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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: "An Accidental Sportswriter"
Robert Lipsyte covering a boxing match at Shea Stadium in 1967
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Book Review: "An Accidental Sportswriter"

By Robert Lipsyte '57CC, '59JRN

Book Review: "Scribble, Scribble, Scribble"
Painting: "Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On" by J. M. W. Turner (1840)
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Book Review: "Scribble, Scribble, Scribble"

Writing on Politics, Ice Cream, Churchill, and My Mother, By Simon Schama

Book Review: "Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World"
Cover of "Alan Lomax" by John Szwed
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Book Review: "Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World"

By John Szwed

Book Review: "Endgame"
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Book Review: "Endgame"

Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise and Fall — from America’s Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness, by Frank Brady '76SOA

Venni, vidi, ora mangiate!
Cover of "How Italian Food Conquered the World"
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Venni, vidi, ora mangiate!

John F. Mariani ’73GSAS, a columnist for Esquire and Bloomberg News, discusses his book How Italian Food Conquered the World

Book Review: "The Balfour Declaration"
Cover of "The Balfour Declaration" by Jonathan Schneer
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Book Review: "The Balfour Declaration"

The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, by Jonathan Schneer '78GSAS

Review: "The Emperor of All Maladies"
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Review: "The Emperor of All Maladies"

A Biography of Cancer, by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Book Review: "The Lost Peace"
Cover of "The Lost Peace" by Robert Dallek
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Book Review: "The Lost Peace"

The Lost Peace: Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope, 1945-1953, by Robert Dallek '64GSAS

Book Review: "Sunset Park"
Cover of "Sunset Park" by Paul Auster
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Book Review: "Sunset Park"

By Paul Auster '70CC

Human Rights: Newer Than You Think
Cover of "The Last Utopia" by Samuel Moyn
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Human Rights: Newer Than You Think

We talk with history professor Samuel Moyn about his book The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History

Book Review: "The Woman Who Fell from the Sky"
Cover of "The Woman Who Fell From the Sky" by Jennifer Steil
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Book Review: "The Woman Who Fell from the Sky"

An American Journalist in Yemen, by Jennifer Steil '97JRN

Interpreters of Dreams
Covers of "How to Read the Air" by Dinaw Mengestu and "Girl in Translation" by Jean Kwok
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Interpreters of Dreams

A review of How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu '05SOA and Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok '97SOA

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