." And on our bookshelves. From Gorky Park on, his canon of work will always remain at the top of its genre.

Wild Marin Oil Paintings

Meet this talented Sausalito artist and enjoy her wonderful images of Marin on canvas that will be featured on our wall through September.

Join us for a Princess in Rebellion Party

Calling all women who have grown tired of the fairy tales!

Author Jennifer Safrey discussing After Happily Ever – an epic novel of midlife rebellion.

Tiaras and cupcakes provided!

Written by veteran music journalists, this engrossing tale tracks how the greatest music of the 1970s was recorded at the Record Plant studios (much of it in Sausalito), including, in 1976 alone, three No. 1 albums: Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life, the Eagles’ Hotel California, and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours.

Rumor has it this may also be a reunion for some of the musical legends who recorded at The Plant.

SAVE THE DATE and stay tuned for more details!

What does it take to get your book published in the youth focused publishing industry? Come hear about how three women conquered this hurdle with grit, perseverance, and a publisher dedicated to publishing the brilliant work of women over 50, SIbylline Press. And book lovers will enjoy the discussion about four fabulous books.

Tap Dancing at the Bluebird  - Christine Walker

The Sunken Town - Karen Nelson

Foghorn: The Nearly True Story of a Small Publishing Empire  - Vicki DeArmon

(moderator and publisher of Sibylline)

Charlotte Salomon Paints Her Life  - Pamela Reitman

This dynamic duo has produced another gorgeous book showcasing the architecture and design of 18 coastal homes bringing together the work of a talented group of architects, designers, landscape architects and builders and capturing the iconic landscape. 

Think endless sunshine, pristine beaches, swaying palm trees, epic waves, and sinuous curving roads clinging to dramatic cliffs along a rugged coastline.

Glenda Carroll Better Off Dead

In conversation with Rich Burns

Real Americans

Rachel Khong 

The story of a troubled singer-songwriter, love, jealousy, and the spiritual power of music.

Greg Anton is best known as the founder of the band Zero with guitarist Steve Kimock. Anton is also a practicing attorney and has been a champion of medical marijuana rights. He has published over fifty original songs, many co-written with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and has performed live with John Cipollina, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and many others.Greg Anton is best known as a master drummer and the co-founder of the San Francisco band Zero. Anton is also a practicing attorney and has taken his experience from both careers to create his Rock 'n Roll novels. Anton has published over fifty original songs, many co-written with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, as well as composing music for film, television, and theater. He's performed on over forty albums and at thousands of concerts worldwide with artists such as John Cipollina, John Lee Hooker, Steve Kimock, Otis Taylor, Stanley Jordan, Perry Farrell, Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, Derek Trucks, members of The Grateful Dead, and many others.  It's About Time is a sequel to his first novel Face the Music .

As an attorney Greg has been a champion of medical marijuana rights and in 2015 he achieved a landmark Federal Court decision which allowed medical marijuana to be distributed in California free of Federal interference.