Staff Picks Book Reviews
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.
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Worlds in Shadow: Submerged Lands in Science, Memory and Myth
Book Review by Emily Porter
Patrick Nunn packs many different stories of the submerged—some familiar, others mostly unknown—into this engrossing book of the lands, memories, and people who once were lost to the depths of the oceans.
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Right Within: How to Heal from Racial Trauma in the Workplace
Book Review by Gabbi Cisneros
While workplaces are still struggling to figure out how to incorporate and support diversity, Harts has advice for those who are figuring out how to cope with racial trauma inside and outside of work.
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How to Be Sad: Everything I've Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Happiness is, to some extent, a choice we get to make. Sadness is not. But it can be instructive in both our private and public lives. It should be a catalyst for change, but only if we get comfortable feeling and experiencing it openly and fully. Helen Russell offers us a good guide.
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The Hunt for Mount Everest
Book Review by Gabbi Cisneros
This year marked the 100th anniversary of the first expedition that found a successful route to the base of Mount Everest, and this release is a timely, well-researched book that recounts the Westerners’ 70 year quest to climbing the world’s highest mountain.
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Fire & Ice: The Volcanoes of the Solar System
Book Review by Emily Porter
If you’re interested in recapturing some of that fascination you had if you ever made a volcano in school, or were even just intrigued when you saw the experiment on screen (and who hasn’t) take a journey uncovering the universe's volcanoes, hot and cold, in this interesting read by Natalie Starkey.
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My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Indra Nooyi did not set out to write a memoir, but it is one of the best we've read from a CEO. Grounded in her life's experience, it also transcends the story of her life alone and explains how we can create a larger culture of care for everyone.
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The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It
Book Review by Gabbi Cisneros
Burnout is not just overworking, and it can't just be fixed with self-care.
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Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World
Book Review by Emily Porter
Katharine Hayhoe packs an informative and interesting read that many of us should look through to better acquaint ourselves on some of the most important topics of our time in order to hold meaningful conversations—even with those who don’t want to have them.
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The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Dorie Clark's new book is, “intended for professionals who want more out of their lives and work, and who are willing to take the harder path to get there.” Contrary to popular belief, that does not require moving at exponentially faster speeds, but in slowing down and being more conscious of what we devote our time to.
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Mama Bear: One Black Mother's Fight for Her Child's Life and Her Own
Book Review by Gabbi Cisneros
Shirley Smith's experience is just one of many examples of why Black mothers need to be seen and supported.
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