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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Meaningful Work: A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul
By Porchlight
Founder Shawn Askinosie, along with CMO Lawren Askinosie, tells us the secret of Askinosie Chocolate’s success—in addition, of course, to its honestly sourced cocoa.
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Unbranding: 100 Branding Lessons for the Age of Disruption
By Porchlight
Scott and Alison Stratten keep us focused on the human fundamentals of business, on what really matters, even if how we communicate them may change in the digital era.
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Things Are What You Make of Them: Life Advice for Creatives
By Porchlight
Adam J. Kurtz offers insights and inspiration for anyone who makes art (or anything else).
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Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive
By Porchlight
Dorie Clark has penned a hands-on guide to building a portfolio of revenue streams, both traditional and online, so that you can liberate yourself financially and shape your own career destiny.
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Creating Great Choices: A Leader's Guide to Integrative Thinking
By Porchlight
Jennifer Riel and Roger Martin write about the importance of creating room for understanding, and the empathy that grows from it—one of three core principles at the heart of a better decision-making process.
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Streampunks: Youtube and the Rebels Remaking Media
By Porchlight
YouTube’s chief business officer, Robert Kyncl, and Google speechwriter Maany Peyvan have teamed up to take you on a revelatory ride through the new media rebellion that is reshaping our world.
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The Strategic Storyteller: Content Marketing in the Age of the Educated Consumer
By Porchlight
Alexander Jutkowtiz explains what a French diplomat, Japanese corporations, and Orson Welles can teach us about content marketing and culture change.
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No B.S. Guide to Powerful Presentations: The Ultimate No Holds Barred Plan to Sell Anything with Webinars, Online Media, Speeches, and Seminars
By Porchlight
Dan Kennedy and Dustin Mathews tell us why knowledge of your audience is the first step in creating an effective, powerful presentation.
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The Inspiration Code: How the Best Leaders Energize People Every Day
By Porchlight
Kristi Hedges discusses one big question she posed—and the reaction to it by thousands of leaders over time—that inspired her to write The Inspiration Code.
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Good People: The Only Leadership Decision That Really Matters
By Porchlight
In Good People, Anthony Tjan explains how kindness and caring for others is good for business.
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