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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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Review: "Man and Camel"
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Review: "Man and Camel"

By Mark Strand

Review: "Secret Girl"
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Review: "Secret Girl"

A Memoir, by Molly Bruce Jacobs '81LAW

Review: "Life on the Lower East Side"
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Review: "Life on the Lower East Side"

Photographs by Rebecca Lepkoff, 1937–1950, text by Peter E. Dans '61PS and Suzanne Wasserman

Review: "Pigeons"
Black and white photo of pigeons by Spencer Platt
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Review: "Pigeons"

The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird, by Andrew D. Blechman '93JRN

Review: "American Movie Critics"
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Review: "American Movie Critics"

An Anthology from the Silents Until Now, edited by Phillip Lopate '64CC

Review: "The Accidental Investment Banker"
Cover of the Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street, by Jonathan A. Knee
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Review: "The Accidental Investment Banker"

Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street, by Jonathan A. Knee

Review: "Rough Crossings"
Benjamin West's 1812 portrait of John Eardly Wilmot, with West's allegorical painting "Reception of the American Loyalists in England"
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Review: "Rough Crossings"

Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution, by Simon Schama

Copland's Party Music
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Copland's Party Music

Shadowing Shakespeare
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Shadowing Shakespeare

Beauty and Artiste
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Beauty and Artiste

Deutschland After All
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Deutschland After All

Grand Central to All Points
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Grand Central to All Points

The Architecture of Warren & Wetmore, by Peter Pennoyer '80CC, '84APP and Anne Walker '00APP

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