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Blog / New Releases
Business Books to Watch in September
By Porchlight
These are just some of the books we'll be getting between the covers of in September.
Categories: new-releases, narrative-biography, publishing-industry, the-company
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Blog / Blog
800-CEO-READ Business Bestsellers for August 2018
By Porchlight
The bestselling business books at 800-CEO-READ for August 2018.
Categories: the-company
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car—And How It Will Reshape Our World
By Porchlight
Lawrence D. Burns went from the executive suites of Detroit to advise Silicon Valley, and uses that breadth of experience to tell the story of the quest for, and importance of, driverless cars.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Silicon States: The Power and Politics of Big Tech and What It Means for Our Future
Book Review by Porchlight
Lucie Greene's new book looks at the transfer of power and civil services from government to today's tech giants, and its implications for our future.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / Book Giveaways
How Schools Work: An Inside Account of Failure and Success from One of the Nation's Longest-Serving Secretaries of Education
By Porchlight
Arne Duncan, one of the nation's longest-serving Secretaries of Education, has some ideas for us as our kids return to school.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Leading with Dignity: How to Create a Culture That Brings Out the Best in People
Book Review by Porchlight
Donna Hicks explains the power of leading with dignity, and how to honor it in ourselves, others, and our organizations.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / Book Giveaways
More Together Than Alone: Discovering the Power and Spirit of Community in Our Lives and in the World
By Porchlight
Mark Nepo's new book is an inclusive call to community, shared humanity, and a higher ethic—one that all people and all organizations can heed.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
Book Review by Porchlight
Beth Macy's new book on the modern opioid epidemic is an intimate and unapologetic portrayal of the modern opioid epidemic, and those responsible for it.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / Excerpts
Straight Talk for Startups: 100 Insider Rules for Beating the Odds—From Mastering the Fundamentals to Selecting Investors, Fundraising, Managing Boards, and Achieving Liquidity
By Porchlight
Randy Komisar and Jantoon Reigersman ask budding entrepreneurs the most important question of all: Why are you doing this?
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / ChangeThis
Perseverance Is the Biggest Talent
By Porchlight
"After losing my way in life, just a bit, I re-launched a writing career—a childhood dream—and began to send work to literary magazines. I was bursting with hope for affirmation of my great skill and broad experience. Editors would be glad I sent them work. I would be a literary star. I sent out stories and essays confidently at first. Months later I would get a reply in the mail—from The Paris Review, for example (I'm a sucker for the biggest names). I would stand motionless, desperate for acceptance, floating amongst the stars with hope. I'd slip my finger under a loose corner of the flap and tear. Take the slip of paper and hold it up to my near-sighted eyes. The pain of rejection dragged me from the stars into the red-hot magma at the core of the earth. I'd get a letter from a lit magazine and cringe at the pain I was about to feel. I would try to cut off hope—it seemed easier than to be disappointed again. Then I'd hope against hope, wishing for that surge of affirmation from being accepted.
Categories: changethis
