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(1) A Ruined Home: Sketches of War
Edited by Volodymyr Hromov
ISBN: 9783838220086
Columbia University Press
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Edited by Volodymyr Hromov
ISBN: 9783838220086
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(2) Becoming Jewish in Berlin: Ethnography of an Urban Scene
Vanessa Rau
ISBN: 9783837674156
Columbia University Press
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Vanessa Rau
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(3) Bird on the Street: The Unnatural History of Starlings
Julia M. Zichello
ISBN: 9780231226349
Columbia University Press
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Julia M. Zichello
ISBN: 9780231226349
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(4) Catalytic Mega-Events: Tokyo 2020 and Planetary Urban Transformation
Edited by Filippo Bignami, Christian Dimmer, Erez Golani Solomon, Devena Haggis, and Naomi C. Hanakata
ISBN: 9783837665192
Columbia University Press
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Edited by Filippo Bignami, Christian Dimmer, Erez Golani Solomon, Devena Haggis, and Naomi C. Hanakata
ISBN: 9783837665192
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(5) Counter-Monuments: Memory Practices in Public Space
Edited by Maria Engelskirchen, Ursula Frohne, Corinna Kühn, and Marianne Wagner
ISBN: 9783837670844
Columbia University Press
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Edited by Maria Engelskirchen, Ursula Frohne, Corinna Kühn, and Marianne Wagner
ISBN: 9783837670844
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(6) Cybersecurity and Society: Practices, Infrastructures, and Digital Risk
ISBN: 9783837680850
Columbia University Press
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(7) Digital Culture & Society (DCS): Vol. 12, Issue 2/2026 – The Targeting State: AI, Surveillance, and Predictive Power
Edited by Ramón Reichert and Sagal Hussein
ISBN: 9783837678550
Columbia University Press
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Edited by Ramón Reichert and Sagal Hussein
ISBN: 9783837678550
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(8) Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge: Vol. 6, No. 12/2026: Circular Design for Transforming Cities
Edited by Jörg Schröder, Alissa Diesch, Riccarda Cappeller, Anna Pape, and Martynas Germanavičius
ISBN: 9783837669824
Columbia University Press
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Edited by Jörg Schröder, Alissa Diesch, Riccarda Cappeller, Anna Pape, and Martynas Germanavičius
ISBN: 9783837669824
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(9) Face to Face with the CIA: The Memoir of a North Vietnamese Spymaster
Nguyễn Tài. Translated by Quan Manh Ha and Merle L. Pribbenow. Foreword by Lien-Hang T. Nguyen
ISBN: 9780231221528
Columbia University Press
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Nguyễn Tài. Translated by Quan Manh Ha and Merle L. Pribbenow. Foreword by Lien-Hang T. Nguyen
ISBN: 9780231221528
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(10) Fast Culture, Slow Justice: How Digital Platforms Failed Black Lives Matter
Richard Jean So
ISBN: 9780231223959
Columbia University Press
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Richard Jean So
ISBN: 9780231223959
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(11) Imagining Europe and Ukraine: Mutual Perceptions of Europeans and Ukrainians in the 20th and Early 21st Century
Andrii Martynov. Foreword by Eduard Afonin
ISBN: 9783838220376
Columbia University Press
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Andrii Martynov. Foreword by Eduard Afonin
ISBN: 9783838220376
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(12) Inclusion in Science: The Social Architecture of Science-Public Relations
Claudia Göbel
ISBN: 9783837682236
Columbia University Press
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Claudia Göbel
ISBN: 9783837682236
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(13) Inside Ukrainian Diplomacy: Reflections and Analyses, 1995–2016, Vol. 2
Volodymyr Khandogiy
ISBN: 9783838221489
Columbia University Press
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Volodymyr Khandogiy
ISBN: 9783838221489
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(14) Mary Kay: How a Cosmetics Empire Transformed Women’s Work in America
Cassandra L. Yacovazzi
ISBN: 9780231216227
Columbia University Press
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Cassandra L. Yacovazzi
ISBN: 9780231216227
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(15) Modes of Production: Performing Arts in Transition
Edited by Fernando Matos Oliveira and Vânia Rodrigues
ISBN: 9783837666618
Columbia University Press
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Edited by Fernando Matos Oliveira and Vânia Rodrigues
ISBN: 9783837666618
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(16) Professing Architecture: Morals, Markets, and Architects in the Early United States
Bryan E. Norwood
ISBN: 9780231224604
Columbia University Press
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Bryan E. Norwood
ISBN: 9780231224604
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(17) Puppet Masters of Evolution: How Parasites Shape Life
Andrew A. Davinack
ISBN: 9780231223270
Columbia University Press
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Andrew A. Davinack
ISBN: 9780231223270
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(18) Temporal Privilege: Time, Power, and Possibility
Jill Stauffer
ISBN: 9780231224666
Columbia University Press
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Jill Stauffer
ISBN: 9780231224666
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(19) The Book of China: A Persian Merchant’s Description of the Ming State for the Ottoman Court
ʿAli Akbar Khatayi. Edited and translated by Kaveh Hemmat, John Curry, and Hyunhee Park. With assistance from Lanshin Chang and Fan Rong
ISBN: 9780231224307
Columbia University Press
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ʿAli Akbar Khatayi. Edited and translated by Kaveh Hemmat, John Curry, and Hyunhee Park. With assistance from Lanshin Chang and Fan Rong
ISBN: 9780231224307
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(20) The Night Before: Essays on Music, Comics, and Culture
David Hajdu
ISBN: 9780231225168
Columbia University Press
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David Hajdu
ISBN: 9780231225168
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(21) The Russian War Against Ukraine: Investigations of Its Social and Historical Context, 2014–2024
Edited by Olha Marmilova and Yuliia Soroka. Foreword by Ulrich Schmid
ISBN: 9783838220352
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Edited by Olha Marmilova and Yuliia Soroka. Foreword by Ulrich Schmid
ISBN: 9783838220352
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(22) The Young Turk International: How Islamic Bolshevism Shaped the Global Order at the End of the Ottoman Empire
Alp Yenen
ISBN: 9780231202992
Columbia University Press
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Alp Yenen
ISBN: 9780231202992
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(23) Ukrainian Freedom: Collective Agency in National Defense
Edited by Amber French-Griette. Foreword by Oleksandra Matviichuk
ISBN: 9783838221687
Columbia University Press
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Edited by Amber French-Griette. Foreword by Oleksandra Matviichuk
ISBN: 9783838221687
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(24) When Companies Rule: Corporate Power from the East India Company to Silicon Valley
Maha Rafi Atal
ISBN: 9780231222907
Columbia University Press
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Maha Rafi Atal
ISBN: 9780231222907
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(25) Whispers of Survival: War, Trauma, and the Making of Civilian Rescuers
Alla Prokhovnik-Raphique. Foreword by Sarah Adams
ISBN: 9783838221144
Columbia University Press
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Alla Prokhovnik-Raphique. Foreword by Sarah Adams
ISBN: 9783838221144
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(26) Queens of Code: Inspiring True Stories from NSA’s Computing Women
by Eileen Buckholtz
ISBN: 9780262049474
MIT Press
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by Eileen Buckholtz
ISBN: 9780262049474
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(27) Agrippina the Younger: A Dangerous Woman in Rome's Early Empire
Mary T. Boatwright
ISBN: 9780190945824
Oxford University Press
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Mary T. Boatwright
ISBN: 9780190945824
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(28) Inside Mission Control: My Time During NASA’s Shuttle Era
Wayne Hale
ISBN: 9781626713369
Purdue University Press
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Wayne Hale
ISBN: 9781626713369
Purdue University PressView at publisher
(29) ‘We Didn’t Do Very Well’: The Correspondence
Bachmann, Ingeborg
ISBN: 9781803096643
University of Chicago Press
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Bachmann, Ingeborg
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(30) Alien: Reflections on Being an Immigrant
Galea, Sandro
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Galea, Sandro
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(31) American Daughter: A Midcentury Memoir of Black Life on the Plains
Thompson, Era Bell
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Thompson, Era Bell
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(32) Correspondence: ‘We Didn’t Do Very Well’
Bachmann, Ingeborg
ISBN: 9781803096643
University of Chicago Press
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Bachmann, Ingeborg
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(34) I Will Take to the Water: An Anthology of African Americans and the Sea
Anderson, David
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Anderson, David
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(35) The Man Who Broke Reality: Niels Bohr and the Making of Modern Physics
Ball, Philip
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Ball, Philip
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(36) The Spear Will Bend: The Tumultuous Life of a Burmese Democrat
Htein, Win
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Htein, Win
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(37) The Pioneer Boy, and How He Became President: Annotated Edition
William M. Thayer, edited and with an introduction by Steven K. Rogstad
ISBN: 9780252059926
University of Illinois Press
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William M. Thayer, edited and with an introduction by Steven K. Rogstad
ISBN: 9780252059926
University of Illinois PressView at publisher
(38) American Preacher: The Life and Times of the Eccentric Lorenzo Dow
Seth A. Perry
ISBN: 9781512830200
University of Pennsylvania Press
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Seth A. Perry
ISBN: 9781512830200
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(39) A Meeting on Mincing Lane: The Story of Granville Sharp and the Fight Against Slavery
Michael Bundock
ISBN: 9780300264593
Yale University Press
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Michael Bundock
ISBN: 9780300264593
Yale University PressView at publisher