Book Excerpts
Especially when buying books in bulk, it can help to read the first few pages—or chapters—before making a final decision. We share excerpts from upcoming and newly released business books and other nonfiction genres to help guide your next purchasing decision.
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The Scrum Fieldbook: A Master Class on Accelerating Performance, Getting Results, and Defining the Future
By Porchlight
J.J. Sutherland draws on his firm’s extensive experience to take leaders, managers, and employees deeper into the specific challenges and new opportunities of an Agile world.
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Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career
By Porchlight
Learn a new talent, stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and adapt to whatever the workplace throws your way. Scott H. Young offers nine principles to master hard skills quickly.
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Kingdom of Lies: Unnerving Adventures in the World of Cybercrime
By Porchlight
In the tradition of Michael Lewis and Tom Wolfe, a fascinating and frightening behind-the-scenes look at the interconnected cultures of hackers, security specialists, and law enforcement.
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The Coffee Bean: A Simple Lesson to Create Positive Change
By Porchlight
From bestselling author Jon Gordon and rising star Damon West comes The Coffee Bean an illustrated fable that teaches readers how to transform their environment, overcome challenges, and create positive change.
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You Can't Know It All: Leading in the Age of Deep Expertise
By Porchlight
Wanda T. Wallace explains how to be a leader without being an expert in her handbook for "novices and experienced managers alike."
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The Gift of Struggle: Life-Changing Lessons About Leading
By Porchlight
Bobby Herrera, CEO of Populus Group, shares the very real parallels he found between climbing a mountain and putting a team together in business.
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The Last Unknowns: Deep, Elegant, Profound Unanswered Questions about the Universe, the Mind, the Future of Civilization, and the Meaning of Life
By Porchlight
An excerpt from Daniel Kahneman's Foreword to the conclusion to the Edge Question Series, the world’s bestselling science book series, with more than one million copies sold.
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The Levelling: What's Next After Globalization
By Porchlight
Michael O'Sullivan's new book comes about at the perfect moment to consider and address the existential questions around, and potential tensions between, globalization and representational democracy.
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Success Is in Your Sphere: Leverage the Power of Relationships to Achieve Your Business Goals
By Porchlight
The CAPITAL strategy, laid out in Zvi Band’s new book, walks the professional through a strategic approach to nurture your business and careers’ most important asset—relationships.
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From Sabotage to Support: A New Vision for Feminist Solidarity in the Workplace
By Porchlight
Joy Wiggins and Kami Anderson's new book explores how "patriarchy has created an environment for women to knowingly and unknowingly sabotage each other," and how to build a culture of support instead.
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