University of Chicago Press
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The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America
$20.00 Add to cartRevealing a history that is deep, broad, and infuriating, The Black Tax casts a bold light on the racist practices long hidden in the shadows of America’s tax regimes.
American taxation is unfair, an- Author: Kahrl, Andrew W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: July 09 2025
- ISBN10: 0226840182
- Language: English
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The Price of Our Values: The Economic Limits of Moral Life
$25.00 Add to cartThe economic case for self-interest at the outer limits of being morally good.
Modern life is an exercise in discomfort. In the face of endless injustice, how much selfishness is permissible? How do w
- Author: Landier, Augustin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: June 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0226827089
- Language: English
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The Neural Mind: How Brains Think
$35.00 Add to cartOffers an expansive, unified theory of thought that brings together the vast resources of neuroscience, computation, and cognitive linguistics.
What is an idea, and where does it come from? We experi- Author: Lakoff, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 24 2025
- ISBN10: 022683588X
- Language: English
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Sound Reporting, Second Edition: The NPR Guide to Broadcast, Podcast and Digital Journalism
$22.50 Add to cartAn indispensable guide to audio journalism grounded in NPR’s journalistic values and practices, with tips and insights from its top reporters, hosts, editors, producers, and more.
A lot has changed- Author: Socolovsky, Jerome
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0226824667
- Language: English
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The Craft of Science Writing: Selections from “The Open Notebook,” Expanded Edition
$26.50 Add to cartA deeply sourced, inclusive guide to all aspects of science writing with contributions from some of the most skilled and award-winning authors working today.
Science writing has never been so critica- Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- Author: Carpenter, Siri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0226830292
- Language: English
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Why You, Why Me, Why Now: The Mindset and Moves to Land That First Job, from Networking to Cover Letters, Resumes, and Interviews
$16.00 Add to cartA clear, accessible, and fun guide on everything it takes to land a job.
Searching for a job can be hard and demoralizing work. In Why You, Why Me, Why Now, Rachel Toor delivers some good news. The m- Author: Toor, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 01 2024
- ISBN10: 022682229X
- Language: English
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Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right
$30.00 Add to cartA revelatory and comprehensive history of the gay Right from incisive political commentator Neil J. Young.
One of the most maligned, misunderstood, and even mocked constituencies in American … [more below]- Author: Young, Neil J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0226818055
- Language: English
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Shock Values: Prices and Inflation in American Democracy
$35.00 Read moreONE OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL’S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2024
How inflation and deflation fears shape American democracy.
Many foundational moments in American economic history–the establishment of paper mon
- Author: Binder, Carola
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0226833097
- Language: English
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The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors: How to Take Care of Your Business, Your Clients, and Yourself from Start-Up to Sustainability
$25.00 Add to cartThe definitive guide to starting and running a freelance editing business.
You’ve been thinking about shifting into the world of freelance editing, but you don’t know where to start. In a time when e- Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- Author: Brenner, Erin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0226833062
- Language: English
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Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back
$26.00 Add to cartA compelling argument that the extractive practices of today’s tech giants are the continuation of colonialism–and a crucial guide to collective resistance.
Large technology companies like Meta, Ama- Author: Mejias, Ulises A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0226832309
- Language: English
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Liberty’s Grid: A Founding Father, a Mathematical Dreamland, and the Shaping of America
$30.00 Read moreThe surprising history behind a ubiquitous facet of the United States: the gridded landscape.
Seen from an airplane, much of the United States appears to be a gridded land of startling uniformity. Pe- Author: Alexander, Amir
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0226820726
- Language: English
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The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery; A Rediscovered Narrative, with a Full Biography
$20.00 Add to cartLost on the other side of the world since 1855, the story of John Swanson Jacobs finally returns to America. This comprehensive edition includes Jacobs’s narrative in full alongside a full-length biog… [more below]
- Author: Jacobs, John Swanson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 022668430X
- Language: English
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The Well-Connected Animal: Social Networks and the Wondrous Complexity of Animal Societies
$29.00 Add to cart“Combines accessible prose with solid science.”–Wall Street Journal – “Demonstrates that whatever creature you are–from a giraffe to a Tasmanian devil–life is all about who you know.”–New Scientis… [more below]
- Author: Dugatkin, Lee Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 15 2024
- ISBN10: 0226818780
- Language: English
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The Northeast Corridor: The Trains, the People, the History, the Region
$30.00 Add to cartAll aboard for the first comprehensive history of the hard-working and wildly influential Northeast Corridor.
Traversed by thousands of trains and millions of riders, the Northeast Corridor might be- Author: Alff, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: April 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0226822834
- Language: English
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Populus: Living and Dying in Ancient Rome
$30.00 Add to cartThis revealing look at life in ancient Rome offers a compelling journey through the vivid landscape of politics, domestic life, entertainment, and inequality experienced daily by Romans of all social … [more below]
- Author: de la Bédoyère, Guy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0226832945
- Language: English
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Sound Reporting, Second Edition: The NPR Guide to Broadcast, Podcast and Digital Journalism
$25.00 Add to cartThe definitive guide to starting and running a freelance editing business.
You’ve been thinking about shifting into the world of freelance editing, but you don’t know where to start. In a time when e- Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- Author: Brenner, Erin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0226833062
- Language: English
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Boccaccio: A Biography
$37.50 Add to cartA comprehensive biography of the celebrated author of the Decameron, a medieval masterpiece written in early Italian.
Boccaccio (1313-75) stands with Dante and Petrarch as one of the “Three Crowns” o- Author: Santagata, Marco
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: May 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0226820947
- Language: English
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Write Like You Teach: Taking Your Classroom Skills to a Bigger Audience
$20.00 Add to cartThis engaging guide offers practical advice to teachers on how to utilize their existing classroom skills to become more effective public writers.
After years spent cultivating their expertise and pa- Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- Author: Lang, James M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 09 2025
- ISBN10: 0226839672
- Language: English
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Travels in the Americas: Notes and Impressions of a New World
$18.00 Add to cartAlbert Camus’s lively journals from his eventful visits to the United States and South America in the 1940s, available again in a new translation.
In March 1946, the young Albert Camus crossed from L- Series: The France Chicago Collection
- Author: Camus, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: June 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0226840026
- Language: English
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Fishes of the Chicago Region: A Field Guide
$35.00 Add to cart“A treasure of hardcore fish intelligence and delightful tidbits of fish history.”–Dale Bowman, Chicago Sun-Times
Fish don’t heed state boundaries, and neither does this comprehensive, photo-filled g- Author: Veraldi, Francis M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 0226837351
- Language: English
