Chicago Review Press: 838 books
Dance of Death
The Life of John Fahey, American Guitarist
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
John Fahey is to the solo acoustic guitar what Jimi Hendrix was to the electric: the man whom all subsequent musicians had to listen to. Fahey made more than 40 albums between 1959 and his death in 2001, most of them featuring only his solo steel-string guitar. He fused elements of folk, blues, and...
Criminal Conversation of Mrs. Norton
Victorian England's "Scandal of the Century" and the Fallen Socialite Who Changed Women's Lives Fore
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
A forgotten heroine of the women’s rights movement is rescued from obscurity in this biography of Caroline Norton, a respected poet, songwriter, and socialite whose 1836 adultery trial rocked Victorian England. When George Norton accused his wife of having an affair with the British Prime Minister...
Every Night the Trees Disappear
Werner Herzog and the Making of Heart of Glass
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
"You know from seeing it that Herzog was up to something strange in filming Heart of Glass. Now the mystery is clarified. Alan Greenberg peers into the heart of darkness of the great artist." -Roger Ebert Mesmerizing . . . as poetic and mysterious as the film itself.”-Jim Jarmusch This...
by George Sand
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1993
Lucrezia Floriani, a worldly 30-year-old actress and the mother of 4 children with 3 different fathers, meets and falls in love with Prince Karol, a moody, introspective aristocrat.
How to Make Money as an Artist
The 7 Winning Strategies of Successful Fine Artists
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
How to sell one’s art isn't taught in art schools, yet it’s an essential ingredient in getting work displayed and attracting art commissions. This straightforward guide is written for artists who want to present themselves and their work in the best possible light to the largest possible audience....
Go Slow
The Life of Julie London
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
It has been said that the records of singer and actress Julie London were purchased for their provocative, full-color cover photographs as frequently as they were for the music contained in their grooves. During the 1950s and '60s, her piercing blue eyes, strawberry blonde hair, and shapely figure...
Monet and the Impressionists for Kids
Their Lives and Ideas, 21 Activities
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
A lifelong love of art is one of the greatest gifts an adult can bestow on a child-and no period of art is better loved or more available to children than Impressionism. Monet and the Impressionists for Kids invites children to delight in Cassatt’s mothers and children, Renoir’s dancing couples,...
A World of Her Own
24 Amazing Women Explorers and Adventurers
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
The stories of two dozen fascinating female explorers, from a wide range of eras, cultures, races, and economic backgrounds, are profiled in this entertaining and educational resource. Each of the women profiled overcame many obstacles to satisfy her curiosity and passions, including Eleanor Creesy,...
Women of Privilege
100 Years of Love & Loss in a Family of the Hudson River Valley
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Women of Privilege traces the decline of a once-privileged Hudson River Valley family whose neighbors were Vanderbilts, Delanos, and Roosevelts. Based on diaries and journals, and written by a family descendant, it combines biography and memoir with social history.
Yesterday Once More
The Carpenters Reader
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
With a string of number-one hits showcasing Karen Carpenter's warm and distinctive vocals and Richard Carpenter's sophisticated compositions and arrangements, the Carpenters were responsible for some of the most popular music of the 1970s, and this compendium collects more than 50 articles, interviews,...
Leonardo da Vinci for Kids
His Life and Ideas, 21 Activities
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
The marriage of art and science is celebrated in this beautifully illustrated four-color biography and activity book. Kids will begin to understand the important discoveries that da Vinci made through inspiring activities like determining the launch angle of a catapult, sketching birds and other animals,...
High Voltage
The Life of Angus Young, AC/DC's Last Man Standing
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
Angus Young, the founder and the last original member of AC/DC still in the band, has for more than forty years been the face, sound, and sometimes the exposed backside of the trailblazing rock band. In his trademark schoolboy outfit, guitar in hand, Angus has applied his signature style to songs...
The Funniest One in the Room
The Lives and Legends of Del Close
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Containing recollections from more than 80 of the comedic giant’s closest friends and colleagues, this absorbing biography explores Del Close's old haunts, his sensational past, and the reality behind the tales he told so often. From traveling with a carnival and hanging out with a pre-Scientology...
Showstoppers!
The Surprising Backstage Stories of Broadway's Most Remarkable Songs
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
When Robert Preston shouted "Ya got trouble!" in River City, when Carol Channing glided down a gilded staircase while waiters serenaded her with "Hello, Dolly!," when Barbra Streisand defied us to rain on her parade in Funny Girl, audiences were instantly enchanted. Showstoppers!...