University of Chicago Press
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Extinctions: From Dinosaurs to You
$26.00 Add to cartA compelling answer to an important question: Can past mass extinctions teach us how to avoid future planetary disaster?
On its face, the story of mass extinction on Earth is one of unavoidable disas- Author: Frankel, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 29 2024
- ISBN10: 022674101X
- Language: English
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The Afterlife of Data: What Happens to Your Information When You Die and Why You Should Care
$22.50 Add to cartA short, thought-provoking book about what happens to our online identities after we die.
These days, so much of our lives takes place online–but what about our afterlives? Thanks to the digital tra- Author: Öhman, Carl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0226828220
- Language: English
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Vector: A Surprising Story of Space, Time, and Mathematical Transformation
$28.00 Add to cartA celebration of the seemingly simple idea that allowed us to imagine the world in new dimensions–sparking both controversy and discovery.
The stars of this book, vectors and tensors, are unlikely- Author: Arianrhod, Robyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: May 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0226821102
- Language: English
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Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit
$27.50 Add to cartAn award-winning historian tells a gripping, morally complicated story of murder, greed, race, and the true origins of prison for profit.
In the early nineteenth century, as slavery gradually ended i- Author: Bernstein, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 01 2024
- ISBN10: 022674423X
- Language: English
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Partisan Nation: The Dangerous New Logic of American Politics in a Nationalized Era
$29.00 Add to cartA provocative exploration of how America’s democratic crisis is rooted in a dangerous mismatch between our Constitution and today’s nationalized, partisan politics.
The ground beneath American politic
- Author: Pierson, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0226836436
- Language: English
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Frog Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Amphibian Lives
$18.00 Add to cartAn illustrated hourly guide that follows twenty-four frogs as they eat, find mates, care for their young, and survive our harsh and changing planet.
In this short book, celebrated biologist Marty Cru- Series: Earth Day
- Author: Crump, Martha L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 0226830209
- Language: English
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Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery
$39.95 Add to cartA sweeping narrative history of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery in the Americas.
During the era of the Atlantic slave trade, more than twelve million enslaved Africans were forcibly transported- Author: Araujo, Ana Lucia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 022677158X
- Language: English
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The Craft of Research, Fifth Edition
$19.00 Add to cartA thoroughly updated edition of a beloved classic that has guided generations of researchers in conducting effective and meaningful research.
With more than a million copies sold since its first publ- Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- Author: Booth, Wayne C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 0226826678
- Language: English
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Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race
$18.00 Add to cartA revealing look at the parallel mythologies behind the colonization of Earth and space–and a bold vision for a more equitable, responsible future both on and beyond our planet.
As environmental, po- Author: Rubenstein, Mary-Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 28 2024
- ISBN10: 0226833380
- Language: English
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Fascinating Shells: An Introduction to 121 of the World’s Most Wonderful Mollusks
$22.50 Add to cartA New Scientist Best Book of the Year
Beautiful photographs of stunning shells from London’s Natural History Museum, home to one of the most significant and comprehensive collections in the world. C- Author: Salvador, Andreia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0226819132
- Language: English
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The Portraitist: Frans Hals and His World
$35.00 Read moreA biography of the great portraitist Frans Hals that takes the reader into the turbulent world of the Dutch Golden Age.
Frans Hals was one of the greatest portrait painters in history, and his styl- Author: Nadler, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 022669836X
- Language: English
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Tinker to Evers to Chance: The Chicago Cubs and the Dawn of Modern America
$19.00 Read moreTheir names were chanted, crowed, and cursed. Alone they were a shortstop, a second baseman, and a first baseman. But together they were an unstoppable force. Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chanc… [more below]
- Author: Rapp, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: May 19 2021
- ISBN10: 022679024X
- Language: English
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Houston, We Have a Narrative: Why Science Needs Story
$23.00 Add to cartAsk a scientist about Hollywood, and you’ll probably get eye rolls. But ask someone in Hollywood about science, and they’ll see dollar signs: moviemakers know that science can be the source of great s… [more below]
- Author: Olson, Randy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 16 2015
- ISBN10: 022627084X
- Language: English
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Scorsese by Ebert
$19.00 Add to cartRoger Ebert wrote the first film review that director Martin Scorsese ever received–for 1967’s I Call First, later renamed Who’s That Knocking at My Door–creating a lasting bond that made him one of
- Author: Ebert, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0226182037
- Language: English
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The Art of Creative Research: A Field Guide for Writers
$31.67 Add to cartAll writers conduct research. For some this means poring over records and combing, archives but for many creative writers research happens in the everyday world–when they scribble an observation on t… [more below]
- Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- Author: Gerard, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 21 2017
- ISBN10: 022617980X
- Language: English
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Red Leviathan: The Secret History of Soviet Whaling
$30.00 Read moreA revealing and authoritative history that shows how Soviet whalers secretly helped nearly destroy endangered whale populations, while also contributing to the scientific understanding necessary for t… [more below]
- Author: Jones, Ryan Tucker
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 30 2022
- ISBN10: 022662885X
- Language: English
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Suicidal: Why We Kill Ourselves
$22.00 Add to cartFor much of his thirties, Jesse Bering thought he was probably going to kill himself. He was a successful psychologist and writer, with books to his name and bylines in major magazines. But none of th… [more below]
- Author: Bering, Jesse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 23 2020
- ISBN10: 022675555X
- Language: English
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The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City
$15.00 Add to cartArguably the most influential document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham’s 1909 Plan of Chicago, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of C
- Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions
- Author: Smith, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: August 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0226764729
- Language: English
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Giordano Bruno: Philosopher / Heretic
$22.00 Add to cartGiordano Bruno (1548-1600) is one of the great figures of early modern Europe, and one of the least understood. Ingrid D. Rowland’s biography establishes him once and for all as a peer of Erasmus, Sha
- Author: Rowland, Ingrid D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0226730247
- Language: English
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A Small Corner of Hell: Dispatches from Chechnya
$21.00 Add to cartThe recent murder of Anna Politkovskaya is grim evidence of the danger faced by journalists passionately committed to writing the truth about wars and politics. A longtime critic of the Russian govern… [more below]
- Author: Politkovskaya, Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 15 2007
- ISBN10: 0226674339
- Language: English
