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Lectures on the cohomology of groups, Cohomology of groups and algebraic K-theory, 131–166, Adv. Lect. Math. (ALM), 12, Int. Press, Somerville, MA, 2010. MR2655176. [pdf file]

Automorphisms of non-spherical buildings have unbounded displacement (with Peter Abramenko), Innov. Incidence Geom., 10 (2010), 1–13. MR2665192. [pdf file, arXiv:0710.1426 [math.GR] (slightly older version)]

Buildings: Theory and applications (with Peter Abramenko). Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 248, Springer, 2008. MR2439729

Transitivity properties for group actions on buildings (with Peter Abramenko), J. Group Theory 10 (2007), no. 3, 267–277. MR2320966 (2008e:51010). [pdf file, arXiv:math/0601450v3 [math.GR]]

Review of The structure of spherical buildings by Richard M. Weiss, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 42 (2005), no. 3, 395–400. [pdf file]

The homology of Richard Thompson's group F, in Topological and asymptotic aspects of group theory, 47–59, Contemp. Math., 394, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2006. MR2216705 (2007c:20119). [pdf file]

Forest diagrams for elements of Thompson's group F (with James Belk), Internat. J. Algebra Comput. 15 (2005), 815–850. MR2197808 (2007d:20069), Zbl pre05017961. [pdf file]

Semigroup and ring theoretical methods in probability, Representations of finite dimensional algebras and related topics in Lie theory and geometry, 3–26, Fields Inst. Commun., 40, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2004. MR2057147 (2005b:60118), Zbl 1043.60055. [pdf file]

What is a building?, Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2002), no. 10, 1244–1245. [pdf file, ps file, djvu file]

Semigroups, rings, and Markov chains. J. Theoret. Probab. 13 (2000), 871–938. MR1785534 (2001e:60141), Zbl 0980.60014. [pdf file, djvu file, Springer]

Improper actions and higher connectivity at infinity (with John Meier). Comment. Math. Helv. 75 (2000), 171–188. MR1760501 (2001h:57005), Zbl 1002.57003. [pdf file, djvu file, Springer]

The coset poset and probabilistic zeta function of a finite group. J. Algebra 225 (2000), no. 2, 989–1012. MR1741574 (2000k:20082), Zbl 0973.20016. [pdf file, djvu file]

Random walks and plane arrangements in three dimensions (with Louis Billera and Persi Diaconis). Amer. Math. Monthly 106 (1999), no. 6, 502–524. MR1699244 (2000i:60077), Zbl 0985.60069. [pdf file, djvu file]

Random walks and hyperplane arrangements (with Persi Diaconis). Ann. Probab. 26 (1998), no. 4, 1813–1854. MR1675083 (2000k:60138), Zbl 0938.60064. [pdf file, djvu file]

The geometry of rewriting systems: A proof of the Anick-Groves-Squier theorem. Algorithms and classification in combinatorial group theory (Berkeley, CA, 1989), 137–163, Math. Sci. Res. Inst. Publ., 23, Springer, New York, 1992. MR1230632 (94g:20041), Zbl 0764.20016. [pdf file, djvu file]

The geometry of finitely presented infinite simple groups. Algorithms and classification in combinatorial group theory (Berkeley, CA, 1989), 121–136, Math. Sci. Res. Inst. Publ., 23, Springer, New York, 1992. MR1230631 (94f:20059), Zbl 0753.20007. [pdf file, djvu file]

Five lectures on buildings. Group theory from a geometrical viewpoint (Trieste, 1990), 254–295, World Sci. Publishing, River Edge, NJ, 1991. MR1170368 (94b:51017), Zbl 0846.20032. [pdf file, djvu file]

Buildings. Springer-Verlag, New York-Berlin, 1989. MR0969123 (90e:20001), Zbl 0715.20017.

A generalization of Sylow's third theorem (with Jacques Thévenaz). J. Algebra 115 (1988), no. 2, 414–430. MR0943266 (89e:20048), Zbl 0639.20012. [pdf file, djvu file]

Trees, valuations, and the Bieri-Neumann-Strebel invariant. Invent. Math. 90 (1987), no. 3, 479–504. MR0914847 (89e:20060), Zbl 0663.20033. [pdf file, djvu file]

Finiteness properties of groups. J. Pure Appl. Algebra 44 (1987), no. 1-3, 45–75. MR0885095 (88m:20110) MR 88m:20110, Zbl 0613.20033. [pdf file, djvu file]

Finiteness properties of solvable S-arithmetic groups: an example (with Herbert Abels). J. Pure Appl. Algebra 44 (1987), no. 1-3, 77–83. MR0885096 (88g:20104), Zbl 0617.20020. [pdf file, djvu file]

{\cyr Kogomologii grupp}. (Russian) [Cohomology of groups] Translated from the English and with a preface and an appendix by D. B. Fuks. ``Nauka'', Moscow, 1987. MR0898004 (88c:20001), Zbl 0606.20041

Cohomology with free coefficients of the fundamental group of a graph of groups (with Ross Geoghegan). Comment. Math. Helv. 60 (1985), no. 1, 31–45. MR0787660 (87b:20066), Zbl 0584.20037. [pdf file, djvu file]

An infinite-dimensional torsion-free FP_\infty group (with Ross Geoghegan). Invent. Math. 77 (1984), no. 2, 367–381. MR0752825 (85m:20073), Zbl 0557.55009. [pdf file, djvu file]

Presentations for groups acting on simply-connected complexes. J. Pure Appl. Algebra 32 (1984), no. 1, 1–10. MR0739633 (85k:20100), Zbl 0545.20022. [pdf file, djvu file]

FP_\infty groups and HNN extensions (with Ross Geoghegan). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.) 9 (1983), no. 2, 227–229. MR0707963 (85a:20024), Zbl 0521.57001. [pdf file, djvu file]

Cohomology of groups. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 87. Springer-Verlag, New York-Berlin, 1982. MR0672956 (83k:20002), Zbl 0584.20036

Complete Euler characteristics and fixed-point theory. J. Pure Appl. Algebra 24 (1982), no. 2, 103–121. MR0651839 (83d:20035), Zbl 0493.20033. [pdf file, djvu file]

Cohomology of infinite groups. Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians (Helsinki, 1978), pp. 285–290, Acad. Sci. Fennica, Helsinki, 1980. MR0562617 (81e:20058), Zbl 0424.20044. [pdf file, djvu file]

Groups of virtually finite dimension. Homological group theory (Proc. Sympos., Durham, 1977), pp. 27–70, London Math. Soc. Lecture Note Ser., 36, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge-New York, 1979. MR0564419 (81b:20034), Zbl 0426.20038 [pdf file, djvu file]

Homotopy dimension and simple cohomological dimension of spaces (with Peter Kahn). Comment. Math. Helv. 52 (1977), no. 1, 111–127. MR0438336 (55 #11251), Zbl 0351.55009. [pdf file, djvu file]

High dimensional cohomology of discrete groups. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 73 (1976), no. 6, 1795–1797. MR0419682 (54 #7700), Zbl 0339.20013. [pdf file, djvu file, JSTOR]

The Artin-Rees property and homology (with Emmanuel Dror). Israel J. Math. 22 (1975), no. 2, 93–109. MR0389980 (52 #10809), Zbl 0321.18010. [pdf file, djvu file]

Euler characteristics of groups: the p-fractional part. Invent. Math. 29 (1975), no. 1, 1–5. MR0385008 (52 #5878), Zbl 0301.20034. [pdf file, djvu file]

Homological criteria for finiteness. Comment. Math. Helv. 50 (1975), 129–135. MR0376820 (51 #12995), Zbl 0302.18010. [pdf file, djvu file]

Euler characteristics of discrete groups and G-spaces. Invent. Math. 27 (1974), 229–264. MR0385007 (52 #5877), Zbl 0294.20047. [pdf file, djvu file]

Algebraic K-theory as generalized sheaf cohomology (with Stephen Gersten). Algebraic K-theory, I: Higher K-theories (Proc. Conf., Battelle Memorial Inst., Seattle, Wash., 1972), pp. 266–292. Lecture Notes in Math., Vol. 341, Springer, Berlin, 1973. MR0347943 (50 #442), Zbl 0291.18017. [pdf file, djvu file]

Abstract homotopy theory and generalized sheaf cohomology. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 186 (1974), 419–458. MR0341469 (49 #6220), Zbl 0245.55007. [pdf file, djvu file, JSTOR]

Abstract homotopy theory and generalized sheaf cohomology. Dissertation, MIT, May 1971. [pdf file, djvu file]