University of Chicago Press
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A History of America in 100 Maps
$38.00 Add to cartThroughout its history, America has been defined through maps. Whether made for military strategy or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate disease, maps invest information with meani… [more below]
- Author: Schulten, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 21 2018
- ISBN10: 022645861X
- Language: English
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King of the World: The Life of Louis XIV
$57.00 Read moreLouis XIV was a man in pursuit of glory. Not content to be the ruler of a world power, he wanted the power to rule the world. And, for a time, he came tantalizingly close.
Philip Mansel’s King of the- Author: Mansel, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 022669089X
- Language: English
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Our Nazi: An American Suburb’s Encounter with Evil
$25.00 Read moreThe first book to lay bare the life of a Nazi camp guard who settled in a Chicago suburb and to explore how his community and others responded to discoveries of Nazis in their midst.
Reinhold Kulle s- Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions
- Author: Soffer, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0226835545
- Language: English
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Balance of Power: Central Banks and the Fate of Democracies
$25.00 Read moreCentral banks now stand between societies and collapse, but are they still democratic?
Two decades of financial crises have dramatically expanded central banks’ powers. In 2008, and then again in 202- Author: Monnet, Éric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0226834131
- Language: English
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From the Seashore to the Seafloor: An Illustrated Tour of Sandy Beaches, Kelp Forests, Coral Reefs, and Life in the Ocean’s Depths
$25.00 Read moreAn octopus expert and celebrated artist offer a deep dive to meet the enchanting inhabitants of the world’s marine ecosystems.
Have you ever walked along the beach and wondered what kind of creatures- Author: Voight, Janet
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0226817660
- Language: English
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The Hidden Wealth of Nations: The Scourge of Tax Havens
$31.67 Read moreWe are well aware of the rise of the 1% as the rapid growth of economic inequality has put the majority of the world’s wealth in the pockets of fewer and fewer. One much-discussed solution to this imb… [more below]
- Author: Zucman, Gabriel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: July 22 2016
- ISBN10: 022642264X
- Language: English
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Imaginary Cities: A Tour of Dream Cities, Nightmare Cities, and Everywhere in Between
$24.00 Read moreFor as long as humans have gathered in cities, those cities have had their shining–or shadowy–counterparts. Imaginary cities, potential cities, future cities, perfect cities. It is as if the city it… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Darran
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: April 06 2017
- ISBN10: 022647030X
- Language: English
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The Art of the Bird: The History of Ornithological Art Through Forty Artists
$57.00 Read moreThe human history of depicting birds dates to as many as 40,000 years ago, when Paleolithic artists took to cave walls to capture winged and other beasts. But the art form has reached its peak in the … [more below]
- Author: Lederer, Roger J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 25 2019
- ISBN10: 022667505X
- Language: English
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The Big Jones Cookbook: Recipes for Savoring the Heritage of Regional Southern Cooking
$25.00 Read moreAn original look at southern heirloom cooking with a focus on history, heritage, and variety.
You expect to hear about restaurant kitchens in Charleston, New Orleans, or Memphis perfecting plates of- Author: Fehribach, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0226829375
- Language: English
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A Decent Life: Morality for the Rest of Us
$22.00 Add to cartYou’re probably never going to be a saint. Even so, let’s face it: you could be a better person. We all could. But what does that mean for you?
In a world full of suffering and deprivation, it’s easy- Author: May, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: May 07 2021
- ISBN10: 022678634X
- Language: English
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Ahab’s Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick
$36.00 Read moreAlthough Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is beloved as one of the most profound and enduring works of American fiction, we rarely consider it a work of nature writing–or even a novel of the sea. Yet Puli… [more below]
- Author: King, Richard J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 02 2021
- ISBN10: 022678987X
- Language: English
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Deep Thinkers: Inside the Minds of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises
$63.33 Read moreHumans aside, dolphins, whales, and porpoises are often considered to be the smartest creatures on Earth. Science and nature buffs are drawn to stories of their use of tools, their self-recognition, t… [more below]
- Author: Mann, Janet
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 11 2017
- ISBN10: 022638747X
- Language: English
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Going All City: Struggle and Survival in La’s Graffiti Subculture
$38.33 Read more“We could have been called a lot of things: brazen vandals, scared kids, threats to social order, self-obsessed egomaniacs, marginalized youth, outsider artists, trend setters, and thrill seekers. But… [more below]
- Author: Bloch, Stefano
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 14 2019
- ISBN10: 022649358X
- Language: English
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The Oak Park Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright
$38.00 Read moreBetween 1898 and 1909, Frank Lloyd Wright’s residential studio in the idyllic Chicago suburb of Oak Park served as a nontraditional work setting as he matured into a leader in his field and formulized… [more below]
- Series: Chicago Architecture and Urbanism
- Author: Schrenk, Lisa D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 05 2021
- ISBN10: 022631894X
- Language: English
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Feminisms: A Global History
$45.00 Read moreFeminism’s origins have often been framed around a limited cast of mostly white and educated foremothers, but the truth is that feminism has been and continues to be a global movement. For centuries, … [more below]
- Author: Delap, Lucy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 24 2020
- ISBN10: 022675409X
- Language: English
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Plunder Squad
$17.00 Add to cart- Series: Parker Novels
- Author: Stark, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0226770931
- Language: English
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My Three Dads: Patriarchy on the Great Plains
$19.00 Read moreSharp and thought-provoking, this memoir-meets-cultural criticism upends the romanticism of the Great Plains and the patriarchy at the core of its ideals.
For many Americans, Kansas represents a visi- Author: Crispin, Jessa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 0226820106
- Language: English
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The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence
$34.50 Read moreTorture is an open secret in Chicago. Nobody in power wants to acknowledge this grim reality, but everyone knows it happens–and that the torturers are the police. Three to five new claims are submitt… [more below]
- Author: Ralph, Laurence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: January 09 2020
- ISBN10: 022665009X
- Language: English
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Audubon at Sea: The Coastal and Transatlantic Adventures of John James Audubon
$30.00 Read moreThis one-of-a-kind, lavishly illustrated anthology celebrates Audubon’s connection to the sea through both his words and art.
The American naturalist John James Audubon (1785-1851) is widely remember- Author: Irmscher, Christoph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 19 2022
- ISBN10: 022675667X
- Language: English
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Weeds of North America
$57.00 Read more“What is a weed, ” opined Emerson, “but a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered?” While that may be a worthy notion in theory, these plants of undiscovered virtue cause endless hours of toi… [more below]
- Author: Dickinson, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: September 08 2014
- ISBN10: 022607644X
- Language: English
