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PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
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1 DVD (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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The moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters who, with bravado, humility, and even humor, try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. Shot over the course of a year, this documentary captures a period in Chicago when it became a national symbol for the violence in America's cities.
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Celebrado desde su publicación inicial como el relato clásico de una muchada del barrio latino de Chicago, La casa en Mango Street has sido elogadio por los críticos, acogido por los niños y sus padres y abuelos y estudiado por todas partes, desde escuelas primarias en las grandes ciudades hasta universidades por todo el país. Ahora por primera vez en una edición en español, traducido por una de las más...
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V.I. Warshawski novel volume 8
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1994
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xii, 432 p. ; 25 cm.
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The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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xiii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Tells the story of how and why the city has chosen to close a number of schools on the South Side-and how the history of racism and disadvantage that the decision rested on helped lead to widespread protest from parents, teachers, and students.
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Allium Press of Chicago
Pub. Date
[2014]
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323 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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"Shortly after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Irish detective Frank Hanley is assigned the case of a murdered rabbi. He is aided in his investigation by the rabbi's daughter, Rivka. They uncover political corruption involving Irish gangsters and a prominent relief organization"--
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Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2015]
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244 pages ; 25 cm
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The son of a grieving Jewish family in jazz age Chicago impresses patrons of a mob-controlled saloon with his piano talents, which become subject to a changing music era, his need to survive, and exacting mob demands.
12) The hidden man
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Jason Kolarich novels volume 1
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2009
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325 p. ; 24 cm.
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"Jason Kolarich is a midwestern everyman with a linebacker's build and an easy smart-ass remark. He's a young, intelligent, and successful attorney; but he's also struggling with a horrific tragedy that threatens to unravel his own life, and possibly the lives of everyone he holds dear."--From publisher's description.
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RLJE Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
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2 DVDs (6 hrs. 1 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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61st Street follows Moses Johnson, a promising Black high school athlete who is swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system, and Franklin Roberts, the public defender who takes up his case. While Roberts has promised his wife he'll retire, he takes on this case because he recognizes its potential to upend the entire Chicago judicial system, challenging the institutional racism and endemic corruption at its heart.
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Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999]
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1 DVD, double sided (ca. 128 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.
15) The great fire
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The Great Fire of 1871 was one of most colossal disasters in American history. Overnight, the flourshing city of Chicago was transformed into a smoldering wasteland. The damage was so profound that few people believed the city could ever rise again.By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with the carefully researched history of Chicago and the disaster, Jim Murphy constructs a riveting narrative that recreates the event with drama...
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Toula is a quiet, devoted daughter in a big, crazy Greek family. Working in her father's restaurant, she hides behind her family and keeps the world at a distance. One day at the restaurant she finds herself pouring coffee for a man who inspires her to change her life, and the way she sees the world ... forever.
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SouledOut sisters novel volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2012
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392 p. ; 22 cm.
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Kat Davies finds a practical way to channel her passion for healthy eating by starting a food pantry at her church, but it is not until she looks beyond food that she sees the deeper significance of what she can offer others.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
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336 pages
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"The three girls formed an indelible bond: roaming their community in search of hidden treasures for their "Thing Finder box," and hiding under the dining room table, eavesdropping as three generations of relatives gossiped and played the numbers. The girls spent countless afternoons together, ice skating in the nearby Lake Meadows apartment complex, swimming in the pool at the Ida B. Wells housing project, and daydreaming of their futures: Dawn a...
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