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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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Jersey Boy
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Jersey Boy

Richard Ford, a Columbia humanities professor, discusses his book Let Me Be Frank With You

Book Review: "The Culinary Imagination"
The Culinary Imagination
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Book Review: "The Culinary Imagination"

Americans have never spent less time in the kitchen preparing the daily meals that feed our families. And yet culturally, our interest in food has never been stronger

Book Review: "The Unspeakable"
The Unspeakable
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Book Review: "The Unspeakable"

By Meghan Daum ’96SOA 

Book Review: "Impolite Conversations"
Impolite Conversations
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Book Review: "Impolite Conversations"

On Race, Politics, Sex, Money, and Religion, by Cora Daniels '94JRN and John L. Jackson Jr. '00GSAS

Review: Nora Webster
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Review: Nora Webster

By Colm Tóibín

Book Review: "Panic in a Suitcase"
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Book Review: "Panic in a Suitcase"

By Yelena Akhtiorskaya '09SOA

Book Review: "The Late Starters Orchestra"
The Late Starters Orchestra
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Book Review: "The Late Starters Orchestra"

By Ari L. Goldman ’73JRN

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

By Peter Mendelsund '91CC

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