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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
Artis Henderson and husband

Review: Unremarried Widow

By Artis Henderson '10JRN

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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

A Rose for Emily
Cover of The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson by Jerome Charyn
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A Rose for Emily

An interview with Jerome Charyn ’59CC, author of The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson: A Novel

Book Review: "The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower"
Columbia students stage a mock book burning in 1936 to protest Nicholas Murray Butler's decision to send a delegate to the University of Heidelberg's 550th anniversary celebration
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Book Review: "The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower"

Complicity and Conflict on American Campuses, by Stephen H. Norwood '84GSAS

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