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Book Review: "Horse"

By Geraldine Brooks ’83JRN 

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The Best Way to Stop a Negative-Thought Spiral

Psychologist Ethan Kross ’07GSAS suggests strategies to root out negative self-talk 

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10 Great Books Written at the Hungarian Pastry Shop

Here are just a few of the acclaimed books written, at least in part, at the shop’s cramped tables

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Boas reenacts a Kwakiutl ceremonial dance to assist Smithsonian Institution sculptors building a diorama. (Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives)

Genius at Work: How Franz Boas Created the Field of Cultural Anthropology

A century ago, when people believed that human potential was determined by race and gender, a maverick Columbia professor decided everyone was wrong

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6 Books to Get You Through Winter

New works by Columbia authors

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Can a Terrorist Ever Be Rehabilitated?

In Home, Land, Security, National Book Award finalist Carla Power ’95JRN grapples with this thorny question

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11 Novels that Will Transport You Back to Morningside Heights

Revisit some of your favorite haunts in these novels set on or near Columbia

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Why America’s Obsession with Civil Liberties Is Tearing the Country Apart

A Columbia law professor offers a provocative new take on constitutional rights

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Review: "Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch"

By Rivka Galchen ’06SOA

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Why the Cold War Ignited America’s Progressive Culture

Louis Menand ’80GSAS takes a “street-level” look at one of the most fertile cultural and intellectual periods in recent history

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The Untold History of Protest and Police Violence

A review of America on Fire, by Elizabeth Hinton ’13GSAS

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Review: "Embassy Wife"

By Katie Crouch ’05SOA

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4 Great Books to Read This Fall

All by Columbia alumni authors

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10 Great Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List

Because we’re all owed a little downtime, we’re sharing our list of summer reads by Columbia alumni

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This History of Food Might Ruin Your Appetite

A review of Animal, Vegetable, Junk, by Mark Bittman 

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Review: "We Run the Tides"

By Vendela Vida ’96SOA

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