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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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Review: "Meyer Schapiro Abroad"
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Review: "Meyer Schapiro Abroad"

Letters to Lillian and Travel Notebooks, by Daniel Esterman '65CC, Thomas Crow, and Hubert Damisch

Betrayal in the Field
Illustration of woman Iraq War soldier by Janet Hamlin
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Betrayal in the Field

Female soldiers in Iraq report an epidemic of sexual assault and harassment. Is the military taking them seriously?

Driving Pinky Madam
Illustration of a chauffeur in India by Edward Kinsella
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Driving Pinky Madam

The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga's Booker-winning début novel, skewers the class wars of the new India

Review: "The Narcotic Farm"
The dairy herd at the Narcotic Farm prison for drug addicts
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Review: "The Narcotic Farm"

The Rise and Fall of America's First Prison for Drug Addicts, by Nancy D. Campbell, JP Olsen '95JRN, and Luke Walden

Review: "The Bishop's Daughter"
Cover of "The Bishop's Daughter" by Honor Moore
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Review: "The Bishop's Daughter"

A memoir by Honor Moore

Review: "Names on the Land"
Cover of Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States, by George R. Stewart
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Review: "Names on the Land"

A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States, by George R. Stewart '22GSAS

Review: "A Shattered Peace"
Germans scrapping their war machines in 1919 under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
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Review: "A Shattered Peace"

Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today, by David A. Andelman '66JRN

Review: "Terror and Consent"
Cover of Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century by Philip Bobbitt
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Review: "Terror and Consent"

The Wars for the Twenty-First Century, by Philip Bobbitt

Red Leather Days
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Red Leather Days

A journalist writes a book based on a ninety-year-old woman's discarded, long-forgotten diary

Trilling's Journey Resumed
Illustration of Lionel Trilling by Hadley Hooper
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Trilling's Journey Resumed

An excerpt from Lionel Trilling's newly discovered unfinished novel

Review: "Coltrane: The Story of a Sound"
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Review: "Coltrane: The Story of a Sound"

By Ben Ratliff '90CC

Review: Modernism
Charlie Chaplin digs into a boot in "The Gold Rush" (1925)
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Review: Modernism

The Lure of Heresy, by Peter Gay '51GSAS

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