Manage What Matters: A Leader’s Guide to Making Work Meaningful
Rachel Pacheco WG11 GRW21
Matt Holt Books
Pacheco, a Georgetown University management professor, explores how to find purpose in even the most monotonous work. Using statistics and research, the book provides practical advice for staying motivated, encouraging employees’ growth and personal relationships, and guiding yourself toward meaningful responsibilities in the workplace.
To Zuri: Leadership That Outlives Us
Julian Baldwin WG16
River Grove Books
Written as letters to his daughter, Baldwin’s book aims to foster integrity and leadership, drawing from his personal and professional experiences and the lives of his relatives. Inspired by the courage and leadership of Black college students — including one of his cousins — who sat at a Woolworth’s lunch counter to protest Jim Crow laws in 1960, Baldwin provides inspiring examples of bravery and strength.
Because of a Dog: How an Enchanted Italian Village Mended a Broken Heart
Matthew Sigman WG94
Sourcebooks
After his dog, Augie, passed away and his boyfriend left him, Sigman fled to Europe. In a small Italian village, he found moments of both quiet and adventure as he dealt with his grief and made new friends. With humor and heart, this memoir tells Sigman’s story among the cobblestone streets — and, of course, details his loving relationship with Augie that lasted nearly two decades.
Crossing the Bronx
Fredric Price WG69, writing as David Hirshberg
Fig Tree Books LLC
In this novel set in the 1950s, two brothers, Jay and Eric, are on different sides of a conflict between a construction company and a community trying to preserve New York’s heritage and history. As Jay deals with death, prison, and gangsters, issues of gender, religion, and business add complication and realism to this historical fiction, which is a retelling of the Jacob and Esau tale.
Be Your Own Hero
Jeanne McPhillips WG95, writing as Jeanne Marie
SuperGirlls
McPhillips uses her experiences from her MBA and careers in fashion and teaching to provide a practical, fun guide for young women for whatever comes next — whether a job, graduate school, or something else entirely. The book offers step-by-step advice, fun exercises, and heartfelt encouragement to help you discover meaning, understand and articulate your personal story, and come up with actionable plans to achieve your goals.
The Age of Synchrony: Why Resonance, Not Intelligence, Will Define the Future
Joshua Bernstein WG09
VAULT
As AI use increases every day, impacting practical tasks across industries, Bernstein argues that human connection and coordination — “synchrony” — will be essential to the future. Using neuroscience and psychology research, as well as drawing from his own experiences, Bernstein explores why people feel more disconnected than ever in the modern era, as well as what we can do to reforge connection and improve our future.
Murder in Vacationland: Danger Follows the Trail to Acadia National Park
Kacey Carpenter WG91
Carpenter Publishing
Three friends are enjoying a vacation in Maine when they discover a body in a river. From there, Carpenter’s novel unfolds into a thrilling tale of secrets and survival. Amid the scenery of a national park, Alex, Ben, and Mitch draw on their experiences in business and the police force to stick together and evade the government agents pursuing them while seeking answers to the mystery of the body’s identity and the reason why it is there.
