Chicago Review Press: 838 books
Hospital Always Wins
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Issa Ibrahim's memoir details in searing prose his development of severe mental illness leading to the accidental killing of his mother, his acquittal by reason of insanity, and his subsequent commission to a mental hospital for nearly 20 years. Raised in an idyllic creative environment, mom and...
The Sixteenth Round
From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The survivor of a difficult childhood and youth, Rubin Carter rose to become a top contender for the middleweight boxing crown. But his career crashed to a halt on May 26, 1967, when he and another man were found guilty of the murder of three white people in a New Jersey bar. While in prison, Carter...
Uncaged
My Life as a Champion MMA Fighter
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Before Frank Shamrock became known professionally as “The Legend”—winning almost every mixed martial arts title in existence—he endured a childhood marred with abuse, neglect, and molestation that led to an equally troubled young adulthood. This riveting book tells his whole story: his neglect...
So You Want to Start a Brewery?
The Lagunitas Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
So You Want to Start a Brewery? is the first-person account of Tony Magee’s gut-wrenching challenges and heart-warming successes in founding Lagunitas Brewing Company. In just 20 years, the company has grown from a seat-of-the-pants, one-man operation to be the fifth largest—and the fastest-growing—craft...
This I Know
Marketing Lessons from Under the Influence
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Terry O'Reilly, host of the popular radio show Under the Influence, provides the best stories about smart marketing for small business. In Terry's gifted presentation, This I Know is more than applied business techniques. It offers a unique view of contemporary life through the lens of advertising....
Wonder Woman Unbound
The Curious History of the World's Most Famous Heroine
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
With her golden lasso and her bullet-deflecting bracelets, Wonder Woman is a beloved icon of female strength in a world of male superheroes. But this close look at her history portrays a complicated heroine who is more than just a female Superman. The original Wonder Woman was ahead of her time, advocating...
by Ross Lockridge Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Throughout a single day in 1892, John Shawnessy recalls the great moments of his life-from the love affairs of his youth in Indiana, to the battles of the Civil War, to the politics of the Gilded Age, to his homecoming as schoolteacher, husband, and father. Shawnessy is the epitome of the place and...
by Rosemary Sutcliff
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
This brilliant Arthurian epic cuts through the mists of pagan, early Christian, and medieval splendors that have gathered about the subject and tells the authentic story of the man who may well have been the real King Arthur—Artos the Bear, the mighty warrior-king who saved the last lights of Western...
by Colin Higgins
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Nineteen-year-old Harold Chasen is obsessed with death. He fakes suicides to shock his self-obsessed mother, drives a customized Jaguar hearse, and attends funerals of complete strangers. Seventy-nine-year-old Maude Chardin, on the other hand, adores life. She liberates trees from city sidewalks and...
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
Their Lives and Ideas, 24 Activities
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
Children will find artistic inspiration as they learn about iconic artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in these imaginative and colorful activities. The art and ideas of Kahlo and Rivera are explored through projects that include painting a self-portrait Kahlo-style, creating a mural with a social...
Discovering Great Artists
Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1997
Featuring more than 150 activities, this guide teaches the styles, works, and techniques of the great masters—Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and more.
The Young Investor
Projects and Activities for Making Your Money Grow
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Explaining the language of finance and the skill of investing, this guide gives kids an early start at making their money grow. The book explains the general concept of money and demonstrates how saving works based on the concepts of simple and compound interest. Children then learn where Wall Street...
Archaeology for Kids
Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past, 25 Activities
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
This activity book features 25 projects such as making a surface survey of a site, building a screen for sifting dirt and debris at a dig, tracking soil age by color, and counting tree rings to date a find, teaches kids the techniques that unearthed Neanderthal caves, Tutankhamun’s tomb, the city...
Harry Houdini for Kids
His Life and Adventures with 21 Magic Tricks and Illusions
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
From his impoverished childhood to his feat of becoming one of the most successful entertainers of all time, this fascinating biography presents a memorable portrait of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini. Guidelines for 21 fun magic tricks are also provided, including how to stick a needle...