April 2026-One of the many things we love about life in Sausalito is being surrounded by creatives, crafters, and writers. We carry a selection of books that reflects the talented novelists, poets, photographers, and historians we call our neighbors. Here are a few of the titles that we currently stock at the market.
Where the Ducks Go
Poetry
Michael Lopez, author
“Part naturalist, part prophet, part San Francisco tour guide, Michael Lopez renders the world with a visionary zeal, recording reality even as he reimagines it. In these poems, anything is possible: ducks move like torpedoes, the ocean won’t stop weeping, and an ordinary bar is a place ‘where the jukebox becomes the sun.’ Where the Ducks Go is an ambitious and exhilarating collection.” ~ Bruce Snider, author of Blood Harmony
Riding Backwards Down the Gila
Sketches
Neil “Nitai” Hammari, author
A true life 1994 adventure journal of a horse-back ride of over a thousand miles, along the Old Butterfield Stage Coach Route of 1849, the Mormon Battalion Trail, the Salt River, Verde River, San Francisco River, the General Crook Trail and the Gila River. The day to day record dealing with dessert sands, highway traffic, wilderness trails, winter blizzards and refreshing in hot springs. Encounters with ghosts. Making adjustments with family. Vision quest. Riding across California, Arizona and New Mexico. How to keep a horse healthy, rested, and happy.
100 Sketches of Japan
Sketches
Neil “Nitai” Hammari
Sketches of a visit to Japan in 1999, where I was invited by a group of Japanese friends while on a hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Sketches of people, technology, ancient temples and shrines. Finding actual buried treasure, and solving a crime. Romance, crushes, and friendships. Growing up.
This book is by the author of “Riding backwards Down The Gila” (2023), which is full of sketches of a 1,200 mile horseback ride from the coast to the Continental Divide, with Tiger Lily, an Appaloosa mare.
Record Plant, Sausalito Studio
History
Felecia Gaston with Elaine Petrocelli, authors
The Record Plant studio in Sausalito, California, was one of America’s top-of-the-line music recording facilities. Opened in 1972, Record Plant was known as the “resort studio,” just across the Golden Gate Bridge in Northern California and away from the big city. One of three studios, the first Record Plant was opened in New York City in 1968 by Chris Stone and Gary Kellgren. The second studio in Los Angeles opened in 1969, followed by the third studio in Sausalito. San Francisco Bay Area–based radio station KSAN FM hosted live studio broadcasts from the Sausalito studio. With its nautical-inspired interior wood artistry, the building known as the “Plant” had a groovy aesthetic that drew in some of the most iconic musical artists of all time, including Fleetwood Mac, Bob Marley, the Grateful Dead, Sly and the Family Stone, Prince, Tom Petty, Metallica, Santana, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Dave Matthews Band, and many more.
Katiana Giacona, a Marin County native, was resident DJ at the former Sausalito Studio location when it was a spa and yoga event center called Harmonia.
Sausalito Moments in Time
2025 Edition / History
Wayne Bonnett, author
The Sausalito Historical Society is proud to announce the publication of a colorful, updated edition of the seminal Sausalito history book Moments in Time.
The book was edited, researched and designed by Wayne Bonnett, who worked with SHS founder Jack Tracy on the original edition, published in 1983.
Sausalito History & Guide
Travel / History
Mitch Powers, author
A fascinating guide to Sausalito and the surrounding communities of Tiburon, Belvedere and Angel Island. Highlighting Sausalito’s history and points of interest with three different tours that take you along the waterfront. Come explore Sausalito (This is the third edition formerly titled “A Brief History of Sausalito and Richardson’s Bay.”)
Anchor Out
Novel
Barbara Sapienza, author
Sixty-year-old Frances Pia lives alone on a thirty-foot sailboat anchored near Sausalito, where she communes with the fog, sea lions, cormorants, and two sailor friends, Otto and Russell.
Through a series of wacky adventures, including bouts with the cops and the sea, Frances opens her heart to love for the first time in years—and begins to really paint the town, finding redemption along the way.
Beauty and the Beast: California Wildflowers and Climate Change
Photography
Rob Badger and Nita Winter, conservation photographers
This beautiful coffee table book pairs thoughtful essays by today’s conservation leaders with sweeping super bloom imagery and painstaking field photography of the most delicate blossoms.
Are you a local author with a book you’d like to let us know about? Drop us a line at info@driversmarket.com. We’d love to hear from you!