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The Politics of Chaos in the Middle East
"A trenchant account showing how the Middle East has quite transformed the political categories of Left and Right." — Faisal Devji
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The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai
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Chronicles of My Life: An American in the Heart of Japan
"The history is fascinating, and the literary life Keene has doggedly carved out of it, remarkable." — Andrew Monahan, TIME, Asia edition
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Eye of the Century: Film, Experience, Modernity
"[Casetti's] prose points into cinema's deepest recesses like a detective's sharp beam, yet radiates its majestic accomplishments like the aurora borealis" — Dudley Andrew, Yale University
Enchantment: The Seductress in Opera
"Starobinski writes without a drop of jargon, in clear, poetically resonant prose that brings highly complex subjects alive both intellectually and aesthetically." — Suzanne C. Nash, Princeton University
"An important event in the history of ... continental aesthetics." —Robert Bernasconi, author of How to Read Sartre
Keeping Out the Other: A Critical Introduction to Immigration Enforcement Today
"This is one of the most critical examinations of the deep flaws in our laws and enforcement practices concerning the foreigner." — Saskia Sassen
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Humanity's Footprint: Momentum, Impact, and Our Global Environment
"Dodds tackles issues with refreshing and impressive courage." — David Orr, Oberlin College
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The Politics of Inequality: A Political History of the Idea of Economic Inequality in America
"[A] superb intellectual history [and] an important intervention into contemporary debates." — Stanley Aronowitz
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Interview 
Read Geoffrey Heal's interview with Ideas at Work as he discusses his new book When Principles Pay: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line.
Video
Watch a video of Herve This, author of Kitchen Mysteries.
Awards
The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama, winner of the 2007 PSP Award for Excellence in the category of reference. And for more CUP award-winners.
Tibet
Read about recent titles on Tibet, including Memories of Life in Lhasa Under Chinese Rule and Lhasa: Streets with Memories, and postings on Tibet from the CUP blog.
Podcast
Listen to a podcast interview on EconTalk with William Duggan, author of Strategic Intuition.
Asian Fiction
Read about I Love Dollars, recently selected as a finalist for the Kiriyama Prize, and other Asian fiction titles.
Spring 2008
Read about American Pests and other new titles from our Spring 2008 catalog.
Granger's
Completely updated and expanded in 2007, The Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online now offers users access to 250,000 poems in full text with 450,000 poem citations.
Read Geoffrey Heal's interview with Ideas at Work as he discusses his new book When Principles Pay: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line.
Video
Watch a video of Herve This, author of Kitchen Mysteries.
Awards
The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama, winner of the 2007 PSP Award for Excellence in the category of reference. And for more CUP award-winners.
Tibet
Read about recent titles on Tibet, including Memories of Life in Lhasa Under Chinese Rule and Lhasa: Streets with Memories, and postings on Tibet from the CUP blog.
Podcast
Listen to a podcast interview on EconTalk with William Duggan, author of Strategic Intuition.
Asian Fiction
Read about I Love Dollars, recently selected as a finalist for the Kiriyama Prize, and other Asian fiction titles.
Spring 2008
Read about American Pests and other new titles from our Spring 2008 catalog.
Granger's
Completely updated and expanded in 2007, The Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online now offers users access to 250,000 poems in full text with 450,000 poem citations.