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Tips & Insights — Chicago Shopping & Travel

•Eating Healthy

It’s easy to forget about diets and make poor choices regarding the foods that are available to us when we travel, so we’ve compiled a short list for healthy eating tips for your Chicago shopping trip. 1) Pack a variety of nutritious foods including fruits, raw vegetables, crackers, granola bars…quick solutions for satisfying an appetite whether you fly or drive. 2) Upon arrival at the hotel, skip the mini-bar. If your hotel offers a Continental breakfast, select fruits, cereals and proteins such as eggs. 3) When you dine out, remember to eat only when hungry. Even the great Chicago restaurants occasionally serve overwhelmingly large portions. If you indulge on one meal, scale back on the next. 4) When possible, avoid large meals at night. When your body slows down and prepares for sleep, it also burns calories less efficiently. Pass on the bread basket at dinner. Choose fish or poultry, and try to eat lots of vegetables.

•Shoes

Chicago Destination Shopping Club located at http://www.chicago-dsc.com, includes a shoe shopping category on its website. The trend for 2008 is all about heels…a myriad of options – wedges, stilettos and sculpted forms, in textured and colorful finishes. Look for the latest trends in a huge selection of Chicago stores including Akira (State Street & Bucktown), Bloomingdale’s (Michigan Ave.), Fratelli Rossetti (Michigan Ave.), Jimmy Choo (Oak Street), Lori’s (Lincoln Park), Nine West Outlet (Lincoln Park) and Nordstrom (Michigan Ave.).

•From $600 Phone to Carrying Case

Now that you have one of the coolest, most talked about cell phones on the market, you need a case. Many designers have taken note of the trend and demand for stylish cases to caress that phone in a stylish manner. At the high end, Louis Vuitton offers alligator leather cases for around $1,100. Depending on the size and model, you can purchase other styles ranging from $15 – $50 at Nokia or the Apple Store. See all these stores and more at http://www.chicago-dsc.com.

•Traveling with Special Items on Airlines

With many passengers still expecting to bring almost any item on board despite the crackdown in safety and security, we thought it would be important to recap rules and restrictions for most airlines. Please note that airlines in foreign countries may have different regulations.

1.Alcoholic Beverages – Passengers are not allowed to take alcoholic beverages with more than 70% alcohol content in a carry-on or checked luggage.

2.Knives & Tools – Pack knives and tools in your checked luggage. Sheath or securely wrap any sharp edges so they do not injure baggage handlers and security officials.

3.Currency, Coins, Valuable Jewelry – If you are carrying valuable items, ask the security officer to screen you and your carry-on luggage in private. This will maintain your security and avoid scrutiny.

4.Musical Instruments – You may bring musical instruments as carry-on or as checked baggage, but first check with your airline prior to your flight to ensure your instrument meets the size requirements for their aircraft. Security must x-ray or physically screen your instrument, so be prepared.

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Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire: Live at the Greek Theatre [Blu-ray] $11.49 The ’70s and ’80s rule as two of the most popular bands from that era join forces on Chicago/Earth Wind & Fire – Live at the Greek Theatre, a two-disc, nearly three-hour concert recorded in Los Angeles in 2004. These groups scored dozens of hits in their heydays, and if neither has come up with much of anything that’s new in the past two decades, the sold-out audience at the Greek Theatre could ha…

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A Fire to Win $15.99 Woody Hayes was one of the greatest football coaches in history—and one of the most fascinating. More than a brilliant coach, he was a complicated, contradictory man. The former history teacher ran his football empire as an absolute monarchy, but had a surprisingly altruistic side, hidden from the public, . and author John Lombardo uses his extensive sports-writing experience to craft an accurate portrait of one of the most complex and fascinating figures in football. First and foremost, Woody Hayes was a coach—and his achievements are stunning. While at Ohio State, he won five national titles, and thirteen Big Ten Conference championships, made eight Rose Bowl appearances, and earned two national Coach of the Year awards. Moreover, Hayes’s lifetime coaching record, 238–72–10, puts him in the first rank of college coaching immortals. No other coach won more games in a shorter period. Countless interviews of former players, assistant coaches, and friends shape the image of Hayes and his career, which spanned the mid-1940s to the late 1970s during a tremendous period of change in American society. A Fire to Win is an honest and revealing biography of Hayes, a man who ranks in the pantheon of football coaches. An easy-to-read, objective look at one of Ohio’s most powerful, complex, admired, feared, and contradictory figures. — The Columbus Dispatch A sympathetic yet evenhanded examination of a modern coaching giant. — Booklist Insightful and comprehensive biography. — The New York Sun Contradictions, of course, are what make Hayes fascinating. And Lombardo delves into those contradictions with a cell biologist’s eye for detailand a landscape painter’s eye for perspective. —Chicago Tribune

A History of Chicago $54.33 The first major history of Chicago ever written, A History of Chicago covers the city s great history over two centuries, from 1673 to 1893. Originally conceived as a centennial history of Chicago, the project became, under the guidance of renowned historian Bessie Louise Pierce, a definitive, three-volume set describing the city s growth from its humble frontier beginnings to the horrors of the Great Fire, the construction of some of the world s first skyscrapers, and the opulence of the 1893 World s Fair. Pierce and her assistants spent over forty years transforming historical records into an inspiring human story of growth and survival. Rich with anecdotal evidence and interviews with the men and women who made Chicago great, all three volumes will now be available for the first time in years. A History of Chicago will be essential reading for anyone who wants to know this great city and its place in America. With this rescue of its history from the bright, impressionable newspapermen and from the subscription-volumes, Chicago builds another impressive memorial to its coming of age, the closing of its first century of progress. E. D. Branch, New York Times (1937)

A History of Chicago, Volume I: The Beginning of a City 1673-1848 $37.5 The first major history of Chicago ever written, A History of Chicago covers the city s great history over two centuries, from 1673 to 1893. Originally conceived as a centennial history of Chicago, the project became, under the guidance of renowned historian Bessie Louise Pierce, a definitive, three-volume set describing the city s growth from its humble frontier beginnings to the horrors of the Great Fire, the construction of some of the world s first skyscrapers, and the opulence of the 1893 World s Fair. Pierce and her assistants spent over forty years transforming historical records into an inspiring human story of growth and survival. Rich with anecdotal evidence and interviews with the men and women who made Chicago great, all three volumes will now be available for the first time in years. A History of Chicago will be essential reading for anyone who wants to know this great city and its place in America. With this rescue of its history from the bright, impressionable newspapermen and from the subscription-volumes, Chicago builds another impressive memorial to its coming of age, the closing of its first century of progress. E. D. Branch, New York Times (1937)

A History of Chicago, Volume II: From Town to City 1848-1871 $131.53 The first major history of Chicago ever written, A History of Chicago covers the city s great history over two centuries, from 1673 to 1893. Originally conceived as a centennial history of Chicago, the project became, under the guidance of renowned historian Bessie Louise Pierce, a definitive, three-volume set describing the city s growth from its humble frontier beginnings to the horrors of the Great Fire, the construction of some of the world s first skyscrapers, and the opulence of the 1893 World s Fair. Pierce and her assistants spent over forty years transforming historical records into an inspiring human story of growth and survival. Rich with anecdotal evidence and interviews with the men and women who made Chicago great, all three volumes will now be available for the first time in years. A History of Chicago will be essential reading for anyone who wants to know this great city and its place in America. With this rescue of its history from the bright, impressionable newspapermen and from the subscription-volumes, Chicago builds another impressive memorial to its coming of age, the closing of its first century of progress. E. D. Branch, New York Times (1937)

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After the Red Night $17.93 In 1950, a devastating fire breaks out in Rimouski. Thomas survives the blaze, but loses his memory and is institutionalized. A shell of his former self, he pieces together a makeshift existence by becoming a gardener. Upon his release five years later, two childhood friends, Marie and Romain, hire Thomas to do their landscaping. Little do they know that they are also inviting him into their marriage, a union characterized by male dominance and female subservience. As time passes, Marie begins to see Thomas as her escape from the unendurable. In 2002, Romain and Marie_s youngest daughter, Lou, returns home for the first time since running away to Chicago thirty years before. She brings along her husband Joe, who has recently suffered a brain aneurysm that has imprisoned him in his own body. Their presence reminds Marie of her own past, of the connections she never asked for and the ties she can never break.

As Others See Chicago $19.41 Sometimes it takes an outsider to capture the essence of an individual place. The impressions of travelers in particular have a special allure–unanticipated and serendipitous, their views get to the heart of a particular region because nothing to them is routine or expected. First published in 1933 by the University of Chicago Press to mark the occasion of the Century of Progress Exhibition, As Others See Chicago consists of writings culled from over a thousand men and women who visited the city and commented on the best and worst it had to offer, from the skyscrapers to the stockyards. Originally compiled by Bessie Louise Pierce, the first major historian of Chicago, and featuring her own incisive commentary, the volume brings together the impressions of visitors to Chicago over two and a half centuries, from the early years of Westward Expansion to the height of the Great Depression. In addition to writings from better known personalities such as Rudyard Kipling and Waldo Frank, the book collects the opinions of missionaries, aristocrats, journalists, and politicians–observers who were perfectly placed to comment on the development of the city, its inhabitants, and well known events that would one day define Chicago history, such as the Great Fire of 1871 and the 1893 World’s Fair. Taking us back to a time when Chicago was more astonishing than the wildest visions of the most vagrant imaginations, As Others See Chicago offers an enthralling portrait of an enduring American metropolis.

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Barrio: Photographs from Chicago’s Pilsen and Little Village $35 In 1988 photographer Paul D’Amato was driving around Chicago with his camera when he decided to follow Halsted Street into Pilsen, the city’s largest Mexican neighborhood. Intrigued by the barrio and neighboring Little Village, he began to take photographs and would continue to do so off and on for the next fourteen years. D’Amato started with the public life of the neighborhood: women and children in the streets, open fire hydrants, and graffiti. But later–after he got to know the area’s Mexican residents better–he was allowed to take more intimate photos of people at work, families at weddings and parties, and even gang members. Barrio collects ninety of these striking color images along with D’Amato’s fascinating account of his time photographing Mexican Chicago and his acceptance–often grudging, after threatened violence–into the heart of the city’s Mexican community. Some of the photos here are beautifully composed and startling–visual narratives that are surreal and dreamlike, haunting and mythic. Others, like those D’Amato took while shadowing graffiti artists in the subway, are far more immediate and improvisational. With a foreword by author Stuart Dybek that places D’Amato’s work in the context of the Pilsen and Little Village that Dybek has elsewhere captured so memorably, this book offers a penetrating, evocative, and overall streetwise portrait of two iconic and enduring Hispanic neighborhoods.

By Magic Alone $14 Something is drawing Julia Collins to Magical Matchups, Chicago”s newest dating service that is run by a crackpot old woman named Verna. Five minutes after they”ve met, Verna introduces the man Julia will marry — her best friend”s ex. The old woman had better be a witch, because although Scot”s kiss ignites a fire in her soul, there”s only one way Julia can see them finding a happily ever after. By magic alone.

Center Field on Fire $2.95 As entertaining as a Lou Piniella tantrum and as juicy as a Gaylord Perry spitball, Center Field on Fire chronicles the remarkable 32-year career of major league umpire Dave Phillips, as written with veteran sportswriter Rob Rains. Phillips walked out of the umpires’ dressing room ready to start the second game of a doubleheader at Chicago’s Comiskey Park on July 12, 1979, only to witness center field on fire. Disco Demolition Night–a promotion created by White Sox owner Bill Veeck–had resulted in the outfield literally going up in smoke as thousands of disco records were burned between the two games of the doubleheader. That night was only one of the many episodes experienced by Phillips, who was also behind the plate during the notorious George Brett pine tar bat incident. Phillips describes how he once challenged Billy Martin to a fight, why he ejected Gaylord Perry for throwing a spitball, and how confiscating Albert Belle’s corked bat led to a robbery and a scandal. In a book filled with humorous anecdotes, Phillips also offers his opinions about some of the most controversial personalities in baseball, including commissioner Bud Selig, all-time hits leader Pete Rose, and former umpires union president Richie Phillips. Dave Phillips worked four World Series, six League Championship Series, and three Division Series, making Center Field on Fire a book no baseball fan will want to miss.

Central Michigan Avenue $68.29 Today Chicago”s Central Michigan Avenue is a busy commercial and cultural center situated on the beautiful lakefront. Easy access to office buildings, major cultural attractions, and parks makes it one of the premier tourist destinations in the city. This book traces the history of the avenue from the 1860s to the present day. Once a genteel residential neighborhood, Central Michigan Avenue was reborn after the 1871 Chicago fire. Over time a street wall of buildings took shape on the west side of the street. The east side of the avenue was designed to remain open to green parkland and water. In this book more than 180 photographs document the fascinating history of Chicago”s front yard.

Charter of the Marine Company of Chicago: Organized as the Chicago Marine & Fire Ins. Co. March 14, $15.75 This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts – the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Chicago Death Trap $17.95 On the afternoon of December 30, 1903, during a sold-out matinee performance, a fire broke out in Chicago’s Iroquois Theatre. In the short span of twenty minutes, more than six hundred people were asphyxiated, burned, or trampled to death in a panicked mob’s failed attempt to escape. In

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Chicago Hopeless $12.42 If you enjoy reading Erma Bombeck, you will enjoy reading this humorous true account of what happens when three sisters are let loose in the city of Chicago. One sister is there to receive a desperately needed kidney transplant, one sister is there to donate one of her kidneys, and one sister is there to make sure all goes well. Nothing goes as it should. The sisters endure one hilarious crisis after another in order to accomplish their mission. What can go wrong, does go wrong. You wonat believe the mischief these three girls get into. From wheelchair theft to fire alarms to scheduling mix-ups to hospital patient mix-ups, it is one unbelievable catastrophe after another.

Chicago and Earth Wind and Fire-Live-Greek Theatre (Blu-Ray) $24.98 The teaming of legendary groups Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire was the tour hit of summer 2004. Playing to sold-out venues, this spectacular show brought the Grammy-winning artists together in a show that both individually and together highlighted their revolutionary melding of rock, soul and jazz as well as their numerous #1 and Top 10 hits.Now you can have a front-row seat for this amazing concert, performed at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Every moment, all the energy and excitement of this final show of the tour, was captured in high-definition for this extraordinary Blu-ray disc.Earth, Wind & Fire performs Magic Mind, Boogie Wonderland, System of Survival, Jupiter, Getaway, Serpentine Fire, Kalimba Story, Got to Get You Into My Life, The Way You Move, After the Love Has Gone, That’s the Way of the World, Reasons, Fantasy, Let’s Groove, and Mighty Mighty!Chicago performs Make Me Smile, Color My World, If You Leave Me Now, Call on Me, Alive Again, Hard Habit to Break, Mongonucleosis, Old Days, Just You n’ Me, Saturday in the Park, Feelin’ Stronger, I’m a Man, and Hard to Say I’m Sorry!Together, the bands perform a finale featuring the hits September, Free, Sing a Song, Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is?, Shining Star, and 25 or 6 to 4!

Chicago in and Around the Loop $84.33 Explore Chicago: Cradle of the American Skyscraper and World Leader in Modern Building Design!The fascinating architecture of Chicago unfurls before your eyes in this acclaimed — and now completely revised and updated — walking tour guide to the birthplace of the skyscraper. Full of little-known facts intriguing to natives and tourists alike, Chicago: In and Around the Loop guides you through Chicago’s world-famous landmark buildings; walks you through the Loop and along the Magnificent Mile, the Gold Coast, Printers’ Row, Grant Park, and Prairie Avenue; and shows you the most stunning views of Chicago’s glorious and historic skyline. Along the way, you’ll meet such architects as Daniel H. Burnham, Louis Sullivan, Dankmar Adler, John Wellborn Root, Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright and many others who revamped the American skyline and aesthetic. Walkers and armchair tourists alike will enjoy: * 12 unique tours that include walks through vintage Chicago, both pre- and post-Great Fire of 1871; North Loop’s newest cloud-piercers ; and renovations of historic buildings into the Hotel Burnham, the House of Blues, and the Hard Rock Hotel * New anecdotes and fascinating facts about major landmarks (and their tenants) in the heart of Chicago * Easy-to-follow maps of all walking tours * 275 vintage and contemporary photographs, including many new to this edition THE TOURS INCLUDE: * The Loop I: Old Chicago and the Financial District * The Loop II: The James R. Thompson Center to State Street * Along the Chicago River I: The Sears Tower to the Merchandise Mart * Along the Chicago River II: The North Branch to the Illinois Center * TheMichigan Avenue Cliff * The Magnificent Mile and Streeterville * East Lake Shore Drive to the Centennial Fountain * South of the Loop: Printers Row * Grant Park to the Museum Campus * The Prairie Avenue Historic District to McCormick Place * North of the Loop: The

Chicago/Earth Wind and Fire-Live At the Greek Theatre $19.98 The teaming of legendary groups Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire was the tour hit of summer 2004. Playing to sold-out venues, this spectacular show brought the Grammy-winning artists together in a show that both individually and together highlighted their revolutionary melding of rock, soul and jazz as well as their numerous #1 and Top 10 hits.Now you can have a front-row seat for this amazing concert, performed at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Every moment, all the energy and excitement of this final show of the tour, was captured in high-definition for this extraordinary DVD.Earth, Wind & Fire performs Magic Mind, Boogie Wonderland, System of Survival, Jupiter, Getaway, Serpentine Fire, Kalimba Story, Got to Get You Into My Life, The Way You Move, After the Love Has Gone, That’s the Way of the World, Reasons, Fantasy, Let’s Groove, and Mighty Mighty!Chicago performs Make Me Smile, Color My World, If You Leave Me Now, Call on Me, Alive Again, Hard Habit to Break, Mongonucleosis, Old Days, Just You n’ Me, Saturday in the Park, Feelin’ Stronger, I’m a Man, and Hard to Say I’m Sorry!Together, the bands perform a finale featuring the hits September, Free, Sing a Song, Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is?, Shining Star, and 25 or 6 to 4!

Children of the Fire $5.99 Eleven-year-old Hallelujah is intrigued by the fires that are starting up all over Chicago in 1877. Of course, she doesn’t realize that it is the Great Fire, but soon her life will be irrevocably changed.

Corky’s Story $12.95 Corky Cunningham is a former U.S. Olympic hockey team hopeful and now works as a journalist at the World in Chicago. As a rookie reporter, she is sent to cover a fire at a building in inner city Chicago. She finds out that the building houses an incinerator used to burn the bodies of dogs that have been used in medical research. Soo after, she is part of the reporting team sent to cover a bombing at the Sears Tower. Later, she is on hand when one of the bombers blows himself up in Grant Park. With the help of a Chicago cop and a seasoned reporter from her paper, the World, Corky learns that terrorists trying to stop a doctor from using embryos to make a genetic medicine are the source of all of the mayhem.

Czechs of Chicagoland $21.99 Chicago was once the second-largest Bohemian city outside the Czech lands. The Czechs first settled, serendipitously, behind the notorious O”Leary barn. Spared the Great Fire of 1871, they were displaced several blocks south by the ensuing land crush. There they built more permanent quarters in the community that became known as Pilsen, a neighborhood whose name and architecture survive to recall its Bohemian origins. The thriving Czechs soon began a century-long move westward from Lawndale to Cicero to Berwyn, and today they flourish across the western suburbs. From the desolation of the 1915 Eastland disaster, in which hundreds of victims were of Czech descent, to the triumphant Depression-era election of Czech-born mayor AntonAA-n C ermAAk, Czechs of Chicagoland depicts how the Czech community and its great leaders, benevolent societies, and charitable and social organizations have shaped and continue to shape the course of Chicago”s history.

Daddy’s Tavern $15.6 Daddyas Tavern is a neighborhood mystery novel, an unconditional love story, and a powerful family drama, all brought together for a memorable and emotional roller coaster ride. Daddyas Tavern is at the center of a decaying neighborhoodaa brutal world of cruelty, murder, and a mysterious man with a camera who is killing the neighborhood children, and heas refining his aart.a Daddyas Tavern has been the neighborhoodas meeting place since it was first built after the Great Chicago Fire. Local businessmen often held court to resolve local problems, a tradition that tragically continues with the new owner.

Dark Past: Book One of the Dark Series $15.6 Since the accident that scarred her body, Peggy Richards was hiding and repressing all her fears. Her friend, Connie, did not believe Peggy would end up marrying the movie star, Keith Beauton. One man came to mind who seemed perfect for Peggy, so Connie hatched a plan to leave Peggy on Malta without her passport or money. Peggy found she had to ask the man she had verbally despised for years for help. Jonathan Montgomery knew he wasnat attracted to mousy, chubby women, but when he saw green fire in her eyes, he knew there was more to her. He wanted more than to help her get home to the Statesahe wanted her. He finally allowed another woman into his heart to soon find out she belonged to another man. From Malta to Peoria and Chicago, Illinois, Jonathan and Peggy try to find peace for their dark past.

Darlene Halloween and the Great Chicago Fire $15.95 In a pumpkin patch in south Chicago, a family of field mice is captured as main ingredients for a witchis brew. When they fight back, the mayhem they cause results in the Great Chicago Fireoand the defeat of the last witch in the city. This tongue-twister tall tale about how Halloween came to be is the latest picture book by writer/illustrator Peter J.Welling. Each of Mr. Wellingis books tells a story of a popular or lesser-known holiday or event and contains his signature multilayered writing and illustrations with puns and jokes embedded in the dialogue, descriptions, anddrawings. Welling”s combination of historical fact mixed with fanciful fiction offers a clever explanation for signature Halloween traditions like jack-oi-lanterns and trick-or-treating. Each page is full of surprising cause and effect examples that will have kids and parents alike wanting to know more about these real and imagined events.

Daron Worldwide Trading CG59101 Corgi Fireman Chicago Fire Dept 1871 1/32 $24.2 Daron is America’s largest source of aviation related collectibles. Enjoy precision models, photos, and handcrafted aviation replicas to please the most discriminating collector. Focus on the incredible detail or the scale of the actual craft set against an awe inspiring backdrop. All the latest models are available. The great Chicago fire of 1871 (October led to a reorganization of the Fire Department on a military basis.The city was divided into 18 battalion districts, the companies in each comprising a battalion, under the charges of an Assistant Fire Marshal or Battalion Chief. These figures capture the essence of the period down to the buttons on the tunics and the look of confidence and resignation in their detailed faces! Features: Spin-cast metal construction. Hand-painted details. Unique, lifelike poses.

Daron Worldwide Trading CG59102 Corgi Fireman Chicago Fire Dept 1920 $24.2 Daron is America’s largest source of aviation related collectibles. Enjoy precision models, photos, and handcrafted aviation replicas to please the most discriminating collector. Focus on the incredible detail or the scale of the actual craft set against an awe inspiring backdrop. All the latest models are available. The fire department stopped using horses for fire trucks February 5, 1923, with Fire Engine 11, at 10 East Austin Avenue. Fire alarm box 846 at State and Chicago Avenue was pulled at 12:40 pm and with the horse scrubbed and groomed, the old steamer rolled out of the swinging doors for the last time. These figures capture the essence of the period down to the buttons on the tunics and the look of confidence and resignation in their detailed faces!

Daron Worldwide Trading CG59103 Corgi Fireman Chicago Fire Dept 1950 1/32 $24.2 Daron is America’s largest source of aviation related collectibles. Enjoy precision models, photos, and handcrafted aviation replicas to please the most discriminating collector. Focus on the incredible detail or the scale of the actual craft set against an awe inspiring backdrop. All the latest models are available. An important date in the more recent history of the Fire Department is January 1, 1958, when the Bureau of Fire Investigation was created. Prior to its inception, the sources of many of Chicago’s fires went undetermined.

Daron Worldwide Trading CG59104 Corgi Fireman Chicago Fire Dept 2005 1/32 $24.2 Daron is America’s largest source of aviation related collectibles. Enjoy precision models, photos, and handcrafted aviation replicas to please the most discriminating collector. Focus on the incredible detail or the scale of the actual craft set against an awe inspiring backdrop. All the latest models are available. Today the 4,314 firefighters and 619 paramedics of the Fire Department rank among the world’s best. Features: Spin-cast metal construction. Hand-painted details. Unique, lifelike poses.

Days of Heaven $39.95 One-of-a-kind filmmaker-philospher Terrence Malick has created some of the most visually arresting movies of the twentieth century, and his glorious period tragedy Days of Heaven, featuring Oscar-winning cinematography by Nestor Almendros, stands out among them. In 1910, a Chicago steel worker (Richard Gere) accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend (Brooke Adams) and little sister (Linda Manz) to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer (Sam Shepard). A love triangle, a swarm of locusts, a hellish fire-Malick captures it all with dreamlike authenticity, creating at once a timeless American idyll and a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor.

Diamonds of the Mind, Debris of the Soul $12.42 Lyza Jayne was born near Chicago, Illinois. Having explored many of lifeas challenges, such as marriage and divorce, religion and faith, and traveling across the country to start a new life, she details insights about lifeas love and pain. Now living in Los Angeles, California, she has compiled the heartache, joy and darkness faced during the transitional periods of her life in poetic verse. This book tells of Lyzaas journey through the most tragic yet empowering decade of her life. She will take you into the world of her mind, enchant you, make you cry, fire your passions, spark your fears and help rebuild your soul with a web of fascinating poetry that will leave you wanting more.

Disasters $18.99 Natural and man-made disasters have the power to destroy thousands of lives very quickly. Both as they unfold and in the aftermath, these forces of nature astonish the rest of the world with their incredible devastation and magnitude. In this collection of ten well-known catastrophes such as the great Chicago fire, the sinking of the Titanic, and hurricane Katrina, Brenda Guiberson explores the causes and effects, as well as the local and global reverberations of these calamitous events. Highlighted with photographs and drawings, each compelling account tells the story of destruction and devastation, and most especially, the power of mankind to persevere in the face of adversity.

Disasters in History: the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 $7.95 Disasters in History: the Great Chicago Fire of 1871

Dixieland Sushi $17.34 Wax on…. Jen Nakamura Taylor thought she left behind her awkward past of growing up half-Japanese, half-white in a small Southern town when she moved north to produce a popular Chicago television show. But when she gets word that her Southern Belle cousin is marrying Kevin Peterson, the very boy Jen loved-with-a-capital-L for years, she realizes she can’t run from her past forever. Not only does the news conjure up sticky memories of growing up with a mixed heritage in the South (soy sauce on chicken fried steak, anyone?) but now the very single and very busy Jen has got to find a date for the wedding — a grand affair that could put Scarlett O’Hara to shame. Wax off…. Riley — Jen’s cute British friend from work — seems just the ticket; even his girlfriend thinks it’s a good idea. But as Jen and Riley whistle on down to Dixie, sparks start to fly. Add to the fire the grown-up but still charming Kevin Peterson, who appears to have a soft spot for Jen, and, well, whoa. It’s going to take everything Jen has (and a lot of help from the Karate Kid -wisdom of her pop culture hero Mr. Miyagi) to survive the meeting of past and present, and of North and Far East and South…where Jen finally learns to come to terms with her heritage, her love life, and herself.

Downtown Chicago’s Historic Movie Theatres $49.95 The story of downtown Chicago–its early development, later struggles, and current restoration–is mirrored in the history of the theatres that occupied its streets. This vivid chronicle tells the tale of the Windy City”s theatres, from mid-nineteenth century vaudeville houses to the urban decline and renewal of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Discussed are the rebuilding efforts after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the first nickel theaters showing moving pictures, the ornate silent movie palaces, the move to talkies, the challenges of the Great Depression and the introduction of television, and urban decline. Today, Chicago has preserved some of its most historic movie palaces, landmarks of cultural vibrancy in its reawakened downtown. With nearly 200 photographs from the Theatre Historical Society of America, this work brings to life all of the theatres that have enlivened Chicago”s entertainment district, reflecting the transformation of downtown Chicago itself.

EUONYMUS alatus ‘Chicago Fire’ – EUONYMUS alatus ‘Chicago Fire’ $128.34 This offer is for a full flat of 36 (2.5 inch containers) plants of this variety. All of our plants are grown at our nurseries.

Eating Smoke $55 During the period of America’s swiftest industrialization and urban growth, fire struck fear in the hearts of city dwellers as did no other calamity. Between 1871 and 1906, conflagrations left Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, and San Francisco in ruins. Into the twentieth century, this hazard intensified as cities grew taller and more populous, confounding those who battled it. Even as firefighters’ death-defying feats captured the popular imagination, they too often failed to provide more than symbolic protection. In

Eyewitness Chicago $16.99 Published in conjunction with Pearson Education, Eyewitness: Chicago offers readers a unique look at the history, geography, and interesting facts about the city of Chicago, from how Chicago got its name to explorations of Downtown and the North, South, and West sides, to the industrial development, to the Great Fire, to famous people and landmarks found only in Chicago. Fully illustrated with colorful maps, photographs, and illustrations, this book will appeal to readers ages eight and up.

Finding Anna: Music of the Heart $4.49 A Powerful Historical Drama Based on the Story Behind The Hymn It Is Well With My Soul . This historical novel opens on the eve of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and explores the resulting two-year drama, heartbreak, and redemption that shaped the life of one of America’s great hymn writers–Horatio Gates Spafford. A poignant novel of relationships, Finding Anna follows Spafford and his wife, Anna, as they struggle to find common ground before their divided loyalties tear apart their marriage once and for all. What will it take for them to recover their faith–in God and each other? Is love powerful enough to bring them through the greatest tragedy of their lives? In an account that adds little-known details to a well-known story, Schaub debuts the MUSIC OF THE HEART series with perhaps the most personally compelling of all Christian hymns– It Is Well With My Soul.

Fire Sale $4.6 b>A New York Times Bestseller /b> P>The astonishing new V. I. Warshawski novel from one of America’s foremost writers of crime fiction. P>V. I. Warshawski may have left her old South Chicago neighborhood, but she learns that she cannot escape it. When V.I. takes over coaching duties of the girls’ basketball team at her former high school, she faces an ill-equipped, ragtag group of gangbangers, fundamentalists, and teenage moms who inevitably draw the detective into their family woes. And i still up to the Chicago detective to find two runaway teenagers and a particularly cruel murderer. P>Sara Paretsky lives in Chicago.

Fire Sale $190.69 V. I. Warshawski may have left her old South Chicago neighborhood, but she learns that she cannot escape it. When V. I. takes over coaching duties of the girls’ basketball team at her former high school, she faces an ill-equipped, ragtag group of gangbangers, fundamentalists, and teenage moms, who inevitably draw the detective into their family woes. Through young Josie Dorrado, V. I. meets the girl’s mother, who voices her worries about sabotage in the little flag manufacturing plant where she works. The biggest employer on the South Side, discount-store behemoth By-Smart, pays even less, and Ms. Dorrado doesn’t know how she’ll support her four children if the flag plant shuts down. The elder Dorrado’s fears are realized when the plant explodes; V. I. is injured and the owner is killed. As V. I. begins to investigate, she finds herself confronting the Bysen family, who own the By-Smart company. Founder William Buffalo Bill Bysen, now in his eighties, has four sons who quarrel with each other and with him; the oldest, Young Mr. William, is close to sixty and furious that his father doesn’t cede more power to him. And then, there’s Billy the Kid, Young Mr. William’s nineteen-year-old son, whose Christian idealism puts him on a collision course with his father, his grandfather, and the company as a whole. When Billy runs away with Josie Dorrado, V. I. is squeezed between the needs of two very different families. As she tries to find the errant teenagers, and to track down a particularly cruel murderer, her own life is almost forfeit in the swamps that lie under the city of Chicago.

Fire Sale $11.17 V. I. Warshawski may have left her old South Chicago neighborhood, but she learns that she cannot escape it. When V. I. takes over coaching duties of the girls’ basketball team at her former high school, she faces an ill-equipped, ragtag group of gangbangers, fundamentalists, and teenage moms, who inevitably draw the detective into their family woes. Through young Josie Dorrado, V. I. meets the girl’s mother, who voices her worries about sabotage in the little flag manufacturing plant where she works. The biggest employer on the South Side, discount-store behemoth By-Smart, pays even less, and Ms. Dorrado doesn’t know how she’ll support her four children if the flag plant shuts down. The elder Dorrado’s fears are realized when the plant explodes; V. I. is injured and the owner is killed. As V. I. begins to investigate, she finds herself confronting the Bysen family, who own the By-Smart company. Founder William Buffalo Bill Bysen, now in his eighties, has four sons who quarrel with each other and with him; the oldest, Young Mr. William, is close to sixty and furious that his father doesn’t cede more power to him. And then, there’s Billy the Kid, Young Mr. William’s nineteen-year-old son, whose Christian idealism puts him on a collision course with his father, his grandfather, and the company as a whole. When Billy runs away with Josie Dorrado, V. I. is squeezed between the needs of two very different families. As she tries to find the errant teenagers, and to track down a particularly cruel murderer, her own life is almost forfeit in the swamps that lie under the city of Chicago.

Fire Trucks in Action 2012 $14.99 Sixteen months of the hottest fire truck and rescue vehicle photography available depicts firefighters across the nation battling blazes and performing death-defying rescues. Every month includes a main photograph of a modern emergency response vehicle on scene and a sidebar image. Each exemplary on-scene photo is accompanied by an informative caption and utilizes the dramatic lighting and action of the moment to capture the tension of the situation. Includes shots of fire fighting action, from New York to Los Angeles, Chicago, St. Louis, and even overseas.

Fires $39.73 The Great Chicago Fire, the Hartford Circus Fire, and the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire were some of the deadliest blazes in U.S. history. This book examines the causes of these tragic fires and the lives that were affected.

Fires! $2.7 Ten true stories about some of the most destructive fires in human history, including the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the London fire of 1666, the 1991 Kuwait oil well fires, and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster.

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