Editor's Choice
Looking for a new book to dive into? Our in-depth reviews cover some of the best new books being released into the world and use those books to gain a better understanding of the world, helping guide where to go—and what to read—next.
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Utopia is Creepy: And Other Provocations
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Nicholas Carr reminds us that digital utopianism is just like all the utopias that came before it—unrealistic and a little creepy.
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Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
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Robert Cialdini is back more than thirty years after his classic, Influence, with a new book on the topic from another
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Scrappy: A Little Book about Choosing to Play Big
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In her new book, Terri Sjodin helps us stop making excuses and start getting scrappy in pursuit of our goals.
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Stop Spending, Start Managing: Strategies to Transform Wasteful Habits
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Tanya Menon & Leigh Thompson offer counterintuitive and sometimes unconventional wisdom to help leaders invest their time, effort, and money in the right places.
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Leadership in the Headlines: Insider Insights Into How Leaders Lead
Book Review by Porchlight
Andrew Hill's new book is a great blend of perspective and prescription that ends up much more than a sum of its parts.
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Unmistakable: Why Only Is Better Than Best
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Srinivas Rao acts as our guide to the creative life, and helps us understand that it's the ride of a lifetime.
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Great Teams: 16 Things High Performing Organizations Do Differently
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Don Yaeger mixes sports and business to provide some insightful lessons on teams and culture.
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For the Love of Money: A Memoir
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Sam Polk takes us on a walk through Wall Street, and through a rich inner life that forced him to leave it at the height of success.
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Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?: A Story of Women and Economics
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Katrine Marçal gives us a better understanding of economics by doing something that seems obvious, including the historical perspective and labor of women.
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Art Thinking: How to Carve Out Creative Space in a World of Schedules, Budgets, and Bosses
Book Review by Porchlight
Amy Whitaker takes us on a journey through art and business that is both technical and profound.
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