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.

Reality merges with illusion in this novel of northwestern China.

How two roadside craft shops in upstate New York transformed American crafts into a fine art.

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

An “all-you-can-eat” tour of American life in the postwar period, told through the foods we loved.

The personal and legal struggle of eight enslaved people for freedom in New York in the period just before the Civil War.

The trailblazing story of the life and career of Louise Blanchard Bethune, America’s first professional woman architect.

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

Tells the story of New York's playing grounds, teams, and ballparks of yesteryear.

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.

Explores Italian filmmakers' representations of China and the Chinese, both at home and abroad.

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.

A visitor's companion to New York's Letchworth State Park, richly illustrated with ninety maps and thirty-five photographs.

A comprehensive, concise, and easy-to-read introduction intended for undergraduates and general readers interested in the study of mysticism.

Explores how concepts of sex in heaven can inform Christian sexual ethics in ways that challenge traditional norms and open new possibilities.

A powerful anthology on the role of curricula in perpetuating—and resisting—oppression.

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.

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

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

The incredible, true story of the twentieth century's greatest performing sea lion and the man who trained him.

Considers how Hollywood films since the 1960s have both reflected and shaped attitudes toward rape and sexual violence.

Moves Black women's voices and experiences from the margins to the center of conversations about public health.

A veteran environmental lobbyist reveals the behind-the-scenes struggles to address threats to the future of New York's Adirondack Park.

Examines representations of sexual violence in modern Hebrew literature, focusing on the ways in which sexual aggression relates to Zionism, gender, ethnicity, and disability.