Nonfiction

FliPavilion

Catalog Number: 
Book, Petroff, Alexis
Date: 
2006
Abstract: 
This is a flip book of the construction of the Millennium ParkJay Pritzer Pavilion made up of pictures taken from a building across the street.
Format: 
ISSN/ISBN: 
9780615144351
Website: 

flipavillion.com

The Microscope

Catalog Number: 
Magazine, The Microscope
Date: 
Fourth Quarter 2009
Volume: 
57
Issue: 
4
Abstract: 
"The Microscope is a peer-reviewed international journal dedicated to the advancement of all forms of microscopy for the biologist, mineralogist, metallographer, or chemist."
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Abstract from inside cover.
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ISSN/ISBN: 
0026282X
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Cambodian Grrrl: Self-Publishing in Phnom Penh

Catalog Number: 
Book, Anne Elizabeth Moore
Date: 
2009
Edition: 
1st
Abstract: 
Part memoir, part investigative journalism, "Cambodian Grrrl: Self-Publishing in Phnom Penh" is the account of teaching self-publishing to the first generation of university women in an impoverished country scarred by genocide and political repression. - Anne Elizabeth Moore
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Many of these texts originally appeared under a Creative Commons license on Cam(b)lo(g)dia during 2007 and 2008.
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The Miscellaneous History of Common Experiments: A Zine

Catalog Number: 
Zine, The Miscellaneous History of Common Experiments
Date: 
April 2007
Abstract: 
Personal essays and notes relating to a selection of the author's interests and experiences, inspired by and formatted like an encyclopedia.
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Acquired from Chicago Zine Fest, 2012
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Stop Smiling Issue 36: The Expatriate Issue

Catalog Number: 
Magazine, Stop Smiling Issue 36: The Expatriate Issue
Date: 
2008
Issue: 
36
Abstract: 
Abstract: Stop Smiling Magazine bills itself as "the magazine for high minded lowlifes." This issue focuses on expatriates.
Language: 
English.
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Why I Quit

Catalog Number: 
Zine, Why I Quit
Date: 
Summer 2011
Abstract: 
Why I quit is an explanation of why one Chicago schoolteacher decided to leave the education system. It contains a detailed account of her problems with the education system, and some of her proposed solutions.
Language: 
English.
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Boys from the Internet that have Broken My Heart

Catalog Number: 
Zine, Boys from the Internet that have Broken My Heart
Date: 
January 2012
Abstract: 
"I've had complicated, long relationships with boys I've met on the internet ... and until our internet relationship ended, they were the best thing in my awkward, complicated adolescence."
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Date estimated from blog post on ChloeKenning.tumblr.com. Abstract from first 2 pages.
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Website: 

chloekenning.com / chloekenning.tumblr.com / chloekenningphoto@gmail.com

Prizes: Things My Dad Has Had to Take Out of Animals

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Zine, Prizes: Things My Dad Has Had to Take Out of Animals
Date: 
January 2012
Abstract: 
"My dad is a wise, dextrous and compassionate veterinarian with many years of experience. These photos are of some of the things he's had to remove from dogs and cats."
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Abstract from first page.
Format: 
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Website: 

LizMasonIsAwesome.com / lizmasoniclodge.blogspot.com / caboosezine@yahoo.com

Power of the Impotent

Catalog Number: 
Zine, Power of the Impotent
Date: 
February 2008
Abstract: 
This zine is a collection of essays by Robin Hustle that originally appeared in The Skeleton News.
Language: 
English.
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Junk Drawer Landscape

Catalog Number: 
Zine, Junk Drawer Landscape
Date: 
2012
Volume: 
6
Abstract: 
"Parts of old buildings, abandoned train lines, and other odds & ends in the city." Includes descriptions and photographs.
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Abstract from front cover.
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