Book Excerpts
Especially when buying books in bulk, it can help to read the first few pages—or chapters—before making a final decision. We share excerpts from upcoming and newly released business books and other nonfiction genres to help guide your next purchasing decision.
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An Excerpt from Taming Silicon Valley
By Gary F Marcus
Leading AI expert Gary Marcus simplifies the concept of artificial intelligence, highlights its potential and dangers, and emphasizes the need for accountability from policymakers and tech companies.
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An Excerpt from The Unlocked Leader
By Hortense Le Gentil
A practical and impactful guide to identify and free yourself from the mind-traps that hold you back so that you can become a powerful human leader and unlock extraordinary performance.
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An Excerpt from Likable Badass
By Alison Fragale
Behavioral scientist Alison Fragale offers powerful new insights and a practical playbook for women to advance in any workplace, full of tips, tricks, and strategies to help secure that elusive corner office.
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An Excerpt from Give to Grow
By Mo Bunnell
"It's always your move and there's always a way to be helpful."
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An Excerpt from Thinking Bigger
By Sarah Dusek
A guide for women entrepreneurs to help them get the financing they need to build big businesses and change our world.
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An Excerpt from The Tree Collectors
By Amy Stewart
Fifty gorgeously illustrated vignettes of remarkable people whose lives have been transformed by their obsessive passion for trees--from Amy Stewart, the New York Times bestselling author of The Drunken Botanist.
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An Excerpt from The Mind's Mirror
By Daniela Rus, Gregory Mone
An exciting introduction to the true potential of AI from the director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
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An Excerpt from The 8 Laws of Customer-Focused Leadership
By Blake Morgan
A leadership playbook for making customer experience a core aspect of your business.
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An Excerpt from The Power of Instinct
By Leslie Zane
Award-winning Fortune 500 brand consultant and behavioral expert Leslie Zane shatters conventional marketing wisdom, showing readers how to tap into the hidden brain where instinct prevails, creating a powerful network of connections that drive people to buy your product, company, or vision.
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An Excerpt from Shocks, Crises, and False Alarms
By Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Paul Swartz
An essential new guide to navigating macroeconomic risk.
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