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I am told that this is THE book for gardening in San Francisco, including coverage of what does well in our different microclimates. Given how different the climate is between San Francisco and most of the rest of the bay area (or even different neighborhoods of San Francisco), I've not really found much which is particularly informative.

I need to put this on my bookshelf right next to Flora of San Bruno Mountain. It is so rare to find field guides, checklists, and the like which are local to your area.

To be honest I have a discrete math textbook which probably overlaps with this one enough that I might not need another. BUT THE DUCKS!

Don't read this book if you are worried about descriptions of flannel wearing lesbians, or..... well a very long list of pretty familiar depictions of gay types of people.

As for whether it is funny, helps celebrate LGBTQ+ culture (well, gay male mostly but some of the others too), etc, it certainly aims to do all those things. And whether it hits the mark I guess is hard to say in a review, I assume it does for some readers.

Lots of photos and well drawn diagrams, so plenty going on that way.

This book comes up so often I kind of can't believe I haven't read it yet. I don't expect to need a sales pitch about the benefits of unions, but what I would hope to get from this book (or others out there) is a better understanding of organizing. Both in terms of practical steps but also how to pick battles (and deemphasize others), how to take care of yourself in the process, and other more conceptual topics.

Just saw this mentioned in the context of Black History Month and the teaser at least makes it sound very interesting. I wonder if the whole concept of "first aid" as a medical intervention is to some extent newer than we usually assume.

This book describes the plants (and some other things like geology and animals) of San Bruno Mountain, a park nestled between San Francisco, San Francisco Airport, and Daly City. San Bruno Mountain contains more species than most pieces of land its size and features diverse microclimates, for example from the foggy west to the drier parts near the bay, or from shaded canyons to exposed mountaintops.

This book is up to date, contains beautiful photographs, and great information on what is found on the mountain.

Only glanced at it so far, but noticed chapters on early math in China, India, and other places.

Have only glanced through it so far but loved the section on all the mathematical (or semi-mathematical) references in Moby Dick.

I saw a photo online of a pumpkin sourdough bread and I could more or less envisage how the recipe would go but checked this book just to be sure. Sure enough, the book had a recipe similar to what I was thinking, suggested it could be made with parsnips instead of pumpkins (which I might try sometime, not something I would have even thought of), and suggested adding nutmeg (which is perhaps slightly more obvious, but a nice prompt). And that's just one of 240 recipes.

Hard for me to be objective about this one as it is a fictionalized account of me and people I know. But it is a warm family story set in a beautiful vacation area of eastern Canada.

Recommended by Elisabeth Hendrickson as a Deming-related quality resource more recent than Deming's works themselves.

Recommended to me by someone who does longsword dance and Morris dance.

One of a short list of Morris dance related novels.

Recommended on the Soft Skills Engineering podcast. Sounds like the book that invented or popularized the phrase "fall in love with the problem". The podcast called it a handbook for product managers, but also well worth a read for engineers.