These books have proven time and again to deliver the quality reading and discussion that the Great Books Foundation is known for. Composed of classics that make up the core of the Western tradition, this series (two volumes) provides a way of...

*Purchase individually on Amazon: Sound Bites: Big Ideas in Popular Music, Double Features: Big Ideas in Film, and Tube Talk: Big Ideas in Television. The great ideas are all around us! Across music, film, and television, popular culture is a rich source...

“The collective agreement to gather with a group of strangers in a darkened theater to watch moving images on a screen is one of the most unusual human behaviors of recent times.”—From the introduction by Nick Clement Double Features:...

“[Television] is the greatest mirror that our global society has ever held up to itself, and even though sometimes we may not like what we see, it is impossible to look away.”—From the introduction by Chris Lamson Tube Talk: Big Ideas...

"[Writing about music adds] an irreplaceable dimension to our experience of the artform. As long as humans crave music, they will also long to share their experiences of it.”—From the introduction by Geeta Dayal In Sound Bites: Big Ideas in...

Counterparts presents pairs of contrasting texts that interact with one another in differing and surprising ways. These 20 texts may take opposing views on issues or contend with ideas presented by other scholars. Together they offer a range of...

The selections in Her Own Accord: American Women on Identity, Culture, and Community explore the experiences, challenges, and achievements of women from a contemporary point of view. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, short stories, memoirs, and journalistic...

BACKORDER - Will ship end of Sept This 75th anniversary anthology is a working set of provocative selections from notable works of literature and thought intended for careful reading, reflection, discussion, and the mutual, unplanned insights that arise...

BACKORDER - Will ship end of Sept   This 75th anniversary anthology is a working set of provocative selections from notable works of literature and thought intended for careful reading, reflection, discussion, and the mutual, unplanned insights that...

This 75th anniversary anthology is a working set of provocative selections from notable works of literature and thought intended for careful reading, reflection, discussion, and the mutual, unplanned insights that arise from Shared Inquiry. It is a...

This full-sized, four-color replica edition of legendary urban designer Daniel Burnham's groundbreaking vision for a new Chicago marks the 2009 centennial of its original publication. If urban planners now talk about ecological responsibility and the...