Blog in Narrative & Biography
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Blog / Staff Picks
Fall Favorites by and for Feminists (by which I mean, everyone.)
Book Review by Sally Haldorson
New business books, recently released and upcoming, written by women.
Categories: staff-picks, narrative-biography, publishing-industry
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Blog / New Releases
Business Books to Watch in September
By Porchlight
These are just 20 of the many promising books being released in September that we'll be taking a closer look at.
Categories: new-releases, narrative-biography, publishing-industry
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
Book Review by Porchlight
Tim Harford has written another great economic history that helps reveal how the modern economy came to be, and the benefits and risks associated with invention.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Steam Titans: Cunard, Collins, and the Epic Battle for Commerce on the North Atlantic
Book Review by Porchlight
William M. Fowler Jr.'s new maritime history is the perfect book to take to the beach this summer.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography
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Blog / Editor's Choice
The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek
Book Review by Porchlight
Howard Markel has written a brilliant, expansive book of medical and industrial history, entrepreneurship and management, and a bitter sibling rivalry.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography
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Blog / New Releases
Business Books to Watch in August
By Porchlight
These are the books we'll have our eyes on in August.
Categories: new-releases, narrative-biography, publishing-industry
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
Book Review by Porchlight
Ryan Holiday has given us a guide to making creative work that lasts—beginning with the creative process itself, through the positioning and marketing of it, to building a platform upon it.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography
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Blog / Editor's Choice
The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone
Book Review by Porchlight
Brian Merchant provides a full history—human, cultural, and technological—of the device that has changed the world.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude
Book Review by Porchlight
Raymond M. Kethledge and Michael S. Erwin employ exquisite storytelling to teach us the importance for leaders to carve out some time for solitude.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography
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Blog / Editor's Choice
The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return
Book Review by Porchlight
Mihir Desai puts values back at the center of value creation by bringing the humanities to bear on finance, and finance to our understanding of our humanity.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography
