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The Book Club of California is a non-profit membership organization of bibliophiles based in San Francisco, operating continuously since 1912.Its mission is to support the history and art of the book, including fine printing related to the history and literature of California and the western states of America through research, publishing, public programs, and exhibitions.
The Twenty-One Balloons is a novel by William Pène du Bois, published in 1947 by the Viking Press and awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1948. The story is about a retired schoolteacher whose ill-fated balloon trip leads him to discover Krakatoa , an island full of great wealth and fantastic inventions.
San Francisco: 49 refers to San Francisco's Football team, the 49ers, which in turn refers to men of the 1849 gold rush in the Sierra Nevada mountains east of San Francisco [27] 93 Jack Benny: For years Jack Benny claimed to be 39 years old [30] The Sandy: Sandy Dunlop became 2013 champion of the Black Cat Poker tournament with these hole cards 92
S. Sacrament (novel) The Scarlet Plague; A Scatter of Light; A Sea So Far; Signal to Noise (Sinclair novel) Significant Others (novel) The Silver Cloud Café
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Annually, the Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award is given in his honor to the top children's books of the year. [24] Burgess founded the San Francisco Boys' Club Association, now the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco, in 1891 and became its first president. The club was the first of its kind west of the Mississippi River. [25]
The Condor Club, Big Al's, Roaring 20's, and the Hungry I Club on Broadway The Condor Club, Big Al's, Roaring 20's, and the Hungry Club lit up at night, September 1983. Big Al's was one of the first topless bars in San Francisco and the United States since the mid-1960s. It was the first full nudity bars in San Francisco. [1]
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