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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: "At Night We Walk in Circles"
"At Night We Walk in Circles"
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Book Review: "At Night We Walk in Circles"

By Daniel Alarcón '99CC

Book Review: "The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power"
James Gillray, Maniac Ravings, or Little Boney in a Strong Fit, 1803
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Book Review: "The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power"

By Victor S. Navasky

Book Review: “JFK’s Last Hundred Days”
JFK's Last Hundred Days
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Book Review: “JFK’s Last Hundred Days”

By Thurston Clarke '72BUS

The Central Kingdom
The Great Civilized Conversation
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The Central Kingdom

Wm. Theodore de Bary ’41CC, ’53GSAS, ’94HON discusses his book The Great Civilized Conversation: Education for a World Community

Review: "Portrait Inside My Head: Essays” & “To Show and To Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction”
Phillip Lopate
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Review: "Portrait Inside My Head: Essays” & “To Show and To Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction”

Two books by Phillip Lopate '64CC

Book Review: “The Measure of Manhattan”
The Measure of Manhattan
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Book Review: “The Measure of Manhattan”

By Marguerite Holloway '88JRN

Book Review: “Her”
"Her"
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Book Review: “Her”

By Christa Parravani '03SOA

Book Review: “Here and Now: Letters”
"Here and Now"
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Book Review: “Here and Now: Letters”

By Paul Auster '69CC '70GSAS and J. M. Coetzee

Book Review: "Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked"
"Give Me Everything You Have"
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Book Review: "Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked"

By James Lasdun

Book Review: "The Fun Parts"
The Fun Parts
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Book Review: "The Fun Parts"

By Sam Lipsyte

Book Review: "Wave"
"Wave"
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Book Review: "Wave"

By Sonali Deraniyagala

Book Review: "Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time"
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Book Review: "Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time"

By Ira Katznelson '66CC

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