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Legendary Detective The Private Eye in Fact and Fiction

Walton John

ISBN: HB: 9780226308265, University of Chicago Press, October 2015
232 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 28 halftones

"I'm in a business where people come to me with troubles. Big troubles, little troubles, but always troubles they don't want to take to the cops". That's Raymond Chandler's "Philip Marlowe", succinctly setting out our image of the private eye. A no-n...

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Political Science

Legislating in the Dark Information and Power in the House of Representatives

Curry James M.

ISBN: PB: 9780226281711, ISBN: HB: 9780226281681, University of Chicago Press, September 2015
264 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 21 figures, 17 tables

The 2009 financial stimulus bill ran to more than 1,100 pages, yet it wasn't even given to Congress in its final form until thirteen hours before debate was set to begin, and it was passed twenty-eight hours later. How are representatives expected to...

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Mammals

Lions in the Balance Man-Eaters, Manes, and Men with Guns

Packer Craig

ISBN: HB: 9780226092959, University of Chicago Press, September 2015
440 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 29 halftones

If you are a morani (warrior), you have your spear at the ready – you could be the hero, but you will have to wait until the morning light before you can go out and prove yourself. If it is a lion, you want to be the first to spear it – and if the li...

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History of Art

Culture Studies

Lived Practice

Jacob Mary Jane, Zeller Kate

ISBN: PB: 9780982879887, University of Chicago Press, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, August 2015
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 30 halftones

"A Lived Practice" examines the reciprocal relationship of art and life: Artist-practitioners are shaped by their experiences, and they in turn create and enhance the experience of others. Based on a symposium held at the School of the Art Institute...

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Literary Criticism

Literary Spinoffs Rewriting the Classics – Re-Imagining the Community

Spengler Birgit

ISBN: PB: 9783593503110, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, August 2015
500 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 18 colour plates

In "Literary Spinoffs", Birgit Spengler explores the literary strategies, theoretical dimensions, and cultural implications of contemporary rewritings of nineteenth-century American literary classics. By tapping into powerful, ingrained literary and...

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Photography

Liminal Infrastructure The Optics Division of the Metabolic Studio

Bon Lauren, Weschler Lawrence, Harris Gregory J.

ISBN: PB: 9780985096007, University of Chicago Press, DePaul Art Museum, August 2015
16 pp., 21.6x26.7 cm, 12 colour plates

Led by artists Lauren Bon, Richard Nielsen, and Tristan Duke, the Optics Division of the Metabolic Studio is a team devoted to exploring and expanding the photographic medium. Working with the Liminal Camera, a massive, portable camera obscura fashio...

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Poetry

Lost Cities Go to Paradise Las Ciudades Perdidas Van al Paraiso

Borinsky Alicia

ISBN: PB: 9780983322078, University of Chicago Press, Swan Isle Press, August 2015
150 pp., 22.8x12.7 cm

In "Lost Cities Go to Paradise", poetry breaks into song and poetic prose becomes lively storytelling as Alicia Borinsky raises intimate questions about the fragility of contemporary life. Composed of many layered scenes, unforgettable characters, sn...

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Literary Criticism

Little Magazine in Contemporary America

Morris Ian, Diaz Joanne

ISBN: PB: 9780226120492, ISBN: HB: 9780226240558, University of Chicago Press, April 2015
264 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 6 halftones

Little magazines have often showcased the best new writing in America. Historically, these idiosyncratic, small-circulation outlets have served the dual functions of representing the avant-garde of literary expression while also helping many emerging...

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Nature

Life and Times of a Big River An Uncommon Natural History of Alaska's Upper Yukon

Marchand Peter J.

ISBN: PB: 9781602232471, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, April 2015
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 22 halftones

When Richard Nixon signed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971, eighty million acres were flagged as possible national park land. Field expeditions were tasked with recording what was contained in these vast acres. Under this decree, five...

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Literary Criticism

Laughter at the Foot of the Cross

Screech Michael A.

ISBN: PB: 9780226245119, University of Chicago Press, April 2015
352 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 line drawings

"Christian laughter is a maze: you could easily get snarled up within it". So says Michael A. Screech in his note to readers preceding this collection of fifty-three elegant and pithy essays. As Screech reveals, the question of whether laughter is ac...

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