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The Improbable Success of Chicago Review Press, Inc.new
One man's niche is another man's treasure.
Chicago Reader |
Scott Eden |
06-04-2007 |
Books
Their Job Is Murdernew
Kevin Davis takes a book-length look at the homicide specialists in the Cook County Public Defender's Office.
Chicago Reader |
Harold Henderson |
06-04-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Defending the Damned, Kevin Davis
A Little Secret About 'The Secret'new
The best-selling self-help book Oprah's thrown her muscle behind appears to contain at least one fabrication.
Chicago Reader |
Julia Rickert |
06-04-2007 |
Books
Tags: Rhonda Byrne, The Secret
'Vermeer's Light': Sound Often Dominates Over Sensenew
Bowering, the first Canadian poet laureate, delights in language and in word-play.
'After Dark': Filled With Dreamy Fatalismnew
Murakami's stories blur edges between characters and realities.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
06-01-2007 |
Fiction
Queen of Steamnew
Tina Engler built a book empire from raw romance.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
06-01-2007 |
Books
3rd Degree: Peter Singernew
The noted bio-ethicist on Jean-Baptiste Oudry, animal liberation, and jailing animal activists as terrorists.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
06-01-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Singer
The Comet, Not the Tailnew
Altared looks at weddings from 26 perspectives.
Illinois Times |
Jacqueline Jackson |
06-01-2007 |
Nonfiction
Notes From Undergroundnew
An excerpt from Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas.
Tucson Weekly |
Matt O'Brien |
05-31-2007 |
Excerpts
Remembering America's First Black Marinesnew
Through their own words, we get the true picture of what life was like for these men who trained in the Jim Crow South and a gritty and harrowing account of their combat experiences.
INDY Week |
Alice Osborn |
05-31-2007 |
Nonfiction
High Trees and High Seasnew
The Wild Trees and The Happiest Man in the World track modern-day explorers of new worlds.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
05-30-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Fiction Reviews
This Town is Noir Townnew
New York's Akashic Books has made its way across a crime-ridden country with titles such as Baltimore Noir.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Lynn Rapoport |
05-30-2007 |
Books
'Flight': Crash, Burn, Arisenew
Sherman Alexie returns with a cliche but grand unified theory.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
05-30-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Flight, Sherman Alexie
DeLillo Tumbles Backwards at 9/11new
Falling Man is an imperfect book, necessary, but necessarily elusive.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
05-30-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Don DeLillo, Falling Man
For Love or Mummynew
The Professor's Daughter is a French love story about an Egyptologist, his daughter and the mummy who loves her.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Tremble |
05-29-2007 |
Fiction
