Blog / New Releases

Books to Watch | August 23, 2022

By Porchlight

Blog / Book Giveaways

The Other: How to Own Your Power at Work as a Woman of Color

By Porchlight

A framework for how to effectively advocate for yourself, become your biggest believer, claim the spaces in your career that are rightfully yours, and create your own vision of success.

Blog / Staff Picks

Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls

Book Review by Jasmine Gonzalez

Kathleen Hale’s comprehensive narrative of the Slenderman stabbing case is a cautionary tale for us all, illustrating how denying the existence of a problem doesn’t make it go away—it only shifts the burden of who must deal with it, often to vulnerable people without the full capacity to handle it.

Blog / ChangeThis

The Lantern’s Light: Challenging the Darkness with Small Acts of Kindness

By Simran Jeet Singh

With each selfless act, we become slightly less selfish; with each loving action, we become slightly more loving. On their own, single acts might seem random, but taken together, they bring light into our world and into each of us.

Blog / New Releases

Books to Watch | August 16, 2022

By Porchlight

Blog / Book Giveaways

Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs—An Antidote for Short-Termism

By Porchlight

A manifesto for transforming our thinking from reactionary short-termism to the long-term, widening our scope beyond today, tomorrow, even five years from now to gain perspective, become more creative, and reclaim meaning in our lives.

Blog / Editor's Choice

Boundless: The Rise, Fall, and Escape of Carlos Ghosn

Book Review by Dylan Schleicher

Nick Kostov and Sean McLain's excellently reported new book about Carlos Ghosn is a fascinating and fast-moving account of one of the auto industry's most successful executives, his alleged crimes, and his eventual escape from authorities.

Blog / Interviews

A Q&A with Meng Jin

By Meng Jin, Emily Porter

Meng Jin graces us with her second book, Self-Portrait with Ghost, filled with stories about understanding the self, the aftermath of grief and the oddities of, well, life.

Blog / ChangeThis

Healthy Leadership: How to Thrive in the New World of Work

By Lee J. Colan, Julie Davis-Colan

To win, you need to produce extraordinary results, which only come from extraordinary teams. And where there is an extraordinary team, you can bet there is a healthy leader.

Blog / New Releases

Books to Watch | August 9, 2022

By Porchlight