University of Chicago Press
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As When Waking
$18.00 Add to cartAn exploration of poetic form, centering on the alphabet as both its medium and constraint.
The poems of Daniel Schonning’s debut collection range from personal examinations of childhood suffering an- Series: Phoenix Poets
- Author: Schonning, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 01 2025
- ISBN10: 022684384X
- Language: English
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Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense
$19.95 Add to cartThe winner of four Emmys, a Peabody, and two Writers Guild Awards (all of which badly need dusting) explains his process for writing comedy without going insane.
Philosophers may debate the meaning o- Author: Kalan, Elliott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 12 2025
- ISBN10: 0226829928
- Language: English
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The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits)
$25.00 Add to cartAn eye-opening examination of how power–not technology–will define life with AI.
AI is inescapable, from its mundane uses online to its increasingly consequential decision-making in courtrooms, job- Author: Kasy, Maximilian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0226839532
- Language: English
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Impermissible Punishments: How Prison Became a Problem for Democracy
$45.00 Add to cartAn original transatlantic history of the invention of the corrections profession and of ensuing debates about punishment’s purposes and prisoners’ rights.
Impermissible Punishments explores the history
- Author: Resnik, Judith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 792
- Publish Date: October 10 2025
- ISBN10: 022675474X
- Language: English
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The Pale Blue Data Point: An Earth-Based Perspective on the Search for Alien Life
$26.00 Add to cartA thrilling tour of Earth that shows the search for extraterrestrial life starts in our own backyard.
Is there life off Earth? Bound by the limitations of spaceflight, a growing number of astrobiolog- Author: Willis, Jon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 30 2025
- ISBN10: 0226822400
- Language: English
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The Invention of Infinite Growth: How Economists Came to Believe a Dangerous Delusion
$32.50 Add to cartA history of how the pursuit of growth has kept us from creating a more sustainable and just world.
Most economists believe that growth is the surest path to better lives. This has proven to be one o- Author: Jones, Christopher F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 022672204X
- Language: English
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The Greek Tragedies: Seventeen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
$25.00 Add to cartChicago’s renowned translations of the greatest surviving plays of ancient Greece, collected into a single volume.
Drawn from the authoritative third editions of David Grene and Richmond Lattimore’s- Author: Aeschylus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1136
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0226844692
- Language: English
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Earth Shapers: How We Mapped and Mastered the World, from the Panama Canal to the Baltic Way
$30.00 Add to cartThe globetrotting story of how humans have harnessed the geographical landscape and written ourselves onto our surroundings.
Mountains, meridians, rivers, and borders–these are some of the features- Author: Samson, Maxim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0226844749
- Language: English
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Power Lines: The Human Costs of American Energy in Transition
$30.00 Add to cartOn American energy and its persisting power to destroy.
In the United States, the promise of a green-energy future is complicated by its realities. The country’s legacy energy systems are decrepit; th
- Author: Carley, Sanya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0226825620
- Language: English
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Mushroom Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Fungal Lives
$18.00 Add to cartAn hourly guide that spotlights twenty-four fungus species as they spread spores, find food, and adapt to a changing planet.
On this mushroom-filled day, ecologist Alison Pouliot tours the world to i- Series: Earth Day
- Author: Pouliot, Alison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0226838447
- Language: English
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Tree Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Arboreal Lives
$18.00 Add to cartAn hourly guide that spotlights twenty-four trees as they root, flower, and host diverse forest life.
In this short book, treetop explorer Meg Lowman guides us through a global forest. Each chapter o- Series: Earth Day
- Author: Lowman, Meg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 10 2025
- ISBN10: 0226833968
- Language: English
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What Did You Hear?: The Music of Bob Dylan
$29.95 Add to cartDiscover a new side of the songs of Bob Dylan by exploring the virtues of rough sounds, peculiar intonation, and a raspy voice.
Folk troubadour, rock star, country crooner–for a musician who adopted- Author: Rings, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0226842657
- Language: English
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The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy
$25.00 Add to cartA revelatory book that lifts the curtain on America’s most consequential public deception: how the rich get richer using tools the government gave them.
Amid conflicting narratives about the drivers- Author: Madoff, Ray D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0226835200
- Language: English
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Self-Defense: A Myth-Busting Guide to Immune Health
$26.00 Add to cart“Utterly absorbing. Nearly every paragraph brings a revelation.”–Bill Bryson – “Wise, and beautifully written. . . . It will change the way you think about your body and live your life.”—Chris van T… [more below]
- Author: Davis, Daniel M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0226839370
- Language: English
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Wild Fictions: Essays on Literature, Empire, and the Environment
$29.00 Add to cartA collection of essays on themes central to Ghosh’s work: imperialism and decolonization, climate change, and the stories of ordinary people making lives amid these historical forces.
Wild Fictions b- Author: Ghosh, Amitav
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 19 2025
- ISBN10: 022684532X
- Language: English
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Riverine Dreams: Away to the Glorious and Forgotten Grassland Rivers of America
$26.00 Add to cartThe inspirational story of grassland rivers–and the people who paddle and protect them.
The North American grasslands that once covered vast areas of the central United States are now our most endan- Author: Frazier, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 03 2025
- ISBN10: 022683879X
- Language: English
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The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind
$20.00 Add to cartThe surprising story of how declining marriage rates are driving many of the country’s biggest economic problems.
In The Two-Parent Privilege, Melissa S. Kearney makes a provocative, data-driven case- Author: Kearney, Melissa S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 022684160X
- Language: English
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Funga Obscura: Photo Journeys Among Fungi
$28.00 Add to cartAn unforgettable visual journey through the kingdom of fungi, both enigmatic and entrancing.
Recyclers, creators of soil, enablers of life, and food for many–fungi are as dynamic as they are diverse.
- Author: Pouliot, Alison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0226843726
- Language: English
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Wired Wisdom: How to Age Better Online
$20.00 Add to cartA surprising window into the online lives of people sixty and over–offering essential insights, no matter your age.
Many popular accounts say the older you are, the greater your tech struggles. And- Author: Hargittai, Eszter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 09 2025
- ISBN10: 0226841391
- Language: English
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Clout City: The Rise and Fall of the Chicago Political Machine
$32.50 Add to cartUnearths the religious and cultural roots of a powerful political machine that empowered some everyday Chicagoans but ruled all of the city for decades.
In politics, clout is essential. Too often, it
- Author: Pacyga, Dominic a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 022673370X
- Language: English
