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 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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Birth | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category
By Rebecca Grant
A gripping blend of rigorous, intimate on-the-ground reporting and deep social history of reproductive health that follows three first-time mothers as they experience pregnancy and childbirth in today’s America.
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Sideman | An Excerpt from the Narrative & Biography Category
By Mark Rivera
While most successful sidemen are lucky to spend a decade in the music business, multi-instrumentalist Mark Rivera is working on his fifth.
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Strong Female Character | An Excerpt from the Narrative & Biography Category
By Fern Brady
A memoir as hilarious as it is heartbreaking, Strong Female Character is both a remarkable coming-of-age tale and a dark but poignant tribute to life at the intersection of womanhood and neurodiversity.
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Awaken | An Excerpt from the Narrative & Biography Category
By Raj Sisodia
Written for anyone with even a passing interest in improving their inner life and making a difference in the world, Awaken provides proven tools and practical advice that allow readers to know themselves, love themselves, be themselves, and express themselves.
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He/She/They | An Excerpt from the Narrative & Biography Category
By Schuyler Bailar
Go‑to expert on gender identity, Schuyler Bailar, offers an essential, urgent guide that changes the conversation.
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