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Find new ways of looking at the world with Columbia Global Reports. Our $85 subscription includes six paperbacks mailed in advance of publication directly to your doorstep.

Columbia Global Reports is a nonprofit publisher that looks beyond the headlines to start conversations through short but ambitious books. Subscribers help us continue to publish works of original thinking and on-site reporting from around the world that offer new ways of looking at and understanding major issues of our time. We invite you to join our community of readers.

First book included in this subscription

Left Adrift: What Happened to Liberal Politics
by Timothy Shenk

“Timothy Shenk has written a riveting portrait of the moment when the subterranean plates of American politics began to shift. No one else has told this story, and it’s compelling, entertaining, and important.” —Stuart Stevens    Learn more

October 2024

Next up

In Defense of Partisanship
by Julian Zelizer

“Contravening conventional wisdom, Zelizer offers a spirited defense of parties and partisanship. Rather than futile attempts to reverse polarization, In Defense of Partisanship advocates for political and institutional reforms to channel partisan impulses toward more democratically accountable policymaking..” —Frances Lee, Princeton University    Learn more

January 2025

Looking further ahead

Losing Big: America’s Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
by Jonathan D. Cohen

The rise of online sports gambling has produced a public health crisis marked by addiction and far too many people gambling more than they can afford to lose. In Losing Big, historian Jonathan D. Cohen lays out the astonishing emergence of online sports gambling, from sportsbook executives drafting legislation to an addicted gambler confessing their $300,000 losses. Sports gambling is here to stay, and the stakes could not be higher.    Learn more

April 2025

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