Book Excerpts
Especially when buying books in bulk, it can help to read the first few pages—or chapters—before making a final decision. We share excerpts from upcoming and newly released business books and other nonfiction genres to help guide your next purchasing decision.
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Elite Minds: How Winners Think Differently to Create a Competitive Edge and Maximize Success
By Porchlight
In his new book, sport psychologist and leadership consultant Dr. Stan Beecham helps us reprogram our brains to reach our full potential.
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The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence
By Porchlight
Dacher Keltner has written a "revolutionary and timely reconsideration of everything we know about power."
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The Purpose Effect: Building Meaning in Yourself, Your Role and Your Organization
By Porchlight
Dan Pontefract explains why he uses the term team member instead of employee.
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Making It in America: A 12-Point Plan for Growing Your Business and Keeping Jobs at Home
By Porchlight
John D. Bassett reveals the "private thinking and our fresh leadership approach" that allowed Vaughan-Bassett Furniture to keep production in America as the rest of the industry moved it overseas, and not only survive, but thrive in that environment.
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Failed It!: How to Turn Mistakes Into Ideas and Other Advice for Successfully Screwing Up
By Porchlight
In his new book, Erik Kessels celebrates the fine art of making mistakes and moving ideas.
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Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization
By Porchlight
A lover of maps from an early age, Parag Khanna talks about how to view and navigate the world "when both the 'death of globalization' and the 'age of hyper-globalization' are heralded with equal confidence."
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Good for the Money: My Fight to Pay Back America
By Porchlight
Bob Benmosche tells the story of how he pulled AIG back from the brink of bankruptcy and engineered one of history's most astonishing corporate turnarounds.
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Quench Your Own Thirst: Business Lessons Learned Over a Beer or Two
By Porchlight
Founder of The Boston Beer Company, Jim Koch, offers his unique perspective when it comes to business, beer, and turning your passion into a successful company or career.
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Mastering the New Media Landscape
By Porchlight
Barbara Cave Henricks and Rusty Shelton teach us some ways to futureproof our media presence.
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Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy—And How to Make Them Work for You
By Porchlight
Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall Van Alstyne, and Sangeet Paul Choudary explain how the platform revolution is transforming the world as we know it and the work we do & and are able to do—along the way.
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