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A Planet Of Viruses: Third EditionAuthor: Carl ZimmerPublisher: University Of Chicago PressPublication Date: Mar 29, 2021Number of Pages: 159 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

A River Runs through It and Other StoriesAuthor: Norman MacleanPublisher: University of Chicago PressPublication Date: May 2017Number of Pages: 240 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

What makes for a good life, or a beautiful one, or, perhaps most important, a meaningful one? Throughout history most of us have looked to our faith, our relationships, or our deeds for the answer...

Addiction is now seen as an ordinary feature of human nature, an idea that introduces new doubts about the meaning of our desires. Over the last forty years, a variety of developments in American...

Author: AeschylusPublisher: University Of Chicago PressPublication Date: Apr 19, 2013Number of Pages: 178 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0226311473ISBN-13: 9780226311470

A polymath philosopher shares lighthearted examples of humanity's unspoken instinct toward favoritism to argue against zealous pursuits of fairness.Author: Stephen T. AsmaPublisher: University of...

The first history of the ascent of American higher education told through the lens of German-American exchange. During the nineteenth century, nearly ten thousand Americans traveled to Germany to...

A biography of a staple grain we often take for granted, exploring how wheat went from wild grass to a world-shaping crop. At breakfast tables and bakeries, we take for granted a grain that has made...

A sobering portrait of the United States? divided racial politics. For nearly two decades, Rogers M. Smith and Desmond King have charted the shifting racial policy alliances that have shaped American...

A powerful dissection of a core American myth. The idea that the United States is unlike every other country in world history is a surprisingly resilient one. Throughout his distinguished career, Ian...

American Warsaw: The Rise, Fall, And Rebirth Of Polish ChicagoAuthor: Dominic A. PacygaPublisher: University of Chicago PressPublication Date: Nov 05, 2021Number of Pages: 296 pagesLanguage:...

Aristotle'S "Art Of Rhetoric"Author: AristotlePublisher: University of Chicago PressPublication Date: Mar 12, 2021Number of Pages: 327 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Together at last. Under the pseudonym Richard Stark, Donald E. Westlake, one of the greats of crime fiction, wrote twenty-four fast-paced, hard-boiled novels featuring Parker, a shrewd career...

A 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,...

Reconsidering the limits-past, present, future-of the financial institutions that stand between us and the abyss. Two financial crises in two decades have expanded and diversified the roles of...

An ideal entry point into health economics for everyone from aspiring economists to healthcare professionals. The economics of healthcare are messy. For most consumers, there? little control over...

Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew About Quantum Physics Is DifferentAuthor: Philip BallPublisher: University Of Chicago PressPublication Date: Oct 14, 2020Number of Pages: 384...

In partnership with Vizcaya Museum and Gardens.Author: Althea McDowell AltemusPublisher: University of Chicago PressPublication Date: Nov 18, 2016Number of Pages: 243 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

The story of how the First Amendment became an obstacle to campaign finance regulation--a history that began much earlier than most imagine. Americans across party lines believe that public policy is...

Alaska pollock is everywhere. If you?re eating fish but you don?t know what kind it is, it?s almost certainly pollock. Prized for its generic fish taste, pollock masquerades as crab meat in...

From the vital voice of Elijah Anderson, Black in White Space sheds fresh light on the dire persistence of racial discrimination in our country. A birder strolling in Central Park. A college student...

A 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...

Stuck in jail while awaiting trial, Parker builds a network among his fellow cons to assist him in getting out, but when he becomes involved in a heist set up by one of his fellow escapees, they...

Connie Voisine's third book of poems, Calle Florista, centers on the border between the US and Mexico and celebrates the stunning, if severe, desert landscape. Southern New Mexico's proximity to...

Capitalism And FreedomAuthor: Milton FriedmanPublisher: University of Chicago PressPublication Date: Nov 17, 2020Number of Pages: 287 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Ernest Hemingway once said of Nelson Algren's writing that "you should not read it if you cannot take a punch." The prose poem, Chicago: City on the Make, filled with language that swings and jabs...

Cite Right, Third Edition: A Quick Guide To Citation Styles--Mla, Apa, Chicago, The Sciences, Professions, And More (Chicago Guides To Writing, Editing, And Publishing)Author: Charles...

A 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...

Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) is now a Chicago icon and a shining example of fearless grit and truth-telling. Born into slavery, she lost both parents at the age of sixteen and supported five siblings by...

The story behind the historic Mineral King Valley case, which reveals how the Sierra Club battled Disney?s ski resort development and launched a new environmental era in America. In our current age...