Bruce Songs: The Music of Bruce Springsteen, Album-by-Album, Song-by-Song is an authoritative guide coauthored by renowned music scholar Kenneth Womack and music historian Kenneth L. Campbell and offering an in-depth exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s musical legacy. Covering Springsteen’s entire discography, from Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. to Only the Strong Survive, this unique book combines historical context, literary analysis, and meticulous research.
2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Apparel Production Terms and Processes’
Apparel Production Terms and Processes (Third Edition) by Janace Bubonia defines materials and terms relating to global mass production of raw materials, design and development, garment details and component parts, sizing and fit, patternmaking tools methods and computer technology, pre-production operations, assembly, production and manufacturing, labeling regulations, testing and quality control, inspection, finishing, and packaging.
2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Fashion Wholesaling’
Get to know the wider fashion industry through wholesale selling. Clearly illustrated case studies and industry-focused exercises put the journey from apparel factory to retailer into a practical, real-world context. From working with fashion vendors, to navigating trade shows, and working in different territories, Fashion Wholesaling: From Manufacturer to Retailer by Linda B. Tucker, is the ultimate guide to an often-overlooked career.
2025 TAA Virtual Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘A Visual Analogy Guide to Human Anatomy & Physiology’
The fifth edition of A Visual Analogy Guide to Human Anatomy & Physiology (VAGAP), by Paul A. Krieger, uses visual analogies to assist students in learning the details of human anatomy and physiology. This new edition has been digitized to enhance learning by adding interactive self-quizzes, 3D anatomical models, videos, downloadable coloring pages, and auto-graded assessments.
2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book, ‘Criminal Investigation On the Street’
Criminal Investigation on the Street by G. W. Hildebrand presents investigative principles and techniques–and applies them to solving real-world crimes–in an engaging, student-friendly style centered on the Investigative Triangle: legal aspects, evidence, and behavioral analysis. Students and instructors alike will benefit from this book’s comprehensive coverage and accessible writing style. Published by Routledge.
2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘A View From the Balcony: Opera Through Womanist Eyes’
Performative voices of scholars of color present the balcony, opera performances, and opera glasses as signifiers of the origins and entrenchment of racism in the United States. A View From the Balcony: Opera Through Womanist Eyes by Jean Derricotte-Murphy, metaphorically seats readers in theater and societal balconies while glimpsing into and correcting the harmful historical, philosophical, and religious underpinnings of American systemic racism.