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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: "Harlem"
Harlem's Lenox Avenue, photographed by Berenice Abbott in 1938
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Book Review: "Harlem"

The Four Hundred Year History from Dutch Village to Capital of Black America. By Jonathan Gill '86CC, '99GSAS

Book Review: "Nom de Plume"
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Book Review: "Nom de Plume"

By Carmela Ciuraru '96JRN

Book Review: Swamplandia!
Cover of "Swamplandia!" by Karen Russell
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Book Review: Swamplandia!

By Karen Russell '06SOA

Book Review: "The Rules of the Tunnel" and "Strange Relation"
Book covers: "Strange Relation" and "The Rules of the Tunnel"
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Book Review: "The Rules of the Tunnel" and "Strange Relation"

By Ned Zeman '88JRN and Rachel Hadas

Book Review: "Jacques Barzun: Portrait of a Mind"
Cover of "Jacques Barzun" by Michael Murray
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Book Review: "Jacques Barzun: Portrait of a Mind"

By Michael Murray (Frederic C. Beil)

Book Review: "Alfred Kazin's Journals"
Alfred Kazin, in a 1968 portrait by Arnold Newman
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Book Review: "Alfred Kazin's Journals"

Selected and edited by Richard M. Cook

Book Review: "Sugar in My Bowl"
Cover of "Sugar in my Bowl" by Erica Jong
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Book Review: "Sugar in My Bowl"

Real Women Write About Sex. Edited by Erica Jong '63BC, '65GSAS

Book Review: "Great Soul"
Mahatma Gandhi in 1947 with his grandnieces
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Book Review: "Great Soul"

Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle for India. By Joseph Lelyveld '60JRN

Book Review: "Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag"
Susan Sontag and her son, David Rieff, in 1976
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Book Review: "Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag"

By Sigrid Nunez '75SOA

Book Review: "Bad News"
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Book Review: "Bad News"

How America’s Business Press Missed the Story of the Century, edited by Anya Schiffrin '00JRN

Book Review: "No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf"
Edith Piaf at Columbia's Maison Francaise in 1947
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Book Review: "No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf"

By Carolyn Burke '71GSAS

Fem Text Redux
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Fem Text Redux

Lawyer and former reporter Stephanie Staal ’93BC, ’98JRN discusses her book Reading Women: How the Great Books of Feminism Changed My Life

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