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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Leadership for a Fractured World: How to Cross Boundaries, Build Bridges, and Lead Change
By Porchlight
Many business books have forewords written by fellow business authors. Dean Williams got his from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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Captivology: The Science of Capturing People's Attention
By Porchlight
Captivology, from the cofounder of venture capital firm DominateFund and former editor of Mashable, teaches us how to get and maintain attention.
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Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant (Expanded Edition)
By Porchlight
W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne tell us how numbers-based goals are ineffective, even counterproductive, motivation—and what to replace them with.
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Zombie Loyalists: Using Great Service to Create Rabid Fans
By Porchlight
Dr. Shanklove: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Zombies with Peter Shankman
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The Best Place to Work
By Porchlight
Ron Friedman on "The Defining Feature of Renowned Artists, Star Athletes, and Successful Organizations."
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A Year with Peter Drucker
By Porchlight
Joseph A. Maciariello's new book allows you to spend a full year in the teachings of "the father of management."
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Twitter Is Not a Strategy
By Porchlight
"Regardless of whether it is cola or computers being sold, the exploding array of digital channels presents increased opportunities to connect and confuse."
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Chinese Rules
By Porchlight
Tim Clissold's Mr. China is one of the great books on China's rise. He is now back with a new book, Chinese Rules, to update the situation there.
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Growth Hacker Marketing
By Porchlight
Growth hacking can be used to sniff out and unearth information as valuable as truffles. But, as Ryan Holiday tells us, it requires a new mindset.
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Megaupload: Crooks or Corsairs?
By Porchlight
Rodolphe Durand Jean-Philippe Vergne by Rodolphe Durand & Jean-Philippe Vergne Kim Dotcom and his company Megaupload have just crossed over to the dark side. What can we learn from this contemporary pirate’s tale? Once a hard-working employee for well-established companies, Kim Dotcom became a crook, stealing for his own good whilst the State desperately tried to make new legislations to prevent file sharing from proliferating.
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