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Books to Watch | October 5, 2021

By Dylan Schleicher, Gabbi Cisneros, Emily Porter

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Alien Nation: 36 True Tales of Immigration

By Gabbi Cisneros

Sofija Stefanovic has brought people together to hear immigrants’ stories at Joe’s Pub in New York City four times a year since 2017, and when the pandemic put a pause on live shows, she adapted thirty-six of her favorites into a book.

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Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader

From Michael Dell, renowned founder and chief executive of one of America’s largest technology companies, the inside story of the battles that defined him as a leader.

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Worlds in Shadow: Submerged Lands in Science, Memory and Myth

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

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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Bringing Your Conscience to Work

By G Richard Shell

When you bring your sense of right and wrong to work, you can enjoy tranquility in that most private of all domains: your conscience.

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How to Be Sad: Everything I've Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad

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.

New Releases

Books to Watch | September 28, 2021

By Dylan Schleicher, Gabbi Cisneros, Emily Porter

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The Hunt for Mount Everest

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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Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take

Runaway climate change and rampant inequality are ravaging the world and costing a fortune. Who will help lead us to a better future? Business.