"The History of Jazz"
Ted Gioia, Oxford University Press, © 1997

"The Condor Years: How Pinochet and His Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents"
John Dinges, The New Press, © 2004

Additional recommendation:
"My Invented Country"
Isabel Allende, Harper Collins Publishers, © 2003

"Life's Missing Instruction Manual: The Guidebook You Should Have Been Given at Birth"
Joe Vitale, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., © 2006

Additional recommendation:
"More Balls Than Hands: Juggling Your Way to Success by Learning to Love Your Mistakes"
Michael Gelb, Prentice Hall Press, © 2003

"One Nation Underprivileged"
Mark Robert Rank, Oxford University Press, © 2004

Additional recommendation:
"The Body Can Speak: Essays on Creative Movement Education with Emphasis on Dance and Drama"
Annelise Mertz, Southern Illinois University Press, © 2002

"Hana's Suitcase"
Karen Levine, Second Story Press, © 2002

"Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63"
Taylor Branch, Simon & Schuster, © 1989

"Spychips : How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID"
Katherine Albrecht & Liz McIntyre, Nelson Current, © 2005

"Capoeira: Roots of the Dance-Fight-Game"
Nestor Capoeira, North Atlantic Books, © 2002

Additional recommendation:
"Capoeira and Candomble: Conformity and Resistance through Afro-Brazilian Experience"
Floyd Merrell, Markus Wiener Publishers, © 2005

"Straight White Male: Performance Art Monologues"
Michael Peterson, University Press of Mississippi , © 1997

"Dance Anecdotes: Stories from the Worlds of Ballet, Broadway, the Ballroom, and Modern Dance"
Mindy Aloff, Oxford University Press, © 2006

Additional recommendation:
"Joffrey Ballet: Robert Joffrey and the Making of an American Dance Company"
Sasha Anawalt, University of Chicago Press, © 1996