Review imprint: 1779 books
The Cool Gent
The Nine Lives of Radio Legend Herb Kent
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Known as the Cool Gent, King of the Dusties, and the Mayor of Bronzeville, Herb Kent is one of radio’s most illustrious and legendary stars. This fascinating autobiography details both the high and low points of Kent’s life-including his poverty-stricken childhood in the Chicago housing projects...
Dancing Barefoot
The Patti Smith Story
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Offering a unique analysis and discussion of her life, career, and work, this is the true story of Patti Smith. Widely acknowledged as one of the most significant American artists of the rock age, an acclaimed poet, and a figurehead for many liberal political causes, Patti Smith went from an ugly-duckling...
Flickipedia
Perfect Films for Every Occasion, Holiday, Mood, Ordeal, and Whim
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
From the jolting summer electricity of Jaws to mending a broken heart with When Harry Met Sally, this entertaining and unique guide takes movies off the silver screen, offering viewing recommendations tailored to everyday situations. Equipped with more than 1,300 movie suggestions, this informative...
The Bauhaus Ideal Then and Now
An Illustrated Guide to Modern Design
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
The Bauhaus Ideal is both a picture book and a guidebook to the fascinating and enduring legacy of modernist design, and to the continuing influence of Bauhaus on interior design—not just on architecture, but also on furniture, glassware, tableware, and kitchen utensils: the whole range of domestic...
Blood in the Fields
Ten Years Inside California's Nuestra Familia Gang
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
The city of Salinas, California, is the birthplace of John Steinbeck and the setting for his epic masterpiece East of Eden, but it is also the home of Nuestra Familia, one of the most violent gangs in the United States. Born in the prisons of California in the late 1960s, Nuestra Familia expanded...
Women of Steel and Stone
22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Reporting on a range of historical and contemporary female builders and designers, this educational book strives to inspire a new generation of girls in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and math. With many of the profiles set against the backdrop of such landmark events as the...
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,...