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  SoMa

  by Kemble Scott

  Welcome To The Neighborhood To outsiders, San Francisco is all one big city. But to those in the know, there is SoMa, South of Market, where sleek eateries are squeezed between bail bonds storefronts and high-priced lofts look out over still rough edges. It's home to a generation of hipsters disillusioned by the dotcom bust, restless and searching for the next thrill, the next high, the next step... (more)
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  The Gum Thief

  by Douglas Coupland

  The first and only story of love and looming apocalypse set in the aisles of an office supply superstore.     In Douglas Coupland’s ingenious new novel—sort of a Clerks meets Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf —we meet Roger, a divorced, middle-aged “aisles associate” at Staples, condemned to restocking reams of 20-lb. bond paper for the rest of his life. And Roger’s co-worker Bethany, in her early twenties and at... (more)
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  Every Generation Needs a New Revolution

  by Linda S Thompson

  In the late 1780s, Thomas Jefferson said: "Every generation needs a new revolution." Was he a futurist, or just stating a fact as old as time? We are living longer, more productive lives, resulting in a clash of values and belief systems. Misunderstandings (and worse) in all aspects of today's society often result because we don't take the time to understand what is important to others and why. Thompson's book... (more)