Chicago Review Press: 838 books
Bold Women of Medicine
21 Stories of Astounding Discoveries, Daring Surgeries, and Healing Breakthroughs
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Meet 21 determined women who have dedicated their lives to healing others. In the 19th century, Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton—the "Lady with the Lamp" and the "Angel of the Battlefield"—earned their nicknames by daring to enter battlefields to aid wounded soldiers,...
Big Top Burning
The True Story of an Arsonist, a Missing Girl, and The Greatest Show On Earth
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Big Top Burning investigates the 1944 Hartford circus fire and invites readers to take part in a critical evaluation of the evidence
The fire broke out at 2:40 p.m. Thousands of men, women, and children were crowded under Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey’s big top watching the Flying...
Cleopatra and Ancient Egypt for Kids
Her Life and World, with 21 Activities
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
Cleopatra has been called intelligent and scheming, ambitious and ruthless, sensual and indulgent. This unique biography captures the excitement of her life story, including portions that have been largely neglected, such as her interest in literature and science and her role as a mother, and allows...
Double Victory
How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
“Allow all black nurses to enlist, and the draft won’t be necessary. . . . If nurses are needed so desperately, why isn’t the Army using colored nurses?”
“My arm gets a little sore slinging a shovel or a pick, but then I forget about it when I think about all those boys...
Math Games for Middle School
Challenges and Skill-Builders for Students at Every Level
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1998
From addition and subtraction to plane and space geometry, simultaneous linear equations, and probability, this book explains middle school math with problems that kids want to solve: Seventy-five employees of a company buy a lotto ticket together and win $22.5 million. How much does each employee...
The Racecar Book
Build and Race Mousetrap Cars, Dragsters, Tri-Can Haulers & More
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
A project book for young readers with a need for speed, this work provides instruction on 25 easy-to-construct racecars that can be driven both indoors and out. They will learn how to use mousetraps, rubber bands, chemical reactions, gravity, and air pressure to power the cars that are made for little...
Lighthouses for Kids
History, Science, and Lore with 21 Activities
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
Bringing to life an era when rivers, lakes, and oceans were the nation’s highways and lighthouses served as traffic signals and maps, this comprehensive reference provides children with an in-depth history of lighthouses and firsthand stories of the challenges faced by lighthouse keepers. Filled...
Women Aviators
26 Stories of Pioneer Flights, Daring Missions, and Record-Setting Journeys
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Detailing the role of women in aviation, from the very first days of flight to the present, this rich exploration of the subject profiles 26 women pilots who sought out and met challenges both in the sky and on the ground. Divided into six chronologically arranged sections, this book composes a minihistory...
Offerings
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Kate Brewster's quest to become the first woman to run a Wall Street institution is about to come to fruition. Wooed away from a top job at a competing firm by Ed Roth with promises of breaking the glass ceiling when she succeeds him as the head of the investment bank Drake Carlson, Kate learns that...
Let's Spend the Night Together
Backstage Secrets of Rock Muses and Supergroupies
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
This intimate account of 24 legendary groupies reveals what went on behind the closed doors of rock stars from Elvis to Marilyn Manson. Consisting of Pamela Des Barres's revealing interviews with and profiles of other supergroupies, this book offers firsthand glimpses into the backstage world of...
I'm with the Band
Confessions of a Groupie
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2005
The stylish, exuberant, and remarkably sweet confession of one of the most famous groupies of the 1960s and 70s is back in print in this new edition that includes an afterword on the author's last 15 years of adventures. As soon as she graduated from high school, Pamela Des Barres headed for the Sunset...
Take Another Little Piece of My Heart
A Groupie Grows Up
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Updated to include the escapades of the last 16 years of the "queen of the groupies," this rollicking, piquant, and sometimes heartbreaking follow-up to I’m With the Band documents Pamela Des Barres' struggles with postmodern marriage and motherhood. Covering the middle-passage years...
by John Austin
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
With the advent of modern household products and office supplies—binder clips, clothespins, rubber bands, ballpoint pens, toothpicks, paper clips, plastic utensils, and matches and barbeque lighters—troublemakers of all stripes have the components needed to build an impressive, if somewhat miniaturized,...
by Larry Dean Olsen
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1997
How to survive in almost any outdoor environment with little or no purchased equipment, relying only on what nature provides.