The life and times of an instrumental figure in New York City’s recovery from the fiscal and social crises of the 1970s and 1980s, and in the general revitalization of the city over two generations.

A tribute to the Italian American family and its trying bonds of love.

Recalls a childhood on Long Island as the counterculture sixties were sliding into the seventies and the Hamptons were still a middle-class sanctuary.

More encounters with sometimes rich, sometimes famous, but always quirky residents of the Hamptons, by the editor and publishers of Dan's Papers.

A daughter struggles to get her mother to talk about her Holocaust experiences, and tries to understand how those experiences have shaped her own life.

Thirty writers look back at the the people, events, and books that launched their literary lives.

Reflections by leading Latin American and African American philosophers on their identity within the field of philosophy.

Depicts the Cultural Revolution through stories in a variety of voices.

Twenty-five celebrated writers share the encouraging words and timeless wisdom of the coaches who influenced their lives.

A former state legislator and a political scientist team up to show how New York's legislature was once the nation's model professional legislature, and how it might recover from its present dysfunction.

A beautifully crafted memoir by one of America's finest storytellers.

A multilayered portrait of this brash, gifted artist, whose restless voice and spirit seem as alive today as ever.

An inside story of privilege, inherited wealth, and the bizarre values and customs of the American upper crust.

Analyzes contemporary memoirs of terminal illness from a psychoanalytic perspective.

Vividly and lovingly recreates a city kid's summer in the Catskills in the 1950s.

Tales of the sometimes rich, sometimes famous, but always quirky residents of one of America’s best-known summer colonies, as told by the editor and publisher of Dan’s Papers, the area’s free weekly newspaper.

With an ear for life’s fractured melodies, marine biologist Stephen Spotte recounts his lifelong study of literature and the sea and his search for the mythical place where reason and revelation intersect.

A powerful account of the hazards, challenges, and dangers faced by America's first-responders.

The classic autobiography of the famous Indigenous writer and critic Gerald Vizenor

How one man and his family made their dream of owning a winery come true--and helped revitalize New York's winemaking industry in the process.

The story of one African American woman’s decision to undergo gastric bypass surgery.

Presents two of the earliest autobiographies of American women.

The eminent death-of-God theologian traces his lifelong search for a theory that is contemporary yet biblical.

A biography of the prominent Turkish theologian and thinker.

Offers the most comprehensive collection of Basho's prose available, beautifully translated into English.