Chicago Review Press: 838 books
The Flying Machine Book
Build and Launch 35 Rockets, Gliders, Helicopters, Boomerangs, and More
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Calling all future Amelia Earharts and Chuck Yeagers-there’s more than one way to get off the ground. Author and physics teacher Bobby Mercer will show readers 35 easy-to-build and fun-to-fly contraptions that can be used indoors or out. Better still, each of these rockets, gliders, boomerangs,...
Eye of the Hurricane
My Path from Darkness to Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
A spiritual as well as a factual autobiography, this is a self-portrait of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a 20th-century icon and controversial victim of the U.S. justice system turned spokesperson for the wrongfully convicted. Exploring Carter’s personal philosophy-born of the unimaginable...
Rape Is Rape
How Denial, Distortion, and Victim Blaming Are Fueling a Hidden Acquaintance Rape Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
A call to action to protect the human rights of women and girls, this exposé reveals how interest groups deny the seriousness of rape to further their political agendas. Through firsthand interviews with victims; medical and judicial records; social media; and statistics from police, the FBI, and...
Pandora's DNA
Tracing the Breast Cancer Genes Through History, Science, and One Family Tree
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Would you cut out your healthy breasts and ovaries if you thought it might save your life? That’s not a theoretical question for journalist Lizzie Stark’s relatives, who grapple with the horrific legacy of cancer built into the family DNA. It is a BRCA mutation that has robbed most of her female...
Thurgood Marshall
His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2001
Much has been written about Thurgood Marshall, but this is the first book to collect his own words. Here are briefs he filed as a lawyer, oral arguments for the landmark school desegregation cases, investigative reports on race riots and racism in the Army, speeches and articles outlining the history...
Between XX and XY
Intersexuality and the Myth of Two Sexes
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Providing a fascinating look at the science of sex and what makes people male or female, this book explains dozens of intersex conditions—such as hermaphroditism, Klinefelter syndrome, and androgen insensitivity syndrome—and includes personal interviews with people living with these conditions...
Earthrise
My Adventures as an Apollo 14 Astronaut
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The inspiring and fascinating biography of the sixth man to ever walk on the Moon Of the nearly seven billion people who live on Earth, only 12 have walked on the Moon and Dr. Edgar Mitchell was one of them. Earthrise is a vibrant memoir for young adults featuring the life story of this internationally...
by Christopher Nyerges
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
An array of abundant wild foods is available to hikers, campers, foragers, or anyone interested in living closer to the earth. Written by a leading expert on wild foods and a well-known teacher of survival skills, Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants is more than a listing of plant types—it teaches...
The Astronaut Maker
How One Mysterious Engineer Ran Human Spaceflight for a Generation
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
"The real book about the manned space program would be a book about George Abbey." —Richard Truly, former astronaut and Administrator of NASA
One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA's history, George W. S. Abbey was called "the Dark Lord," "the Godfather,"...
Women in Space
23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Twenty-three women from 10 different countries whose careers span a half century of human spaceflight are profiled in this educational book for young readers. Women in Space features such figures as Sally Ride, the first American woman to orbit the earth; Peggy Whitson, who logged more than a year...
Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction 3
Build Siege Weapons of the Dark Ages
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Utilizing easy-to-find and inexpensive materials, this handy resource teaches desktop warriors how to build a multitude of medieval siege weapons for the modern era. Novice combatants will learn to build 35 defense weapons, including a marshmallow catapult, a chopstick bow, a bottle cap crossbow,...
Sleep Is for the Weak
The Best of the Mommybloggers Including Amalah, Finslippy, Fussy, Woulda Coulda Shoulda, Mom-101, and More!
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Seeking advice and a sense of camaraderie, more than half a million readers per month turn to the "mommyblogs" featured in this collection, which brings together their best and brightest essays, ranging in style from snort-Diet-Coke-out-the-nose funny to poignant and bittersweet. Written...
Marie Curie for Kids
Her Life and Scientific Discoveries, with 21 Activities and Experiments
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Marie Curie, renowned for her work on radioactivity, was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win in two fields (chemistry and physics), and the first woman to hold a chair position at the Sorbonne. Marie Curie for Kids details Curie's remarkable life, from her childhood under...
Galileo for Kids
His Life and Ideas, 25 Activities
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Galileo, one of history's best-known scientists, is introduced in this illuminating activity book. Children will learn how Galileo's revolutionary discoveries and sometimes controversial theories changed his world and laid the groundwork for modern astronomy and physics. This book will inspire kids...