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Penis Envy and Other Bad Feelings : The Emotional Costs of Everyday Life
Ruti, MariColumbia University Press 2018Mari Ruti combines theoretical reflection, cultural critique, feminist politics, and personal experience to analyze the prevalence of bad feelings in contemporary everyday life. Pr...
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Sex Trafficking : Inside the Business of Modern Slavery
Kara, SiddharthColumbia University Press 2017“The best book ever written on human trafficking for sexual exploitation”—the basis for the feature film, Trafficked, starring Ashley Judd (Kevin Bales, president of Free the Slave...
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The Ethics of Opting Out : Queer Theory's Defiant Subjects
Ruti, MariColumbia University Press 2017In The Ethics of Opting Out, Mari Ruti provides an accessible yet theoretically rigorous account of the ideological divisions that have animated queer theory during the last decade...
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Narrative and Numbers : The Value of Stories in Business
Damodaran, AswathColumbia University Press 2017How can a company that has never turned a profit have a multibillion dollar valuation? Why do some start-ups attract large investments while others do not? Aswath Damodaran, financ...
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The Con Men : Hustling in New York City
Williams, Terry; Milton, Trevor B.Columbia University Press 2015This ethnography of NYC’s scammers presents “a revealing portrait of a critical but little known element of city life…timely, incisive, and poignant” (Elijah Anderson, author of Co...
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A Hedonist Manifesto : The Power to Exist
Onfray, MichelColumbia University Press 2015Michael Onfray passionately defends the potential of hedonism to resolve the dislocations and disconnections of our melancholy age. In a sweeping survey of history's engagement wit...
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Relativism and Religion : Why Democratic Societies Do Not Need Moral Absolutes
Accetti, Carlo InvernizziColumbia University Press 2015Moral relativism is deeply troubling for those who believe that, without a set of moral absolutes, democratic societies will devolve into tyranny or totalitarianism. Engaging direc...
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Charlie Munger : The Complete Investor
Griffin, TrenColumbia University Press 2015Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway's visionary vice chairman and Warren Buffett's indispensable financial partner, has outperformed market indexes again and again, and he believes...
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The Call of Character : Living a Life Worth Living
Ruti, MariColumbia University Press 2013Should we feel inadequate when we fail to be healthy, balanced, and well-adjusted? Is it realistic or even desirable to strive for such an existential equilibrium? Condemning our c...
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Abominable Science! : Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids
Loxton, Daniel; Prothero, Donald R.Columbia University Press 2013“A sharp analysis of the quest for unreal critters―cryptids, as they are called―and the people who pursue them . . . entertaining and thoroughly documented.” —The Wall Street Journ...
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The Most Important Thing : Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor
Marks, HowardColumbia University Press 2011"This is that rarity, a useful book."—Warren Buffett Howard Marks, the chairman and cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful assessments of market op...
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Robert K. Merton : Sociology of Science and Sociology as Science
Columbia University Press 2010Robert K. Merton (1910-2003) was one of the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century, producing clear theories and innovative research that continue to shape multiple...