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Documents education reporter Kristina Rizga's four-year investigation into the education provided by Mission High School in San Francisco, in which she reports that the students are thriving and continuing on to college in high numbers in spite of the "failing grade" the school has been given because of low scores on standardized tests.

"Traces the birth of modern America as reflected by the writings of Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Charles Warrant Stoddard and Ina Coolbrith, placing their achievements and personal lives against a backdrop of the post-Gold Rush era in California"--Provided by OCLC.

In 1906, while visiting his journalist uncle in California, thirteen-year-old Jerry hears the San Francisco earthquake predicted at preacher William Seymour's Pentecostal mission, sees the ensuing destruction, and learns the power of the Holy Ghost.

Told from his point of view, continues the love story of Bennett, a time traveler from 2012 San Francisco, and Anna, sixteen, of 1995 Evanston, Illinois, as they try to make their relationship work despite his fear that it is not meant to be.

Looks at the life and career of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay city official in the United States.

Describes the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 from three different perspectives, a fireman, a Russian Hill resident, and and man from Chinatown.

Told from his point of view, continues the love story of Bennett, a time traveler from 2012 San Francisco, and Anna, sixteen, of 1995 Evanston, Illinois, as they try to make their relationship work despite his fear that it is not meant to be.

Not wishing to be identified by gender, this memoir takes the reader into the gay/transsexual/lesbian world and details the experiences of the author.

Presents a comprehensive analysis of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the firestorms that followed, and the political corruption and racism that occurred during the reconstruction of the city.

When private investigator Jim Bishop is sent to investigate corruption at a Northern California airport, he sets in motion a series of events that will lead Jim and hisboss on a desperate hunt for a master assassin.