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The Myth of Competition
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The Myth of Competition

In Uncompete, Ruchika T. Malhotra ’10JRN touts the benefits of collaborating over competing, and gives concrete strategies for how to do it

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Think Like a Data Scientist — No Coding Required
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Think Like a Data Scientist — No Coding Required

In The Little Book of Data, ad-tech executive Justin Evans ’93CC shows that anyone can succeed in our information-based economy

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 Beginner’s Guide to Day of the Dead
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The Beginner’s Guide to Day of the Dead

Luisa Navarro ’13JRN, author of Mexico’s Day of the Dead, explains the history and meaning behind a frequently misunderstood holiday

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Canada Lee’s Curtain Call
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Canada Lee’s Curtain Call

Becoming Something: The Story of Canada Lee, by Mona Z. Smith ’94GSAS

A Harlem Alliance
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A Harlem Alliance

The Abyssinian Baptist Church is world famous

Culinary Picaresque
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Culinary Picaresque

The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen by Jacques Pépin

Books in Brief
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Books in Brief

From Lisa Anderson, James Boylan ’51JRN, and other Columbia authors

Profiles in Malice
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Profiles in Malice

Fools Rush In: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Unmaking of AOL Time Warner by Nina Munk

Tales of Magic and Prophecy
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Tales of Magic and Prophecy

Oracle Night by Paul Auster

Review: I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural History
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Review: I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural History

By Stephen Jay Gould '67GSAS

Review: A Jacques Barzun Reader
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Review: A Jacques Barzun Reader

Edited by Michael Murray

Finding the Harlem of the Here and Now
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Finding the Harlem of the Here and Now

John L. Jackson ’00GSAS is the author of Harlemworld: Doing Race and Class in Contemporary America

Books in Brief
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Books in Brief

Myths of Venice, and more

Review: My Misspent Youth
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Review: My Misspent Youth

By Meghan Daum ’96SOA

Review: Pearl's Secret: A Black Man's Search for His White Family
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Review: Pearl's Secret: A Black Man's Search for His White Family

By Neil Henry ’78J

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