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21 produkter
Flickering Empire
How Chicago Invented the U.S. Film Industry
Av Michael Glover Smith, Adam Selzer
Inbunden, 2015
756 kr
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Flickering Empire tells the fascinating yet little-known story of how Chicago served as the unlikely capital of American film production in the years before the rise of Hollywood (1907-1913). As entertaining as it is informative, Flickering Empire straddles the worlds of academic and popular …
Flickering Empire
How Chicago Invented the U.S. Film Industry
Av Michael Glover Smith, Adam Selzer
Häftad, 2015
477 kr
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Flickering Empire tells the fascinating yet little-known story of how Chicago served as the unlikely capital of American film production in the years before the rise of Hollywood (1907-1913). As entertaining as it is informative, Flickering Empire straddles the worlds of academic and popular …
Graceland Cemetery
Chicago Stories, Symbols, and Secrets
Av Adam Selzer
Häftad, 2022
223 kr
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Chosen for the 2024 Illinois Reads Program by the Illinois Reading CouncilOne of Chicago’s landmark attractions, Graceland Cemetery chronicles the city’s sprawling history through the stories of its people. Local historian and Graceland tour guide Adam Selzer presents ten walking tours covering …
Pirates of the Retail Wasteland
Av Adam Selzer
E-bok, 2008
80 kr
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Leon and his miscreant buddies from the gifted pool are mad as hell, and they’re not going to take it anymore! Their favorite downtown coffeeshop, Sip–the only survivor in the barren moonscape of decrepit Old Downtown–is in danger of being run out of business by the ubiquitous and oh-so-corporate …
I Put a Spell on You
Av Adam Selzer
E-bok, 2008
80 kr
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COME SPELLING BEE season, the tiny town of Preston erupts in excitement: the bee is televised, and the hottest ticket in town. This year, an assortment of sixth-grade miscreants is going for the top prize: Jennifer, an overscheduled free spirit whose parents are obsessed with her college …
Andrew North Blows Up the World
Av Adam Selzer
E-bok, 2009
82 kr
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A dynamic and hilarious new hero for early middle-grade. Andrew "Danger" North is no ordinary third-grader. He, his brother, Jack, and his father are spies. That is what Jack has always told him, and everything Andrew has learned from his dad’s favorite spy movies tells him it must be true. When …
Smart Aleck's Guide to American History
Av Adam Selzer
E-bok, 2009
136 kr
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Do you know America? No, I mean, do you REALLY know America? Would you recognize John Adams in a lineup? Can you identify any presidents between Lincoln and Roosevelt? Hmmm. I thought so. Well, you really need this book. Not only will it improve your sorry historical knowledge, it will crack you …
I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It
Av Adam Selzer
E-bok, 2010
82 kr
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Algonquin “Ali” Rhodes, the high school newspaper’s music critic, meets an intriguing singer, Doug, while reviewing a gig. He’s a weird-looking guy—goth, but he seems sincere about it, like maybe he was into it back before it was cool. She introduces herself after the set, asking if he lives in …
Extraordinary*
*The True Story of My Fairygodparent, Who Almost Killed Me, and Certainly Never Made Me a Princess
Av Adam Selzer
E-bok, 2011
80 kr
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Jennifer Van Der Berg would like you to know that the book ostensibly written about her— Born to Be Extraordinary by Eileen Codlin—is a bunch of bunk. Yes, she had a fairy godparent mess with her life, but no, she was not made into a princess or given the gift of self-confidence, and she sure as …
Murder Maps USA
Crime Scenes Revisited, Bloodstains to Ballistics
Av Adam Selzer
Inbunden, 2021
403 kr
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The most sensational and intriguing murders from across the USA are re-examined in this disquieting volume, which introduces readers to the most lethal killers from every state. Spanning the period from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Second World War, these are homicides from a …
Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Chicago History
Av Adam Selzer, William Griffith
Häftad, 2012
223 kr
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The lives of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary--if misunderstood--thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes, jerks, and evil doers from history all get their due in the short essays featured in these enlightening, informative books. Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Chicago …
Play Me Backwards
Av Adam Selzer
E-bok, 2014
120 kr
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A committed slacker enlists the help of his best friend (who may or may not be the devil) to get his act together in this “timelessly true to life” ( Booklist ) novel filled with humor, awkwardness, and honesty, ideal for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower . Leon Harris isn’t exceptional and …
Just Kill Me
Av Adam Selzer
E-bok, 2016
120 kr
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From the author of Play Me Backwards and I Kissed a Zombie and I Liked It comes a “narrative brimming with delightfully macabre irreverence” ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review) about one teen’s unusual summer job as a ghost tour guide in Chicago. Megan Henske isn’t one to heed warnings… When the …
Mysterious Chicago
History at Its Coolest
Av Adam Selzer
Häftad, 2016
270 kr
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From Chicago historian Adam Selzer, expert on all of the Windy City’s quirks and oddities, comes a compelling heavily researched anthology of the stories behind its most fascinating unsolved mysteries.To create this unique volume, Selzer has collected forty unsolved mysteries from the 1800s to …
Mysterious Chicago
History at Its Coolest
Av Adam Selzer
E-bok, 2016
173 kr
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From Chicago historian Adam Selzer, expert on all of the Windy City’s quirks and oddities, comes a compelling heavily researched anthology of the stories behind its most fascinating unsolved mysteries. To create this unique volume, Selzer has collected forty unsolved mysteries from the 1800s to …
H. H. Holmes
The True History of the White City Devil
Av Adam Selzer
E-bok, 2017
199 kr
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Shares with readers America’s first and most infamous serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago The first comprehensive book following the life and career of H. H. Holmes A fascinating true story about a dark moment in Chicago’s history H. H. Holmes: The …
H. H. Holmes
The True History of the White City Devil
Av Adam Selzer
Häftad, 2019
267 kr
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America's first and most notorious serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil is the first truly comprehensive book examining the life and career of a murderer who has become one of America’s great …
H. H. Holmes
The True History of the White City Devil
Av Adam Selzer
E-bok, 2019
199 kr
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America's first and most notorious serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, now updated with a new afterword discussing Holmes' exhumation on American Ripper . H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil is the first truly comprehensive book …
Graceland Cemetery Vol. 2
More Chicago Stories, Symbols and Secrets
Av Adam Selzer
Häftad, 2026
269 kr
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