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Happy UK pub day to @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social's THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES: The Fragile Cables that Connect our World
(of course still on sale now in the US!)

“A brief, lyrical survey of the internet’s underwater infrastructure.” —@economist.com

↪️Get your copy: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
lots of copies of The Web Beneath the Waves messily arranged on a table
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Flying somewhere for Thanksgiving? We have just the book for you!

In WHY FLYING IS MISERABLE: AND HOW TO FIX IT, policy expert @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social explains how flying became so, well, miserable, and what we can do to fix it.

✈️ globalreports.columbia.edu/books/why-fl...
the cover of Why Flying Is Miserable: And How to Fix It, by Ganesh Sitaraman, with "on sale now" below it
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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🌟 THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES: The Fragile Cables that Connect Our World, by @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social is an @economist.com Best Book of 2025!

Learn more & get your copy now-> https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-web-beneath-the-waves
The best books of 2025 The Web Beneath the Waves: The Fragile Cables that Connect Our World. By Samanth Subramanian. Columbia Global Reports; 128 pages; $18. and £12.99 This brief, lyrical survey of the internet’s underwater infrastructure and the people who maintain it offers a timely reminder of the extent to which the modern world depends on a fragile filigree of subsea cables—and of the many ways in which the supposedly disembodied online world is vulnerable to physical, commercial and geopolitical interference.
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Happy US pub day to Sonia Faleiro’s THE ROBE AND THE SWORD: How Buddhist Extremism Is Shaping Modern Asia
(Dec 4 in UK)

“Sonia Faleiro is a master of narrative reportage, illuminating every topic she touches”—Fatima Bhutto

learn more & get your copy now-> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-ro...
lots of copies of The Robe and the Sword, by Sonia Faleiro, messily arranged on a table
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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"This meticulous reporting and analysis offers a sorely needed broad take on Buddhist extremism’s impact" —V.V. Ganeshananthan

Sonia Faleiro's THE ROBE AND THE SWORD is on sale Nov 11 in US / Dec 4 in UK, but avail for preorder everywhere now

Learn more-> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-ro...
“Sonia Faleiro’s The Robe and the Sword is a must-read piece of the puzzle of rising religious and ethnonationalism worldwide.” —V.V. Ganeshananthan, author of Brotherless Night
October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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The best kind of delivery!

Early copies of THE ROBE AND THE SWORD: How Buddhist Extremism Is Shaping Modern Asia, by writer & journalist Sonia Faleiro

✨ On sale Nov 11 in the US / Dec 4 in the UK, but available for preorder everywhere now!
globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-ro...
stacks of copies of The Robe and the Sword, by Sonia Faleiro, some spine-out, some facing-out so you can see the cover
October 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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CGR commissions authors to create works of original onsite reporting from all over the world. But we can't do it without you!

Support CGR this #ColumbiaGivingDay. Together, we can take on the issues that aren't getting the attention they deserve: https://givingday.columbia.edu/pages/global-reports
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October 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Our books go beyond the headlines and bring attention to important issues that are not yet mainstream, sparking conversations and informing lawmakers.

💙📚 Be part of the movement & support books that get people talking this #ColumbiaGivingDay--> https://givingday.columbia.edu/pages/global-reports
a photo of CGR director Nicholas Lemann speaking into a microphone next to Justin Driver, author of The Fall of Affirmative Action. Between them is a table with two glasses of water and a copy of the book. Both guys look like they're having a good time. The Giving Day logo is in the bottom right corner
October 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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CGR is proud of our history of offering rising journalists their first book contract. Your support means we can continue changing lives and launching the careers of exceptionally talented writers.

💙📚 Support CGR this Columbia Giving Day--> https://givingday.columbia.edu/pages/global-reports
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October 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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⭐TODAY is Columbia Giving Day! When our community of readers comes together, we have the power to transform the world through stories that go beyond the headlines and foster understanding.

We hope you'll consider making a gift to support CGR--> https://givingday.columbia.edu/pages/global-reports
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October 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Happy pub day to @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social ’s THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES: The Fragile Cables that Connect our World

“A gripping look at the hidden infrastructure that binds the modern world—and the chaos that follows when it snaps.” —Kirkus Reviews

➡️ globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-we...
lots of copies of The Web Beneath the Waves messily arranged on a table
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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🌟 THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education, by Justin Driver, is a @nytimes.com Book Review Editors' Choice!

Learn more & get your copy now---> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-fa...
The New York Times Editors' Choice THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education, by Justin Driver. (Columbia Global Reports. 276 pp. Paperback, $18.) In this compact and insightful book Driver, a Yale law professor, considers the legal arguments for and against affirmative action, as well as alternative ways to ensure diversity on campuses — assuming that, because “talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not,” diversity remains a widely shared goal.
October 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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📢 Coming this January from CGR:

THE TRIANGLE OF POWER: Rebalancing the New World Order, by Finland's president, Alexander Stubb

On sale Jan 13, 2026 in the US
(and the same day in the UK with @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social!)

learn more & preorder now--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-tr...
Publishers Marketplace Deal Report Category: Non-fiction: Politics/Current Affairs September 18, 2025 THE TRIANGLE OF POWER By Alexander Stubb Imprint: Columbia Global Reports, Biteback President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb's THE TRIANGLE OF POWER: REBALANCING THE NEW WORLD ORDER, making the case that the rebalancing of a new world order will happen through a triangle of power between the Global West, the Global East, and the Global South; if the Global West wants to maintain at least parts of the liberal world order, it needs to adopt an approach of values-based realism combined with a dignified foreign policy, to Nicholas Lemann and Jimmy So at Columbia Global Reports, for publication in January 2026, by James Levine at Levine Greenberg Rostan (NA). Rights also to Olivia Beattie at Biteback (UK), by Anna Carmichael at Abner Stein.
September 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Coming up next week!

Join Yale Law professor Justin Driver at Politics and Prose for a conversation about his new book, THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

🗓️ Thursday, September 25 / 7pm
📍Politics and Prose, Conn Ave

Learn more--> https://politics-prose.com/justin-driver
Politics and Prose and the American Constitution Society present Justin Driver 9/25 @ 7pm, P&P Conn Ave with a photo of Justin Driver next to the book's cover image
September 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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In 2023, the Supreme Court killed affirmative action in SFFA v. Harvard.

With THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, Yale Law professor Justin Driver considers new paths for inclusion and equity in college admissions.

on sale now! https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-fall-of-affirmative-action
“This is, without exception, the single best volume in the library of books about affirmative action. The Fall of Affirmative Action warrants reading and rereading.” —Randall Kennedy, Harvard Law School
September 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Tonight in St. Louis!

Join Justin Driver at @stlcountylibrary.bsky.social for a conversation about his new book THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION (on sale today!)

🗓️ 9/16 TONIGHT, 7pm
📍SLCL Clark Family Branch

learn more--> https://www.slcl.org/events/justin-driver
Justin Driver St. Louis County Library Tues. Sept. 16 / 7pm
September 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Happy pub day to Justin Driver’s THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education

“Without exception, the single best volume in the library of books about affirmative action” —Randall Kennedy

get your copy now--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-fa...
Lots of copies of The Fall of Affirmative Action messily arranged on a table
September 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Happy pub day to WHY LIVE: How Suicide Becomes an Epidemic

What causes suicide epidemics—and how can we prevent them? In WHY LIVE, public health researcher Helen C. Epstein travels the world to find the answer.

Get your copy now--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/why-live
Lots of copies of Why Live messily arranged on top of a table
September 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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We've started the post-Labor Day week off strong in the CGR office!

Early copies of THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES: The Fragile Cables that Connect our World, by journalist Samanth Subramanian.

🛜 On sale Oct 14, but you can preorder right now:
globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-we...
stacks of copies of the book The Web Beneath the Waves, by Samanth Subramanian, some spine-out, some facing-out so you can see the full cover
September 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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What causes suicide epidemics—and how can we prevent them?

In WHY LIVE: How Suicide Becomes an Epidemic, public health researcher Helen C. Epstein travels the world to find the answer.

on sale 9/9 but you can preorder now--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/why-li...
“A beautifully written, deeply thought-provoking book on the relationship between suicide and social disruption. It sounds a warning for our times.” -Mary Bassett, Harvard University, former NYC health commissioner
August 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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⭐New in the CGR office!

Early copies of WHY LIVE: How Suicide Becomes an Epidemic, by public health researcher Helen C. Epstein

On sale September 9, but available for preorder now--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/why-li...
stacks of the book Why Live, by Helen C. Epstein, some spine-out, some facing-out so you can see the full cover
July 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Happy pub date to THE MILK TEA ALLIANCE: Inside Asia’s Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing

In his new book, historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom explores the sense of connection between pro-activists throughout Southeast Asia.

📢 get your copy now--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-mi...
June 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Coming up next week!

Join us at @portersqbooks.bsky.social for a conversation about LOSING BIG with author Jonathan D. Cohen and @cwbeacon.bsky.social executive editor Michael Jonas

🗓️ Tuesday, May 20, 7pm at Porter Square Books: Cambridge

Register now--> www.portersquarebooks.com/event/jonath...
Jonathan D. Cohen in conversation with Michael Jonas Tuesday, May 20 at 7pm at Porter Square Books (Cambridge)
May 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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The Fed (and its chairman Jerome Powell) has been in the news a lot recently. But how much power does it actually have, and what role does it—and should it—play in our economy?

🏦Get to know our central bank better with Lev Menand's THE FED UNBOUND--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-fe...
April 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Exciting delivery at the CGR office!

Early copies of THE MILK TEA ALLIANCE: Inside Asia’s Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing, by @jwassers.bsky.social

📣 on sale June 10, but available for preorder now--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-mi...
stacks of copies of the book The Milk Tea Alliance, with some facing out to show the cover.
April 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM