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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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Life On Other Planets | An Excerpt from the Narrative & Biography Category

By Aomawa Shields

A stunning and inspiring memoir charting a life as an astronomer, classically-trained actor, mother, and Black woman in STEM, searching for life in the universe while building a meaningful life here on Earth.

Blog / ChangeThis

Control the Controllable, But Leave Space for the Possible

By Jim Fielding

After a life spent trying to anticipate and control the future, executive Jim Fielding writes about the benefit of embracing unpredictability.

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January 16, 2024

By Porchlight

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Tread Loudly: Call Out the Bullsh*t and Fight for Equality in the Workplace

By Porchlight

Kristine Cherek calls on business leaders to make the changes necessary to level the playing field and invites you to join in the fight for equality.

Blog / News & Opinion

The 2023 Porchlight Business Book Awards | Current Events & Public Affairs

By Dylan Schleicher

Looking for the year's best Current Events & Public Affairs books? Porchlight's Marketing & Editorial Director Dylan Schleicher has you, and those books, covered.

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Containing Big Tech | An Excerpt from the Current Events & Public Affairs Category

By Tom Kemp

This richly detailed book exposes the consequences of Big Tech’s digital surveillance, exploitative use of AI, and monopolistic and anticompetitive practices. By containing the excesses of Big Tech, we will ensure our civil rights are respected and preserved, our economy is competitive, and our democracy is protected.

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These Are the Plunderers | An Excerpt from the Current Events & Public Affairs Category

By Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner

Pulitzer Prize­­­–winning and New York Times bestselling financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson and financial policy analyst Joshua Rosner investigate the insidious world of private equity in this “masterpiece of investigative journalism” (Christopher Leonard, bestselling author of Kochland )—revealing how it puts our entire economy and us at risk.

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The Coming Wave | An Excerpt from the Current Events & Public Affairs Category

By Mustafa Suleyman, Michael Bhaskar

An urgent warning of the unprecedented risks that a wave of fast-developing technologies poses to global order, and how we might contain them while we have the chance—from a cofounder of the pioneering artificial intelligence company DeepMind.