University of Chicago Press
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How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology
$22.00 Add to cart“Bold and intriguing.”–Wall Street Journal – “Penetrating. . . . Provocative and profound.”–Publishers Weekly (starred review) – “Offers plenty of food for thought.”–Kirkus Reviews (starred review)… [more below]
- Author: Ball, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: February 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0226840069
- Language: English
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Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age
$37.50 Read moreAn irreverent new take on the Renaissance, which reveals it as anything but Europe’s golden age.
From the darkness of a plagued and war-torn Middle Ages, the Renaissance (we’re told) heralds the dawn- Author: Palmer, Ada
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: March 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0226837971
- Language: English
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Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West
$18.00 Add to cartAward-winning journalist rafts down the Green River, revealing a multifaceted look at the present and future of water in the American West.
The Green River, the most significant tributary of the Colo- Author: Hansman, Heather
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: January 21 2022
- ISBN10: 0226819973
- Language: English
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The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965
$40.00 Add to cartReissue of an acclaimed collection of images from photographer W. Eugene Smith’s time in a New York City loft among jazz musicians.
In 1957, Eugene Smith walked away from his longtime job at Life and- Author: Smith, W. Eugene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0226824845
- Language: English
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Plant Families: A Guide for Gardeners and Botanists
$29.00 Add to cartMost of us lump plants together in one big family, and when pressed can only explain their grouping by what they’re not–not an animal, not a mineral, and so just a plant. In reality, there are hundre… [more below]
- Author: Bayton, Ross
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 07 2017
- ISBN10: 022652308X
- Language: English
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Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge
$26.00 Read moreWinner of the Rachel Carson Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism, Water Always Wins is a hopeful journey around the world and across time, illuminating better ways to live with water.
Ne- Author: Gies, Erica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: June 13 2022
- ISBN10: 022671960X
- Language: English
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Lunar: A History of the Moon in Myths, Maps, and Matter
$65.00 Add to cartThe first book to combine exquisite cartographical charts of the Moon with a thorough exploration of the Moon’s role in popular culture, science, and myth.
President John F. Kennedy’s rousing “We wil- Author: Shindell, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 20 2024
- ISBN10: 226836517
- Language: English
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Eating and Being: A History of Ideas about Our Food and Ourselves
$35.00 Add to cartWhat we eat, who we are, and the relationship between the two.
Eating and Being is a history of Western thinking about food, eating, knowledge, and ourselves. In modern thought, eating is about what i- Author: Shapin, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: November 20 2024
- ISBN10: 022683221X
- Language: English
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A History of the Railroad in 100 Maps
$40.00 Add to cartThe first international history of railroads and railroad infrastructure told through stunningly reproduced maps.
Since their origins in eighteenth-century England, railroads have spread across the gl
- Author: Black, Jeremy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0226837882
- Language: English
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Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery
$35.00 Add to cartAn eye-opening rethinking of nineteenth-century American history that reveals the interdependence of the Northern industrial economy and Southern slave labor.
The industrializing North and the agricu- Author: Rockman, Seth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0226723453
- Language: English
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Thoreau’s God
$20.00 Read moreMeditative reflections on the great spiritual seeker’s deeply felt experience of the divine.
Henry David Thoreau’s spiritual life is a riddle. Thoreau’s passionate critique of formal religion is matc- Author: Higgins, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0226827305
- Language: English
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Blue: A History of Postpartum Depression in America
$30.00 Read moreA powerful look at the changing cultural understanding of postpartum depression in America.
New motherhood is often seen as a joyful moment in a woman’s life; for some women, it is also their lowest- Author: Moran, Rachel Louise
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0226835790
- Language: English
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Dr. Calhoun’s Mousery: The Strange Tale of a Celebrated Scientist, a Rodent Dystopia, and the Future of Humanity
$27.50 Add to cart“Brilliant. . . . An absorbing read and a potent lesson in moral behavior–both of rodents and of humans.”–Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Poison Squad – “A fascinating read about … [more below]
- Author: Dugatkin, Lee Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0226827852
- Language: English
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Is Anyone Listening?: What Animals Are Saying to Each Other and to Us
$28.00 Read moreFrom a leading researcher on dolphin communication, a deep dive into the many ways animal species communicate with their kin, their neighboring species, and us.
If you could pose one question to a d- Author: Herzing, Denise L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 14 2024
- ISBN10: 022635749X
- Language: English
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Firebrands: The Untold Story of Four Women Who Made and Unmade Prohibition
$30.00 Read moreGuaranteed to change how you picture Prohibition, this lively history turns the spotlight on four women in the immediate aftermath of winning the vote who played influential roles on all sides of the … [more below]
- Author: Diliberto, Gioia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0226819671
- Language: English
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Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies
$65.00 Add to cartA book highlighting the work of pioneering Black printmaker, sculptor, and activist Elizabeth Catlett.
Accomplished printmaker and sculptor, avowed feminist, and lifelong activist Elizabeth Catlett- Author: Scruggs, Dalila
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0226836576
- Language: English
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Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics: Mental Illness and Homelessness in Los Angeles
$30.00 Add to cartSociologist Neil Gong explains why mental health treatment in Los Angeles rarely succeeds, for the rich, the poor, and everyone in between.
In 2022, Los Angeles became the US county with the largest- Author: Gong, Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: March 29 2024
- ISBN10: 022658190X
- Language: English
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Otherworldly Antarctica: Ice, Rock, and Wind at the Polar Extreme
$28.00 Add to cartWith stunning original photographs, an Antarctic scientist and explorer takes us to one of the most sublime, remote, and pristine regions on the planet.
The interior of Antarctica is an utterly prist- Author: Stump, Edmund
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: April 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0226829901
- Language: English
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Nonstandard Notebook: Mathematically Ruled Pages for Unruly Thoughts
$18.00 Add to cartA revolutionary notebook that challenges us to play outside (and with) the lines.
A standard notebook displays page after page of horizontal lines. But what if we break the pattern? What if the ruled- Author: Chartier, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 10 2024
- ISBN10: 022683090X
- Language: English
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Code Name Puritan: Norman Holmes Pearson at the Nexus of Poetry, Espionage, and American Power
$32.50 Read moreAn insightful biography of an unassuming literary scholar–and spy–who transformed postwar American culture.
Although his impact on twentieth-century American cultural life was profound, few people- Author: Barnhisel, Greg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: October 09 2024
- ISBN10: 022664720X
- Language: English
