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Late-nineteenth-century dresses from the French couturiers Maison Lévilion (left) and House of Worth
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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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Custer's Latest Stand

T. J. Stiles ’91GSAS discusses his latest foray into nineteenth-century America in Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America

Cast of Characters
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Book Review: "Cast of Characters"

By Thomas Vinciguerra ’85CC, ’86JRN, ’90GSAS

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Book Review: "Dissent and the Supreme Court"

By Melvin I. Urofsky ’61CC, ’68GSAS

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Book Review: "The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science"

By Siddhartha Mukherjee

"Orient"
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Book Review: "Orient"

By Christopher Bollen '98CC

Bradstreet Gate
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Book Review: "Bradstreet Gate"

By Robin Kirman '07SOA

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Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

Heidi Grant Halvorson ’01GSAS discusses her book No One Understands You and What to Do about It 

The Ethics Police
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Book Review: "The Ethics Police?"

The Struggle to Make Human Research Safe, by Robert L. Klitzman

In the Country
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Book Review: "In the Country"

By Mia Alvar '07SOA

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Book Review: "Midnight’s Furies"

The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition, by Nisid Hajari '96GSAS

"Girl at War"
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Book Review: "Girl at War"

By Sara Nović '14SOA

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Notes of a Literary Partisan

We talk with literary and cultural critic Morris Dickstein '61CC about his book Why Not Say What Happened: A Sentimental Education

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