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The Promise and Pitfalls of Psychedelic Drugs
Photo-illustration of psychedelic mushrooms
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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: "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
Irish monastary
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Review: Nora Webster

By Colm Tóibín

Book Review: "Panic in a Suitcase"
Brighton Beach
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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
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
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Review: Sleep Donation: A Novella

By Karen Russell '06SOA

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