Staff Picks
Porchlight is a company filled with voracious readers—talented, creative individuals who know books, and who excel at moving them. Whenever we can, we like to do that by telling you about the books we’re reading.
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Blog / Staff Picks
Skyfaring: A Journey With a Pilot by Mark Vanhoenacker
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Mark Vanhoenacker's new book Skyfaring is a beautifully constructed, exquisitely written love letter to flying.
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What book have you recommended the most?
Book Review by Blyth Meier
Our personal book-pushing habits run the gamut from fantasy to children’s books to memoir and beyond.
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The Automatic Customer by John Warrillow
Book Review by Blyth Meier
A nuts-and-bolts overview of the subscription business model for those ready to put pen to paper.
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What book do you want to read again?
Book Review by Blyth Meier
Here’s the books that surely will find their way back to the reading piles of our staff and board.
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Fed, White, and Blue and Finding Identity Through Life's Transactions
Book Review by Ryan Schleicher
Simon Majumdar went on a mission to discover what it means to be American by exploring what he knows best, food.
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What books are currently on your nightstand?
Book Review by Blyth Meier
Here’s what’s currently piled up on our collective nightstands, begging for our attention.
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How to Raise a Wild Child by Scott D. Sampson
Book Review by Porchlight
Dr. Scott takes on the importance of where kids spend their time. The book is a manifesto on the importance of getting outdoors, and a handbook to show you how.
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Revised)
Book Review by Blyth Meier
How much GTD is enough when you want a "mind like water"?
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What Did You Read As a Child?
Book Review by Blyth Meier
Find out which books encouraged our staff to be life-long readers.
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Pushkin Press and Yasushi Inoue's Life of a Counterfeiter
Book Review by Porchlight
A peek at one of the UK's most outstanding small presses, and a review of a newly-reprinted classic of Japanese literature.
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