Landscapes of Hope. Nature and the Great Migration in Chicago, Paperback - Brian McCammack

Publisher: Harvard University PressAuthor(s): Brian McCammackIllustration(s): 7 MapsNumber of pages: 376Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 155 x 234...

An ambitious case study of rewilding agricultural lands and the lasting impact those efforts can have on farms, ecosystems, and communities.Illustr...

Reducere. Have you ever wondered what it was like to live during the Great Depression? Perhaps you think of the stock market crash of 1929, unemployed worker...

Reducere. Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair: The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago is a historical look at Chicago during the darkest days of the Great De...

Reducere. In Chicago, wherever Christmas is celebrated, holiday traditions reflect both universal themes and local color, both the spirit of giving and snow-...

Reducere. The story of black Chicago is so rich that few know it all. It began long before the city itself. The first white man here was a black man, Potowat...

Reducere. Zoe Clark is back in Chicago, and she already wants to run. But she can never turn her back on her monstrous hometown again. Grief, technology, iso...

Merchants' shouts, jostling strangers, aromas of fresh fish and flowers, plodding horses, and friendly chatter long filled the narrow, crowded stre...

DescriptionBetween the early seventeenth and the mid-nineteenth century, the field of natural history in Japan separated itself from the discipline...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressIllustration(s): 5 black & white photographsNumber of pages: 296Collection: Studies of World MigrationsPubli...

Reducere. In 1952 the New Yorker published a three-part essay by A. J. Liebling in which he dubbed Chicago the "Second City." From garbage collection to the ...

A glorious exploration of the iconic and highly and collectable book covers created by Brian Cook in the mid-20th century, newly released in a comp...

From Brian D. McLaren, champion of the emerging/progressive church movement, a follow-up to the much-admired We Make the Road by Walking: a re-imag...

Reducere. "Chicago is a tale of two cities, " headlines declare. This narrative has been gaining steam alongside reports of growing economic divisions and di...

From the bestselling author of There Are No Children Here, a richly textured, heartrending portrait of the impact of violence on Chicago's most vul...

Reducere. We were one family among the many thousands. Mama and Daddy leaving home, coming to the city, with their hopes and their courage, their dreams and ...

One of TIME's 100 Must Read Books of 2020 and one of Good Housekeeping's Best Books of the Year"One of the smartest young writers of her generation...

DescriptionA powerful illustrated history of the Great Migration and its sweeping impact on Black and American culture, from Reconstruction to the ...

This book questions how bureaucracies conceive of, and consequently interact with, nature, and suggests that our managed public landscapes are neit...

Publisher: Anthem PressAuthor(s): Chris WrightNumber of pages: 274Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 235 x 25Cover type: HardbackRedescopera f...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Emily PawleyIllustration(s): 16 halftonesNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2022Dimensions:...

The story of how Latin and Arabic spread across the Mediterranean to create a cosmopolitan world of letters.Publisher: The University of Chicago Pr...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Jeannie N. ShinozukaIllustration(s): 17 halftonesNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2022Dim...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Jeannie N. ShinozukaIllustration(s): 17 halftonesNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dim...

The tiny, lungless Thorius salamander from southern Mexico, thinner than a match and smaller than a quarter. The lushly white-coated Saki, an arbor...

Reducere. Fun and easy art-appreciation activities abound in this resource that features over 60 great artists across the ages. A concise biography for each ...

Reducere. Where Black people live has long been an important determinant of their ability to participate in political processes. The Great Migration signific...

Reducere. How do I explain what I'm going through? Will anybody understand? This book takes a logical approach to help you understand what few can explain. B...

Reducere. In South Side Girls Marcia Chatelain recasts Chicago's Great Migration through the lens of black girls. Focusing on the years between 1910 and 1940...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Benjamin R. CohenNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 24Cover typ...

Someone is trying to frame Chicago private investigator Dek Elstrom for murder in the latest intriguing mystery. It's election season in corrupt Co...

Contributor(s): Author: Stefanos GeroulanosAuthor: Todd MeyersThe injuries suffered by soldiers during WWI were as varied as they were brutal. How ...

DescriptionWhen the man who's hired Dek Elstrom disappears, the private investigator's search for his missing client unearths some shocking finding...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Brian BlackWith: Richard B. MegrawAfter the American Revolution, sites representing key events in American history were cru...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Brigid CohenIllustration(s): 19 halftones, 1 tablesNumber of pages: 376Collection: New Materia...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionThe scientists affiliated with the early Royal Society of London have long been regarded as forerunners of modern empiricism, rejecting ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. We were one family among the many thousands. Mama and Daddy leaving home, coming to the city, with their hopes and their courage, their dreams and ...

Description"We are surrounded by a world that talks, but we don't listen. We are part of a community engaged in a vast conversation, but we deny ou...