Chicago Soul, Paperback

A Chicago Tribune Book of 2019, Notable Chicago Reads A Booklist Top 10 Arts Book of 2019 A No Depression Top Music Book of 2019 Curtis Mayfield. T...

Reducere. Curtis Mayfield was one of the seminal vocalists and most talented guitarists of his era, and his music played a vital role in the civil rights mov...

Reducere. "Chicago is a tale of two cities, " headlines declare. This narrative has been gaining steam alongside reports of growing economic divisions and di...

Reducere. #1 New York Times bestseller Susan Elizabeth Phillips returns to her beloved Chicago Stars series with a romance between a Chicago Stars quarterbac...

Reducere. In Praise of Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English""Spoken Soul brilliantly fills a huge gap. . . . a delightfully readable introduction to the e...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Brandon FiadinoArtist: Djibril Morissette-PhanArtist: James GreatorexIn 1920s Chicago, the criminal underworld is more than...

Reducere. " Edgar's] soul is as spotless as John Wayne's .45, and so is Udall's sharp and rangy prose. His similes sting, his sentences go bang, and his chap...

Reducere. Faith Cross, a beautiful and purely innocent young black woman, is told by her dying mother to go and get herself a good thing. Thus begins an extr...

Reducere. Thought-provoking writer Nikei S. Salas gives a surprising tale of fiction. It is about the death and life of a young woman named Genesing. This bo...

We live in an age saturated with surveillance. Our personal and public lives are increasingly on display for governments, merchants, employers, hac...

Denise LaSalle's journey took her from rural Mississippi to an unquestioned reign as the queen of soul-blues. From her early R&B classics to bold a...

Reducere. There can only be one: one man with two loyal friends and secrets from the past that will ultimately shake up the entire hood in Chicago; one man o...

Reducere. Kind is a young teenage girl. Who wants to live a life for christ but struggles with the temptation of the world. Kind wants to wear nice fashionab...

Reducere. Philip Lynott packed a vast amount into his 36 years. An instantly identifiable singer, charismatic stage performer and supremely gifted songwriter...

Soul of a People is about a handful of people who were on the Federal Writer's Project in the 1930s and a glimpse of America at a turning point. Th...

Reducere. It has long been acknowledged that Berry Gordy Jr and his Motown Empire put Detroit on the International musical map but it was the creative genius...

Reducere. In this delightful and witty novel, Laura Willowes rebels against pressure to be the perfect "maiden aunt." Not interested in men or the rushed lif...

Reducere. With the incisive pen of a newspaperman and the compassionate soul of a poet, Mike Royko was a Chicago institution who became, in Jimmy Breslin's w...

From the bestselling author of There Are No Children Here, a richly textured, heartrending portrait of the impact of violence on Chicago's most vul...

Reducere. "A biography that will send readers back to the music of Mavis and the Staple Singers with deepened appreciation and a renewed spirit of discovery"...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen is eminently, delightfully, and delectably quotable. This truth goes far beyond the first l...

What if you already met the soul mate you were destined to be with? And you didn't even know it?After losing her best friend to cancer, Corinne's l...

Reducere. James W. Hall s haunting debut novel first introduced the rugged character Thorn and the breathtaking South Florida landscape where he lives. Thorn...

DescriptionThe bestselling author of Intern and Doctored tells the story of the thing that makes us tickFor centuries, the human heart seemed beyon...

Reducere. Urban decay can sap the determination--not to mention the soul--of anyone who experiences it. But there are forces that can and do reverse it. They...

Reducere. Ray Charles (1930-2004) led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. In Brother Ray, he tells his story in an inimitable and un...

Reducere. In this path-breaking book, David Garland argues that punishment is a complex social institution that affects both social relations and cultural me...

Reducere. In this rugged account of a rugged profession, Matthew Desmond explores the heart and soul of the wildland firefighter. Having joined a firecrew in...

DescriptionJane Austen is one of the most influential and best-loved novelists in English literature. Austen's genius was her cast of characters--s...

Reducere. Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year ● NPR Best Books of the Year ● Amazon Fall Reading Selection ● Goodreads Best Romances of the Month ● Interna...

Reducere. DescriptionBeautifully rendered and deeply moving, Letters from Home is a story of hope and connection, of sacrifices made in love and war--and the...

Reducere. You have the ability to visualize success and manifest each one of your hopes and dreams. A natural capacity of the human mind, creative visualizat...

From the author of Henry and Clara, a dazzling, hilarious novel that captures the heart and soul of New York in the Jazz Age. Bandbox is a hugely s...

Reducere. From the New York Times bestselling author of Gone South and PBS Great American Read nominee Swan Song comes "as finely a turned tale of horror as ...

Reducere. NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING MYSTERY WINNER OF THE JOHN D. MacDONALD FICTION AWARD When an environmental activist freezes to death in August in Miami, it...

Reducere. "A full-bodied literary achievement bustling with sweat, regret, and sound." --KIESE LAYMON Ndiya Grayson returns to her childhood home of Chicago ...

Reducere. Jazz hides in plain sight in global culture, a musical revolution that led to soul, rock, funk, and hip-hop in a fascinating story of art, race, re...

Reducere. A New York Times bestselling, breakout series!Demon slaying powers should come with an instruction book.Seriously. Why does a new hair dryer have a...

Reducere. "Engaging . . . With a novelist's eye for biographical detail, Epps has written an . . . enthralling book."--David W. Blight, Chicago TribuneThe la...

Reducere. The inside story of one of basketball's most legendary and game-changing figures A New York Times bestseller During his storied career as head coac...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the Alaska wilderness, four streetwise boys became men--and brothersNow the crazy ex-military survivalist who plucked Gabriel and thr...

Reducere. Words have been used to start wars, end them. Used carelessly, words can break hearts, shed tears, and destroy families, friendships, lives. Words ...

Reducere. Now presented with a son's thirty years of research to provide new context. In June 1970, Sam Melville pleaded guilty to a series of politically mo...

Reducere. You can hear it in the hottest clubs in New York, the hippest rooms in New Orleans, Chicago, and San Francisco, and in top concert halls around the...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Definitive '70s Pop Music Countdown Finally--the complete and systematic ranking of every song and every act that peaked on Cash Box...