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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

London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe

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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Rules of Engagement

Former US Army captain Matt Gallagher ’13SOA discusses his novel Youngblood

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Reading List: Summer 2016

New and noteworthy releases from alumni and faculty

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Book Review: "Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul"

By James McBride '80JRN

Alice & Oliver
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Book Review: "Alice & Oliver"

By Charles Bock

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Book Excerpt: "The Gene: An Intimate History"

By Siddhartha Mukherjee

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Book Review: "The Girls"

By Emma Cline '13SOA

Jacques Pepin
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The Art of the Meal

Jacques Pépin ’70GS, ’72GSAS discusses his twenty-sixth — and arguably most personal — cookbook

Hotels of North America
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Book Review: "Hotels of North America"

By Rick Moody '86SOA

The Secret Chord
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Book Review: "The Secret Chord"

By Geraldine Brooks '83JRN

Pulitzer Prize
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Book Review: "Pulitzer’s Gold: A Century of Public Service Journalism"

By Roy J. Harris Jr.

Too Much of a Good Thing
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Book Review: "Too Much of a Good Thing"

How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us, by Lee Goldman

A Strangeness in My Mind
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Book Review: "A Strangeness in My Mind"

By Orhan Pamuk

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