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How Guardrails and Regulations Stifled American Progress
Why Nothing Works by Marc Dunkelman
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How Guardrails and Regulations Stifled American Progress

In Why Nothing Works, Marc J. Dunkelman ’01CC investigates the decline of public-sector innovation from the 1960s through today

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The Pacifist's Guide to Satanism
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The Pacifist's Guide to Satanism

La Carmina, an award-winning blogger, journalist, and author, offers a spirited defense of the often-misunderstood religion

The Best Way to Stop a Negative-Thought Spiral
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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 

Genius at Work: How Franz Boas Created the Field of Cultural Anthropology
Archive photo of Franz Boas reenacting a Kwakiutl ceremonial dance to assist Smithsonian Institution sculptors building a diorama
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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The Shock of the New
Graham Moore
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The Shock of the New

Oscar-winning screenwriter and New York Times best-selling author Graham Moore ’03CC discusses his new novel

Reading List: Winter 2016
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Reading List: Winter 2016

New and noteworthy releases from alumni and faculty

Book Review: “His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt”
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Book Review: “His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt”

Joseph Lelyveld's book is a meticulously researched examination of the last eighteen months of the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Book Review: “Mischling”
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Book Review: “Mischling”

Affinity Konar's new novel is at once marvelous and strange

Book Excerpt: “The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads”
The Attention Merchants
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Book Excerpt: “The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads”

A professor at Columbia Law School, Tim Wu examines how industries increasingly vie for and commodify our attention

Book Review: “4 3 2 1”
"4 3 2 1" by Paul Auster
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Book Review: “4 3 2 1”

By Paul Auster ’69CC, ’70GSAS

The Klan’s Last Stand
Morris Dees
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The Klan’s Last Stand

Laurence Leamer ’69JRN, ’69SIPA discusses his book The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle that Brought Down the Klan

Reading List: Fall 2016
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Reading List: Fall 2016

New and noteworthy releases from alumni and faculty

Book Review: “Behold the Dreamers”
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Book Review: “Behold the Dreamers”

By Imbolo Mbue '07TC 

Book Review: “Chronicle of a Last Summer”
Chronicle of a Last Summer
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Book Review: “Chronicle of a Last Summer”

By Yasmine El Rashidi '99JRN

Book Excerpt: “Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space”
Black Hole Blues
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Book Excerpt: “Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space”

Janna Levin '88BC tells the epic story behind the scientific quest to detect gravitational waves

Book Review: “Love for Sale: Pop Music in America”
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Book Review: “Love for Sale: Pop Music in America”

What do we talk about when we talk about pop music? David Hajdu explores in a new book

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