The August 7, 2009, edition of the The Wall Street Journal includes a feature review of Black Maverick: T. R. M. Howard’s Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power. Howard drove […]
Category: reviews
The Sun-Times reviews “Christian America & the Kingdom of God”
The August 2, 2009, issue of the Chicago Sun-Times featured a review of Richard Hughes’s new book Christian America and the Kingdom of God. “Hughes busts the myth of America as […]
Science reviews “The World of Soy”
The July 10, 2009, edition of Science Magazine features a review of The World of Soy. Du Bois, Tan, and Mintz have done an excellent job combining a series of […]
The Jews of Chicago in the Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post recently reviewed the new paperback edition of Irving Cutler’s The Jews of Chicago: From Shtetl to Suburb. Chicago is a city with cold winters and hot summers. […]
Fungi
The new issue of Fungi magazine enthusiastically recommends Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States: A Field-to-Kitchen Guide. Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States should be required […]
The Los Angeles Times reviews “Albert Maysles”
Today’s LA Times includes a sparkling review of Joe McElhaney’s Albert Maysles, a new volume in our Contemporary Film Directors series. “McElhaney’s biography runs like a classic Maysles brother film, sticking to the facts, […]
Golf Digest reviews “Golf in America”
The current issue of Golf Digest includes George Kirsch’s Golf in America as one of six new notable books writing, “Kirsch traces golf’s path in the United States, hitting the high […]
Mama PhD ponders her narrative compass
Inside Higher Ed‘s Mama PhD just finished reading Betsy Hearne and Roberta Seelinger Trite’s new book A Narrative Compass: Stories that Guide Women’s Lives and considers her own bedrock stories. My own […]
“Cafe Society” reviewed in AllAboutJazz
AllAboutJazz.com praises Cafe Society. “This wonderful, uplifting book tells the story of Barney Josephson and Cafe Society, the jazz cabaret Josephson set up in Greenwich Village, New York City in 1938. […]
“Cafe Society” reviewed in The Wall Street Journal
Today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal features a wonderful review of Cafe Society: The Wrong Place for the Right People. Cafe Society is a valuable document in the long, […]
The Nation’s review of “Only a Miner”
The Nation online posts a 35+ year old review of Archie Green’s Only a Miner. […]
Diana Nyad reviews “Stolen Bases”
On Diana Nyad’s Score radio segment yesterday she reviewed Jennifer Ring’s new book Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don’t Play Baseball. “Jennifer Ring, has crafted a great read, replete with […]