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Ryan Walsh, a Chicago Cubs fan, meets Nick when they both skip school on opening day, and their relationship becomes difficult for Ryan when she discovers that Nick is seriously ill and feels once more the pain of losing her father.

In first-person accounts, former residents of Chicago's public housing projects describe life in the now-demolished high-rise apartments and the tone of the community life and poverty levels that existed.

Seventeen-year-old aspiring artist Samantha Henderson, eager to learn about life and to get away from her father's political campaigns and her stepmother, refuses to give up on her new boyfriend, "X," even after he proves to be trouble, damaging her friendships and introducing her to drugs.

Best friends for eleven years, Holly, Savitri, and Holly's twin, Corey, are a unit, freerunning through Chicago as if they were superheroes until a random act of violence takes Corey's life and, as they tell in their separate voices, Holly seeks the murderer and revenge while Sav feels left behind. Incorporates sections of comic-style art.

Looks at the rivalry between gangster Al Capone and FBI agent Eliot Ness.

Chronicles the events surrounding the deadliest heatwave in American history, which occured in Chicago in July of 1995, discussing why it was so deadly and how the city could have been better prepared to handle it.

A brief biography of Michelle Obama, the wife of the forty-fourth President of the United States, and profiles her childhood, education, and the events that led her to theWhite House.

Chronicles Chicago architecture from the nineteenth through early twenty-first centuries, and examines the evolution of the skyscraper, sculptures and signature works, and more.

A guide to the architecture of Chicago that describes some of the city's most important projects, most famous buildings, and the men and women who designed them.