Category: Berkley

• Article: The Best Places to Find Free E-Books

  The Best Places to Find Free E-Books https://flip.it/sE664l

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  May 25, 2022

  American History, Authors, Autobiography, Berkley, Berkley Publishing, Biography, Bloomsbury, Blue Rider Press, Center Street Publishing, Chicago Review Press, Cookbooks, Counytryman Press, Culture, Digital, Doubleday, Epic Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Fiction, Gallery Books, Gallery/Scout, Grand Central, Grosset & Dunlap, Hachette Book Group, History, Humor, mystery, Non-fiction

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• Windy City Blues

  In her fun very readable Windy City Blues (Berkley 2017; $16), Chicago author Renee Rosen again takes another slice of the city’s history and turns it into a compelling read. Rosen, who plumbs Chicago’s history to write such books as Dollface, her novel about flappers and gangers like Al Capone, and What the Lady Wants…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  February 15, 2022

  Amazon, American History, Architecture, Audiobooks, Authors, Berkley, Blues, Blues Highway, Chicago, Fiction, History, Jewish, Judaism, Music, Musician, Random House

  #bestsellingbooks, #books, #netgallery, #ReneeRosen, Architecture, Authors, Blues Highway, Chess Brothers, Chicago, Civil Rights, Dollface, Fiction, fun, Jazz, Music, musicians, New Orleans, Renee Rosen, Willie Dixon, Windy City

• The Girl in White Gloves: A Novel of Grace Kelly

  

  A beautiful Hollywood star; a handsome rich prince. It should have been perfect. But, of course, it wasn’t.

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  March 6, 2020

  Berkley, Fiction

  Actress, Cinderella story, Grace Kelly, Hollywood, Monaco, Movie star, Prince Rainier of Monaco, Princess Grace

• MINOR DRAMAS & OTHER CATASTROPHES

  

  Class Mom meets Small Admissions in MINOR DRAMAS & OTHER CATASTROPHES, a wryly-observed debut about the privileged bubble that is Liston Heights High–the micro-managing parents, the overworked teachers, and the students caught in the middle–and the fallout for each of them when that bubble finally bursts. A former teacher, Kathleen West keeps us amused and amazed in her…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  February 11, 2020

  Author event, Authors, Berkley, Chicago, Humor

  helicopter parents, Humor, micro-managing parents, over-privileged youths, school competitiveness, social stresses, stage moms