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Blog / New Releases
Business Books to Watch in May
By 800-CEO-READ
In order of their release dates, these are just some of the books we're hoping to get to know better in May.
Categories: new-releases, narrative-biography, publishing-industry
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Blog / Blog
800-CEO-READ Business Bestsellers for April 2018
By 800-CEO-READ
The bestselling business books at 800-CEO-READ for April 2018.
Categories: the-company
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Powered by Storytelling: Excavate, Craft, and Present Stories to Transform Business Communication
By Porchlight
Murray Nossel employs all he has learned in his lifetime to teach others to listen without judgment, to present with emotion and authority, and to use your story to make genuine, lasting connections.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Excerpts
Friend of a Friend . . .: Understanding the Hidden Networks That Can Transform Your Life and Your Career
By Blyth Meier
David Burkus' Friend of a Friend... introduces us to some new thinking on what successful networking can look like.
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Maya Rao writes about "the ways in which the largest oil rush in modern US history wrestled with ephemeral and lasting interests, scam and legitimacy, and the power and failings of free enterprise."
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / New Releases
Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
By 800-CEO-READ
Legendary venture capitalist John Doerr reveals how a powerful goal-setting system has helped tech giants such as Google and Intel exceed all expectations–and how it can help any organization thrive.
Categories: new-releases
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Blog / New Releases
When the Wolves Bite: Two Billionaires, One Company, and an Epic Wall Street Battle
By Blyth Meier
Scott Wapner's new book is a fast-paced and cautionary tale about the power that, ten years after the financial crisis, still lives in the hands of a precious few.
Categories: new-releases
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Creative Quest
By Porchlight
Questlove's new book on the creative process, and living a connected, creative life, is one of the most honest, open, amusing, and best I've ever read.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Jeremy Heimans & Henry Timms detail how technology-enabled collaboration and mass participation are enabling a new power that is changing the world before our very eyes.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography
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Blog / Excerpts
The Deals That Made the World: Reckless Ambition, Backroom Negotiations, and the Hidden Truths of Business
By Dylan Schleicher
Jacques Peretti looks at the world we live in today through the lens of ten business deals that "have ramifications far beyond business," and have been "especially crucial in shaping modern society."
Categories: excerpts
