As a former San Franciscan, I couldn't help but plug this new book: Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge. The Washington Post wrote that the author "eloquently retraces this industrial achievement from planning and construction up to the present day with its $6-and-up tolls. He tells the story behind each of the bridge's masterminds -- the bankers, builders, egos and engineers -- and also devotes a whole chapter to a tragic side of the bridge's history as a frequent site of Bay area suicides." Well worth a read (and even better, a visit!). - Randy Decker