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A World Divided: The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States

By Bryan Rogers

Eric D. Weitz performs what amounts to a living autopsy on the history and health of the nation-state dating back nearly two hundred years.

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The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence

By Emily Porter

Stephen Kurczy, a journalist who ventures to this small town looking for some silence of his own, finds a reality that is rarely known in today’s modern world.

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Go Where There Is No Path: Stories of Hustle, Grit, Scholarship, and Faith

By Gabbi Cisneros

Christopher Gray wants people to see an outsider's success as earned, not a fluke, and for entrepreneurs to know that for-profit companies, just as well as non-profits, can be good companies that offer solutions to social issues.

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A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work

By Dylan Schleicher

Overwork is glorified in our culture, but it is undermining our overall performance. Instead of suggesting we need to push through, Juliet Funt offers us a thoughtful way out.

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Today’s True Competitive Advantage: Blending the Best of Digital and Physical

By Robert Siegel

Today’s true competitive advantage, for your career or your entire organization, is understanding how digital and physical excellence can reinforce each other, achieving more in coordination than either kind of mastery can in isolation. The idea that these worlds are in fundamental conflict is dangerous

New Releases

Books to Watch | July 27, 2021

By Dylan Schleicher, Gabbi Cisneros, Emily Porter

Staff Picks

Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century

By Dylan Schleicher

Reading award-winning Wall Street Journal tech and auto reporter Tim Higgins's wonderful and in-depth new book about the history of Tesla, I couldn't help wondering what the story would have been like without the oversized ego of Elon Musk involved, or help thinking that I'd like to read that story more.

Book Giveaways

Summer Grab Bag Book Giveaway

By Dylan Schleicher

We've had more books than ever accumulate in our office over the past two years, and we need to find a new home for them. Which is where you come in.

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Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Old?: The Path of Purposeful Aging

By Gabbi Cisneros

This book urges us to be okay with redefining our ideas of prosperity, success, and happiness as we get older, though there's nothing wrong with being more generous with ourselves and our time when we're young as well.

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Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light in the Deep Sea

By Emily Porter

In her new memoir, renowned marine biologist and oceanographer Edith Widder, PH. D, known for her research on bioluminescence, shares the experiences she had that lead her to become one of the leading scientists in her field.