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Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights Cover Image

Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights (Paperback)

By Mikki Kendall, A. D'Amico (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9780399581793
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Published: Ten Speed Press - November 5th, 2019
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
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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
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Published: Belt Publishing - October 16th, 2018
The Beauty of Your Face: A Novel Cover Image

The Beauty of Your Face: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Sahar Mustafah
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ISBN: 9781324003380
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 7th, 2020
Chicago by the Book: 101 Publications That Shaped the City and Its Image Cover Image

Chicago by the Book: 101 Publications That Shaped the City and Its Image (Hardcover)

By Caxton Club, Neil Harris (Introduction by)
$35.00
ISBN: 9780226468501
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Published: University of Chicago Press - November 20th, 2018
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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The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook (Paperback)

By Martha Bayne (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781948742498
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Published: Belt Publishing - September 10th, 2019
Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago before Stonewall Cover Image

Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago before Stonewall (Paperback)

By St. Sukie de la Croix, John D’Emilio (Foreword by)
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Published: University of Wisconsin Press - July 11th, 2012
Citizen Illegal Cover Image

Citizen Illegal (Paperback)

By José Olivarez
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ISBN: 9781608469543
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Published: Haymarket Books - September 4th, 2018
Creative Chicago: An Interview Marathon Cover Image

Creative Chicago: An Interview Marathon (Paperback)

By Hans Ulrich Obrist, Alison Cuddy
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ISBN: 9780932171672
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Published: Terra Foundation For American Art - November 15th, 2019
Fire on the Prairie: Harold Washington, Chicago Politics, and the Roots of the Obama Presidency (Urban Life, Landscape and Policy) Cover Image

Fire on the Prairie: Harold Washington, Chicago Politics, and the Roots of the Obama Presidency (Urban Life, Landscape and Policy) (Paperback)

By Gary Rivlin
$34.95
ISBN: 9781439904923
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Published: Temple University Press - October 26th, 2012
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The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic Cover Image

The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic (Paperback)

By Jessica Hopper
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ISBN: 9780983186335
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Published: Featherproof Books - May 12th, 2015
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
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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
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ISBN: 9780735223530
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Published: Penguin Books - June 4th, 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
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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
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ISBN: 9780679734772
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Published: Vintage - April 3rd, 1991
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Cover Image

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Paperback)

By Erika L. Sánchez
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ISBN: 9781524700515
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Published: Ember - March 5th, 2019
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Internment (Paperback)

By Samira Ahmed
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ISBN: 9780316522700
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 17th, 2020
Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better Cover Image

Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better (Paperback)

By Maya Schenwar
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ISBN: 9781626562691
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Published: Berrett-Koehler Publishers - November 10th, 2014
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir Cover Image

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir (Hardcover)

By Natasha Trethewey
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ISBN: 9780062248572
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Published: Ecco - July 28th, 2020
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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
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Cover Image

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Paperback)

By Emil Ferris
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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)
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ISBN: 9780810140523
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Published: Triquarterly - June 15th, 2019
Occupied Territory: Policing Black Chicago from Red Summer to Black Power (Justice) Cover Image

Occupied Territory: Policing Black Chicago from Red Summer to Black Power (Justice) (Paperback)

By Simon Balto
$29.95
ISBN: 9781469659176
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Published: University of North Carolina Press - February 1st, 2020
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Once I Was Cool: Personal Essays Cover Image

Once I Was Cool: Personal Essays (Paperback)

By Megan Stielstra
$15.95
ISBN: 9781940430027
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Published: Curbside Splendor Publishing - May 20th, 2014
Plague Years: A Doctor’s Journey through the AIDS Crisis Cover Image

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

By MD Slotten, Ross A.
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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
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ISBN: 9780812224061
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press - August 11th, 2017
Saving Ruby King Cover Image

Saving Ruby King (Hardcover)

By Catherine Adel West
$27.99
ISBN: 9780778305095
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Published: Park Row - June 16th, 2020
Severance: A Novel Cover Image

Severance: A Novel (Paperback)

By Ling Ma
$17.00
ISBN: 9781250214997
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Published: Picador - May 7th, 2019
Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah: Poems Cover Image

Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah: Poems (Paperback)

By Patricia Smith
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ISBN: 9781566892995
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Published: Coffee House Press - March 27th, 2012
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
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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 (Hardcover)

By Jasmon Drain
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ISBN: 9781984818164
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Published: Random House - January 21st, 2020
Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers Cover Image

Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers (Paperback)

By Celia C. Pérez
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ISBN: 9780425290453
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Published: Puffin Books - September 1st, 2020
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
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ISBN: 9780807059128
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Published: Beacon Press - May 29th, 2018
The World Is Always Coming to an End: Pulling Together and Apart in a Chicago Neighborhood (Chicago Visions and Revisions) Cover Image

The World Is Always Coming to an End: Pulling Together and Apart in a Chicago Neighborhood (Chicago Visions and Revisions) (Hardcover)

By Carlo Rotella
$27.50
ISBN: 9780226624037
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Published: University of Chicago Press - April 26th, 2019
When They Say You Can't Go Home Again, What They Mean Is You Were Never There Cover Image

When They Say You Can't Go Home Again, What They Mean Is You Were Never There (Paperback)

By Marty McConnell
$15.95
ISBN: 9781930508422
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Published: Southern Indiana Review Press - December 1st, 2018
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Wild Hundreds (Pitt Poetry Series) Cover Image

Wild Hundreds (Pitt Poetry Series) (Paperback)

By Nate Marshall
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ISBN: 9780822963837
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Published: University of Pittsburgh Press - September 9th, 2015
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Cover Image

Wow, No Thank You.: Essays (Paperback)

By Samantha Irby
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ISBN: 9780525563488
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Published: Vintage - March 31st, 2020