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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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Book Review: “Central Park: An Anthology”

Edited by Andrew Blauner '90BUS

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Book Review: "Imagine: How Creativity Works"

By Jonah Lehrer '03CC

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Book Review: "The Year of the Gadfly"

By Jennifer Miller '08JRN, '11SOA

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Book Review: "The Obama Question: A Progressive Perspective"

By Gary Dorrien

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Book Review: "Girlchild"

By Tupelo Hassman '06SOA 

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Book Review: "The Roebling Legacy"

By Clifford W. Zink '85GSAPP

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Review: Eisenhower in War and Peace

By Jean Edward Smith '64GSAS

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Book Review: “Mongrels or Marvels"

Edited by Deborah A. Starr and Sasson Somekh

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Book Review: “Panther Baby"

By Jamal Joseph

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Book Review: “The Vanishers”

By Heidi Julavits

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Book Review: "Diary of a Company Man"

By James S. Kunen '70CC

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Four Years for What?

American Studies professor Andrew Delbanco discusses his book College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be

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