University of Chicago Press
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A Decent Life: Morality for the Rest of Us
$22.00 Add to cartYou’re probably never going to be a saint. Even so, let’s face it: you could be a better person. We all could. But what does that mean for you?
In a world full of suffering and deprivation, it’s easy- Author: May, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: May 07 2021
- ISBN10: 022678634X
- Language: English
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Ahab’s Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick
$36.00 Read moreAlthough Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is beloved as one of the most profound and enduring works of American fiction, we rarely consider it a work of nature writing–or even a novel of the sea. Yet Puli… [more below]
- Author: King, Richard J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 02 2021
- ISBN10: 022678987X
- Language: English
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Deep Thinkers: Inside the Minds of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises
$63.33 Read moreHumans aside, dolphins, whales, and porpoises are often considered to be the smartest creatures on Earth. Science and nature buffs are drawn to stories of their use of tools, their self-recognition, t… [more below]
- Author: Mann, Janet
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 11 2017
- ISBN10: 022638747X
- Language: English
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Going All City: Struggle and Survival in La’s Graffiti Subculture
$38.33 Read more“We could have been called a lot of things: brazen vandals, scared kids, threats to social order, self-obsessed egomaniacs, marginalized youth, outsider artists, trend setters, and thrill seekers. But… [more below]
- Author: Bloch, Stefano
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 14 2019
- ISBN10: 022649358X
- Language: English
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The Oak Park Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright
$38.00 Read moreBetween 1898 and 1909, Frank Lloyd Wright’s residential studio in the idyllic Chicago suburb of Oak Park served as a nontraditional work setting as he matured into a leader in his field and formulized… [more below]
- Series: Chicago Architecture and Urbanism
- Author: Schrenk, Lisa D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 05 2021
- ISBN10: 022631894X
- Language: English
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Feminisms: A Global History
$45.00 Read moreFeminism’s origins have often been framed around a limited cast of mostly white and educated foremothers, but the truth is that feminism has been and continues to be a global movement. For centuries, … [more below]
- Author: Delap, Lucy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 24 2020
- ISBN10: 022675409X
- Language: English
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Plunder Squad
$17.00 Read more- Series: Parker Novels
- Author: Stark, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0226770931
- Language: English
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My Three Dads: Patriarchy on the Great Plains
$19.00 Read moreSharp and thought-provoking, this memoir-meets-cultural criticism upends the romanticism of the Great Plains and the patriarchy at the core of its ideals.
For many Americans, Kansas represents a visi- Author: Crispin, Jessa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 0226820106
- Language: English
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The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence
$34.50 Read moreTorture is an open secret in Chicago. Nobody in power wants to acknowledge this grim reality, but everyone knows it happens–and that the torturers are the police. Three to five new claims are submitt… [more below]
- Author: Ralph, Laurence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: January 09 2020
- ISBN10: 022665009X
- Language: English
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Audubon at Sea: The Coastal and Transatlantic Adventures of John James Audubon
$30.00 Read moreThis one-of-a-kind, lavishly illustrated anthology celebrates Audubon’s connection to the sea through both his words and art.
The American naturalist John James Audubon (1785-1851) is widely remember- Author: Irmscher, Christoph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 19 2022
- ISBN10: 022675667X
- Language: English
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Weeds of North America
$57.00 Add to cart“What is a weed, ” opined Emerson, “but a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered?” While that may be a worthy notion in theory, these plants of undiscovered virtue cause endless hours of toi… [more below]
- Author: Dickinson, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: September 08 2014
- ISBN10: 022607644X
- Language: English
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The Doctor Who Wasn’t There: Technology, History, and the Limits of Telehealth
$29.00 Read moreThis gripping history shows how the electronic devices we use to access care influence the kind of care we receive.
The Doctor Who Wasn’t There traces the long arc of enthusiasm for–and skepticism of- Author: Greene, Jeremy A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 26 2022
- ISBN10: 022680089X
- Language: English
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States of Plague: Reading Albert Camus in a Pandemic
$20.00 Read moreStates of Plague examines Albert Camus’s novel as a palimpsest of pandemic life, an uncannily relevant account of the psychology and politics of a public health crisis.
As one of the most discussed b- Author: Kaplan, Alice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 31 2022
- ISBN10: 0226815536
- Language: English
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Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago
$18.00 Read more“Chicago is a tale of two cities,” headlines declare. This narrative has been gaining steam alongside reports of growing economic divisions and diverging outlooks on the future of the city. Yet to kee… [more below]
- Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions
- Author: Kotlowitz, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 16 2019
- ISBN10: 022661901X
- Language: English
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Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation
$26.00 Read moreFor many, “Greece” is synonymous with “ancient Greece,” the civilization that gave us much that defines Western culture today. But, how did Greece come to be so powerfully attached to the legacy of th… [more below]
- Author: Beaton, Roderick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: June 04 2021
- ISBN10: 022680979X
- Language: English
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Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time
$26.00 Read moreA profound book of essays from a celebrated master of the form.
“Darkness is not empty,” writes Teju Cole in Black Paper, a book that meditates on what it means to sustain our humanity–and witness t- Series: Berlin Family Lectures
- Author: Cole, Teju
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 27 2021
- ISBN10: 022664135X
- Language: English
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Race at the Top: Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools
$24.00 Read moreAn illuminating, in-depth look at competition in suburban high schools with growing numbers of Asian Americans, where white parents are determined to ensure that their children remain at the head of t… [more below]
- Author: Warikoo, Natasha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 18 2022
- ISBN10: 022663681X
- Language: English
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The Border Within: The Economics of Immigration in an Age of Fear
$50.00 Read moreAn eye-opening analysis of the costs and effects of immigration and immigration policy, both on American life and on new Americans.
For decades, immigration has been one of the most divisive, content- Author: Watson, Tara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 17 2022
- ISBN10: 022627022X
- Language: English
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City of Newsmen: Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington
$30.00 Add to cartAn inside look at how midcentury DC journalists silenced their own skepticism and shaped public perceptions of the Cold War.
Americans’ current trust in journalists is at a dismayingly low ebb, parti- Author: McGarr, Kathryn J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 022666404X
- Language: English
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Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife
$23.00 Add to cartWho was Vivian Maier? Many people know her as the reclusive Chicago nanny who wandered the city for decades, constantly snapping photographs, which were unseen until they were discovered in a seemingl… [more below]
- Author: Bannos, Pamela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 19 2018
- ISBN10: 022659923X
- Language: English
