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  • More Sex, Drugs & Disco — San Francisco Diaries From the Pre-AIDS Era

    by Mark Abramson ...
    In this sequel to "Sex, Drugs & Disco," Mark Abramson's diaries begin on January 1, 1980 with optimism for the new decade. San Francisco was a beacon of freedom for gay men from around the world, and he was there to write down the details of most of his tricks, love affairs, and all the fleeting encounters in between. Like the denizens of pre-war Berlin, we were scarcely aware of how special were ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cold Serial Murder

    by Mark Abramson ...
    Tim Snow expected to show his visiting Aunt Ruth the wonders of San Francisco, but never expected one of the sights of the city would be the body of his ex-lover. A killer is on the loose in the Castro district. Meanwhile, Tim's cadre of quirky friends and neighbors makes life all the more interesting with their drama of weddings and lost (and found) loves. Cold Serial Murder continues the story ... Read more

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  • Minnesota Boy - A Memoir

    by Mark Abramson ...
    "I think you should write a book about that trip you took to Europe when you were right out of high school, playing your saxophone with that band, you know?" It started out with that phone call from my mother on her death bed, or so she thought. It turned into a longer story about college, being different, trying to fit in, and slowly coming out, in more ways than one. Then it turned into a story ... Read more

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  • River Days, River Nights: True Gay Adventures at the Russian River (1976 – 1984)

    by Mark Abramson ...
    Mark Abramson, a Minnesota farm boy, moved to San Francisco from Minneapolis in 1975 and dived right into the debauchery of gay life in that pre-AIDS world, including many day trips and overnight stays at the Russian River, ninety miles north of the city. In 1981 he decided to join a group of friends in fixing up an old house south of Guerneville, California. He soon found a job at the legendary ... Read more

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  • Laughing Matters: Pandemic Diaries from Castro Street 2021-2022

    by Mark Abramson ...
    Laughing Matters is the second installment of Mark Abramson's funny, poignant, sexy, entertaining, and sometimes sobering journal from the Covid years of the early 2020s. You'll laugh and cry along with him as he recollects his life over the 40 some years he has lived in San Francisco's gay Castro neighborhood. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Beach Reading

    by Mark Abramson ...
    The first book in an exciting mystery series!San Francisco has never been more romantic or adventuresome as portrayed by this popular novelist. A bit of magic and a lot of local lore makes for an exciting and fun read.Gay tourists are arriving in San Francisco by the planeload for the party of the decade at the Moscone Center, a tribute to a late disco star. On the same night as the dance festival ... Read more

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  • For My Brothers - A Memoir

    by Mark Abramson ...
    Mark Abramson was a bartender on Castro Street, Haight Street, and South of Market during the worst years of the AIDS crisis, roughly from 1984 to 1996 when new life-saving drugs came on the market. He was also involved in several of the major fundraising events of the times, from gay bars to the waterfront piers of San Francisco and theaters in between. For My Brothers is filled with true stories ... Read more

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  • Love Rules

    by Mark Abramson ...
    "Always toward absent lovers love's tide stronger flows," wrote the Roman poet Sextus Propertius two thousand years ago. Tim Snow is faced with temptation and mystery in the latest volume of Mark Abramson's Beach Reading series when his boyfriend goes traveling. But is it absence he's feeling or hormones?The entire cast of quirky characters is back for Book Seven. Artie's performing career has him ... Read more

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  • What Government Does

    How Political Executives Manage

    by Mark A. Abramson, Paul Lawrence ...
    To understand the challenges of political leadership and how top executivessucceed in accomplishing an Administration’s objectives, business-in-governmentexperts Paul R. Lawrence and Mark A. Abramson present the findingsof a four-year study of top political appointees in the Obama Administration.The 42 participants—Deputy Secretaries and agency heads—provide casestudies of how each approaches the ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Sex, Drugs & Disco — San Francisco Diaries From the Pre-AIDS Era

    by Mark Abramson ...
    In the 1970s, thousands of young gay men flocked to San Francisco. Mark Abramson, author of the best-selling "Beach Reading" mystery series and the AIDS memoir "For My Brothers," was one of them. In a time and place where sex was free, drugs were cheap, and the driving disco beat felt like it would go on forever, he landed in the great gay Mecca fresh out of college, reconnected with his old ... Read more

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  • Succeeding as a Political Executive

    Fifty Insights from Experience

    by Mark A. Abramson, Paul R. Lawrence ...
    Succeeding as a Political Executive: Fifty Insights from Experience is based on the real-life experience of 64 high-level executives who served in the Obama Administration. Most were at the agency head level. From 2009 to 2015, the authors conducted a series of interviews with these individuals, gaining insights into running government organizations. This book is aimed at those interested in the ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Getting It Done

    A Guide for Government Executives

    by Mark A. Abramson, Daniel Chenok, John M. Kamensky ...
    Series series IBM Center for the Business of Government
    Getting It Done was written for those who have answered the call to public service. Now, in this 2017 edition, the editors of IBM’s Center for The Business of Government series have assembled a comprehensive guide to navigating the current environment of government, and what government leaders ought to know to survive and thrive with respect to the ways it’s evolved over the years. Concise ... Read more

    $34.99 USD