University of Chicago Press
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The Cult of Creativity: A Surprisingly Recent History
$26.00 Add to cartA history of how, in the mid-twentieth century, we came to believe in the concept of creativity. Named a best book of 2023 by the New Yorker and a notable book of 2023 by Behavioral Scientist.
Creat- Author: Franklin, Samuel W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 022665785X
- Language: English
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Probably Overthinking It: How to Use Data to Answer Questions, Avoid Statistical Traps, and Make Better Decisions
$24.00 Read moreAn essential guide to the ways data can improve decision making.
Statistics are everywhere: in news reports, at the doctor’s office, and in every sort of forecast, from the stock market to the weathe- Author: Downey, Allen B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0226822583
- Language: English
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Legal Writing in Plain English, Third Edition: A Text with Exercises
$22.50 Add to cartThe leading guide to clear writing
Admirably clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful–all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its reputation for obscurity and needless lega- Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- Author: Garner, Bryan A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0226816540
- Language: English
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The Writer’s Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands
$49.00 Add to cartIt’s one of the first things we discover as children, reading and drawing: Maps have a unique power to transport us to distant lands on wondrous travels. Put a map at the start of a book, and we know … [more below]
- Author: Lewis-Jones, Huw
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 11 2018
- ISBN10: 022659663X
- Language: English
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The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism
$30.00 Add to cartA Financial Times Best Book of the Year
“A must-read, with key lessons for the future.”–Thomas Piketty A groundbreaking examination of austerity’s dark intellectual origins. For more than a centu- Author: Mattei, Clara E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 17 2022
- ISBN10: 022681839X
- Language: English
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Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project That Matters to You (and the World)
$18.00 Add to cartPlenty of books tell you how to do research. This book helps you figure out WHAT to research in the first place, and why it matters.
The hardest part of research isn’t answering a question. It’s knowi
- Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- Author: Mullaney, Thomas S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: April 01 2022
- ISBN10: 022681744X
- Language: English
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Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction
$65.00 Add to cartRichly illustrated volume exploring the inseparable histories of modernist abstraction and twentieth-century textiles.
Published on the occasion of an exhibition curated by Lynne Cooke, Woven Histori- Author: Cooke, Lynne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0226827291
- Language: English
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For the Love of Mars: A Human History of the Red Planet
$27.50 Read moreA tour of Mars in the human imagination, from ancient astrologers to modern explorers.
Mars and its secrets have fascinated and mystified humans since ancient times. Due to its vivid color and visibi- Author: Shindell, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0226821897
- Language: English
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Country and Midwestern: Chicago in the History of Country Music and the Folk Revival
$35.00 Read moreThe untold story of Chicago’s pivotal role as a country and folk music capital.
Chicago is revered as a musical breeding ground, having launched major figures like blues legend Muddy Waters, gospel s- Author: Guarino, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 524
- Publish Date: April 24 2023
- ISBN10: 022611094X
- Language: English
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Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms: Forays with Fungi Across Hemispheres
$26.00 Read moreA whirlwind journey through fungus frontiers that underscores how appreciating fungi is key to understanding our planet’s power and fragility.
What can we learn from the lives of fungi? Splitting time
- Author: Pouliot, Alison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0226829634
- Language: English
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition
$18.00 Add to cartA good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, a
- Author: Kuhn, Thomas S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 30, 2012
- ISBN10: 0226458121
- Language: English
