Chicago Review Press imprint: 770 books
General's Niece
The Little-Known de Gaulle Who Fought to Free Occupied France
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
"My dear Uncle Charles," twenty-two-year-old Geneviève de Gaulle wrote on May 6, 1943. "Maybe you have already heard about the different events affecting the family." The general's brother Pierre had been taken by the Gestapo; his brother Xavier, Geneviève's father, had escaped...
Perishable
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006
Fascinatingly disturbing, this memoir chronicles seven years in the life of a distinctly unordinary American family. In 1973, Dirk Jamison's father started having a midlife crisis that never ended, and after purposefully losing his construction job, he moved his family to a ski resort and started...
by Jann Blackstone-Ford, Sharyl Jupe
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Through realistic and trusted advice, this innovative new guide brings the celebration back to the holidays for blended families. Answering a myriad of questions unique to blended families, this comprehensive resource offers suggestions on how to determine who hosts milestone birthday parties, bar...
Abe & Fido
Lincoln's Love of Animals and the Touching Story of His Favorite Canine Companion
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
In early 1861, as he prepared to leave his home in Springfield, Illinois, to move into the White House, Abraham Lincoln faced many momentous tasks, but none he dreaded more than telling his two youngest sons, Willie and Tad, that the family's beloved pet dog, Fido, would not be accompanying them to...
Africa Counts
Number and Pattern in African Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1999
This fascinating study of mathematical thinking among sub-Saharan African peoples covers counting in words and in gestures; measuring time, distance, weight, and other quantities; manipulating money and keeping accounts; number systems; patterns in music, poetry, art, and architecture; and number...
African Music
A People's Art
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1999
Engaging and enlightening, this guide explores African music's forms, musicians, instruments, and place in the life of the people. A discography classified by country, theme, group, and instrument is also included.
Ex-Etiquette for Weddings
The Blended Families' Guide to Tying the Knot
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Encore brides and couples with divorced parents will find helpful and suitable advice in this sophisticated, up-to-date wedding guide and etiquette primer. Jann Blackstone-Ford, a certified divorce and stepfamily mediator, and Sharyl Jupe, her husband’s first wife, know firsthand how to make a blended...
Sunken Gold
A Story of World War I Espionage and the Greatest Treasure Salvage in History
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
On January 25, 1917, HMS Laurentic struck two German mines off the coast of Ireland and sank. The ship was carrying 44 tons of gold bullion to the still-neutral United States via Canada in order to finance the war effort for Britain and its allies. Britain desperately needed that sunken treasure,...
Flicker
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
From the golden age of art movies and underground cinema to X-rated porn, splatter films, and midnight movies, this breathtaking thriller is a tour de force of cinematic fact and fantasy, full of metaphysical mysteries that will haunt the dreams of every moviegoer. Jonathan Gates could not have anticipated...
Wits Guts Grit
All-Natural Biohacks for Raising Smart, Resilient Kids
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
Wits Guts Grit is inspired by the many questions acclaimed science writer and mother Jena Pincott explored about the natural forces that shape children's minds and health. What if we identify the microbes that support stress resilience and find ways to expose our kids to them? What if we reintroduce...
Splendiferous Speech
How Early Americans Pioneered Their Own Brand of English
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
What does it mean to talk like an American? According to John Russell Bartlett's 1848 Dictionary of Americanisms, it means indulging in outlandish slang—splendiferous, scrumptious, higgeldy piggedly—and free-and-easy word creation—demoralize, lengthy, gerrymander. American English is more than...
by Ed Sobey
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
This fascinating handbook answers the questions of anyone who has ever wondered about the many strange devices found along the roadside, from utility poles to satellite dishes. Devices are grouped according to their habitats-along highways and roads, atop buildings, near airports, and on utility towers....
The All-American Industrial Motel
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
This volatile memoir from Doug Crandell weaves a darkly comic and thoroughly heartbreaking coming-of-age tale set in 1990 as the author is about to graduate from college. With very few job prospects and in need of tuition money, he joins his father working at a ceiling tile factory in tiny Lagro,...
Eating Appalachia
Rediscovering Regional American Flavors
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Dozens of indigenous fruits, vegetables, nuts, and game animals are waiting to be rediscovered by American epicures, and Appalachia stocks the largest pantry with these delectable flavors. Eating Appalachia looks at the uniquely flavorful foods that are native to the region—including pawpaws, American...