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|  | The Voice of the Blues by Amy Van Singel, Jim O'Neal
The coeditors of Living Blues magazine here assemble a number of lengthy interviews (many from the pages of their magazine) with various Blues masters, including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Jimmy Reed. AUTHOR: Amy Van Singel, Jim O'Neal
PUBLISHER: Routledge
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Mother Jones by Elliott J. Gorn
Description not available.A portrait of the celebrated union organizer and labor activist traces Mother Jones's obscure early life as an Irish immigrant, schoolteacher, and dressmaker; details the early deaths of her husband and children; and her role as an agitator who changed the course of the American labor movement. Reprint. 10,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Elliott J. Gorn
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Gillian Wearing by Gillian Wearing
British artist Gillian Wearing, winner of the 1997 Turner Prize, uses photography and video to produce an honest portrait of the complexities of contemporary life. Borrowing from popular culture, her work is both disturbing and confessional. In 1993 she began the acclaimed series 'Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants them to say', in which random passers-by are photographed holding messages of their own choosing, such as the mild-mannered young businessman whose sign unexpectedly reads 'I'm Desperate'. With exhibitions in Britain, Europe, the US and Japan, Wearing is among the best-known and most international of the most recent generation of British artists. This is the first publication to examine all of this remarkable young artist's work. AUTHOR: Gillian Wearing
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Rock Stars Do the Dumbest Things by Bill Crawford, Margaret Moser
Celebrating the misguided antics, bizarre statements, and baffling lifestyles of the world's most famous musical talents , this fun, authoritative book presents a wealth of jaw-dropping facts and anecdotes about such icons of rock music as Madonna, The Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, Spice Girls, Courtney Love, and others. 45 photos. AUTHOR: Bill Crawford, Margaret Moser
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Renegade by John Sperling
The memoir of an entrepreneur who successfully challenged the education establishment. Sperling was a wealthy businessman when he founded the University of Phoenix, which grew from an unlikely candidate for accreditation to being the largest private university in America. AUTHOR: John Sperling
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Five Against One by Kim Neely
In this biography of Pearl Jam, Rolling Stone reporter Kim Neely offers an intriguing portrait of Eddie Vedder, providing an intimate view of his childhood in Chicago and showing how he evolved into one of Seattle's biggest grunge pioneers. She also discusses Vedder's anti-celebrity image, as he breaks the rules of America's corporate music industry by living in seclusion, attempting to launch a Ticketmaster-less tour, and refusing to insult fans with catchy tunes that lack emotional significance. AUTHOR: Kim Neely
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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