HUNTER Textbooks & Course Packs

As World War II drew to a close and the world awakened to the horrors wrought by white supremacists in Nazi Germany, the NAACP and African-American...

FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDSelected by Fady Joudah as a winn...

The author of the 1984-85 Broadway season's best play, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, returns with another powerful, stunning dramatic work that has won...

This illuminating study of Benjamin’s final essay helps unlock the mystery of this great philosopherRevolutionary critic of the philosophy of progr...

Derived from interviews with a wide range of  people who experienced or observed New York's 1991  Crown Heights racial riots, Fires In The  Mirror ...

In ancient China, the preparation of food and the offering up of food as a religious sacrifice were intimately connected with models of sagehood an...

A rich and illuminating biography of America’s forgotten Founding Father, the patriot physician and major general who fomented rebellion and died h...

Plautus was the single greatest influence on Western comedy. In fact, Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors and Moliere's the Miser are two subsequent cla...

Beginning in 1950, William Inge achieved four consecutive Broadway successes with the plays in this volume, which gained even greater audiences as ...

Meineck and Woodruff's new annotated translations of Sophocles' Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, and Philoctetes combine the same standards of accu...

Combining critical essays, contextual documents, and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms with the original 1831 text, Frankenstein is supp...

“Because I’m teaching an intro-level course in comparative literature, this edition was extremely helpful in showing the variety of critical approa...

The master of horror manga brings the world's greatest horror novel—Frankenstein—back to life.Junji Ito meets Mary Shelley! The master of horror ma...

Mary Shelley’s classic novel, presented in its original 1818 text, with an introduction from National Book Critics Circle award-winner Charlotte Go...

A classic text for theatre and film it has sold 100,000 copies in its first edition.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“An unbelievable debut, one that announces a new and necessary American voice.”—New York Times Book ReviewThe acclaimed ...

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, NATIONAL BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURYTime Magazine #1 Book of the Year • National ...

Gender, Race, and Class in Media provides students a comprehensive and critical introduction to media studies by encouraging them to analyze their ...

Hunter College textbook to support classroom learning and independent study. Perfect for mastering key concepts and excelling in your course.

The most unsettling and stunning of Aira's short novels published by New Directions."On a building site of a new, luxury apartment building, visito...

Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature, but until now there has not been a version that is a superlative literary text...

From one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the past century comes a groundbreaking novel set among the bohemian bars and ni...

The #1 U.S. history text with inclusive new coverage and improved support for student readersGive Me Liberty! is beloved by instructors and student...

“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but b...