Books published by Columbia University Press

Combining practitioner and academic perspectives, Robin Landa and Greg Braun offer a roadmap for conceiving and developing creative advertising campaigns that are responsible and inclusive-and that audiences enthusiastically share.

This book presents a new English translation with close readings and creative analyses of the Gateless Barrier from both scholarly and practitioner perspectives, allowing a range of readers to venture into the rich world of Chan and Zen.

This book presents a new English translation with close readings and creative analyses of the Gateless Barrier from both scholarly and practitioner perspectives, allowing a range of readers to venture into the rich world of Chan and Zen.

David N. Gibbs explores the forces that shaped the turn toward free market economics and wealth concentration and finds their roots in the 1970s. He argues that the political transformations of this period resulted from a "revolt of the rich," whose defense of their class interests came at the expense of the American public.

David N. Gibbs explores the forces that shaped the turn toward free market economics and wealth concentration and finds their roots in the 1970s. He argues that the political transformations of this period resulted from a "revolt of the rich," whose defense of their class interests came at the expense of the American public.

Benjamin C. Alamar founded the first journal dedicated to sports statistics, the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports. He developed and teaches a class on sports analytics for managers at the University of San Francisco and has published numerous cutting-edge studies on strategy and player evaluation. Today, he cochairs the sports statistics section of the International Statistics Institute and consults with several professional teams and businesses in sports analytics. There isn't a better representative of this emerging field to show diverse organizations how to implement analytics into their decision-making strategies, especially as analytic tools grow increasingly complex. Alamar provides a clear, easily digestible survey of the practice and a detailed understanding of analytics' vast possibilities. He explains how to evaluate different programs and put them to use. Using concrete examples from professional sports teams and case studies demonstrating the use and value of analytics in the field, Alamar designs a roadmap for managers, general managers, and other professionals as they build their own programs and teach their approach to others.

In this inviting book, philosopher Christopher Hamilton reflects on the nature of rapture and its crucial yet unacknowledged place in our lives.

In this inviting book, philosopher Christopher Hamilton reflects on the nature of rapture and its crucial yet unacknowledged place in our lives.

Joy, Despair, Illusion, Dreams presents a selection of N¿ plays, magnificently rendered in English by Royall Tyler, an eminent scholar and translator of classical Japanese literature.

Joy, Despair, Illusion, Dreams presents a selection of N¿ plays, magnificently rendered in English by Royall Tyler, an eminent scholar and translator of classical Japanese literature.

This book tells the story of Simone Weil's most dedicated-and at points surprising-literary conversation partners, exploring why writers with varied political and religious commitments have found her thought and life so resonant.

This book tells the story of Simone Weil's most dedicated-and at points surprising-literary conversation partners, exploring why writers with varied political and religious commitments have found her thought and life so resonant.

Maggie Hennefeld reveals the forgotten histories of "hysterical laughter," exploring how women's amusement has been theorized and demonized, suppressed and exploited.

Maggie Hennefeld reveals the forgotten histories of "hysterical laughter," exploring how women's amusement has been theorized and demonized, suppressed and exploited.

Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the borderlands of Tunisia and Morocco, Max Gallien explains why states have long tolerated illegal trade across their borders and develops new ways to understand the political economy of smuggling.

Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the borderlands of Tunisia and Morocco, Max Gallien explains why states have long tolerated illegal trade across their borders and develops new ways to understand the political economy of smuggling.

Spanning the franchise¿s entire history, from Sean Connery¿s iconic swagger to Daniel Craig¿s rougher, more visceral interpretation of the superspy, James Bond Will Return offers both academic readers and fans a comprehensive view of the series¿s transformations against the backdrop of real-world geopolitical intrigue and sweeping social changes.

Spanning the franchise¿s entire history, from Sean Connery¿s iconic swagger to Daniel Craig¿s rougher, more visceral interpretation of the superspy, James Bond Will Return offers both academic readers and fans a comprehensive view of the series¿s transformations against the backdrop of real-world geopolitical intrigue and sweeping social changes.

Exploring "gayborhoods" in Washington, DC, Theodore Greene investigates how neighborhoods retain their cultural identities even as their inhabitants change.

Exploring "gayborhoods" in Washington, DC, Theodore Greene investigates how neighborhoods retain their cultural identities even as their inhabitants change.

"This book provides an accessible and useful introduction to mental models and multidisciplinary thinking approaches, informed by the author's investing experience. Most books that deal with mental models are primarily descriptive, citing a significant number of psychological experiments and other examples to illustrate various cognitive biases. By contrast, this book is primarily prescriptive, in that it takes the reader through over 30 important intellectual ideas and frameworks and then uses these as building blocks for improving practices in discrete areas such as Decision-Making, Learning Methods, Investing, and Data Interpretation"--

Throughout their careers, social scientists must come up with compelling research topics, decide when and where to publish, and revise their manuscripts for publication. Practicing Sociology brings together a range of leading sociologists to reflect on their work and demystify this tacit knowledge.

Throughout their careers, social scientists must come up with compelling research topics, decide when and where to publish, and revise their manuscripts for publication. Practicing Sociology brings together a range of leading sociologists to reflect on their work and demystify this tacit knowledge.