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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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The Ghost Tree
$18.00 Add to cartWhen people go missing in the sleepy town of Smith’s Hollow, the only clue to their fate comes when a teenager starts having terrifying visions, in a chilling horror novel from national bestselling au… [more below]
- Author: Henry, Christina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0451492307
- Language: English
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Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds: Volume 1
$8.99 Add to cartA 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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Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration
$21.99 Add to cartA “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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Roster Rebound
$8.99 Read moreNina’s basketball dreams have been dashed. After moving to a small town, she learns her new school doesn’t have enough players to form a girls b-ball team. Nina is bummed until she finds out the boys … [more below]
- Series: Jake Maddox Sports Stories
- Author: Maddox, Jake
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669033260
- 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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Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest: A Simple Guide to Common Mushrooms
$16.95 Add to cartBegin to Identify Mushrooms with this Great Visual Guide for the Upper Midwest!
Mushrooming is a popular and rewarding pastime–and it’s one that you can enjoy with the right information at hand. Mushr
- Series: Mushroom Guides
- Author: Marrone, Teresa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1591939607
- Language: English
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Behind Closed Doors
$18.99 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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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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Summer of Night
$22.00 Add to cartThis masterfully crafted horror classic, featuring a brand-new introduction by Dan Simmons, will bring you to the edge of your seat, hair standing on end and blood freezing in your veins
It’s the summ- Author: Simmons, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: July 05 2011
- ISBN10: 0312550677
- Language: English
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The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation
$21.00 Read more**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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Across Five Aprils
$9.99 Add to cartThe Newbery Award-winning author of Up a Road Slowly presents the unforgettable story of Jethro Creighton–a brave boy who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War.
In 1861, America is- Author: Hunt, Irene
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 08 2002
- ISBN10: 0425182789
- 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
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Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book
An “unmissable” (Vogue), “exceptional” (The Washington Post), and “evocative” (Chicago Tribune) memoir
A Best Book of 2021 by BuzzFeed and Real Simple- Author: Turner, Dawn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1982107715
- Language: English
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Downpour
$19.99 Add to cart“This book hits like a summer squall and never lets up, a real-time, one-location doom machine that earns its place beside The Mist.“
– Daniel Kraus, author of Whalefall
A sudden storm appears above an
- Author: Hawkins, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 246
- Publish Date: October 3, 2023
- ISBN10: 1937346145
- Language: English
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Finding Langston
$8.99 Add to cartA Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
When eleven-year-old Langston’s father moves them from their home in Alabama to Chicago’s Bronzeville dist
Winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction- Series: The Finding Langston Trilogy
- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0823445828
- Language: English
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The Christmas Tree Ship
$15.95 Read moreOn November 21, 1912, the schooner Rouse Simmons set sail from a small northern Michigan town across Lake Michigan. Affectionately dubbed the “Christmas Tree Ship,” this was an annual trek for the Rou… [more below]
- Author: Crane, Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 08 2011
- ISBN10: 1585362859
- Language: English
