Tales of Forgotten Chicago, Paperback - Richard C. Lindberg

Reducere. Hidden gems from Chicago's pastTales of Forgotten Chicago contains twenty-one fascinating, little-known stories about a great city and its people. ...

Chronicling the development of scientific ideas, practices, and institutions from pre-Socratic Greek philosophy to late-medieval scholasticism, thi...

Reducere. Chicago has long been regarded as home to some of the world's most impressive architecture. Responding to the Great Fire of 1871, Chicagoans rebuil...

Reducere. This collection of essays from leading Lutheran thinkers, theologians, and activists excavates Luther's theological focus on social and economic ju...

Ambient Sufism is a study of the intertwined musical lives of several ritual communities in Tunisia that invoke the healing powers of long-deceased...

Reducere. First published by Yankee Magazine in 1977, this book remains the authority on how old-time brick ovens were designed and used. The book explains t...

Reducere. Dust off those VHS tapes, break out the old comics, and hang that poster on the wall. Forgotten Tales of Sword & Sorcery is an RPG about over-the-t...

A father comes to terms with his mortality and secrets in a heartrending novel of family and forgiveness from the New York Times bestselling author...

Reducere. Chicago Heights was long the seat of one of the major street crews of the Chicago Outfit, but its importance has often been overlooked and misunder...

Reducere. Trinity and Creation explores Scripture and the Reformed confession on the doctrine of creation as they relate to the triune God. When considering ...

When it was first published a quarter of a century ago, Richard Posner's exposition and defense of an economic approach to antitrust law was a jere...

Reducere. This enchanting anthology of 20 forgotten fairy tales features stories of strong girls from different cultures around the world. Includes a story m...

Reducere. On July 24, 1915, the SS Eastland, filled to capacity with 2, 500 aboard, capsized in the Chicago River while still moored to the pier. The disaste...

Reducere. William Penn, the might of Pittsburgh steel and the Revolutionary figures of Philadelphia dominate the scene of Pennsylvania history. Thomas White ...

Reducere. With such a rich and significant history, it s only natural that some of the best stories from the Sunshine State have been forgotten over time. Th...

Now adapted into a major Hollywood film starring Helen Mirren and directed by Lasse Hallstrom, director of Chocolat and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen...

Covering the history of Renaissance Florence from the fourteenth century to the beginnings of the Medici duchy, Trexler traces collective ritual be...

Reducere. Creative Preaching and Oral Writing begins with a definition of preaching, then goes into a discussion of the creative importance of attitude towar...

Reducere. There s more to Vermont than maple syrup and covered bridges. A book about Vermont s history will likely bring to mind such topics as Abenaki India...

Reducere. DescriptionMaine has a collection of unique characters and tales that has helped to shape its identity. Uncover the state's hidden gems with storie...

Reducere. Chicago Heights was long the seat of one of the major street crews of the Chicago Outfit, but its importance has often been overlooked and misunder...

Forgotten Fairy Tales of Kindness and Courage breathes new life into a collection of once much-loved, now forgotten tales, beautifully retold by Ma...

Reducere. Some of Michigan's most noteworthy yarns and compelling characters were lost down the corridors of history--until now. Discover the Nain Rouge, tha...

Reducere. Following in the fashion of Stephen Jay Gould and Peter Medawar, one of the world's leading scientists examines how "pure science" is in fact shape...

Espouses that government can be a force for good in society, while addressing critics simultaneously. Through coverage of events and an accessible ...

The search for a ``patient zero``--popularly understood to be the first person infected in an epidemic--has been key to media coverage of major inf...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Richard C. WhiteLao Tzu said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." But the journey of imagination beg...

Reducere. Take a journey through Arkansas' forgotten past and find the colorful characters, unusual stories and strange occurrences left out of conventional ...

Reducere. Idaho was the forty-third state admitted to the Union, but it just might lead the nation in strange stories and offbeat legends. Author and Idaho r...

Reducere. Nikolai Gogol was an artist who, like Rabelais, Cervantes, Swift, and Sterne, "knew how to walk upside down in our valley of sorrows so as to make ...

Reducere. Volume 2 of The Complete Tales includes Gogol's Mirgorod stories--among them that masterpiece of grotesque comedy, "The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich ...

Reducere. The burgeoning new science of epigenetics offers a cornucopia of insights--some comforting, some frightening. For example, the male fetus may be es...