Delves into the meaning of stories, their tellers, and those who experience them.

A time capsule of a classic Italian American neighborhood, told in the voices of its inhabitants.

Recounts the compelling stories of Civil War soldiers and sailors who lived in Oswego County, New York.

A visual and narrative memoir of a lifetime's encounters with 112 trendsetters, musicians, politicians, writers, and ordinary people by a noted folklorist-photographer.

A new and accessible introduction to this exciting, controversial, and often misunderstood music, drawing on extensive research, close listening, and the author’s experience as a performer.

Reveals the life and lore of a vanished era of railroad history.

Examines how the new wave of Generation Y public service employees are affecting the dynamics of continuity and change in public management ethics.

The best of W.H.H. Murray’s 19th century Adirondack stories, selected by Murray’s biographer and great, great grandson, Randall S. Beach

A reconstruction and critical interpretation of Heidegger's remarkable relationship to the poet Georg Trakl.

The engaging memoir of a college president and public intellectual who became one of America's leading mid-twentieth-century social and educational activists.

A walking tour and history of Bob Dylan's life and time in New York, from Greenwich Village to Woodstock.

The first and best biography of this pioneering comic duo and Broadway Stars--in a new edition!

Provides a reimagined but historically accurate account of the life of the notorious gangster Frank Costello through his own words.

An annotated collection of over one hundred Civil War letters that trace a Union soldier's transformation from eager recruit to war-weary, battle-tested veteran.

Relive the glory days of New York's poshest night spot with recipes and drinks you can prepare at your own home!

Infused with eco-logic, informed by feminism, and taking cues from Eve, Cain, Proserpine, Ulysses, Parsifal, and selves present and past, the fifty poems of The Devil’s Fools question and illustrate myths of nature and the nature of inherited myth.