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Greed, Exploitation, and Elephants: The Story of a Failed Congo Conquest
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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
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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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Unknown Solutions
Garden by Renee Rothbein, 1924-2001
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Unknown Solutions

Inflorescence and Long Distance by Sarah Hannah '91SOA, '05GSAS

Review: "A Place for the Arts"
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Review: "A Place for the Arts"

The MacDowell Colony, 1907–2007, by Carter Wiseman '72GSAS

Review: "The Collar"
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Review: "The Collar"

A Year Inside a Catholic Seminary, by Jonathan Englert '01JRN

Review: "Hotel: An American History"
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Review: "Hotel: An American History"

By Andrew K. Sandoval-Strausz '94CC

Review: "From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act"
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Review: "From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act"

A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America, by Christopher M. Finan '92GSAS

Review: "Churchill's Promised Land"
Winston Churchill and Herbert Samuel, high commissioner of Palestine, walking toward the site of Hebrew University in Jerusalem, March 1921
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Review: "Churchill's Promised Land"

Zionism and Statecraft, by Michael Makovsky

From the Bronx to Battery
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From the Bronx to Battery

Bronx native Jerome Charyn’s new novel, Johnny One-Eye, captures the spirit of Manhattan in the ’70s — the 1770s, that is

A Pitch Perfect Match
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A Pitch Perfect Match

An excerpt from Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, by Oliver Sacks

French Preoccupation
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French Preoccupation

An excerpt from Why France? American Historians Reflect on an Enduring Fascination, by Robert O. Paxton

Review: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
Cover of "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" by Karen Russell
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Review: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

By Karen Russell '06SOA

Review: "Nixon and Kissinger"
Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in September 1972
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Review: "Nixon and Kissinger"

Partners in Power, by Robert Dallek '64GSAS

Review: "Dry Manhattan"
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Review: "Dry Manhattan"

Prohibition in New York City, by Michael A. Lerner '89CC

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