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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

Review: Unremarried Widow
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Review: Unremarried Widow

By Artis Henderson '10JRN

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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Why We’re All So Captivated by Ruins
Destroyed beach houses in Mantoloking, New Jersey, after Hurricane Sandy
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Why We’re All So Captivated by Ruins

Miles Orvell ’64CC explores how the spectacle of destruction shapes the way we process time and change

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
President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take the oath of office in January 2009
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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
Illustration of Columbia psychologist Carl L. Hart by Jonny Ruzzo for Columbia Magazine, 2020
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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

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