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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Flawless | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category
By Elise Hu
A cutting-edge journalistic exposé of self-care consumerism, using the extreme case South Korea to both celebrate the astounding growth of K-Beauty and South Korean pop culture as a global export and examine the dark implications for women in a looks-obsessed patriarchy, in a debut that asks the question: What is the future of beauty?
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The Measure of Our Age | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category
By M T Connolly
An elder justice expert uncovers the failures in the systems that are supposed to protect us as we age, and provides a battle plan for families and policy-makers to counter the greed and incompetence.
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Building a Pro-Black World | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category
By Cyndi Suarez
Learn to create a nonprofit organization and society in which Black people can thrive.
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Birth | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category
By Rebecca Grant
A gripping blend of rigorous, intimate on-the-ground reporting and deep social history of reproductive health that follows three first-time mothers as they experience pregnancy and childbirth in today’s America.
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Sideman | An Excerpt from the Narrative & Biography Category
By Mark Rivera
While most successful sidemen are lucky to spend a decade in the music business, multi-instrumentalist Mark Rivera is working on his fifth.
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Strong Female Character | An Excerpt from the Narrative & Biography Category
By Fern Brady
A memoir as hilarious as it is heartbreaking, Strong Female Character is both a remarkable coming-of-age tale and a dark but poignant tribute to life at the intersection of womanhood and neurodiversity.
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Awaken | An Excerpt from the Narrative & Biography Category
By Raj Sisodia
Written for anyone with even a passing interest in improving their inner life and making a difference in the world, Awaken provides proven tools and practical advice that allow readers to know themselves, love themselves, be themselves, and express themselves.
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He/She/They | An Excerpt from the Narrative & Biography Category
By Schuyler Bailar
Go‑to expert on gender identity, Schuyler Bailar, offers an essential, urgent guide that changes the conversation.
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Life On Other Planets | An Excerpt from the Narrative & Biography Category
By Aomawa Shields
A stunning and inspiring memoir charting a life as an astronomer, classically-trained actor, mother, and Black woman in STEM, searching for life in the universe while building a meaningful life here on Earth.
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Containing Big Tech | An Excerpt from the Current Events & Public Affairs Category
By Tom Kemp
This richly detailed book exposes the consequences of Big Tech’s digital surveillance, exploitative use of AI, and monopolistic and anticompetitive practices. By containing the excesses of Big Tech, we will ensure our civil rights are respected and preserved, our economy is competitive, and our democracy is protected.
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