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Blog / Staff Picks
The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It...Every Time
Book Review by Sally Haldorson
The author of Mastermind, a book that instructed us to think with deduction and precision in the vein of Sherlock Holmes, brings us The Confidence Game, a look at some of the most skillful cons every executed, how the grifters performed them, why people were often willing participants to the bitter end, and how we can be more aware and less likely to be taken for a ride.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / Editor's Choice
The Right Kind of Crazy: A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation
Book Review by Porchlight
Adam Steltzner takes readers on fascinating leadership journey that ends with landing a the Curiosity rover on Mars.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / Interviews
Cal Newport on Work Culture and Books
By Porchlight
In the second part of our interview with Cal Newport, we ask him what his biggest question about work culture is, and what books have influenced him.
Categories: interviews
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Blog / Interviews
A Q&A with Cal Newport
By Porchlight
Cal Newport has a penchant for challenging accepted wisdom and exposing a deeper truth in our work lives. His new book explains why the technology taking over our work is undermining our ability to do it to our greatest ability.
Categories: interviews
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Blog / News & Opinion
Scenes from the 2015 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards and Industry Party
By Porchlight
A great time was had by all, and we announced our two biggest annual awards.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry, the-company
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Blog / Book Giveaways
The Sustainable Edge: 15 Minutes a Week to a Richer Entrepreneurial Life
By Porchlight
Ron Carson and Scott Ford deliver a series of questions, and an easy process, for getting the most out of our life and work.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / News & Opinion
The 2015 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year
By Porchlight
After a long and deliberative process, a lot of reading and a lot of discussion, Kevin Ashton's How to Fly a Horse emerges as our winner.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry, the-company
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Blog / News & Opinion
The 2015 Jack Covert Award for Contribution to the Business Book Industry
By Porchlight
This year's winner is the Founder, President, and Publisher of Portfolio, Adrian Zackheim.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry, the-company
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind
By Sally Haldorson
Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire's new book coincided serendipitously with the death of David Bowie.
Categories: jack-covert-selects
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
By Porchlight
Cal Newport teaches us why the ability to do "deep work" is more important than ever in a digital age, and how to get there.
Categories: giveaways