Agate Midway imprint: 24 books
The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Bears
A Decade-By-Decade History
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
In Chicago, the Bears grip on the city spans generations and cultures, endures disappointments, and celebrates triumphs great and small. From the team’s humble beginnings to its status as a marquee NFL franchise, the Chicago Tribune has documented every season. The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago...
Ramblers
Loyola Chicago 1963 - The Team that Changed the Color of College Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
Today basketball is played above the rim” by athletes of all backgrounds and colors. But 50 years ago it was a floor-bound game, and the opportunities it offered for African-Americans were severely limited.
A key turning point was 1963, when the Loyola Ramblers of Chicago took the NCAA...
10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything
A Collection of Fascinating Historical, Scientific and Cultural Trivia about People, Places and Things
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
“Guaranteed to make you the smartest person in the room! One problem: you can’t stop reading this clever, amazing assortment of upscale trivia.” —Bill Kurtis, cohost of Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me!
For years, the Chicago Tribune’s popular weekly column 10 Things You Might Not...
Chicago Flashback
The People and Events That Shaped a City’s History
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
The Chicago Flashback feature reflects on significant events and people throughout Chicago’s history, dating back to the newspaper’s founding in 1847
Carefully curated by the newspaper staff into a single coffee-table volume
Contains many black-and-white photographs from the Chicago Tribune’s...
Wisconsin Supper Clubs
An Old-Fashioned Experience
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
Wisconsin Supper Clubs is a resource for and about supper clubs throughout Wisconsin that includes beautiful photographs of the unique supper club interiors, proprietors, and customers, as well as fascinating archival materials. Also recorded in this book are the regional specialties served at these...
Locally Brewed
Portraits of Craft Breweries from America's Heartland
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Locally Brewed celebrates the Midwest's craft brewing movement with profiles of 20 of the area's brewmasters and their breweries. These are entertaining and inspiring stories of the individuals who have been essential in the exponential growth of this movement, as told through vivid interviews, beautiful...
Red Velvet Underground
A Rock Memoir, with Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Part memoir, part cookbook, and all rock and roll, Red Velvet Underground tells the story of how musician Freda Love Smith's indie-rock past grew into her family- and food-centric present.
Smith, born in Nashville and raised in Indiana, is best known as the drummer and co-founder of bands such...
The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Bulls
A Decade-by-Decade History
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
The Chicago Bulls, one of the NBA's most storied and valuable franchises, have been building their highly decorated legacy for five decades now. To this day, the Bulls are one of the most popular teams the world over. Travelers abroad will find that the team's reputation precedes them: Chicagoans who...
by Ron Faiola
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Wisconsin Supper Clubs: Another Round, a sequel to author/photographer Ron Faiola's wildly popular first book on the topic (now in its sixth printing), gives readers a peek inside 50 additional clubs from across the Badger State.Traveling from the Northwoods to Beloit, Faiola documents some of the most...
Gangsters & Grifters
Classic Crime Photos from the Chicago Tribune
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Created from the Chicago Tribune's vast archives, Gangsters and Grifters is a collection of photographs featuring infamous criminals, small-time bandits, hoodlums, and more at shocking crime scenes. These vintage glass-plate and acetate negatives were taken from the early 1900s through the 1950s, and...
The New Old Bar
Classic Cocktails and Salty Snacks from The Hearty Boys
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
The New Old Bar is a collection of 200 great classic cocktail recipes that takes the fear out of entertaining and demystifies the party-throwing experience. Much more than an assortment of vintage cocktails (plus 25 terrific small dishes to enjoy while you drink them), The New Old Bar is a how-to...
The New Chicago Diner Cookbook
Meat-Free Recipes from America's Veggie Diner
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Thirty years after opening, the Chicago Diner is still the Windy City's premier vegetarian eatery, now with two locations and a national fan base. In honor of this momentous anniversary, the Chicago Diner is releasing this new cookbook, reflecting the wealth of new recipes, vegetarian and vegan dining...
The Hoosier Mama Book of Pie
Recipes, Techniques, and Wisdom from the Hoosier Mama Pie Company
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
When Paula Haney first opened the Hoosier Mama Pie Company on March 14, 2009 (Pi day, appropriately enough), she worried whether her new business could survive by specializing in just one thing. When she opened her storefront that morning and saw a line around the block, she realized she had a more...
New Prairie Kitchen
Stories and Seasonal Recipes from Chefs, Farmers, and Artisans of the Great Plains
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
New Prairie Kitchen profiles 25 of the most exciting and groundbreaking chefs, farmers, and producers of artisanal goods from Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota. Their personal stories are interspersed with more than 50 chef-contributed recipes that range from refreshingly simple to exquisitely gourmet....
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