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Review: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
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Review: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

By Kiran Desai ’99SOA

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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

10 History Books that Will Make You Smarter
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10 History Books that Will Make You Smarter

All by Columbia alumni

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Review: What’s Mine and Yours
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Review: What’s Mine and Yours

By Naima Coster ’15SOA 

Add These Books to Your 2021 Reading List
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Add These Books to Your 2021 Reading List

6 exciting new releases from Columbia authors

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 

How the Blackwell Sisters Paved the Way for Women Physicians
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How the Blackwell Sisters Paved the Way for Women Physicians

A review of The Doctors Blackwell, by Janice P. Nimura ’01GSAS

Review: A Promised Land
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Review: A Promised Land

By Barack Obama ’83CC

6 Fabulous Books to Read this Winter
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6 Fabulous Books to Read this Winter

From Sarah Smarsh '05SOA, Phillip Lopate '64CC, and other Columbia authors

Review: "The Last Million"
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Review: "The Last Million"

By David Nasaw ’72GSAS

Review: "The Office of Historical Corrections"
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Review: "The Office of Historical Corrections"

By Danielle Evans ’04CC

Review: What Are You Going Through
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Review: What Are You Going Through

By Sigrid Nunez ’72BC, ’75SOA

Well-Versed
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Well-Versed

3 new poetry collections from Columbia alumni

A Professor Makes a Radical Argument for Recreational Drugs
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A Professor Makes a Radical Argument for Recreational Drugs

Columbia psychologist Carl L. Hart discusses his book Drug Use for Grown-Ups

6 New Books to Read This Fall
Covers of Conjure Women by Afia Atakora, Hello Darkness, My Old Friend by Sanford D. Greenberg, Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson, Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar, Daddy by Emma Cline, Just Us by Claudia Rankine, in Columbia Magazine fall 2020 issue
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6 New Books to Read This Fall

All from Columbia-alumni authors

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