Chicago Review Press imprint: 770 books
Family Fun Nights
140 Activities the Whole Family Will Enjoy
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
Filled with imaginative activities to bring the family together and create lifelong memories, this resource for parents and grandparents is full of activity ideas that require little or no preparation and use materials that are easily found around the house. The 26 themed family events and 140 related...
Oddball Indiana
A Guide to 350 Really Strange Places
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
There is more to Indiana than the Indy 500, interstate highways (seven cross its borders), and basketball! The Hoosier State is teeming with fascinating people, one-of-a-kind places, and things with unique and bizarre histories. Skip the scenic dunes and cozy bed-and-breakfasts— let Oddball Indiana,...
Art Is Fundamental
Teaching the Elements and Principles of Art in Elementary School
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
This comprehensive art curriculum can easily be integrated into any teacher's existing instruction and provides thrilling and rewarding projects for elementary art students, including printmaking techniques, tessellations, watercolors, calligraphic lines, organic form sculptures, and value collages....
Electronics for Artists
Adding Light, Motion, and Sound to Your Artwork
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
With today’s modern technology—LEDs, servomotors, motion sensors, speakers, and more—artwork can incorporate elements of light, sound, and motion for dramatic effects. Author and educator Simon Quellen Field has developed a primer for creative individuals looking for new ways to express themselves...
The Grit Cookbook
World-Wise, Down-Home Recipes (Rev & Exp Ed)
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
The Grit, located in the quintessential boho town of Athens, Georgia, is known far and wide as the touring musicians' restaurant of choice. This classic cookbook features 150 of The Grit's most requested recipes, including 20 new recipes to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this famous establishment. True...
by Ilya
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
With step-by-step instructions, drawings to complete, and space to experiment, How to Draw Comics is for anyone interested in creating your own cartoon, graphic novel, or manga. Ilya helps you develop your own style as you learn about the principles and practice the techniques involved. Fun and interactive,...
Unschooled
Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Education has become synonymous with schooling, but it doesn't have to be. As schooling becomes increasingly standardized and test driven, occupying more of childhood than ever before, parents and educators are questioning the role of schooling in society. Many are now exploring and creating alternatives....
Afrofuturism
The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Comprising elements of the avant-garde, science fiction, cutting-edge hip-hop, black comix, and graphic novels, Afrofuturism spans both underground and mainstream pop culture. With a twofold aim to entertain and enlighten, Afrofuturists strive to break down racial, ethnic, and all social limitations...
Outwitting Squirrels
101 Cunning Stratagems to Reduce Dramatically the Egregious Misappropriation of Seed from Your Birdf
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The 48 million Americans of all ages who enjoy feeding wild birds and spend more than $3 billion a year on bird food alone all share a common enemy—the squirrel. For 25 years, Outwitting Squirrels has been leading the charge to help bird lovers defend their feeders from these fast, greedy, incredibly...
Die Nigger Die!
A Political Autobiography of Jamil Abdullah al-Amin
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2002
More than any other black leader, H. Rap Brown, chairman of the radical Black Power organization Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), came to symbolize the ideology of black revolution. This autobiography—which was first published in 1969, went through seven printings and has long been...
Culinary Reactions
The Everyday Chemistry of Cooking
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Exploring the scientific principles behind everyday recipes, this informative blend of lab book and cookbook reveals that cooks are actually chemists. Following or modifying recipes is shown to be an experiment with acids and bases, emulsions and suspensions, gels and foams. This easy-to-follow primer...
Last-Minute Travel Secrets
121 Ingenious Tips to Endure Cramped Planes, Car Trouble, Awful Hotels, and Other Trips from Hell
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
The golden days of complimentary in-flight champagne and cushy sleeping car coaches on the Orient Express are largely behind us. Say hello to $50 "leg room upgrade" fees and bedbug-infested hotels. What's a weary, frustrated traveler to do? Ask Joey Green for advice, that's what! A lifelong...
Electric Pickle
50 Experiments from the Periodic Table, from Aluminum to Zinc
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Why does a pickle light up when you plug it into a wall socket? Can iron burn? Are Cheerios magnetic? Explore these strange questions and more in The Electric Pickle, an indispensible collection of 50 madcap experiments based on the periodic table. Each project demonstrates an element's unique properties...
Last-Minute Survival Secrets
128 Ingenious Tips to Endure the Coming Apocalypse and Other Minor Inconveniences
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Last-Minute Survival Secrets contains more than a hundred ingenious survival tips that may sound quirky at first, but really do work. Readers will discover a wide range of handy and unusual secrets to outsmart the unexpected and escape perilous situations using common, household products. Green shows...