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Love People Use Things: Because the Opposite Never Works

By Porchlight

Netflix and podcasting superstars The Minimalists have written a guide to decluttering your life so that you can prioritize the relationships that matter most.

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The Comfort of Monsters

Book Review by Emily Porter

Richards writes a beautiful ballad to the missing and to those who survive, trying to pick up the pieces without knowing what that means. The pages illustrate the world of those who survive and the many missing faces of those who disappear.

Blog / ChangeThis

Establishing and Engaging a Remote Workforce

By Chris Dyer, Kim Shepherd

Not everyone can work successfully from home. If your company had a large number of employees start working from home in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, you probably discovered that it was easier for some than for others.

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All the Lonely People

Book Review by Gabbi Cisneros

All the Lonely People is a heartfelt story of human friendship that will make any reader feel a little more hopeful about our divided society.

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The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World

Book Review by Dylan Schleicher

Talking to people you don’t know is one of the best ways to get the most out of every day and to form lifelong bonds of friendship and understanding.

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"I Have Nothing to Hide": And 20 Other Myths about Surveillance and Privacy

Book Review by Dylan Schleicher

The so-called “frictionlessness” of online life and commerce is being lubricated by us ceding our right to privacy, and it’s an increasingly slippery slope.

Blog / New Releases

Books to Watch | July 6, 2021

By Dylan Schleicher, Gabbi Cisneros, Emily Porter

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The Key Man: The True Story of How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale

By Porchlight

In this compelling story of lies, greed and tarnished idealism, two Wall Street Journal reporters investigate a man who Bill Gates, Western governments, and other investors entrusted with billions of dollars to make profits and end poverty, but who now stands accused of masterminding one of the biggest, most brazen financial frauds ever.

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This is Your Mind on Plants

Book Review by Emily Porter

In his new book, Michael Pollan focuses in on three substances that alter human consciousness—opium, caffeine, mescaline—and takes us on a whirlwind exploration through his research on the plants that contain them.

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Vessel: A Memoir

Book Review by Gabbi Cisneros

Through non-linear storytelling, Cai Chongda recalls his youth to young adulthood in 1980s China: his family, their homes, struggles with poverty and illness, his work and education, and the waves of Western influence on the village.