Award Winners
Spirit of Haiti
A moving tale of contemporary Haiti told through the intersecting lives of four young people struggling to hold on to hope and their identities amid a militarized coup in the early 1990s.
Curses of the Kingdom of Xixia
Reality merges with illusion in this novel of northwestern China.
Tourists and Trade
How two roadside craft shops in upstate New York transformed American crafts into a fine art.
Dialogue on the Threshold
A reconstruction and critical interpretation of Heidegger's remarkable relationship to the poet Georg Trakl.
Casseroles, Can Openers, and Jell-O
An “all-you-can-eat” tour of American life in the postwar period, told through the foods we loved.
The Eight
The personal and legal struggle of eight enslaved people for freedom in New York in the period just before the Civil War.
Louise Blanchard Bethune
The trailblazing story of the life and career of Louise Blanchard Bethune, America’s first professional woman architect.
Harold Taylor and Sarah Lawrence College
The engaging memoir of a college president and public intellectual who became one of America's leading mid-twentieth-century social and educational activists.
Ways of the Hand
A visual and narrative memoir of a lifetime's encounters with 112 trendsetters, musicians, politicians, writers, and ordinary people by a noted folklorist-photographer.
New York's Great Lost Ballparks
Tells the story of New York's playing grounds, teams, and ballparks of yesteryear.
The First Chief Justice
Chronicles the efforts of the first Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court to establish a federal court system during the country's uncertain early years.
Orienting Italy
Explores Italian filmmakers' representations of China and the Chinese, both at home and abroad.
A Passionate Life
The first full biography of W. H. H. Murray (1849-1904), a Boston preacher often described as the father of the American outdoor movement and the modern vacation.
The Letchworth State Park Atlas
A visitor's companion to New York's Letchworth State Park, richly illustrated with ninety maps and thirty-five photographs.
An Introduction to the Study of Mysticism
A comprehensive, concise, and easy-to-read introduction intended for undergraduates and general readers interested in the study of mysticism.
Under the Bed of Heaven
Explores how concepts of sex in heaven can inform Christian sexual ethics in ways that challenge traditional norms and open new possibilities.
Black Lives Matter in US Schools
A powerful anthology on the role of curricula in perpetuating—and resisting—oppression.
Tasting Coffee
Draws upon the situated work of professional coffee tasters in over a dozen countries to shed light on the methods we use to convert subjective experience into objective knowledge.
Wild Diplomacy
Explores how humans and wildlife such as wolves can cohabit with mutual respect in the same territories.
A Black Forest Walden
Compares life today in the German Black Forest with Thoreau's experiences at Walden Pond.
Sharkey
The incredible, true story of the twentieth century's greatest performing sea lion and the man who trained him.
Screening #MeToo
Considers how Hollywood films since the 1960s have both reflected and shaped attitudes toward rape and sexual violence.
Black Women and Public Health
Moves Black women's voices and experiences from the margins to the center of conversations about public health.
Inside the Green Lobby
A veteran environmental lobbyist reveals the behind-the-scenes struggles to address threats to the future of New York's Adirondack Park.
Flesh of My Flesh
Examines representations of sexual violence in modern Hebrew literature, focusing on the ways in which sexual aggression relates to Zionism, gender, ethnicity, and disability.