Staff Picks
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Staff Picks
The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
By Emily Porter
Our newest employee, Emily Porter, reviews Meghan Cox Gurdon's new book about "The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction."
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Staff Picks
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment
By Rebecca Schwartz
Our owner and CEO takes a look inside the country's prison industrial complex, and its long history, through the lens of journalist Shane Bauer's new book.
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Staff Picks
What We're Reading Over Memorial Day Weekend
By Blyth Meier
Our staff members share the books they will be reading over the holiday weekend.
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Staff Picks
10 Books for New Graduates
By Blyth Meier
These ten books make perfect gifts for your new grads, as they begin to navigate the Rest of Their Lives.
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Story Driven: You Don't Need to Compete When You Know Who You Are
By Sally Haldorson
Bernadette Jiwa teaches us to be better marketers, marketers who insist on authenticity and truth, and so much more in the process.
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Staff Picks
Fall Favorites by and for Feminists (by which I mean, everyone.)
By Sally Haldorson
New business books, recently released and upcoming, written by women.
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The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World
By Sally Haldorson
Nilofer Merchant’s message is so critical now, calling us to identify what is good in ourselves and to connect with what is good in others so that, together, we can dent the world.
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Staff Picks
End of Summer Staff Reading
By 800-CEO-READ
Here's what our staff has been reading during the gorgeous Milwaukee summer.
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Hunch: Turn Your Everyday Insights Into the Next Big Thing
By Sally Haldorson
Bernadette Jiwa's new book is a reminder that we shouldn't surrender our human faculty to the advance of big data.
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Staff Picks
How Cycling Can Save the World
By Blyth Meier
A manifesto for everyday cycling from The Guardian's Peter Walker is an urgent call for today's world.
Porchlight is a company filled with voracious readers—talented, creative individuals who know books, and who excel at moving them. Whenever we can, we like to do that by telling you about the books we’re reading.