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The Promise and Pitfalls of Psychedelic Drugs
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The Promise and Pitfalls of Psychedelic Drugs

In A Short, Strange Trip, John O’Connor ’03SOA looks at the history, impact, and mystique of magic mushrooms and the psychedelic movement

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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

Review: Unremarried Widow
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Review: Unremarried Widow

By Artis Henderson '10JRN

10 History Books that Will Make You Smarter
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10 History Books that Will Make You Smarter

All by Columbia alumni

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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"
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"
"Orient"
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Book Review: "Orient"

By Christopher Bollen '98CC

Book Review: "Bradstreet Gate"
Bradstreet Gate
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Book Review: "Bradstreet Gate"

By Robin Kirman '07SOA

Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
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Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

Heidi Grant Halvorson ’01GSAS discusses her book No One Understands You and What to Do about It 

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