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Blog / New Releases
Books to Watch | June 9, 2020
By Porchlight
Categories: new-releases
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Superpower Showdown: How the Battle Between Trump and XI Threatens a New Cold War
By Porchlight
This is the inside story of the US–China trade war, how relations between these superpowers unraveled, darkening prospects for global peace and prosperity, as told by two Wall Street Journal reporters, one based in Washington, D.C., the other in Beijing, who have had more access to the decision makers in the White House and in China’s Zhongnanhai leadership compound than anyone else.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Staff Picks
The Undocumented Americans
Book Review by Lauren Kohlenberg
Cornejo Villavicencio hands us a portrait of the continuous fight to exist in an America that thinks you are anything but American.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / ChangeThis
My Racist Introduction
By Ibram X Kendi
"After taking this grueling journey to the dirt road of antiracism, humanity can come upon the clearing of a potential future: an antiracist world in all its imperfect beauty. It can become real if we focus on power instead of people, if we focus on changing policy instead of groups of people. It’s possible if we overcome our cynicism about the permanence of racism."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / New Releases
Books to Watch | June 2, 2020
By Porchlight
Categories: new-releases
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Blog / Book Giveaways
One by One by One: Making a Small Difference Amid a Billion Problems
By Porchlight
In the spirit of Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains, and joining the ranks of works by Bryan Stevenson, Matthew Desmond, Abraham Verghese and Oliver Sacks, the inspiring story of a young American neurologist's struggle to make a difference in Haiti by treating one patient at a time--a story of social justice, clashing cultures, and what it means to treat strangers as members of our family.
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Blog / Staff Picks
May 2020 Cookbook Roundup
Book Review by Blyth Meier
“Cooking in” is the new “going out,” so let’s take a look at the new cookbooks that were giving life to our kitchen routines in May.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / ChangeThis
7 “Primitive” Qualities for Finding Meaning in Your Work
By Marco Greenberg
This radical work-life imbalance makes it more urgent than ever that our work truly give us meaning. It should focus the mind on a critical question: is our work fulfilling?
Categories: changethis
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Blog / Excerpts
Your 168: Finding Purpose and Satisfaction in a Values-Based Life
By Porchlight
Put your values first and focus on what matters most.
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Perfectly Confident: How to Calibrate Your Decisions Wisely
By Porchlight
An expert on the psychology of decision making at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business examines the importance of being confident, arguing that confidence is good, but overconfidence can hinder growth.
Categories: giveaways