chicago (ill.)

Explores the history of the Chicago Cubs baseball team during the 1920s. Spotlights the factors that led to the growth in popularity of the team during this era, and profiles the personalities who came to define the club's existence and established its legacy.

When Megan, Raf, and talking dog Bradley get their first real case, they find themselves tracking a puppy that is not as adorable as it seems, and trying to end an ancient curse.

David Axelrod has always been a believer. Whether as a young journalist investigating city corruption, a campaign consultant guiding underdog candidates against entrenched orthodoxy, or as senior adviser to the president during one of the worst crises in American history, Axelrod held fast to his faith in the power of stories to unite diverse communities and ignite transformative political change. Now this legendary strategist, the mastermind behind Barack Obama?s historic election campaigns, shares a wealth of stories from his forty-year journey through the inner workings of American democracy. Believer is the tale of a political life well lived, of a man who never gave up on the deepest promises our country has to offer.

In the 1950s, an African-American family on Chicago's south side is torn by different dreams when they receive an insurance settlement: the son wants to open his own business, a liquor store; the daughter wants to go to medical school; and the mother wants to buy a home in a middle-class white neighborhood.

Jules suspects that Sawyer has passed the vision curse to someone he saved from the school shootings and is determined to find that person to convince them before another tragedy occurs that the visions are real.

"Fiona and her family moved from Ireland to Chicago to begin a new life. Yet, when the family is struck with misfortune, will Fiona's lace help save them?"--Provided by publisher.

"When Quest (Q) and his stepsister Angela head to Chicago for their parents' concert, they uncover another plot by the terrorist group Ghost Cell in the Windy City"--Provided by publisher.

Jane Addams always wanted to "find a way to fix the world." In 1889, she founded Hull House, a settlement house in a poor area of Chicago, and helped countless people.

In 1859, eleven-year-old Nell goes to live with her aunt, Kate Warne, the first female detective for Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Nell helps her aunt solve cases, including a mystery surrounding Abraham Lincoln, and the mystery of what happened to Nell's own father.

Describes the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young immigrant struggling in America.