{"id":66901,"date":"2018-12-13T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=66901"},"modified":"2020-05-07T13:28:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T17:28:03","slug":"books-about-detroit-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2018\/12\/13\/books-about-detroit-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Books About Detroit 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of books about Detroit city and\/or by Detroit based authors. Stop by soon or call (248) 968-1190 to check availability, stock may be limited. Thank you for supporting local independent bookstores!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-66901 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2018\/04\/18\/celebrate-independent-bookstore-day-4-28-18\/secret-detroit\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Secret-Detroit.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-66458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Secret-Detroit.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Secret-Detroit-99x150.jpg 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-66458'>\n\t\t\t\tSecret Detroit: A guide to the weird, the wonderful and the obscure by Karen Dybis\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2018\/11\/16\/happy-thanksgiving\/joni-on-joni\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"283\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Joni-on-Joni.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-66773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Joni-on-Joni.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Joni-on-Joni-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-66773'>\n\t\t\t\tJoni on Joni by Susan Whitall (Hardcover, Academy Chicago) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/entertainment\/books\/2018\/10\/31\/joni-joni-mitchell-book-excerpt-two-single-acts-survive-marriage-susan-whitall\/1825175002\/\"> Detroit News Excerpt<\/a> Signed copies available!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2018\/12\/13\/books-about-detroit-2018\/black_det\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/black_det.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-66902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/black_det.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/black_det-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-66902'>\n\t\t\t\tBlack Detroit by Herb Boyd, (New is paperback, Harper) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/09\/06\/books\/review\/black-detroit-herb-boyd.html\"> In Praise of the Black Men &#038; Women Who Built Detroit<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2018\/12\/13\/books-about-detroit-2018\/mich_modern\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mich_modern.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-66918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mich_modern.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mich_modern-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mich_modern-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mich_modern-600x425.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-66918'>\n\t\t\t\tMichigan Modern: An Architectural Legacy by Author Brian Conway and Photographer James Haefner (hardcover, Visual Profile Books) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecturaldigest.com\/story\/michigan-modern-architecture\"> One breathtaking view after another<\/a> \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2018\/12\/13\/books-about-detroit-2018\/yama\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/yama.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-66903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/yama.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/yama-119x150.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-66903'>\n\t\t\t\tMinoru Yamasaki\nHumanist Architecture for a Modernist World by Dale Allen Gyure (Hardcover, Yale University Press) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riotmaterial.com\/minoru-yamasaki-humanist-architecture\/\"> Architecture for a Modernist World<\/a> Signed copies available! \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2018\/12\/13\/books-about-detroit-2018\/death\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"347\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/death.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-66904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/death.jpg 347w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/death-104x150.jpg 104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-66904'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan (Paperback, WW Norton) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/arts\/how-journalist-dan-egan-wrote-the-life-and-death-story-of-the-great-lakes\"> PBS Interview with Dan Egan<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2018\/12\/10\/book-beat-staff-holiday-recommendations-year-end-favorites\/hardstuff-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hardstuff.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-66801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hardstuff.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hardstuff-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-66801'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities, by Wayne Kramer, HC (Da Capo Press)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/book-review-two-dueling-narratives-pick-through-the-wreckage-of-the-mc5-714605\/\">Rolling Stone Review<\/a><br> Signed copies available!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2018\/12\/13\/books-about-detroit-2018\/aretha\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aretha.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-66905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aretha.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aretha-126x150.jpg 126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-66905'>\n\t\t\t\tARETHA: The Queen of Soul\u2014A Life in Photographs By Meredith Ochs (Hardcover, Sterling)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2018\/12\/13\/books-about-detroit-2018\/i_got\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"421\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/I_got.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-66906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/I_got.jpg 421w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/I_got-97x150.jpg 97w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-66906'>\n\t\t\t\tI Got to Keep Moving\nStories by Bill Harris (paperback, WSU Press)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2018\/12\/13\/books-about-detroit-2018\/faygo-book-99330\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/faygo-book-99330.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-66909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/faygo-book-99330.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/faygo-book-99330-120x150.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-66909'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Faygo Book by \nJoe Grimm (paperback, WSU Press)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2018\/12\/13\/books-about-detroit-2018\/nancy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/nancy.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-66908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/nancy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/nancy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-66908'>\n\t\t\t\tNancy MItchnick: Uncalibrated (Hardcover, MoCAD) <a href=\"http:\/\/detroitartreview.com\/2016\/06\/nancy-mitchnick-uncalibrated-mocad\/\"> Glenn Manissto on Nancy Mitchnick<\/a> Signed copies available!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2018\/12\/13\/books-about-detroit-2018\/blessed\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/blessed.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-66907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/blessed.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/blessed-105x150.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-66907'>\n\t\t\t\tBlessed Solanus Casey (Images of America, Paperback) \nby Patricia Montemurri \n<em>Signed copies available!<\/em>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2018\/12\/11\/an-evening-with-mitch-albom\/albom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"301\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/albom.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-66865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/albom.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/albom-107x150.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-66865'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom  (Hardcover, Harper) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mitch-albom-the-next-person-you-meet-in-heaven-using-death-to-illuminate-life\/\"> CBS Interview with Mitch Albom<\/a> Signed copies available!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2018\/12\/10\/art-photography-gift-books-2018\/sisterpie\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/sisterpie.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-66861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/sisterpie.jpeg 337w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/sisterpie-112x150.jpeg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-66861'>\n\t\t\t\tSister Pie: The Recipes and Stories of a Big-Hearted Bakery in Detroit, by Lisa Ludwinski (Lorena Jones Books) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/life\/food\/recipes\/2018\/09\/30\/sister-pie-detroit-lisa-ludwinski-cookbook-recipes\/1383199002\">Sister Pie: Detroit Free Press Review<\/a> Signed copies available!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of books about Detroit city and\/or by Detroit based authors. Stop by soon or call (248) 968-1190 to check availability, stock may be limited. Thank you for supporting local independent bookstores!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}