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CityWatch: Discovering the Uncommon Chicago

By: Anderson, Jon

Price: $4.00

Publisher: September 2014

Seller ID: 131938

ISBN: 0877457522

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In forty-five years as one of Chicago's liveliest journalists for "Time, Life, " and the "Chicago Tribune," Jon Anderson has established a reputation for picking up on what someone once called "the beauty of the specific fact." Part "Talk of the Town," part "On the Road with Charles Kuralt," Anderson's twice-a-week "City Watch" columns in the "Chicago Tribune" seek out interesting and unexpected people and places from the everyday life of what the author calls the "most typical American big city." In the process he discovers the joys and triumphs of ordinary people.

Anderson writes with w...
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Chicago on Foot: Walking Tours of Chicago's Architecture

By: Bach, Ira J.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: August 2016

Seller ID: 160073

ISBN: 0914091948

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Field Guide to Gay & Lesbian Chicago

By: Bergwuest, Kathie

Price: $5.00

Publisher: August 2014

Seller ID: 128487

ISBN: 1893121038

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Rather Chicago: Eat, Shop, Explore - Discover Local Gems

By: Blessing, Anna

Price: $6.00

Publisher: October 2014

Seller ID: 284158

ISBN: 0983314535

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Sleekly designed and focusing exclusively on locally owned restaurants and stores, these modern city guides--formerly known as the eat.shop guides--are unique in both form and content. With the goal of supporting a culture and economy that value well-crafted experiences, they offer travelers and locals a colorful, compelling new lens for viewing a city. Each featured business is hand-picked by the author to represent the creme de la creme of cities beloved by both locals and tourists. By including only the most unique independent eating and shopping establishments, the books present a fresh an...
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Native's Guide to Chicago's South Suburbs

By: Bultinck, Christina

Price: $4.00

Publisher: September 2011

Seller ID: 159420

ISBN: 0964242613

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Eat.Shop Chicago, 3rd Edition

By: Cabazon Books

Price: $4.00

Publisher: July 2014

Seller ID: 217566

ISBN: 0982325436

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Sleekly designed and focusing exclusively on locally owned restaurants and stores, these modern city-guides are unique in both form and content. Each featured business is hand-picked by the author to represent the "creme de la creme" of cities beloved by both locals and tourists. The overall selection presents a fresh and unexpected look at each city, highlighting an exciting array of neighborhoods. The convenient size is ideal for bags and purses, while the eye-popping layouts of luscious photographs, efficient maps, and brief hotel recommendations will help make planning an excursion almost ...
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Chicago (Condensed)

By: Chicago/ Lonley Planet

Price: $4.00

Publisher: August 2016

Seller ID: 321936

ISBN: 1740590686

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Especially designed for the discerning short-term visitor, Lonely Planet's Condensed guidebooks capture the best a destination has to offer, in a compact and easy-to-use format. This book focuses on Chicago.
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City Dog Chicago

By: City Dog

Price: $3.00

Publisher: August 2015

Seller ID: 77307

ISBN: 1933068124

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Each of these city-specific dog-resource directories takes all of the guesswork out of finding new dog shops, services and places, including dog day cares, boarding facilities, pet sitters, dog parks, dog trainers, pet boutiques, alternative therapies, and neighborhood pet-supply stores. Each listing includes not only the address, phone number, hours of operation, and payment information, but also an original review that offers readers the inside scoop on each business. Also included is an emergency directory that's essential for middle-of-the-night ailments, a dog rescue directory, puppy star...
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Short Bike Rides: Chicago

By: Collier, Christopher Percy

Price: $4.00

Publisher: August 2014

Seller ID: 123610

ISBN: 0762704101

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Day Trips from Chicago: Getaway Ideas For The Local Traveler (Day Trips Series)

By: Drake, Elisa

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 370637

ISBN: 0762796936

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips from Chicago. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discoverwithin a two-hour drive of theChicago metro area. With full trip-planning"
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Newcomer's Handbook For Moving and Living in Chicago (5th ed)

By: First Books

Price: $5.00

Publisher: July 2014

Seller ID: 63255

ISBN: 0912301872

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Around Chicago with Kids

By: Fodors

Price: $3.00

Publisher: February 2012

Seller ID: 180308

ISBN: 0679004882

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Used - Good

Each book focuses on 68 terrific ideas for family days, from museums and puppet theaters to skyscrapers and parks. Written by parents who live in the cities they cover, these books are smart about what kids like--and about what parents need. All the details for planning are included: addresses, phone numbers, admission prices, and age-appropriateness. "Hey, Kids " info boxes provide fun facts and interesting trivia about the destination, and "Kid-Friendly Eats" features recommend three or four places to grab a bite to eat nearby. With their appealing trim size, these compact guides fit perfect...
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Streets & San Man's Guide to Chicago Eats

By: Foley, Dennis

Price: $3.00

Publisher: January 2015

Seller ID: 84729

ISBN: 1893121275

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Fooditor 99: Where To Eat and What To Eat There: 2019 Edition

By: Fooditor 99

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 394143

ISBN: 1731091990

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A Chicagoan's guide to the best of Chicago dining, fully revised for 2018. Chicago's online food magazine Fooditor digs deep into a great food city, and this book puts the best of it in an easy-to-consult guide. From fancy tasting menus to neighborhood eats from all around the world, this guide gives you the specifics on the places you should check out-and the exact things you should order, thoroughly revised for 2018. So forget snooty guides from French tire companies, online top 10s from sites you never heard of, and where a guy you know ate 15 years ago. Here's a local expert telling you wh...
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Slow Food Guide to Chicago Restaurtants...

By: Gibson, Kelly, et al

Price: $5.00

Publisher: September 2014

Seller ID: 68366

ISBN: 193149861X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

"Now, Michelin; Next, Slow Food"

Chances are, whether or not you've heard of the Slow Food movement, you're familiar with slow food. It could be the best corn on the cob you've had all summer, or the ballpark frank that saw you through the seventh inning stretch at the last Cubs game. Slow Food is simply about the whole experience of food, from production to preparation to enjoyment and conviviality.* It is a revolutionary international movement that prizes locally sourced foods and sustainable agriculture, and slowly, its manifesto is gaining ground.

Now an inventive new series of Slow ...
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Beat Cop's Guide to Chicago Eats

By: Haynes, David and Garlington

Price: $5.00

Publisher: December 2013

Seller ID: 236135

ISBN: 1893121720

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

When the Beat Cop pauses from taking a bite out of crime, he takes a bite out of donuts, polish sausage, fried chicken, enchiladas, and omelettes

Lake Claremont Press's 2004 award-winner, "The Streets & San Man's Guide to Chicago Eats," delivered tongue-in-cheek style and food-in-mouth expertise by a certified expert of the City of Chicago's Department of Lunch: streets & sanitation department electrician Dennis Foley.

Now, Sgt. David J. Haynes of the Chicago Police Department, and his partner-in-crime, humorist and blogger Christopher Garlington, want to take on Foley's street-level g...
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