Staff Picks

What books are currently on your nightstand?

By Blyth Meier

Here’s what’s currently piled up on our collective nightstands, begging for our attention.

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How to Raise a Wild Child by Scott D. Sampson

Dr. Scott takes on the importance of where kids spend their time. The book is a manifesto on the importance of getting outdoors, and a handbook to show you how.

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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Revised)

By Blyth Meier

How much GTD is enough when you want a "mind like water"?

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What Did You Read As a Child?

By Blyth Meier

Find out which books encouraged our staff to be life-long readers.

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Pushkin Press and Yasushi Inoue's Life of a Counterfeiter

A peek at one of the UK's most outstanding small presses, and a review of a newly-reprinted classic of Japanese literature.

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Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn't Be Done by Mick Ebeling

By Sally Haldorson

Doing the Not Impossible is often the result of first saying "Yes."

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Well-Designed by Jon Kolko

By Blyth Meier

Jon Kolko’s new offering from Harvard Business Press aims to help conceive, design, and produce better products based on a design process that puts users first.

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How Not To Be Wrong

I have very little background in math ... But, despite my typically non-mathematical disposition, How Not To Be Wrong called to me from the shelf.

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Good Enough for the #Girlboss

By Sally Haldorson

Ironically, the reason I haven't had a chance to write a recommendation of #Girlboss, which released in May, is because I've been busy being a #girlboss.

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Greg McKeown's Essentialism

By 800-CEO-READ

Greg McKeown has a stomach-sinking story to tell near the beginning of his new book, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, about the day after his daughter was born. Fortunately, the little lady was okay, "healthy and happy at 7 pounds, 3 ounces. " But not everything was well with Daddy.