Chicago Review Press: 838 books
Out Came the Sun
One Family's Triumph over a Rare Genetic Syndrome
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Six years into their marriage, Judith Scott and her husband Greg decided to take the next step in becoming a family: having a child. At first unsuccessful, they are blessed with the birth of a beautiful girl, Emily. The joy of having their first child is short lived, however; after just a few months,...
Outsider Baseball
The Weird World of Hardball on the Fringe, 18761950
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
With new research and revelations that will surprise even the most ardent baseball history buffs, this engaging account tells the story of the mostly forgotten world of the mercenaries, scalawags, and outcasts who made up the independent professional ball clubs. Combining meticulous research with...
Silent Witnesses
The Often Gruesome but Always Fascinating History of Forensic Science
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
A crime scene. A murder. A mystery. The most important person on the scene? The forensic scientist. And yet the intricate details of criminal forensics work remain a mystery to most of us. In a book that is by turns fascinating and chilling, Nigel McCrery leads readers around the world and through...
Lewis and Clark for Kids
Their Journey of Discovery with 21 Activities
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2000
Join Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s Corps of Discovery as they navigate the muddy Missouri River and begin a great adventure set against the background of the vast North American continent. Lewis and Clark for Kids takes children from President Jefferson’s vision of an exploratory mission...
One for the Ages
Jack Nicklaus and the 1986 Masters
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Chronicling the unforgettable and improbable triumph of Jack Nicklaus in the 1986 Masters, this celebration recounts how the tarnished Golden Bear,” with his eldest son Jackie as his caddy, won the most prestigious golf tournament for the sixth time at the astonishing age of 46. Though he was...
by Geoffrey Ashe
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1987
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1987
The legend of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table dominates the mythology of Britain, but could this story prove more fact than fiction? Recent archaeological findings have lead Geoffrey Ashe to believe there is more truth to Arthurian legend than previously accepted. The Quest for Arthur's...
The Coolest Race on Earth
Mud, Madmen, Glaciers, and Grannies at the Antarctica Marathon
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Chronicling the world's most difficult race through the eyes of one who ran it, this vivid and humorous memoir shares the adventures of inspiring contestants-including a wheelchair-bound runner and three record-breaking grandmothers-as they trek across the daunting terrain of extinct volcanoes, craggy...
The Badger
The Life of Bernard Hinault and the Legacy of French Cycling
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The thrilling life of France’s finest cyclist
Bernard Hinault is one of the greatest cyclists of all time. He is a five-time winner of the Tour de France and the only man to have won each of the Grand Tours on more than one occasion. Three decades after his retirement, Hinault remains the last...
Carrying Jackie's Torch
The Players Who Integrated Baseball-And America
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
The real and painful struggles of the black players who followed Jackie Robinson into major and minor league baseball from 1947 to 1968 are chronicled in this compelling volume. Players share their personal and often heart-wrenching stories of intense racism, both on and off the field, mixed with...
Last Team Standing
How the Steelers and the Eagles-"The Steagles"-Saved Pro Football During World War II
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Tracing the history of the National Football League during World War II, this book delves into the severe player shortage during the war which led to the merging of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles, creating the “Steagles.” The team’s center was deaf in one ear, its wide receiver...
Pittsburgh Cocaine Seven
How a Ragtag Group of Fans Took the Fall for Major League Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
Eerily prescient of times to come, this exposé examines drug use in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the mid-1980s and one of the biggest drug trials in baseball history. Through a series of exclusive interviews with FBI agents, U.S. attorneys, defense lawyers, journalists, former baseball executives,...
Bet the House
How I Gambled Over a Grand a Day for 30 Days on Sports, Poker, and Games of Chance
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
During the course of 30 days in early 2009, Richard Roeper risked more than a quarter million dollars on practically every method of gambling currently available in America. Chronicling his wild ride in a breezy, humorous manner, this entertaining exploration both celebrates and details the many...
Personal Foul
Coach Joe Moore vs. The University of Notre Dame
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2005
It was bad enough when popular offensive line coach Joe Moore sued the University of Notre Dame for age discrimination—but matters got much worse when the lawsuit uncovered disquieting evidence of unethical and inappropriate conduct in a football program widely regarded as a model of probity. This...
Larceny and Old Leather
The Mischievous Legacy of Major League
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2005
Every baseball player from little league to the big leagues knows it is illegal to steal signs, yet every major league team assigns someone to do just that.
Baseball thrives on trickery and deception. But as our oldest major team sport, its larcenous legacy goes much deeper than the field of...