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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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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

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

Book Review: "Père Marie-Benoît and Jewish Rescue"
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Book Review: "Père Marie-Benoît and Jewish Rescue"

By Susan Zuccotti '79GSAS

Highs in Low
An Improbable life
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Highs in Low

We talk with Michael I. Sovern '53CC, author of “An Improbable Life: My 60 Years at Columbia and Other Adventures”

Review: "Unremarried Widow"
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Review: "Unremarried Widow"

By Artis Henderson '10JRN

Book Review: “Hothouse”
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Book Review: “Hothouse”

By Boris Kachka '97CC, '98JRN

Book Review: “MacDowell”
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Book Review: “MacDowell”

By E. Douglas Bomberger

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