Geographic Orientation/Illinois
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Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago
$18.00 Add to cart“The best book ever written about an American city, by the best journalist of his time.”– Jimmy Breslin
In the turbulent world of Chicago politics, Boss dives deep into the captivating life and legac- Author: Royko, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 01 1988
- ISBN10: 0452261678
- Language: English
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The Black Book
$19.99 Add to cartThe “thrilling” #1 New York Times and USA Today bestseller (Karin Slaughter): when three bodies are found in a Chicago bedroom, a black book goes missing . . . and the city has never been more dangero… [more below]
- Series: A Billy Harney Thriller #1
- Author: Patterson, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 1455542679
- Language: English
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The Jungle
$6.99 Add to cartIn this powerful book we enter the world of Jurgis Rudkus, a young Lithuanian immigrant who arrives in America fired with dreams of wealth, freedom, and opportunity. And we discover, with him, the ast… [more below]
- Series: Bantam Classics
- Author: Sinclair, Upton
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 01 1981
- ISBN10: 0553212451
- Language: English
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I, Q the Windy City
$9.99 Read moreAfter Q and Angela help foil a Ghost Cell plot in San Antonio, they head to Chicago, the next stop on the Match tour. Since they’ve been busy fighting international terrorism, they’re behind on their … [more below]
- Series: I, Q (Paperback)
- Author: Spradlin, Michael P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1585368237
- Language: English
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
$14.99 Add to cartOne cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, Will Grayson crosses paths with . . . Will Grayson. Two teens with the same name, running in two very different circles, suddenly find their lives… [more below]
- Author: Green, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 05 2011
- ISBN10: 0142418471
- Language: English
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Emmi in the City: A Great Chicago Fire Survival Story
$9.99 Add to cartAlthough Emmi has lived in Chicago for two years, she finds it hard to love her adopted city. As a German immigrant in the early 1870s, she’s often teased by her America-born peers. But when the Great… [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Alikhan, Salima
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1496580117
- Language: English
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Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America’s Largest Criminal Court
$20.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2017 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems.
Finalist for the C. Wright Mills Book Award, sponsored by the Society for th
- Author: Gonzalez Van Cleve, Nicole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 1503602788
- Language: English
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Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury
$20.00 Add to cartINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
After a decade abroad, the National Book Award– and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Evan Osnos returns to three places he has lived in the United States–Greenwich, CT;- Author: Osnos, Evan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1250858755
- Language: English
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Simon B. Rhymin’
$16.99 Read moreA funny and heartwarming bounce-to-the-beat underdog story about a kid rapper whose rhymes bring his community together, by America’s favorite rapping teacher from Chicago.
As featured on Good Mornin- Series: Simon B. Rhymin’ #1
- Author: Reed, Dwayne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 02, 2021
- ISBN10: 0316538973
- Language: English
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Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds: Volume 1
$8.99 Read moreA Kirkus Best Middle Grade Book of 2021!
From New York Times and indie bestselling author Samira Ahmed comes a thrilling and magical adventure intertwining Islamic legend and history, perfect for fan- Series: Amira & Hamza
- Author: Ahmed, Samira
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 031654048X
- Language: English
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History Comics: The Great Chicago Fire: Rising from the Ashes
$13.99 Add to cartTurn back the clock with History Comics! In The Great Chicago Fire you’ll learn how a city rose up from one of the worst catastrophes in American history.
A deadly blaze engulfs Chicago for two terrify- Series: History Comics
- Author: Graudins, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 30 2020
- ISBN10: 1250174260
- Language: English
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Lord of the Flies
$19.00 Add to cartA Casebook Edition containing the full text of LORD OF THE FLIES, plus notes and critical essays
The material in this casebook edition of one of the most widely read novels of our time includes not on- Author: Golding, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 291
- Publish Date: September 01 1987
- ISBN10: 0399506438
- Language: English
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Project Mulberry
$9.99 Add to cartIn this contemporary novel, Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park delivers a funny, lively story that illuminates both the process of writing a novel and the meaning of growing up American.
“A rich work that
- Author: Park, Linda Sue
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 0544935217
- Language: English
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Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration
$21.99 Read moreA “persuasive and essential” (Matthew Desmond) work that will forever change how we look at life after prison in America through Miller’s “stunning, and deeply painful reckoning with our nation’s carc
- Author: Miller, Reuben Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0316451487
- Language: English
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Chicago: City on the Make: Sixtieth Anniversary Edition
$21.00 Add to cart“Once you’ve become a part of this particular patch, you’ll never love another. Like loving a woman with a broken nose, you may well find lovelier lovelies. But never a lovely so real.”
Ernest Hemingw- Author: Algren, Nelson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 15 2011
- ISBN10: 0226013863
- Language: English
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Behind Closed Doors
$16.99 Add to cartRegina Moore and Karen Jackson, lifelong best friends, are living the kind of life most women only fantasize about. With beautiful homes, fulfilling careers, and two adoring husbands, their joy could
- Author: Roby, Kimberla Lawson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: September 21 2004
- ISBN10: 0060593652
- Language: English
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A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories
$8.99 Add to cartJoin Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influence imaginable-their grandmother
- Series: Puffin Classics
- Author: Peck, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 148
- Publish Date: April 12 2004
- ISBN10: 0142401102
- Language: English
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
$17.99 Add to cartErik Larson, author of #1 bestseller In the Garden of Beasts, intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World’s Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their deaths. Co… [more below]
- Author: Larson, Erik
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 689
- Publish Date: February 26 2013
- ISBN10: 1594136246
- Language: English
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The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation
$21.00 Add to cart**One of Buzzfeed’s 18 Best Nonfiction Books Of 2016**
A lyrical, intelligent, authentic, and necessary look at the intersection of race and class in Chicago, a Great American City In this intelligent- Author: Moore, Natalie Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1250118336
- Language: English
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The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service
$18.00 Add to cartThe powerful story of the women who founded and ran the legendary Chicago reproductive rights organization Abortion Counseling Service, otherwise known as Jane, written by one of its members. A compel… [more below]
- Author: Kaplan, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0593471083
- Language: English
