Compares life today in the German Black Forest with Thoreau's experiences at Walden Pond.

Relates the dramatic role of New York courts in shaping public policy on key reform legislation in the progressive era.

An idealistic, occasionally naïve and somewhat irreverent young attorney becomes the District Attorney of Rockland County, New York, in the 1960s and faces the challenges of fighting crime in a rapidly changing world.

Traces the circulation of Hollywood films in North Africa and the Middle East from the early twentieth century to the present.

A unique exploration of contemporary filmmaking from cinema’s ultimate insiders.

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.

Studies the force of action, motion, and vision in the early cinema of Hollywood director Raoul Walsh.

Probing reassessment of the relation between Celan's poetry and Heidegger's thought.

Explores how humans and wildlife such as wolves can cohabit with mutual respect in the same territories.

A gripping tale of conspiracy and a love triangle set against the background of 19th century New York City.

Offers a vision for innovation in higher education focused on societal progress and human development, as well as for higher education's role within a broader culture of innovation.

Explores the teaching and learning of welding through two narratives: the personal narrative, relating the author's experience as a woman learning how to weld, and the academic narrative examining how instructional communication informs students' embodied knowledge and enculturation into a community of practice.

Offers a wider approach to Italian American culture, one that stresses both its material, urban components and the creativity of its formal literary codes.