Russell Baker, and others, Inventing The Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir, revised edition, edited by William Zinsser (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1998).

David Bayles and Ted Orland, Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (And Rewards) of Artmaking (Santa Barbara, Cal.: Capra Press, 1994).

Harold Bloom, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994).

James Lincoln Collier, Jazz: The American Theme Song (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993).

Louise Cowan and Os Guinness, eds., Invitation to the Classics (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1998).

Anthony DeCurtis and James Henke, eds., The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll (New York: Random House, 1992).

Clifton Fadiman and John F. Majors, The New Lifetime Reading Plan (New York: HarperCollins, 1997).

Barbara Haskell, The American Century: Art & Culture, 1900-1950 (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art in association with Norton, 1999).

Dave Hickey, Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy (Los...