Cultural Studies

1. New York: An Illustrated History of the People

   Allon Schoener

   The definitive pictorial history of the diverse peoples of the world who have made New York their home.More

2. Encyclopedia of Native American Healing

   William S. Lyon

   This monumental volume explores, explains, and honors the healing practices of Native Americans throughout North America, from the southwestern United States to the Arctic Circle.More

3. The Study of American Folklore: An Introduction

   Jan Harold Brunvand

   Fourth Edition

   The definitive introduction to American folklore.More

4. Commodify Your Dissent: Salvos from The Baffler

   Thomas Frank, Matt Weiland

   From the pages of The Baffler, the most vital and perceptive new magazine of the nineties, sharp, satirical broadsides against the Culture Trust.More

5. Holding On: Dreamers, Visionaries, Eccentrics, and Other American Heroes

   David Isay, Harvey Wang, Henry Roth

   "A collection of unexpected characters, intriguing characters, lovingly assembled. It's a fine read."--Mike WallaceMore

6. How to Tell When You're Tired: A Brief Examination of Work

   Reg Theriault

   "This is an absolutely wonderful book about work, our blessing and our curse. What makes it so exhilarating is that it was written, not by a cool and detached scholar, but by a working man. Eloquent and witty, it may become something of a classic."--Studs TerkelMore

7. In the Eye of the Sun: Mexican Fiestas

   Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, Richard Rodriguez, Geoff Winningham

   Geoff Winningham began photographing the popular fiestas of Mexico in 1984. Returning to the same Mexican villages several times a year, he formed personal relationships with families who permitted him to photograph them in the intimacy of their homes, and local officials who gave him special access to all phases of the celebrations.More

8. Vietnam

   Mitch Epstein

   A photographer's compelling and poetic odyssey through modern-day Vietnam.More

9. Night

   A. Alvarez

   "Elegantly written. . . . Alvarez . . . lead[s] you to a new understanding of the night. You will no longer look out into the darkness and see only a yawning void."--Kevin Coyne, Los Angeles Times Book ReviewMore

10. Mexico Through Foreign Eyes: Vistos por Ojos Extranjeros 1850-1990

    Carole Naggar, Fred Ritchin

    A photographic tribute to Mexico's rich and diverse cultures.More

11. I Dreamed I Had a Girl in My Pocket

    Wendy Ewald

    A remarkable book of photographs accompanied by moving and often disturbing testimonies by the children about their lives within the caste system, their families, fears, futures, and dreams.More

12. Zipper: An Exploration in Novelty

    Robert D. Friedel

    The story of the zipper is the triumph of an ingenious novelty over the practical world.More

13. Suicide in America

    Herbert Hendin

    New and Expanded Edition

    A groundbreaking book about suicide.More

14. Real Gorgeous: The Truth about Body and Beauty

    Kaz Cooke

    A hilarious and empowering book for girls and women who are insecure about their body image.More

15. Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York, 1897-1917

    Virginia M. Mecklenburg, Robert W. Snyder, Rebecca Zurier, Et Al.

    100 greatest works by Bellows, Sloan, and the other painters of the Ashcan School.More