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Audiobooks Books and reading Fiction Burnham, Daniel Hudson 1846-1912 Chicago (Ill.) History 19th century Illinois Chicago Mudgett, Herman W 1861-1896 Serial murderers Illinois Chicago Biography Serial murders Illinois Chicago Case studies Stories in rhyme World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)Paley, Vivian Gussin
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 372.6 PALFleming, Candace
Summary: How did two teenagers brutally murder an innocent child ... and why? And how did their brilliant lawyer save them from the death penalty in 1920s Chicago? Written by a prolific master of narrative nonfiction, this is a compulsively readable true-crime story based on an event dubbed the "crime of the century." In 1924, eighteen-year-old college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb made a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anne Schwartz Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 364.152 FLECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 364.152 FLEVenkatesh, Sudhir Alladi
Summary: "At the heart of the story are two teenagers: Marshal Mariot, an introverted video gamer and bike rider, and Frankie Paul, who leaves foster care to direct his cousin's drug business while he's in prison. Frankie devises a plan to attack Marshall and his friends--it is his best chance to showcase his toughness and win respect for his crew. Catching wind of the plan, Marshall and his friends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.106 VENKrosoczka, Jarrett
Summary: "In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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White, Tracy (Tracy A.)
Summary: "This book tells the true stories of five brave teens fleeing their home countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guinea, on their own, traveling through unknown and unfriendly places, and ultimately crossing into the US to find refuge and seek asylum. Based on extensive interviews with teen refugees, lawyers, caseworkers, and activists, Tracy White shines a light on five individual...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Street Noise Books 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 362.7 WHIJohn, Jory.
Summary: A monster tries to chomp any reader who wants to go past the first page of the book in order to keep his cakes safe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHSummary: In this documentary, Che Smith (a.k.a. Rhymefest, the Grammy-winning rapper) reunites with his father, an alcoholic living on the streets of Chicago, and struggles to deliver him to safety and an existence that is productive and meaningful, in essence, taking responsibility for the man who had abandoned him as a young child.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INSummary: Welcome to a library like no other! The doors swing open to reveal a magical place where characters pop off the pages of books, vowels sing, and words take on a life of their own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD Movie Between 2014Maslen, Bobby Lynn
Summary: Stories and pictures to make learning alphabet sounds enjoyable. Consonant blends, endings, and a few sight words advance reading skills and create more complex stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2006
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JE Fiction Maslen 2006Summary: Kasper Carr is a master thief, targeting businesses in the Chicago area. He stakes out fresh opportunities in front of a documentary film crew, which gradually becomed complicit in his crimes. As the director and producer become entangled in the allure of their fascinating subject and the legal ramifications of their actions, Carr pursues a series of larger-scale and more dangerous jobs. All...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Indie Films 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF STRNelson, David
Summary: "As investigators brought out the bagged remains of several dozen young men from a small Chicago ranch home and paraded them in front of a crowd of TV reporters and spectators, attention quickly turned to the owner of the house. John Gacy was an upstanding citizen, active in local politics and charities, famous for his themed parties and appearances as Pogo the Clown. But in the winter of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press Incorporated 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 NELCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Crime Mur NelsonSummary: Follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in an attempt to find healing for him. When two-year-old Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson, a writer and former horse trainer, and his wife Kristin sought the best possible medical care, but traditional therapies had little effect. They discovered that Rowan has a profound affinity...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Howes, Katey
Summary: Told in rhyming text, a young weaver learns the history and practice of weaving through the centuries and around the world. Includes notes on the history of weaving, and the different kinds of textiles that are woven around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HOWLarson, Erik
Summary: Tells the parallel stories of Daniel Burnham, the main architect of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and serial killer Henry H. Holmes, discussing the challenges Burnham faced in creating the hugely successful White City, and looking at how Holmes used the opportunities afforded by the fair to lure victims to their deaths.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Large Print Press (Gale, Cengage Learning) 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 364.152 LARIrving, Jan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Libraries Unlimited 1986
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1 available in Reference Desk, Call number: 372.37 IRVPerrin, Noel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dartmouth College, published by University Press of New England 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.009 PERSummary: "Children will stay engaged with learning all summer long through interactive activities, storybooks, and games that develop musical interest, explore artistic abilities, expand creative thinking skills, and so much more!"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Welcome to a library like no other! The doors swing open to reveal a magical place where characters pop off the pages of books, vowels sing, and words take on a life of their own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BETCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BETLarson, Erik.
Summary: Abridged.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 364.1523 LARSchulze, Bianca
Summary: 101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up provides a comprehensive list of kid-friendly books for children to read before they grow up. This must-read review list acts as an interactive journal where kids can document the books they read, why they like them, and how they rate them. Divided into sections by subject, from fairy tales and fantasy to sports and nonfiction, 101 Books to Read Before You...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Published by Walter Foster Jr., a division of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 028.5 SCHStevens, Michelle
Summary: "Michelle Stevens has a photo of the exact moment her childhood was stolen from her. In it, she's only eight years old and posing for her mother's beguiling boyfriend, Gary Lundquist--an elementary school teacher, neighborhood stalwart, and brutal pedophile. Later that night, Gary locks Michelle in a cage, tortures her repeatedly, and uses her to quench his voracious and deviant sexual whims....
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STEVENS, MICHELLE STELarson, Erik.
Summary: Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country's most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 364.1523 LARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 364.1523 LARJobb, Dean
Summary: It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. As Model Ts rumbled down Michigan Avenue, gang war shootings announced Al Capone's rise to underworld domination. Bedecked partygoers thronged to the Drake Hotel's opulent banquet rooms, corrupt politicians held court in thriving speakeasies, and the frenzy of stock market...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015