Blog in Narrative & Biography
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Blog / News & Opinion
Inside the Longlist: The Best Narrative & Biography Books of 2017
By Rebecca Schwartz
Our CEO and President, Rebecca Schwartz, takes us inside the best Narrative & Biography Books published in 2017.
Categories: news-opinion, narrative-biography
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Beeronomics: How Beer Explains the World
Book Review by Porchlight
Johan Swinnen & Devin Briski have written a history of the world through the lens of beer brewing and distribution.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography
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Blog / Excerpts
Meaningful Work: A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul
By Porchlight
Founder Shawn Askinosie, along with CMO Lawren Askinosie, tells us the secret of Askinosie Chocolate’s success—in addition, of course, to its honestly sourced cocoa.
Categories: excerpts, narrative-biography
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Blog / News & Opinion
The 2017 Financial Times and McKinseyBusiness Book of the Year Award
By Porchlight
The Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award has been awarded to Amy Goldstein and her excellent book on Janesville, Wisconsin in the aftermath of a GM plant closure.
Categories: news-opinion, narrative-biography, publishing-industry
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Blog / News & Opinion
The 2017 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards Longlist
By Porchlight
Our 2017 business book awards longlist rewards 40 books with a focus on individual and organizational improvement.
Categories: news-opinion, narrative-biography, publishing-industry, the-company
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Blog / Editor's Choice
A Uterus Is a Feature, Not a Bug: The Working Woman's Guide to Overthrowing the Patriarchy
Book Review by Porchlight
Sarah Lacy takes us on her journey through the patriarchy, and gives us a guide for personal and professional noncompliance with and resistance to it.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography, publishing-industry
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Shortfall: Family Secrets, Financial Collapse, and a Hidden History of American Banking
Book Review by Porchlight
Alice Echols tells the story of her grandfather, It's a Wonderful Life, and a lie at the heart of the American narrative.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography
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Blog / Editor's Choice
The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
Book Review by Porchlight
Scott Galloway tells the story of the four technology companies dominating the economy and world today, providing lessons on each that entertain, inform, and may cause some alarm.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography
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Blog / New Releases
Business Books to Watch in October
By Porchlight
These are 20 books that we'll have 800-CEO-READ's collective eyes on in the month of October.
Categories: new-releases, narrative-biography, publishing-industry, the-company
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Blog / New Releases
MOM.B.A.: Essential Business Advice from One Generation to the Next
By Porchlight
Karyn Schoenbart provides the type of advice that would propel your career and allow you to overcome the many stumbling blocks that keep people from fulfilling their full potential at work.
Categories: new-releases, narrative-biography
