Media noted and received.

Across the Tibetan Plateau: Ecosystems, Wildlife, and Conservation, by Robert J. Fleming Jr., Dorje Tsering, and Liu Wulin, foreword by Jimmy Carter. W.W. Norton & Company/120 pp./$49.95 (hb).

American Cinema of the 1970s: Themes and Variations, edited by Lester D. Friedman. Rutgers University Press/288 pp./$22.95 (hb).

American Drama in The Age of Film, by Zander Brietke. The University of Alabama Press/201 pp./$39.95 (hb).

The American Dream and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema, by J. Emmett Winn. Continuum/163 pp./$110.00 (hb).

American Ruins, Photographs by Arthur Drooker. Merrell Publishers/144 pp./$45.00 (hb).

The Artist's Joke, edited by Jennifer Higgie. MIT Press/239 pp./$22.95 (sb).

Architectural Photography the Digital Way, by Gerry Kopelow. Princeton Architectural Press/143 pp./$24.95 (sb).

Astrology, Magic, and Alchemy in Art, by Matilde Battistini. J. Paul Getty Museum/384 pp./$24.95 (sb).

Avant-Garde Fascism: The Mobilization of Myth, Art, and Culture in France, 1909-1939, by Mark Antliff. Duke University Press/354 pp./$23.95 (sb).

Beyond Wilderness: The Group of Seven, Canadian Identity, and Contemporary Art, edited by John O'Brian and Peter White. McGill-Queen's University Press/392 pp./$49.95 (hb).

Body Shots: Early Cinema's Incarnations, by Jonathan Auerbach, University of California Press/200 pp./$24.95 (sb).

Both Sides of the Camera: Photographs from the Collection of Judith Ellis Glickman. Portland Museum of Art/143 pp./$29.95 (sb).

Capri, Photographs by Umberto d'Aniello, edited by Yvonne Meyer-Lohr, text by Claretta Cerio. Prestel Publishing/320 pp./$130.00 (hb).

Castle of Eufemio: A Small Sicilian Town and its Extraordinary Festival, images and text by Blaise Tobia. Drexel University/95 pp./$40.00 (hb).

Changing Dreams: A Generation of Oaxaca's Woodcarvers, photographs by Vicki Ragan, text by Shepard Barbash. Museum of New Mexico Press/156pp./$39.95 (hb).

Chicago under Glass: Early Photographs from the Chicago Daily News. by Mark Jacob and Richard Cahan. University of Chicago Press/263 pp./$45.00 (hb).

Chicana Art: The Politics of Spiritual and Aesthetic Altarities, by Laura E. Perez. Duke University Press/392 pp./$24.95 (sb).

Cuba by Korda, edited by Christophe Loviny, text by Christophe Loviny and Alessandra Silvestri-Levy. Ocean Press/160 pp./$24.95 (sb).

Database Aesthetics: Art in the Age of Information Overflow, edited by Victoria Vesna. University of Minnesota Press/305 pp./$25.00 (sb).

David Cronenberg: Author or Film-maker?, by Mark Browning. University of Chicago Press/206 pp./$25.00 (sb).

David Lynch. Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain/unpaginated/price unavailable (hb).

Deleuze, Altered States and Film, by Anna Powell. Edinburgh University Press/211 pp./$80.00 (hb).

Diamond Matters: From the Mines to the Jet-Set, by Kadir van Lohuizen. Umbrage Editions/unpaginated/$29.95 (hb).

Dissident Syria: Making Oppositional Arts Official, by Miriam Cooke. Duke University Press/197 pp./$21.95 (sb).

Down to the River: Portraits of Iowa Musicians, by Sandra Louise Dyas. University of Iowa Press/85 pp./$29.95 (hb).

Driftless: Photographs From Iowa, by Danny Wilcox Frazier. Duke University Press/120 pp./$39.95 (hb).

A Field Guide to the North American Family, an illustrated novella by Garth Risk Hallberg. Mark Batty Publisher/144 pp./$19.95 (hb).

Film, Drama and the Break-up of Britain, by Steve Blandford. University of Chicago Press/192 pp./$40.00 (sb).

Fotosport 2006: XIX Biennal Internacional de Fotographia de L'Esport (exhibition catalog). Reus Ploms/135 pp./price unavailable (sb).

Framed Time: Toward a Post filmic Cinema, by Garrett Stewart. The University of Chicago Press/299 pp./$40.00 (sb).

The Gothic, edited by Gilda Williams. MIT Press/240 pp./$22.95 (sb).

The Guerilla Art Kit, by Keri Smith. Princeton Architectural Press/144 pp./$17.95 (hb).

How the West Was Sung: Music in Westerns of John Ford, by Kathryn Kalinak. University of California Press/256 pp./$24.95 (sb).

How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness, by Darby English. MIT Press/356 pp./$30.00 (hb).

Human Landscapes: Interpreting the Human Form, by P. Miller. Fresco Fine Art Publications/168 pp./$75.00 (hb).

In New Mexico Light: Photographs by Douglas Kent Hall, by Douglas Kent Hall, foreword by Sam Shepard. Museum of New Mexico Press/264 pp./$55.00 (hb).

It's Complicated: The American Teenager, portraits and interviews by Robin Bowman, essay by Robert Coles. Umbrage Editions/157 pp./$40.00 (hb).

Jim Jarmusch, by Juan A. Suarez. University of Illinois Press/199 pp./$19.95 (sb).

Jonathan Elderfield (exhibition catalog). Cue Art Foundation/unpaginated/price unavailable (sb).

Joseph Beuys: The Reader, edited by Claudia Mesch and Viola Michely. MIT Press/334 pp./$24.95 (sb).

Karl Blossfeldt: The Alphabet of Plants, edited by Ann and Jurgen Wilde, essay by Gert Mattenklott. Schirmer Art Books/79 pp./$9.95 (sb).

Looking Past the Screen: Case Studies in American Film History and Method, edited by Jon Lewis and Eric Smoodin. Duke University Press/414 pp./$24.95 (sb).

Lynching Photographs, by Dora Apel and Shawn Michelle Smith. University of California Press/102 pp./$19.95 (sb).

Making Waves: New Cinema of the 1960s, by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. Continuum Books/220 pp./$21.95 (sb).

Man to Man: A History of Gay Photography, by Pierre Borhan. Vendome Press/288 pp./$85.00 (hb).

Mathieu Kassovitz, by Will Higbee. Manchester University Press/222 pp./$21.95 (sb).

Modern Arab Art: Formation of Arab Aesthetics, by Nada M. Shabout. University Press of Florida/204 pp./$34.95 (hb).

My Brother's Keeper: Documentary Photographers and Human Rights, edited by Alessandra Mauro. Contrasto Books/313 pp./$50.00 (hb).

The Naked Truth: Why Hollywood Does Not Make X-Rated Movies, by Kevin S. Sandler. Rutgers University Press/253 pp./$23.95 (sb).

Observations on an Occupied Wilderness, photographs by Terry Falke. Chronicle Books/120 pp./$50.00 (hb).

On Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War, by Anthony W. Lee and Elizabeth Young. University of California Press/120 pp./$19.95 (sb).

On This Place and Elsewhere: The Films and Photography of Peter Mettler, by Jerry White. Toronto International Film Festival in conjunction with Indiana University Press/250 pp./$29.95 (sb).

Pepe Florido: La Pradera de Plata (photographs). Caja San Fernando/unpaginated/price unavailable (hb).

Recording Their Story: James Teit and the Tahltan, by Judy Thompson. University of Washington Press/207 pp./$50.00 (hb).

Terra Incognita: Photographs of America's Third Coast, by Richard Sexton. Chronicle Books/128 pp./$50.00 (hb).

Vanishing Point: 50 Years in Photography, by David Plowden. W.W. Norton & Company/340 pp./$100.00 (hb).