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City Newsstand has an amazing selection of magazines -- by far the best in Chicago. Their staff is helpful and knowledgable. They've been around for over 30 years for a good reason -- when it comes to magazines, nobody else has ever come close to their selection and service.
- By Michael Oelrich
(Friday 8/8/08 11:50 PM)
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I am from Canada and have lived in Chicago several times, each for about a month at a time. I found this store on my first visit and I kept going back each time. The staff is amazing, the books are always in great shape and they are never to busy to help you find that wanted work of literature or suggest something you would enjoy.
Jill Cook
- By jill
(Monday 6/23/08 4:12 PM)
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This store is what you get when you have propriyors who have only worked in this profession theire entire working lives. I've known Patrick forever and Dal since he was about twelve. These guys grew up on comics and cut heir teeth punching the clock for other stores in the Chicagoland area. They know what people want to read and how they want to be treated because they take the time to speak to their customers. Some customers have followed them from store to store. Step inside and you'll understand why.
- By George W Brower
(Monday 6/2/08 4:51 PM)
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I have visited this establishment a few times. It's a very quaint cozy neighborhood bookstore that offers a back-in-the-day feel. If you are looking to buy books it's a good place to visit.
- By andrea harris
(Wednesday 10/10/07 4:08 PM)
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I love this wonderful used book (and sheet music) store! First, it’s a "real booklover's bookstore," with the books carefully and lovingly selected by proprietor Keith Peterson. (Hence, I presume, the store's name: Selected Works!)
Second, the store's selection is amazing -- especially its used sheet music and its books in lots of areas, including the performing arts, dance, plays, literary fiction and poetry.
Third, the store's setting is so much more conducive to booklovers than its previous location. It now has breathtaking views of the Grant Park gardens, natural light streaming in, and charming little rooms with welcoming chairs to sit in and browse.
The Fine Arts Building itself, which has been an artists' colony in the Loop for over a century, houses lots of other fascinating (mostly arts-related) businesses, making it THE perfect setting for this wonderful bookstore. So plan to spend time in the other stores and galleries, too.
The one imperfect part is that Selected Works is located on the 2nd floor, so lots of people don't know it's here! (It's an elevator building, so it's very accessible!)
Selected Works is open every day –- weekdays until 8pm.
If this sounds like an ad, it was written by someone who cares about books and music -- and about the Selected Works Book and Sheet Music Store!
Julia Schopick
- By Julia Schopick
(Wednesday 9/26/07 5:43 PM)
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Best secondhand bookstore I'm aware of in the Chi area, at least for belletristic, history, arts, and travel. Owner Joe (a very quiet man, erudite, and courteous though he may well be no gladhander) has a genius for finding the titles most likely to be of interest to highly literate and educated people. And, on the vulgar side, he "prices to move". There are even two dollar and one dollar tables, with valuable titles. No romance, etc. (Except the real kind.) All of his books are in very good condition. Best place to buy gifts for people who read serious books.
- By Lawrence
(Wednesday 11/29/06 4:59 PM)
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Revolution books is about as revolutionary in Chicago as the gulag was in Soviet Russia. C'mon, there is no counterculture in Chicago, except the paltry "Chicago Libertarian Party" monthly meeting. A revolution in favor of a bigger, more oppressive State than the one that already exists? More regulation (in lieu of a trial by jury) to strangle the already oppressed small businesses? ...Please.
Nonetheless, you can get your hands on some viable and useful books on individual subject areas where the communists actually favor slightly more freedom (in theory, not practice). For instance, they generally oppose the drug war, and you can (as of 2 years ago, the last time I was there) get a copy of Alfred W. McCoy's superb investigation of the heroin trade "The Politics of Heroin". (review continued in Jake Witmer's next post)
- By Jake Witmer
(Sunday 10/8/06 10:34 PM)
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Not overpriced if you consider that price is one of the costs of convenience.
Sure, you could shop the internet or other bookstores - but that takes time and money too.
Any if everybody did that an a school bookstore closed then everybody would lose the convenience.
An unintended consequence: Beck's employs several students from Northeastern, further extending educational opportunities.
- By Bob
(Sunday 8/20/06 5:57 AM)
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The museum store carries a predictable selection of art-specialty books ranging from genre anthologies to the collections of various artists. Of course, a large number of books are dedicated to the consumer-friendly masters such as Rembrant and O'Keefe.
The one gripe I have about this bookstore is that it often has few to no books, posters, or other paraphenalia for the artists that it is showcasing. This might be because it sometimes showcases less-than-mainstream artists, but other museums have taken the effort to produce such items through their own presses. I would hope that AIC could do so for its future shows.
- By Zeeck
(Wednesday 7/5/06 1:04 PM)
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