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Greed, Exploitation, and Elephants: The Story of a Failed Congo Conquest
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Greed, Exploitation, and Elephants: The Story of a Failed Congo Conquest

A Training School for Elephants, by travel writer Sophy Roberts ’97JRN, tells the little-known tale of a Belgian king and Irish fixer in Africa

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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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Book Review: "The Girls"
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Book Review: "The Girls"

By Emma Cline '13SOA

The Art of the Meal
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The Art of the Meal

Jacques Pépin ’70GS, ’72GSAS discusses his twenty-sixth — and arguably most personal — cookbook

Book Review: "Hotels of North America"
Hotels of North America
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Book Review: "Hotels of North America"

By Rick Moody '86SOA

Book Review: "The Secret Chord"
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Book Review: "The Secret Chord"

By Geraldine Brooks '83JRN

Book Review: "Pulitzer’s Gold: A Century of Public Service Journalism"
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Book Review: "Pulitzer’s Gold: A Century of Public Service Journalism"

By Roy J. Harris Jr.

Book Review: "Too Much of a Good Thing"
Too Much of a Good Thing
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Book Review: "Too Much of a Good Thing"

How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us, by Lee Goldman

Book Review: "A Strangeness in My Mind"
A Strangeness in My Mind
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Book Review: "A Strangeness in My Mind"

By Orhan Pamuk

Custer's Latest Stand
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Custer's Latest Stand

T. J. Stiles ’91GSAS discusses his latest foray into nineteenth-century America in Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America

Book Review: "Cast of Characters"
Cast of Characters
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Book Review: "Cast of Characters"

By Thomas Vinciguerra ’85CC, ’86JRN, ’90GSAS

Book Review: "Dissent and the Supreme Court"
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Book Review: "Dissent and the Supreme Court"

By Melvin I. Urofsky ’61CC, ’68GSAS

Book Review: "The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science"
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Book Review: "The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science"

By Siddhartha Mukherjee

Book Review: "Orient"
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Book Review: "Orient"

By Christopher Bollen '98CC

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