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Greed, Exploitation, and Elephants: The Story of a Failed Congo Conquest
Cover of A Training School for Elephants by Sophy Roberts
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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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Brush Up Your... Marlowe?
Larry Kert and Carol Lawrence in the fire escape scene from the original 1957 Broadway production of West Side Story
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Brush Up Your... Marlowe?

Reviews of Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro '77CC and Shakespeare and the American Musical by Irene G. Dash '72GSAS

Review: "Leonard Bernstein, American Original"
Leonard Bernstein conducts contralto Marian Anderson and the New York Philharmonic during a 1947 rehearsal at Lewisohn Stadium. (NY Philharmonic Archives)
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Review: "Leonard Bernstein, American Original"

By Burton Bernstein '54JRN and Barbara B. Haws

Review: "How We Decide"
Cover of How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer
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Review: "How We Decide"

By Jonah Lehrer '03CC

Review: "Radical Ambition"
C. Wright Mills riding a BMW motorcycle in 1958
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Review: "Radical Ambition"

C. Wright Mills, the Left and American Social Thought, by Daniel Geary

Review: "Boulevard of Dreams"
Cover of "Boulevard of Dreams" by Constance Rosenblum
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Review: "Boulevard of Dreams"

Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, by Constance Rosenblum '67JRN

Review: "Life List"
Cover of "Life List" by Olivia Gentile
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Review: "Life List"

A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds, by Olivia Gentile '03JRN

Review: "When Principles Pay"
Cover of "When Principles Pay" by Geoffrey Heal
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Review: "When Principles Pay"

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line, by Geoffrey Heal

Review: "The Likes of Us"
"Toward Los Angeles" by Dorothea Lange, March 1937
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Review: "The Likes of Us"

America in the Eyes of the Farm Security Administration, by Stu Cohen

Review: "Dancing in the Dark"
Cover of "Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression" by Morris Dickstein
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Review: "Dancing in the Dark"

A Cultural History of the Great Depression, by Morris Dickstein '61CC

Northern Exposure
Illustration of Kim Jong Ill by David Brinley
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Northern Exposure

North Korea has sealed itself off from the world, but cracks are beginning to show. What does it all mean — and what should the U.S. do next?

Book Review: "Amateur Barbarians"
Cover of Amateur Barbarians by Robert Cohen, with photo of a lion on couch
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Book Review: "Amateur Barbarians"

By Robert Cohen '83SOA

Book Review: "Great Negotiations"
Cover of "Great Negotiations" by Frederik Stanton, with photo of Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev
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Book Review: "Great Negotiations"

Agreements that Changed the Modern World, by Frederik Stanton '96CC

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