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|  | The Anti-Aesthetic by Hal Foster
First published in 1983, The Anti-Aesthetic is a touchstone volume for postmodern dialogue and theory. Contributors include: Jurgen Habermas, Frederic Jameson, Edward Said, Kenneth Frampton, and Douglas Crimp. AUTHOR: Hal Foster
PUBLISHER: New Press, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | The Shadow of the Sun by Klara Glowczewksa, Ryszard Kapuscinski
Kapuscinski collects 29 of his best journalistic pieces from his visits to African countries--Lagos, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, etc. The author worked as a foreign correspondent for the Polish press, and his reporting is based on his many travels and his close living with the inhabitants, usually the poor. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. AUTHOR: Klara Glowczewksa, Ryszard Kapuscinski
PUBLISHER: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Season of the Body
A memoir about relating with the world emerges through the 22 essays here in which the author describes how she created a bridge between herself and her community by training as a masseuse, attending the birth of her godson, volunteering at a hospital, and other nurturing acts.
PUBLISHER: Sarabande Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Days of Defiance by Maury Klein
A narrative of the events that led to the start of hostilities between South Carolina and the federal troops occupying Fort Sumter in April 1861--which, in turn, was the immediate cause of the Civil War. AUTHOR: Maury Klein
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Covered-Wagon Girl by Ann Hodgeson, Christy Steele, Sallie Hester, Suzanne L. Bunkers
Description not available.Excerpts from the diary of a fourteen-year-old girl tell of her family's journey along the Oregon-California Trail during 1849-1850. AUTHOR: Ann Hodgeson, Christy Steele, Sallie Hester, Suzanne L. Bunkers
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Almost America by Steve Tally
Description not available.Focusing on important events in which a single decision changes the course of history, an intriguing look at American history speculates about what would have happened if Washington had chosen not to cross the Delaware, Neil Armstrong had aborted the moon landing, or IBM had not asked Bill Gates and Microsoft to write the computer code for its first PC. Original. AUTHOR: Steve Tally
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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