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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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The Remarkable Power of Poop
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The Remarkable Power of Poop

In The Other Dark Matter, journalist Lina Zeldovich ’12JRN says we are wasting a valuable scientific and economic asset

Review: The Magician
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Review: The Magician

By Colm Tóibín 

6 Books to Get You Through Winter
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6 Books to Get You Through Winter

New works by Columbia authors

Can a Terrorist Ever Be Rehabilitated?
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Can a Terrorist Ever Be Rehabilitated?

In Home, Land, Security, National Book Award finalist Carla Power ’95JRN grapples with this thorny question

11 Novels that Will Transport You Back to Morningside Heights
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11 Novels that Will Transport You Back to Morningside Heights

Revisit some of your favorite haunts in these novels set on or near Columbia

Why America’s Obsession with Civil Liberties Is Tearing the Country Apart
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Why America’s Obsession with Civil Liberties Is Tearing the Country Apart

A Columbia law professor offers a provocative new take on constitutional rights

Review: Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
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Review: Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

By Rivka Galchen ’06SOA

Why the Cold War Ignited America’s Progressive Culture
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Why the Cold War Ignited America’s Progressive Culture

Louis Menand ’80GSAS takes a “street-level” look at one of the most fertile cultural and intellectual periods in recent history

The Untold History of Protest and Police Violence
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The Untold History of Protest and Police Violence

A review of America on Fire, by Elizabeth Hinton ’13GSAS

Review: Embassy Wife
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Review: Embassy Wife

By Katie Crouch ’05SOA

4 Great Books to Read This Fall
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4 Great Books to Read This Fall

All by Columbia alumni authors

10 Great Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List
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10 Great Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List

Because we’re all owed a little downtime, we’re sharing our list of summer reads by Columbia alumni

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