Off the Shelf is a Columbia News series in which professors discuss their recently published books, as well as what they have read recently and recommend, and who they would invite to the perfect dinner party.
In her new book, Eleanor Johnson makes frightening connections between horror films and feminism.
In Three or More Is a Riot, he takes readers to the front lines of conflict to uncover the meaning of it all.
Clémence Boulouque shows how this theory was built on older Jewish ideas, which offered the possibility of emancipation to Jews as well as others.
Older adults especially benefit from this therapeutic practice, say the authors.
Professor Mark Mazower guides readers through a history that seeks to illuminate rather than to blame.
In Vera, or Faith, the School of the Arts writing professor portrays a crumbling modern American family.
Professor Jeremy Dauber takes on middle-grade readers in his second book for children.
Edward Mendelson offers a new critical study—and a love letter—to the enduring novel.
In her new book—part memoir, part reportage—Marguerite Holloway tells the story of forests in the climate change era.
Professor Eunji Kim’s book, The American Mirage, shows how entertainment media so easily fools its viewers.
Read Professor Anelise Chen’s hybrid memoir, Clam Down, to find out.
Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers.