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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

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

All by Columbia alumni

Review: Unremarried Widow
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Review: Unremarried Widow

By Artis Henderson '10JRN

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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"
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Book Review: "Little Failure"

By Gary Shteyngart

Review: "Into Daylight: Poems"
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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

Book Review: “Actors Anonymous”
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Book Review: “Actors Anonymous”

By James Franco ’11SOA

Book Review: “Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish”
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Book Review: “Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish”

By David Rakoff '86CC

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