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A gorgeous and comprehensive look at one of the NBA's most storied and valuable franchises-from their first season to Michael Jordan and beyond.
The Chicago Bulls have been building their highly decorated legacy for five decades now. To this day, the Bulls are one of the most popular teams the world over. Six championships, the league's best-ever single-season record, and perhaps the greatest player of all time will do that, and Bulls fans wouldn't...
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Chicago will never forget the Santo "heel click" or their beloved #10. Ron Santo passed away December 2, 2010 after battling cancer and diabetes. He was a nine time All-Star and five time Golden Glove winner as a Cub. Santo has been Cubs color commentator on WGN-AM since 1990. In this tribute to the legendary Cub, Triumph Books partners with the Chicago Tribune to celebrate his Chicago legacy and all that he meant to baseball fans in the city.
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"A true gem ... period images of the Windy City and a glimpse back at a moment that not only shaped the city of Chicago but the world around us today. " -Week99er
Between 1933 and 1934, over forty-eight million visitors attended "A Century of Progress Exposition," the world's fair located in Chicago, Illinois. Conceived of during the Roaring Twenties and born during the Great Depression, this was a sprawling event celebrating Chicago's one-hundredth...
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A collection of contest-quality cookies (and other sweets) for your seasonal celebrations!
This cookbook gathers the best recipes from more than a decade's worth of reader submissions to the Chicago Tribune's annual Holiday Cookie Contest. It's an eclectic and delicious mix of recipes both traditional and modern, representing diverse cultures and accompanied by color photos and helpful baking tips.
From cookie classics to twists on old standards,...
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Recipes filled with the traditional tastes of Passover-plus a few inventive twists.
Good Eating's Passover Recipes is a cook's guide to preparing for the Seder and the rest of the holiday week. This collection includes dozens of mouth-watering dishes from the Chicago Tribune, which has been publishing delicious Passover-friendly recipes for years.
You'll find the classic staples of any Passover meal, including matzo ball soup, brisket, haroset,...
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Derrick Rose is a collection of articles, interviews, and features that originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune, as written by the award-winning journalists who followed the Chicago Bulls superstar's yearlong saga of injury and recovery, and his short-lived return for the 2013–2014 season. Chicago's vibrant and discursive sports culture has perhaps never been more fully on display than during Derrick Rose's lost season. Following his gut-wrenching...
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A visual retelling of the rise and eventual fall of Al Capone, comprised of many never-before-published photographs from the Chicago Tribune's archives.
A look back in time to the Roaring Twenties and the early days of organized crime, this collection of historical photos-taken from 1926 to 1952-focus on Capone and those connected to him, including his family, mob rivals, and targets.
Many of these photographs have never been seen outside of Chicago's...
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Deck the table with dozens of Christmas treats from appetizers to eggnog!
Good Eating's Christmas Recipes is a quick and easy guide to preparing successful holiday dinners. This collection features the best Christmas Eve and Christmas Day recipes from the pages of the Chicago Tribune, from the traditional to the innovative. Full-color photography captures these dishes in mouthwatering detail.
Featuring unique and creative entrees, appetizers, side...
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Nearly 40 million people visit Chicago every year, but how many of them make a visit to Navy Pier and "The Bean" and call it quits? How many local residents and tourists from out of town scramble to make a compact itinerary of all Chicago has to offer? In a city with over 7, 000 restaurants (including many of which that are world-class), more than 500 parks, over 200 theaters, 36 annual parades, 26 miles of lakefront, and innumerable street fests,...
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A hard-hitting look at the Chicago Bears' legendary player and coach, composed of carefully curated archival Chicago Tribune columns and features.
Mike Ditka was drafted by the Bears as a tight end in 1961 and went on to earn Rookie of the Year honors, multiple Pro Bowl selections, and a 1963 championship ring with Chicago during his playing career.
Ditka retired in 1972 after stints with Philadelphia and Dallas (where he won Super Bowl VI), but...
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An entertaining treasury of tips, hacks, and step-by-step techniques to smooth your way through the world.
How do you give a good wedding toast? How do you fix a clogged drain? How do you bowl without hurting anyone? Questions like these, some highly practical, others wildly funny-make up this engaging do-it-yourself guide. Including illustrations and diagrams and compiled from the Chicago Tribune how-to column "Life Skills," this book is, filled...
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From the editors of Chicago Tribune and highlighted by dozens of classic historic photos and populated by unforgettable characters like Lech Walesa and President George H.W. Bush, here is the story of a bold pontiff who towered over his century and then led his church into a new millennium. From his beginnings as a young actor and philosopher from southern Poland, forged in the horrors of World War II, this biography traces how he became a priest,...
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In 1927, the Chicago Tribune sponsored a competition for "trained men of talent, incorporating into the small home ideas of real worth, types of rare charm, and the best possible plans for comfort and convenience." This collection spotlights the challenge's top results, presenting the nineteen prize-winning designs for five- and six-room houses, plus eighty additional sets of the best architectural plans. A new introduction by Daniel D. Reiff, Ph.D.,...
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Created from the Chicago Tribune's vast archives, Gangsters and Grifters is a collection of photographs featuring infamous criminals, small-time bandits, hoodlums, and more at shocking crime scenes. These vintage glass-plate and acetate negatives were taken from the early 1900s through the 1950s, and they have been largely unseen for generations. That is because most have never been published, only having been witnessed by the photographers and police...
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Good Eating's Seasonal Salads is a collection of 90 delicious recipes from the Chicago Tribune's Good Eating section that are perfect as exciting side dishes or full, healthy meals. Making use of fresh in-season ingredients, this eclectic assortment of salads features flavorful options for every month of the year. Salads range in style and substance, from practical and quick to creative and gourmet, light and simple to hearty and robust, and from...
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Bursting onto the Chicago fine-dining scene in 1987, Charlie Trotter's restaurant soon became a local icon and eventually a national landmark. From his initial rise to culinary stardom to his untimely death in November 2013, Charlie Trotter was one of Chicago's most distinguished and high-profile chefs. Trotter, more than any of his peers, ushered in a new type of dining experience-the "New American" gourmet cuisine that has proliferated across the...
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Public Art in Chicago collects writings published in the Chicago Tribune about more than 40 of Chicago's most famous and memorable installations of public art: sculptures, statues, fountains, mosaics, murals, and more. The articles included here were published between 1887 and the present and include original commentaries published when these artworks were first installed as well as retrospective appreciations of how they have been received over time....
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Seasonal recipes for summer dining, from cookout staples to cocktails-selected by the food writers of the Chicago Tribune.
All year long, we look forward to a summertime filled with cookouts, picnics, beach trips, and dinner parties on the patio. From the first flower's bloom to the moment the leaves begin to turn, the summer season is always an exciting dash to spend time outside with good friends and family. While the winter months are filled with...
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The Chicago Tribune's annual guide for prospective MBA students, MBA Starter Kit is the ultimate guide for anyone interested in pursuing a Master of Business Administration graduate degree. Covering the latest global hiring trends and salary outlooks, as well as the myriad opportunities afforded by an MBA, this book is a must-read for anyone who thinks they might be interested in an MBA. MBA Starter Kit, which comprises the Chicago Tribune's 2013...
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The history of America's third-largest city, as told through stories and photos from the Chicago Tribune archives.
The devoted journalists at the Chicago Tribune have been reporting the city's news since 1847. As a result, the paper has amassed an inimitable, as-it-happened history of its hometown, a city first incorporated in 1837 that rapidly grew to become the third largest in the United States. For the past decade, the Chicago Tribune has been...