{"id":465461,"date":"2025-10-01T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/465461\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T10:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T10:00:13","slug":"sonomas-best-sellers-sonoma-index-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/465461\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonoma\u2019s best sellers \u2013 Sonoma Index-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hardcover Non-Fiction<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 \u201cThe Little Frog\u2019s Guide to Life: Love, Advice and Inspiration for Every Day from the Internet\u2019s Beloved Mushroom Frog,\u201d Maybell Eequay.<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful illustrations and affirmations to live by, inspired by the adorable amphibian.<\/p>\n<p>2. \u201cAll the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation,\u201d Elizabeth Gilbert.<\/p>\n<p>From the author of Eat, Pray, Love, this memoir explores the author\u2019s tumultuous romance.<\/p>\n<p>3. \u201cLessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism,\u201d Stewart Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>The ultimate guide to channeling feline wisdom in the face of authoritarian nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>4. \u201cComing Up Short: A Memoir of My America,\u201d Robert Reich.<\/p>\n<p>From the former labor secretary, this passionate political memoir calls on Democrats to refocus on the working class.<\/p>\n<p>5. \u201cBeing Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning,\u201d Peter Beinart.<\/p>\n<p>A powerful and necessary appeal by a Jewish professor of journalism and political science.<\/p>\n<p>Paperback Non-Fiction<\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cA Short History of Sonoma,\u201d Lynn Downey.<\/p>\n<p>Written by a fifth-generation Sonoman, a general history of the major events and significant people of our town, accompanied by many vintage photographs.<\/p>\n<p>2. \u201cFriday Afternoon Club,\u201d Griffin Dunne.<\/p>\n<p>This memoir of growing up among larger-than-life characters in both Hollywood and Manhattan combines celebrity tales with a poignant family story.<\/p>\n<p>3. \u201cThe Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth,\u201d Zoe Schlanger.<\/p>\n<p>An exploration of the emerging science on plant intelligence, uncovering plants\u2019 complex and unimaginable capabilities and calling into question what we consider to be conscious agents in the natural world.<\/p>\n<p>4. \u201cPalo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World,\u201d Malcolm Harris.<\/p>\n<p>This examination of Northern California traces the ideologies, tech, and policies that have defined the state.<\/p>\n<p>5. \u201cThe Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook,\u201d Hampton Sides.<\/p>\n<p>An epic account of the voyage of the Age of Exploration which culminated in Captain James Cook\u2019s death in Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>Children\u2019s and Young Adults<\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cThe Digger and the Flower,\u201d Josef Kuefler.<\/p>\n<p>Board Book, Ages 0-4. When Digger discovers a flower growing in the center of the town being built, his entire perspective changes.<\/p>\n<p>2. \u201cGoodnight Moon,\u201d Margaret Wise Brown.<\/p>\n<p>Board Book, ages 0-4. A little bunny bids goodnight to all the objects in his room before falling asleep, in this perennial classic.<\/p>\n<p>3. \u201cHansel and Gretel,\u201d Stephen King, illus. Maurice Sendak.<\/p>\n<p>Illustrated, ages 6 and up. The haunting tale of two brave children lost in a dark and dangerous forest, reimagined by two literary legends.<\/p>\n<p>4. \u201cIf We Were Dogs,\u201d Sophie Blackall.<\/p>\n<p>Picture Book, ages 4-8. Two children navigate their friendship as they imagine what it would be like to be dogs<\/p>\n<p>5. \u201cDragon\u2019s First Taco\u201d (from the Creators of Dragons Love Tacos), Adam Rubin.<\/p>\n<p>Board Book, Ages 0-3. 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