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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An Excerpt from Aliveness Mindset
By Jack Craven
Jack Craven’s Aliveness Mindset is an invitation for anyone feeling stuck to awaken to a life of renewed passion, greater purpose, and authentic joy.
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An Excerpt from Cultural Intelligence for Marketers
By Anastasia Karklina Gabriel
Brand marketing is not just a business activity but a cultural phenomenon. Marketers must understand how to harness their strategies for both commercial success and social responsibility.
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An Excerpt from Restoring Sanity
By Porchlight
Even in difficult times, we can find ways to uplift our spirits and make meaningful contributions, writes Margaret J. Wheatley.
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Unreasonable Hospitality | The Lost Chapter
By Will Guidara
In Unreasonable Hospitality , Will Guidara chronicles the lessons in service and leadership he has learned over the course of his career in restaurants. There was one lesson, however—in a "lost chapter"—that didn't end up making it in the final cut of the book.
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An Excerpt from Making Differences Work
By Eli Jones, Paul Sarvadi
Chart a new way forward through commonality, equality, and cohesion in the workplace.
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An Excerpt from Learned Excellence
By Eric Potterat, Alan Eagle
A comprehensive and practical guide to the mental disciplines of high performance from the former lead psychologist for the US Navy SEALs
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Transformative Negotiation | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category
By Sarah Federman
A contemporary and inclusive how-to guide to everyday negotiation that centers social justice and equity.
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Flawless | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category
By Elise Hu
A cutting-edge journalistic exposé of self-care consumerism, using the extreme case South Korea to both celebrate the astounding growth of K-Beauty and South Korean pop culture as a global export and examine the dark implications for women in a looks-obsessed patriarchy, in a debut that asks the question: What is the future of beauty?
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The Measure of Our Age | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category
By M T Connolly
An elder justice expert uncovers the failures in the systems that are supposed to protect us as we age, and provides a battle plan for families and policy-makers to counter the greed and incompetence.
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Building a Pro-Black World | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category
By Cyndi Suarez
Learn to create a nonprofit organization and society in which Black people can thrive.
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