University of Illinois Press
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Do All the Good You Can: How Faith Shaped Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Politics
$34.95 Read moreMethodism in the public and private lives of the politician
After more than forty contentious years in the public eye, Hillary Rodham Clinton is one of the best-known political figures in the nation.
- Author: Smith, Gary Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0252045319
- Language: English
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Jane Kenyon: The Making of a Poet
$29.95 Read moreDemystifying the “Poet Laureate of Depression”
Pleasure-loving, sarcastic, stubborn, determined, erotic, deeply sad–Jane Kenyon’s complexity and contradictions found expression in luminous poems that
- Author: Greene, Dana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0252045386
- Language: English
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The Life and Times of Patsy Cline
$24.95 Read moreThe riveting and heart-wrenching story of country music diva Patsy Cline, from her against-all-odds rise from poverty and a strange, lonely childhood shrouded in secrecy, to her tragic and untimely de… [more below]
- Series: Distributed for the Country Music Foundation Press
- Author: Jones, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 091560843X
- Language: English
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A Hero on Mount St. Helens: The Life and Legacy of David A. Johnston
$19.95 Read moreSerendipity placed David Johnston on Mount St. Helens when the volcano rumbled to life in March 1980. Throughout that ominous spring, Johnston was part of a team conducting scientific research that un… [more below]
- Author: Holmes, Melanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 18 2019
- ISBN10: 0252084314
- Language: English
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A History of the Ozarks, Volume 3: The Ozarkers Volume 3
$34.95 Read moreBetween the world wars, America embraced an image of the Ozarks as a remote land of hills and hollers. The popular imagination stereotyped Ozarkers as ridge runners, hillbillies, and pioneers–a cast … [more below]
- Author: Blevins, Brooks
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: December 14 2021
- ISBN10: 0252044053
- Language: English
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The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict
$24.95 Add to cartThis comprehensive and authoritative history of the War of 1812, thoroughly revised for the 200th anniversary of the historic conflict, is a myth-shattering study that will inform and entertain studen… [more below]
- Author: Hickey, Donald R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: January 03 2012
- ISBN10: 0252078373
- Language: English
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Chicagoland Dream Houses: How a Mid-Century Architecture Competition Reimagined the American Home
$24.95 Read more“Chicagoland Dream Houses is an engaging addition to the growing body of scholarship concerning Chicago’s twentieth-century residential landscape characterized by a diverse group of architects and bui
- Author: Moroney, Siobhan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: January 23, 2024
- ISBN10: 0252087623
- Language: English
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Aia Guide to Chicago
$42.95 Read moreChicago’s architecture attracts visitors from around the globe. The fourth edition of the AIA Guide to Chicago is the best portable resource for exploring this most breathtaking and dynamic of citysca… [more below]
- Author: American Institute of Architects Chicago
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 648
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 0252086732
- Language: English
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Mushrooms of the Midwest
$39.95 Add to cartFusing general interest in mushrooming with serious scholarship, Mushrooms of the Midwest describes and illustrates over five hundred of the region’s mushroom species. From the cold conifer bogs of n
- Author: Kuo, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 11 2014
- ISBN10: 0252079760
- Language: English
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Chicago Skyscrapers, 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, and Race Reshaped the City
$44.95 Read moreFrom skyline-defining icons to wonders of the world, the second period of the Chicago skyscraper transformed the way Chicagoans lived and worked. Thomas Leslie’s comprehensive look at the modern skysc… [more below]
- Author: Leslie, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0252044959
- Language: English
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Lowell L. Bennion: A Mormon Educator
$14.95 Read moreThe intellectual and ethical achievements of the Latter-day Saint theologian
Known in his lifetime for a tireless dedication to humanitarian causes, Lowell L. Bennion was also one of the most importan
- Series: Introductions to Mormon Thought
- Author: Handley, George B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0252087518
- Language: English
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Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States: A Field-To-Kitchen Guide
$24.95 Read moreLavishly illustrated with nearly three hundred gorgeous full-color photos, this engaging guidebook carefully describes forty different edible species of wild mushrooms found around Illinois and surrou
- Series: Field-To-Kitchen Guides
- Author: McFarland, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0252076435
- Language: English
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The Essential Guide to Rocky Mountain Mushrooms by Habitat
$29.95 Add to cartFrom grassland fairy circles to alpine nano-shrooms, the Rocky Mountain region invites mushroom hunters to range though a mycological nirvana. Accessible and scientifically up-to-date, The Essential G… [more below]
- Author: Cripps, Cathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0252081463
- Language: English
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Thunder Below!: The USS *Barb* Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II
$22.95 Add to cartThe thunderous roar of exploding depth charges was a familiar and comforting sound to the crew members of the USS Barb, who frequently found themselves somewhere between enemy fire and Davy Jones’s lo… [more below]
- Author: Fluckey, Eugene B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0252066707
- Language: English
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Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Legend
$19.95 Read moreThe artist’s impact on country music and how his death changed the genre
A beloved member of the country music community, David “Stringbean” Akeman found nationwide fame as a cast member of Hee Haw. T
- Series: Music in American Life
- Author: Hagood, Taylor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0252087119
- Language: English
