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Adobe Bookshop – Mission

$10 for $20 Worth of Used Books

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In a Nutshell

Browse a forever-rotating stock of used books in a shop that's been a community staple for nearly 25 years

The Fine Print

  • Expires 90 days after purchase.
  • Limit 3 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Valid in-store only. Must use promotional value in one visit.
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A full bookshelf not only provides a conversation piece for guests, but also decreases the odds they'll pull out the tome that swivels the bookcase around and reveals your secret crying room. Build up your book collection with this Groupon.

$10 for $20 Worth of Used Books

For less than $20, you can pick up a copy of Sue Taylor's Hans Bellmer: The Anatomy of Anxiety, Ranulf Rayner's The Story of The America's Cup 1851–1995, or Diego Rivera, a biography by Pete Hamill, as well as a rotating stock of literary classics in hardcover and paperback.

Adobe Bookshop

You won't find a barista selling coffee at Adobe Bookshop, or an elaborate bodybuilding-magazine display, or the stress-ball keychain that's on a coworker's holiday list. What you will find are books. Lots of them—stacked every which way on the shelves and floor, in a sort of organized chaos reminiscent of a Magic Eye print. Call him old-fashioned, but that's what Andrew McKinley believes a bookstore should sell. He's been in business for nearly 25 years, and although the store has seen its ups and downs—as reported by the San Francisco Bay Guardian and Mission Mission—guests still stop by to chat, ponder their pages, and attempt to build a blanket fort in a living-room area complete with potted trees, armchairs, and some well-worn rugs.

Yet despite its laser focus on literary wonders, the shop does branch out. McKinley has always had a fondness for meeting people who strive to be creators, and as such has hosted a gathering spot for emerging visual and performance artists. The Backroom Gallery, which opened in 2001, has become a meeting place for local painters, writers, and musicians and hosts events such as art installations and poetry readings.

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The Groupon Guide to: New Plays

Anyone who thinks live theater is a dying art hasn't experienced the magic of an actor creating an explosion on stage using only sounds from his mouth or changing into a different character using only a switch of the hat. Take a look at some of the fascinating contemporary plays coming to a theater near you:

The Sanders Family Chronicles: When the family dog dies, the Sanders family's 14 adult children must return to the small Southern town where they grew up. Getting these 14 very different people to agree on one dog's burial plot won't be easy, and you can bet secrets are going to be revealed.

Oh! To Move! or The Weather in Cincinnati Has Never Been So Clear: Don't ever say an old lady can't dance. Ever since her husband passed, Eva Marie can't stop boppin' to the beat. This 67-year-old has a new lease on life, and she's swingin' her stuff at every pub in town when she meets a stranger who loves dancing just as much as she does. This feel-good hit has critics saying "Go, Eva Marie, go!"

The Last Soldier of Queens: When a major corporation comes in and wants to turn all of Queens into a Dormart, a regular working-class man named Reginald Guy stands his ground. As Dormart razes the town to prepare for construction, Reg Guy watches his hometown transform into a postapocalyptic wasteland. It all comes to a head in a climatic showdown between Reg and his nemesis, The Bulldozer Monster.

When will you see the new play "The Last Soldier of Queens"?

Adobe Bookshop

4.5 out of 5
Yelp (82 Reviews)
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    Mission

    3166 16th St.
    San Francisco, California 94103
    (415) 864-3936
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Reviews

  • This place can be a great place to get lost in on a rainy day (which it was when I went). There is also a neat art gallery in the back.
    Saliha B., Yelp, 3/18/12
  • Stacks of musty books with yellowed pages but still perfectly readable await you at Adobe Books. It's organized chaos in a pleasant sense.
    Martin C., Yelp, 4/14/12