April 15, 2015

Interview with Phyllis Birnbaum, author of "Manchu Princess, Japanese Spy," Part 2

Read the second half of an interview with Phyllis Birnbaum, author of MANCHU PRINCESS, JAPANESE SPY: THE STORY OF KAWASHIMA YOSHIKO, THE CROSS-DRESSING SPY WHO COMMANDED HER OWN ARMY.

April 15, 2015

VIDEO: Peter Piot and the Science and Politics of AIDS

Peter Piot, author of “AIDS Between Science and Politics,” discusses his work as a researcher and the challenges ahead in public health.

April 14, 2015

Interview with Phyllis Birnbaum, author of "Manchu Princess, Japanese Spy," Part 1

Read the first half of an interview with Phyllis Birnbaum, author of MANCHU PRINCESS, JAPANESE SPY: THE STORY OF KAWASHIMA YOSHIKO, THE CROSS-DRESSING SPY WHO COMMANDED HER OWN ARMY.

April 14, 2015

New Book Tuesday: AIDS, Terrorism, Crime, Rawls, and More New Books!

Our weekly list of new titles now available.

April 13, 2015

The Hillary Doctrine and Saudi Arabia

“In the case of Saudi women, Clinton has chosen a course that appears to be penny-foolish, but is surely pound-wise.”—Valerie Hudson and Patrica Leidl, authors of The Hillary Doctrine With yesterday’s announcement of her presidential campaign, the record of Hillary...

April 10, 2015

The Greening of Asia: Businesses’ Role in the World’s Biggest-Ever Environmental Clean-Up

Read an article by Mark Clifford, author of THE GREENING OF ASIA, excerpted from The World Financial Review, in which he discusses how the challenge of improving Asia’s environment has been translated into business opportunities.

April 9, 2015

Thursday Fiction Corner: Our 2015 Best Translated Book Award Nominees!

Congratulations to four distributed press titles that made the longlists for the 2015 Best Translated Book Award in Fiction or Poetry!

April 9, 2015

Mark Clifford discusses how companies are confronting environmental emergencies in Asia

Watch a video of Mark Clifford, author of THE GREENING OF ASIA, discussing the many and varied responses of companies throughout Asia to the region’s environmental crises.

April 8, 2015

From Black to Green: Asia's Challenge

Read “From Black to Green: Asia’s Challenge,” the conclusion to Mark Clifford’s THE GREENING OF ASIA: THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SOLVING ASIA’S ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY.

April 7, 2015

New Book Tuesday: Virginia Woolf, François Laruelle, German Cinema, and more!

Our weekly listing of new titles.

April 7, 2015

Green Shoots Under Soot-Stained Skies

Read “Green Shoots Under Soot-Stained Skies,” an excerpt from Mark Clifford’s THE GREENING OF ASIA: THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SOLVING ASIA’S ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY, published by Columbia Business School Publishing.

April 3, 2015

A Tutorial on Japan-China Relations

Watch four short videos featuring Sheila Smith, author of INTIMATE RIVALS: JAPANESE DOMESTIC POLITICS AND A RISING CHINA, which provide an overview of many of the issues that make Japan-China relations tense.