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BOLD

by Barry Silverstein

When it comes to writing an interesting business book, it’s hard to go wrong with compelling case studies. "BOLD" makes the most of this approach. Experts on brands and customer experience, the authors have selected fourteen companies... Read More

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The Pitcher's Kid

by Karl Helicher

Near the end of this book, the author’s high school homeroom teacher asks how “the young man with the highest IQ in his room managed to graduate in the bottom three percent of his class.” Olsen replied, “It was a long story.”... Read More

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Not About Madonna

by Lisa Romeo

Whit Hill’s memoir is engaging and interesting, but is it not about Madonna? It’s not. That’s okay. Expecting a memoir by Madonna’s pre-fame roommate to not be about Madonna may be like expecting a minor member of the Jackson... Read More

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Entangled

by Andi Diehn

Men and women in their seventies and eighties don’t get very much exposure in the entertainment industry. Movies like Cocoon and books like Emily, Alone come along every so often, but for the most part the aging and elderly are written... Read More

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Beautiful Unbroken

by Lisa Romeo

Each year, Graywolf Press publishes the winner of the Bakeless Prize for Nonfiction, and neither the publisher nor the Breadloaf Writers Conference (which administers the Prize) has put forward a wrong foot yet. Mary Jane Nealon’s... Read More

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Moby-Dick in Pictures

by Julie Eakin

But he will still be hunted, for all that. What is best let alone, that accursed thing is not always what least allures. He’s all a magnet! To borrow from Herman Melville, the “accursed” things that attract us aren’t always... Read More

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Furniture with Soul

by Meg Nola

Do we think of the psyche when we see a piece of furniture? Generally not, but perhaps we should. Looking beyond obvious skill and technical finesse, Furniture with Soul: Master Woodworkers and Their Craft offers a more organic... Read More

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