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The Fashionable Legacy of the Gilded Age

Elizabeth L. Block ’04GSAS recently published Gilded Age Fashion, a book showcasing over fifty dresses and accessories from the late 1800s     

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The Pacifist's Guide to Satanism

La Carmina, an award-winning blogger, journalist, and author, offers a spirited defense of the often-misunderstood religion

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A Response to Authoritarian Attacks on Universities

In his latest book, University: A Reckoning, former Columbia president Lee C. Bollinger ’71LAW, ’02HON defends the role of higher education in America

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The Mysterious Death of Zac Brettler

In London Falling, Patrick Radden Keefe ’99CC investigates the murky circumstances surrounding an English teenager who washed up in the Thames

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Dorothy Butler Gilliam: A Newsroom Pioneer

The Washington Post's first Black woman reporter discusses her new memoir, Trailblazer

Book spines: Please Read this Leaflet Carefully, The New Rules of Pregnancy, Rabbits for Food, Instructions for a Funeral, The General's Cook, The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
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Summer 2019 Reading List

New and noteworthy releases from alumni and faculty

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Book Review: Working

By Robert A. Caro '68JRN

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Review: Orange World

By Karen Russell '06SOA

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Book Review: "Doing Justice"

A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law, by Preet Bharara '93LAW

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A Feat of Biblical Proportions

Robert Alter ’57CC, a professor of comparative literature at UC Berkeley, has produced a 3,500-page translation of the Hebrew Bible

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Review: Tinderbox

By Robert W. Fieseler ’13JRN

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Book Review: "Am I Dying?!"

By Christopher Kelly ’06CC, ’11PS, ’18PH and Marc Eisenberg ’91CC, ’95PS

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Book Review: "How to Hide an Empire"

By Daniel Immerwahr ’02CC

Books by Columbia alumni: "Hark" by Sam Lipsyte, "The Free Speech Century" by Lee Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone, "Honorable Exit" by Thurston Clarke, "American Spy" by Lauren Wilkinson, "More than Words" by Jill Santopolo, "An Anonymous Girl" by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, "The War Before the War" by Andrew Delbanco
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Your Spring 2019 Reading List

New and noteworthy books from alumni and faculty

Columbia Law professor Tim Wu
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Tim Wu Explains How Big Tech is Crippling Democracy

The expert who coined the term “net neutrality” calls for the breakup of big tech, big pharma, and big banks

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Reading List: Winter 2018

New and noteworthy releases from alumni and faculty

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