Illinois

This extensive guide shows how the history and culture of Illinois are embedded in the names of its towns, cities, and other geographical features. Edward Callary unearths the …

This book provides a comprehensive sociological explanation for the emergence and continuation of organized crime in Chicago. Tracing the roots of political corruption that …

Chicago is a city dedicated to the modern-from the skyscrapers that punctuate its skyline to the spirited style that inflects many of its dwellings and institutions, from the New …

The second in Beth Kery's sizzling eight-part serial novel for fans of Fifty Shades of Grey, the Crossfire series and Because You Are Mine, of a man and woman inextricably bound by …

1993. To unge forelsker sig. Jack er flygtet fra de snævre rammer ude på landet i Kansas og går på kunstakademiet. Elizabeth har vristet sig fri af sin velhavende Østkystfamilie og …

Out and Proud in Chicago takes readers through the long and rich history of the city's LGBT community. Lavishly illustrated with color and black-and white-photographs, the book …

Two of the most celebrated black neighborhoods in the United States - Harlem in New York City and Bronzeville in Chicago - were once plagued by crime, drugs, and abject poverty. …

A community making a home in Illinois As the first book to document the experiences of Puerto Ricans in the state of Illinois, this inviting book maps the pedacito de patria …

The dramatic story of a Gilded Age murder that shocked people from Chicago to Ireland It was the biggest funeral Chicago had seen since Lincoln's. On May 26, 1889, four thousand …

The Insane Chicago Way is the untold story of a daring plan by Chicago gangs in the 1990s to create a Spanish Mafia-and why it failed. John M. Hagedorn traces how Chicago Latino …