Book Swaps San Francisco

East Bay Women's Book Club September Meetup: The Correspondent

Hello, fellow female readers -- The book for the September Meetup is The Correspondent by Virginia Evans For those of you who are new, I will send out the address to my house by Monday, August 14. Looking forward to gathering together and discussing the book. Bonnie

September Book Club: The Ten Year Affair

The end of summer is quickly approaching, so it’s time to jump into a new book! For the next meet up in September, we’ll be reading The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers. The Marin library system has plenty of copies available. Happy reading!

Mixed Bag at Belmont Story Swap

Please know that an RSVP here on Meetup MEANS NOTHING. You need to go to www.StorySAC.org to get the details on how to join the Story Swap on Zoom. DO NOT RSVP HERE!! Our Zooming story swap welcomes ready listeners, eager tellers, & would-be tellers. Come try us out. Contact: email Linda Walls: lindaglennlee@yahoo.com

Book, Coffee, Chit Chat, etc. (Wednesday Edition)

ATTENTION: We are now meeting in person again! Please follow current recommendations around mask usage to keep everyone safe. Masks are always welcome and accepted, no matter the current regulations. If you'd like to meet online check out our meeting on the first Wednesday of every month. It's that time again! Let's chit chat about the books we exchanged last time and welcome newcomers bringing their first book. If you've been before you know the deal, otherwise just bring a book to share and expect to say both a few words about it and why you want to share it.

Comic Swap @ Snow Park

(4th Saturday Richmond District Edition). Books, Coffee, Chit Chat

Bring what you’re reading and we’ll have an interesting group conversation (novels, non-fiction, essays, poetry, romance, cookbooks, science fiction & fantasy, etc.) This “4th Saturday Richmond District Edition” is designed to accommodate the overflow from Emily’s 2nd Saturday Richmond District Book Chat. If you are not able to attend Emily’s Group, then please feel free to join this 4th Saturday version. We meet in the back patio of Bazaar Café (lovely place). If it rains, we’ll meet inside the Café.

The Lies of Locke Lamora @ Southern Pacific Brewing

Come enjoy a drink at Southern Pacific Brewing and discuss our September read! Our book for September is The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. Hope to see you there!

Reading Group #32: Behave

Thank you to everyone who voted for our next reading! We will be reading [Behave, by Robert Sapolsky](https://www.amazon.com/Behave-Biology-Humans-Best-Worst/dp/0143110918/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=185640360919&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.8m5zMolcM56CW1dLiaitGI3e263eV1M7LIK_TqNqcGIfNFuf1r0Q8uyTCBGQE30qfnHSES0v7kzleJ5ZnV9dWsj8giV3SPFEsZIfSCmzQBKfYuoiv2YfzgDaIfqYexk2_TtO3huixKm1qPmdfzVRSH-DLGvDXG7HpBJJDugp-qerq6ICYSk_jP9A_aZKHBdRwR7-dFT7CDpom8SE-W2UEPwOu1kxbxWKk4_GpPlpbd0.d2xTbSMImYAyiirH3vgk8Bxn7d4omGqESe6yKpxkdHo&dib_tag=se&hvadid=792782291971&hvdev=t&hvexpln=0&hvlocint=9031944&hvlocphy=9208984&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=17402560853573214321--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=17402560853573214321&hvtargid=kwd-306996294457&hydadcr=14865_13744959_2453105&keywords=robert+sapolsky+behave&mcid=9ba5a3b845b738f490d5ff9b8bfbf4c0&qid=1783192780&sr=8-1) \- specifically\, the first 6 chapters\! If you're attending in person, please be sure to register here as well, so you can get into the building: https://luma.com/san-francisco-cognitive-science-reading--35cc If you'd like to dial in remotely, please leave a comment and we'll get that set up for you. If no-one comments, it'll be in person only. Thank you! Tom

DVD Swap at Dolores Park

It's a picnic at the park, but with physical media! Come with DVDs you'd like to share with others and leave with new movies to watch at home. Bring DVDs you may have laying around that you think others would enjoy. Don't really have DVDs? Stop by your neighborhood used book store or thrift store and pick up a movie you recommend. After the event, I will donate leftover DVDs to the SF Public Library. The event will be pretty casual: chat about the DVD you brought, trade DVDs to find something new to watch, and enjoy an afternoon at the park with other movie lovers. I'll bring some blankets, snacks, and utensils, but would appreciate others bringing more as well! In terms of location, I'll find a spot on the day of and will comment with a photo when I've set up. Keep an eye out for a Nicole Kidman flag to mark the spot and see you \*outside of\* the movies! Note: If there are DVDs that you are interested in showing to others, but not swapping, **you are responsible for keeping track of your items**.

Round Table Book Discussion September Meeting

Join us for an in-person, open discussion on the fiction or non-fiction book or podcast/movie/news article/cultural event that most engaged you. Give a brief summary of a book or article that interested you, and we will discuss it, along with the issues other participants select. Or just come to check it out. Find us by the Roundtable sign on the table. Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 6:30 pm **We are at our warm-weather outdoor location:** ### Caffe Strada 2300 College Avenue · Berkeley, CA

The Ages of Globalization by Jeffrey D. Sachs

Our book for September is *The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions* by Jeffrey D. Sachs For those who are interested, here is the [link](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VcU5k38wVh5tB0eaJ8Akhq7A2HyLOX7a1AauKjPUAx0/edit?gid=1204962740#gid=1204962740) to the detailed results from the voting. *The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions* is a 2020 book by economist Jeffrey D. Sachs. Sachs traces the history of human connection across the globe from the Paleolithic era to the present, dividing that history into seven ages: the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Equestrian, Classical, Ocean, Industrial, and Digital. His central claim is that three forces have shaped how societies expand, trade, and interact over time. Geography sets the physical stage of climate, terrain, and resources. Technology, from the domestication of the horse to the steam engine to the internet, changes what people can build and how far they can reach. Institutions, meaning the governments, religions, and economic systems people create, determine how those capabilities get organized and put to use. Sachs walks through each age in turn, showing how a shift in technology or geography reshaped the balance of power and the flow of goods and ideas. He covers the rise of agriculture, the spread of empires, the ocean voyages that linked continents after 1500, and the industrial and digital revolutions that followed. The book closes with the current era, where Sachs turns to questions of inequality, environmental limits, and global governance, and argues that the same three forces will shape how humanity handles challenges like climate change and economic disparity. At roughly 250 pages, it is written for a general audience rather than specialists, and it draws on history, economics, and geography to cover a long span of time in a single volume. This event will be hybrid. I will host the meeting in person at my house in Berkeley which is near the intersection of College Ave and Woolsey St. I will email people the address the Saturday before the meeting. Here are the Google Meet details: Google Meet link: [https://meet.google.com/zem-xnbw-tuh](https://meet.google.com/zem-xnbw-tuh) Or dial: ‪(US) +1 641-854-0146‬ PIN: ‪637 012 874‬#

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke