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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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Book Review: "No Book but the World"
No Book but the World
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Book Review: "No Book but the World"

By Leah Hager Cohen '91JRN

Bard in the USA
Shakespeare in America
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Bard in the USA

We talk with James Shapiro '77CC, the Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature, about his book Shakespeare in America

Book Review: "The Wrong Carlos"
The Wrong Carlos
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Book Review: "The Wrong Carlos"

By James S. Liebman and the Columbia DeLuna Project

Review: All Our Names
All Our Names
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Review: All Our Names

By Dinaw Mengestu '05SOA

Book Review: "Cover" and "What We See When We Read"
"Cover" book
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Book Review: "Cover" and "What We See When We Read"

By Peter Mendelsund '91CC

Yes She Can
"The Confidence Code" book
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Yes She Can

We talk with Claire Shipman ’86CC, ’94SIPA, co-author of The Confidence Code

Review: Sleep Donation: A Novella
"Sleep Donation" book
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Review: Sleep Donation: A Novella

By Karen Russell '06SOA

Book Review: "New York Transformed: The Architecture of Cross & Cross"
"New York Transformed" book
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Book Review: "New York Transformed: The Architecture of Cross & Cross"

By Peter Pennoyer '80CC, '84GSAPP and Anne Walker '00GSAPP

Book Review: "Maximalist: America in the World from Truman to Obama"
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Book Review: "Maximalist: America in the World from Truman to Obama"

By Stephen Sestanovich

Book Review: "Every Day Is for the Thief"
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Book Review: "Every Day Is for the Thief"

By Teju Cole '03GSAS

Book Review: "Little Failure"
Little Failure
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Book Review: "Little Failure"

By Gary Shteyngart

Review: "Into Daylight: Poems"
Into Daylight
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Review: "Into Daylight: Poems"

By Jeffrey Harrison '80CC

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