Rank | Info | Synopsis | |
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1 | Thinking, Fast And Slow |
A winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal lives and when we can and cannot trust our intuitions. | Buy now! |
2 | Grit |
A psychologist says passion and perseverance are the keys to success. | Buy now! |
3 | Thing Explainer |
Cells, elevators, smartphones, nuclear reactors and more are demystified with simply annotated blueprints. From the author of "What If?" | Buy now! |
4 | Speaking American |
The creator of the New York Times dialect quiz provides a guide to how words are pronounced in different parts of the country. | Buy now! |
5 | I Am Malala |
The experience of the young Pakistani advocate for womens education who was shot by the Taliban and later won the Nobel Peace Prize. Originally published in 2013. | Buy now! |
6 | On Writing |
A memoir that is a master class on the writer's craft. | Buy now! |
7 | Weapons Of Math Destruction |
How decisions that impact our lives are made by algorithms instead of people. | Buy now! |
8 | Best American Nonrequired Reading 2016 |
A wide-ranging anthology selected by high school students. | Buy now! |
9 | How Not To Be Wrong |
A mathematician shows how his discipline helps us think about problems of politics, medicine and commerce. | Buy now! |
10 | Other-Wordly |
From the blog of the same name, 64 intriguing words from a dozen languages. | Buy now! |