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123 Chicago (Cool Counting Books) Cover Image

123 Chicago (Cool Counting Books) (Board book)

By Puck
$8.95
ISBN: 9780979621352
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Published: duopress - April 1st, 2009
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Africobra: Messages to the People (Hardcover)

By Jeffreen Hayes (Editor), Chana Sheldon (Foreword by), Leslie Guy (Text by (Art/Photo Books))
$49.95
ISBN: 9781941366301
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Published: Gregory R. Miller & Company - January 5th, 2021
The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther Cover Image

The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther (Paperback)

By Jeffrey Haas
$17.99
ISBN: 9781641603218
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Published: Lawrence Hill Books - November 5th, 2019
The Battle of Lincoln Park: Urban Renewal and Gentrification in Chicago Cover Image

The Battle of Lincoln Park: Urban Renewal and Gentrification in Chicago (Paperback)

By Daniel Kay Hertz
$16.95
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ISBN: 9781948742092
Published: Belt Publishing - October 16th, 2018
The Beauty of Your Face: A Novel Cover Image

The Beauty of Your Face: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sahar Mustafah
$16.95
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ISBN: 9780393542042
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 6th, 2021
Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago (Historical Studies of Urban America) Cover Image

Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago (Historical Studies of Urban America) (Paperback)

By Lilia Fernández
$30.00
ISBN: 9780226212845
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Published: University of Chicago Press - July 21st, 2014
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The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook (Paperback)

By Martha Bayne (Editor)
$20.00
ISBN: 9781948742498
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Published: Belt Publishing - September 10th, 2019
Chicago Exposed: Defining Moments from the Chicago Sun-Times Photo Archive Cover Image

Chicago Exposed: Defining Moments from the Chicago Sun-Times Photo Archive (Hardcover)

By Lee Bey (Foreword by), Michael Williams, Richard Cahan
$39.95
ISBN: 9781733869041
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Published: Cityfiles Press - December 1st, 2021
Chicanas of 18th Street: Narratives of a Movement from Latino Chicago (Latinos in Chicago and Midwest) Cover Image

Chicanas of 18th Street: Narratives of a Movement from Latino Chicago (Latinos in Chicago and Midwest) (Paperback)

By Leonard G. Ramirez, Yenelli Flores, Maria Gamboa, Isaura González, Victoria Pérez, Magda Ramirez-Castañeda, Cristina Vital
$27.00
ISBN: 9780252078125
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Published: University of Illinois Press - September 21st, 2011
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Citizen Illegal (Paperback)

By José Olivarez
$16.00
ISBN: 9781608469543
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Published: Haymarket Books - September 4th, 2018
Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, Second Edition Cover Image

Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, Second Edition (Paperback)

By Ida B. Wells, Alfreda M. Duster (Editor), Eve L. Ewing (Foreword by), Michelle Duster (Afterword by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780226691428
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Published: University of Chicago Press - May 13th, 2020
Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago Cover Image

Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago (Paperback)

By Ayana Contreras
$19.95
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ISBN: 9780252086113
Published: University of Illinois Press - December 14th, 2021
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks Cover Image

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks (Hardcover)

By Suzanne Slade, Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781419734113
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Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers - April 7th, 2020
Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side Cover Image

Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side (Paperback)

By Eve L. Ewing
$16.00
ISBN: 9780226526164
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Published: University of Chicago Press - April 10th, 2020
The Great Believers: A Novel Cover Image

The Great Believers: A Novel (Paperback)

By Rebecca Makkai
$17.00
ISBN: 9780735223530
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Published: Penguin Books - June 4th, 2019
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Hide and Seek Chicago (Hardcover)

By Erin Guendelsberger, Mattia Cerato (Illustrator)
$14.99
ISBN: 9781492684206
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Published: Sourcebooks Wonderland - September 1st, 2019
High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing Cover Image

High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing (Paperback)

By Ben Austen
$17.99
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ISBN: 9780062235077
Published: Harper Paperbacks - February 12th, 2019
The House on Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries) Cover Image

The House on Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)

By Sandra Cisneros
$11.95
ISBN: 9780679734772
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Published: Vintage - April 3rd, 1991
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Paperback)

By Erika L. Sánchez
$11.99
ISBN: 9781524700515
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Published: Ember - March 5th, 2019
Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry Cover Image

Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry (Paperback)

By Imani Perry
$17.95
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ISBN: 9780807039830
Published: Beacon Press - September 17th, 2019
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir Cover Image

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir (Paperback)

By Natasha Trethewey
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062248589
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Published: Ecco - June 1st, 2021
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Miles from Nowhere (Paperback)

By Nami Mun
$16.00
ISBN: 9781594483981
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 1st, 2009
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My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Paperback)

By Emil Ferris
$39.99
ISBN: 9781606999592
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Published: Fantagraphics - February 14th, 2017
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neckbone: visual verses (Hardcover)

By avery r. young, Theaster Gates (Contributions by)
$25.00
ISBN: 9780810140523
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Published: TriQuarterly - June 15th, 2019
Once I Was Cool: Personal Essays Cover Image

Once I Was Cool: Personal Essays (Paperback)

By Megan Stielstra
$18.00
ISBN: 9780810143920
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Published: Northwestern University Press - August 15th, 2021
Plague Years: A Doctor’s Journey through the AIDS Crisis Cover Image

Plague Years: A Doctor’s Journey through the AIDS Crisis (Hardcover)

By Ross A. Slotten, MD
$20.00
ISBN: 9780226718767
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Published: University of Chicago Press - July 15th, 2020
Queer Clout: Chicago and the Rise of Gay Politics (Politics and Culture in Modern America) Cover Image

Queer Clout: Chicago and the Rise of Gay Politics (Politics and Culture in Modern America) (Paperback)

By Timothy Stewart-Winter
$24.95
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ISBN: 9780812224061
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press - August 11th, 2017
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Saving Ruby King (Paperback)

By Catherine Adel West
$16.99
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ISBN: 9780778388029
Published: Park Row - June 22nd, 2021
The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation Cover Image

The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation (Paperback)

By Natalie Y. Moore
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250118332
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Published: Picador - April 4th, 2017
Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side (Second to None: Chicago Stories) Cover Image

Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side (Second to None: Chicago Stories) (Paperback)

By Lee Bey, Amanda Williams (Foreword by)
$30.00
ISBN: 9780810140981
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Published: Northwestern University Press - October 15th, 2019
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Stateway's Garden: Stories (Paperback)

By Jasmon Drain
$17.00
ISBN: 9781984818188
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - July 6th, 2021
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service Cover Image

The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service (Paperback)

By Laura Kaplan
$20.00
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ISBN: 9780226625324
Published: University of Chicago Press - March 13th, 2019
A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks Cover Image

A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks (Paperback)

By Angela Jackson
$18.00
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ISBN: 9780807059128
Published: Beacon Press - May 29th, 2018
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Wild Hundreds (Pitt Poetry Series) Cover Image

Wild Hundreds (Pitt Poetry Series) (Paperback)

By Nate Marshall
$17.00
ISBN: 9780822963837
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Published: University of Pittsburgh Press - September 9th, 2015