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Marshawn Evans offers advice for surviving tough economic times
By Porchlight
During these tough economic times, Marshawn Evans, author of S. K. I.
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POW!!! Right Between the Eyes.
By Porchlight
A rather large box arrived at the 8CR office last week. When I opened the box and discovered it's contents, I said a few words that I can't repeat in public, and was reminded why Andy Nulman is the king of surprise. A pinata?
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How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint - a great little book
By Porchlight
One of my favorite stocking stuffers this holiday season was How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: 365 Simple Ways to Save Energy, Resources, and Money by Joanna Yarrow. This colorful little book, made of recycled products and printed with vegetable oil ink, offers tips for making easy behavioral and purchasing changes to reduce your carbon footprint and save money and energy at the same time. Here are the topics covered in the chapters: Heating and Cooling Electricity and Electronics Cooking Washing and Cleaning Gardening and D.
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WSJ to the Rescue
By Porchlight
Laura Landro of the Wall Street Joural had a very interesting list published in today's paper. It is a look at some Health Books You'll Actually Want to Read. The five covered in depth are: My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking The Light Within: The Extraordinary Friendship of a Doctor and Patient Brought Together by Cancer by Lois M.
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InBubbleWrap - To Engineer is Human
By Porchlight
We're keeping it is real as we can over on InBubbleWrap, giving away books, sharing some stories, giving away books, trying to make you laugh and cry and fall in love with us. . .
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Excerpt from Boreout by Philippe Rothlin and Peter R. Werder
By Porchlight
The following short excerpt is taken from Chapter 10 of Boreout: Overcoming Workplace Demotivation by Philippe Rothlin and Peter R. Werder. In Boreout, Rothlin and Werder describe the chronic boredom and demotivation that exists in an estimated 15% of office staff, employees who are "underchallenged, uninterested, and spend hours each day simulating work.
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Are Prisons Smarter Than Your Company?
By Porchlight
Last week, a very large Department of Corrections facility on the West coast purchased bulk copies of the book The Offsite by Robert Thompson. This parable addresses the leadership challenge, and what a challenge this must be at such an organization. However, sharing a vision, encouraging that in others, and enabling them to accomplish goals, is something we all share.
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The tREADmill
By Porchlight
Yesterday, Carolyn Kellogg of the LA Times book blog Jacket Copy introduced us to an eBook reader idea I can get behind.
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Galbraith v. Friedman
By Porchlight
Barry Gewen of Paper Cuts (NYT book blog) had a very interesting post on the intellectual stock of John Kenneth Galbraith versus that of Milton Friedman on Wednesday. These two heavyweights of 20th century economics largely built the intellectual framework we hang our current discussions of macroeconomics on. Mr.
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An Independent Bookseller Picks Five
By Porchlight
R. J. Julia Booksellers Founder Roxanne J.
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