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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

Beverly Daniel Tatum

And Other Conversations About Race

Limitless

Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life

The Case Against Education

The Case Against Education

Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money

The Little Book of Talent

The Little Book of Talent

52 Tips for Improving Your Skills

The Coddling of the American Mind

The Coddling of the American Mind

Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

Better Together

Better Together

Lydia Dobyns and Tom Vander Ark

How to Leverage School Networks for Smarter Personalized and Project Based Learning

Why “A” Students Work for “C” Students and “B” Students Work for the Government

Why “A” Students Work for “C” Students and “B” Students Work for the Government

Robert T. Kiyosaki

Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Education for Parents

Onward

Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators

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How to Think Like Socrates

How to Think Like Socrates

Donald J. Robertson

Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World

Indian Philosophy

Indian Philosophy

A Very Short Introduction

The Great Mental Models, Volume 4

The Great Mental Models, Volume 4

Economics and Art

What Kind of Creatures Are We?

What Kind of Creatures Are We?

A deep exploration of human nature, language, and consciousness

Children of Ash and Elm

Children of Ash and Elm

A History of the Vikings

Productive Failure

Productive Failure

Unlocking Deeper Learning Through the Science of Failing

A Beginner's Guide to the Stock Market

A Beginner's Guide to the Stock Market

Matthew R Kratter

Everything You Need to Start Making Money Today

Of Grammatology

Of Grammatology

Jacques Derrida

The Foundations of Language, Writing, and Meaning

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Must-Read General Knowledge Books

Must-Read General Knowledge Books

Get smarter and improve your understanding of the world

Must Reads for Psychology Students

Must Reads for Psychology Students

Essential books and insights on psychology and the brain

Must Reads for Politics Students

Must Reads for Politics Students

Essential books and insights from the world of politics

Must Reads for Economics Students

Must Reads for Economics Students

Essential books and insights on international economics

Must Reads for Business Students

Must Reads for Business Students

Essential books and insights from the world of business

Must Reads for Engineering Students

Must Reads for Engineering Students

Essential insights from the tech world and computer science

Top 10 Student Reads

Top 10 Student Reads

Inspiration and ideas for the ultimate student experience

Best Books on Linguistics

Best Books on Linguistics

The role and importance of language in human life

Classics

Titles you need to know in Education

The Call of the Wild and Free

The Call of the Wild and Free

Reclaiming Wonder in Your Child's Education

The Polymath

Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility

Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be

Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be

An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania

Ultralearning

Accelerate Your Career, Master Hard Tasks and Outsmart the Competition

Mythology

Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

Reader, Come Home

Reader, Come Home

The Reading Brain in a Digital World

Range

Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

Why Don’t Students Like School?

Why Don’t Students Like School?

Daniel T. Willingham

A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

A mind-bending introduction to modern physics

Bloody Brilliant Women

Bloody Brilliant Women

Pioneers, Revolutionaries, and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention

The Personality Brokers

The Personality Brokers

The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing

Creative Superpowers

Creative Superpowers

Laura Jordan Bambach

Equip Yourself for the Age of Creativity

#NeverAgain

David Hogg & Lauren Hogg

A New Generation Draws the Line

Micromastery

Learn Small, Learn Fast, and Unlock Your Potential to Achieve Anything

Educated

The First 20 Hours

The First 20 Hours

How to Learn Anything… Fast

Learn Better

Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything

U Thrive

Daniel Lerner and Alan Schlechter

How to Succeed in College (and Life)

The Death of Expertise

The Death of Expertise

The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters

What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School

What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School

Mark H. McCormack

Notes From a Street-Smart Executive

Unlimited Memory

Unlimited Memory

How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive

Out of Our Minds

Out of Our Minds

Learning to be Creative

Accidental Genius

Accidental Genius

Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content

The Element

How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

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