Chicana and Chicano Art
This is the first book solely dedicated to the history, development, and present-day flowering of Chicana and Chicano visual arts. It offers readers an opportunity to understand and appreciate Chicana/o art from its beginnings in the 1960s, its re...
Chicano and Chicana Literature
The literary culture of the Spanish-speaking Southwest has its origins in a harsh frontier environment marked by episodes of intense cultural conflict, and much of the literature seeks to capture the epic experiences of conquest and settlement. Th...
Chicago
Michael Brein's travel guides make city public transport simple. Maps include how to get to the top 50 sights in the area by public transit, ultra-large transit maps, detailed mini-area maps of attractions, and instructions on how to get to places.
Chicago
Premiering in 1975 and the hit of the 1997 Broadway season in a production that originated at City Center's Encore! series Chicago won six Tony Awards including Best Revival and later the Academy Award as Best Picture of the Year.In roaring twenti...
Chicago
From Alaa Al Aswany, the author of the highly-acclaimed The Yacoubian Building, comes a story of love, sex, friendship, hatred, and ambition set in the midwestern city with a cast of American and Arab characters achingly human in their desires and needs. Chicago offers an illuminating portrait of America--a complex, often contradictory land in which triumph and failure, opportunity and oppression, licentiousness and tender love, small dramas and big dreams, coexist.
Chicago
A big-shouldered, big-trouble thriller set in mobbed-up 1920s Chicago-a city where some people knew too much, and where everyone should have known better-by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Untouchables and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright...
Chicago
'If you can't be famous be infamous' The Chicago musical has captured the imagination of audiences everywhere for many years, with the film starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger bringing the tale to an even wider audience. The Chicago ...
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OBS! Import. Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere star in this Oscar-winning adaptation of the popular Broadway musical. In 1920s Chicago, showgirl Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones) and aspiring starlet Roxie Hart (Zellweger) are both arrested on the same night for committing two different murders. Placed in jail together on Murderess' Row, both women accept the advice of lawyer Billy Flynn (Gere) and soon begin using their predicaments to their advantage in pursuit of the fame and attention they so desire.Typ: Blu-ray
Chicago
OBS! Import. Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere star in this Oscar-winning adaptation of the popular Broadway musical. In 1920s Chicago, showgirl Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones) and aspiring starlet Roxie Hart (Zellweger) are both arrested on the same night for committing two different murders. Placed in jail together on Murderess' Row, both women accept the advice of lawyer Billy Flynn (Gere) and soon begin using their predicaments to their advantage in pursuit of the fame and attention they so desire.Typ: DVD
Chicago
OBS! Import. Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere star in this Oscar-winning adaptation of the popular Broadway musical. In 1920s Chicago, showgirl Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones) and aspiring starlet Roxie Hart (Zellweger) are both arrested on the same night for committing two different murders. Placed in jail together on Murderess' Row, both women accept the advice of lawyer Billy Flynn (Gere) and soon begin using their predicaments to their advantage in pursuit of the fame and attention they so desire.Typ: DVD / Steel Book
Chicago
The author of the highly acclaimed The Yacoubian Building returns with a story of love, sex, friendship, hatred, and ambition set in Chicago, with a cast of American and Arab characters achingly human in their desires and needs.Egyptian and Americ...
Chicago
Chicago has been called by many names. Nelson Algren declared it a 'City on the Make.' Carl Sandburg dubbed it the 'City of Big Shoulders.' Upton Sinclair christened it the 'Jungle,' while New Yorkers, naturally, pronounced it the 'Second City.' A...
Chicago
Sex, money and politics are the driving forces of society in this new novel from bestselling author Alaa al Aswany. A medley of Egyptian and American lives collides on the campus of the University of Illinois Medical Center in a post-9/11 Chicago,...
Chicago: Chicago Christmas (2019)
Chicago: Chicago Christmas (2019) [Vinyl LP]
Chicago Killer
THE CHICAGO KILLER: The Hunt For Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy is the story of the capture of John Wayne Gacy, as told from the perspective of the former Chief of Detectives of the Des Plaines, Illinois Police Department , Joseph Kozenczak. The co...
Chicago Architecture
Chicago is synonymous with modern architecture - the birthplace of the skyscraper, the cradle of twentieth-century American design, and the home of enduring works by such iconic figures as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright. However, ...
Chicago Poems
Written in the poet's unique personal idiom, these early poems include Chicago, Fog, To a Contemporary Bunkshooter, Who Am I? and Under the Harvest Moon, as well as many others on themes of war, immigrant life, death, love, loneliness and the beau...
Blue Chicago
"Blue Chicago" takes us inside the world of contemporary urban blues clubs to uncover how iconic - yet empty - images of the blues are manufactured and sold to music fans and audiences. Drawing on countless nights in dozens of bl...
Chicago '68
Chicago '68
Fodor's Chicago
Whether you want to eat deep-dish pizza, explore the The Field Museum of Natural History, or bike along the lakefront, the local Fodor’s travel experts in Chicago are here to help! Fodor’s Chicago guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. Fodor’s Chicago travel guide includes: * AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do * MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time * MORE THAN 10 DETAILED MAPS to help you navigate confidently * COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust! * HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCALS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, side-trips, and more * PHOTO-FILLED “BEST OF” FEATURES on “Chicago’s Best
Chicago Blues
Through revealing portraits of selected local artists and slice-of-life vignettes drawn from the city's pubs and lounges,¿Chicago Blues¿encapsulates the sound and spirit of the blues as it is lived today. As a committed participant in the Chicago ...
Chicago Blues
Chicago has always had a reputation as a "wide open town" with a high tolerance for gangsters, illegal liquor, and crooked politicians. It has also been the home for countless black musicians and the birthplace of a distinctly urban blue...
Sensing Chicago
A hundred years ago and more, a walk down a Chicago street invited an assault on the senses. Untiring hawkers shouted from every corner. The manure from thousands of horses lay on streets pooled with molasses and puddled with kitchen grease. Odors...
Chicago Soul
Curtis Mayfield. Etta James. The Chi-Lites. Chess Records. Jerry Butler. Fontella Bass. Chicago¿was¿soul music from the late 1950s through the late 1970s.¿Chicago Soul¿chronicles the emergence of Chicago soul music out of the city's thriving rhyth...
Black Chicago
Allan Spear explores here the history of a major Negro community during a crucial thirty-year period when a relatively fluid patter of race relations gave way to a rigid system of segregation and discrimination. This is the first historical study ...
Chicago Cocktails
An elegant collection of over 100 recipes inspired by Chicago. From fruity juleps to creamy sours and old school martinis, these signature recipes from Chicago hotspots pay homage to the Windy City. With over 100 recipes and dozens of bartender pr...
Swedish Chicago
Between 1880 and 1920, emigration from Sweden to Chicago soared, and the city itself grew remarkably. During this time, the Swedish population in the city shifted from three centrally located ethnic enclaves to neighborhoods scattered throughout t...
Fodor's Chicago
Whether you want to eat deep-dish pizza, explore the The Field Museum of Natural History, or bike along the lakefront, the local Fodor's travel experts in Chicago are here to help! Fodor's Chicago guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated r...
Trope Chicago
The first in the City Edition series of books by Trope Publishing Co., Chicago showcases a unique view of one of the most photographed cities in the world by 27 independent photographers from Chicago and beyond. This carefully curated and beautifu...
Chicago Stories
A Prairie State BookThese stories, chosen from ten separately published collections of James T. Farrell's short fiction, offer remarkable insights into the lives of Irish Americans and other Chicagoans from 1910 to 1940. They are gems of the short...
Chicago School
When Richard Nixon said "We are all Keynesians now" in 1971, few could have predicted that the next three decades would result in a complete transformation of the global economic landscape. The transformation was led by a small, relative...
Chicago Poems
Now considered possibly Illinois' greatest poet, Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) saw himself as a bard of the working class. Chicago Poems brought him to national attention and is one of the few Chicago classics that can also be termed an American class...