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Understanding Motivation and Emotion Summary
Understanding Motivation and Emotion
by Johnmarshall Reeve 2008 600 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Psychology
Textbooks
Education
Out of Our Minds Summary
Out of Our Minds
Learning to Be Creative
by Ken Robinson 2001 288 pages
3.94
4k+ ratings
Education
Psychology
Business
Why Don't Students Like School? Summary
Why Don't Students Like School?
by Daniel T. Willingham 2010 240 pages
4.04
5k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Psychology
The Glamour of Grammar Summary
The Glamour of Grammar
A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English
by Roy Peter Clark 2010 292 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Writing
Language
Reference
The Genius in All of Us Summary
The Genius in All of Us
Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is Wrong
by David Shenk 2010 320 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
A Whole New Mind Summary
A Whole New Mind
Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
by Daniel H. Pink 2006 294 pages
3.92
29k+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Change by Design Summary
Change by Design
How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation
by Tim Brown 2009 272 pages
3.89
10k+ ratings
Design
Business
Leadership
The Dyslexic Advantage Summary
The Dyslexic Advantage
Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain
by Brock L. Eide 2011 304 pages
4.34
2k+ ratings
Education
Psychology
Science
Theory of Fun for Game Design Summary
Theory of Fun for Game Design
by Raph Koster 2010 258 pages
3.91
3k+ ratings
Game Design
Games
Design
Telling Ain't Training Summary
Telling Ain't Training
by Harold D. Stolovitch 2011 312 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
Business
Teaching
Education
NLP Summary
NLP
The New Technology of Achievement
by Steve Andreas 1996 352 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Education of Millionaires Summary
The Education of Millionaires
It's Not What You Think and It's Not Too Late
by Michael Ellsberg 2010
3.91
3k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Finance
Thinkertoys Summary
Thinkertoys
A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques
by Michael Michalko 2006 416 pages
3.98
4k+ ratings
Business
Design
Self Help
The Element Summary
The Element
How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
by Ken Robinson 2009 288 pages
3.86
18k+ ratings
Education
Self Help
Psychology
Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense Summary
Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense
Profiting from Evidence-based Management
by Jeffrey Pfeffer 2006 288 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Succeeding When You're Supposed to Fail Summary
Succeeding When You're Supposed to Fail
The 6 Enduring Principles of High Achievement
by Rom Brafman 2011 208 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Too Big to Know Summary
Too Big to Know
Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room
by David Weinberger 2012
3.79
2k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Philosophy
Statistics for Dummies Summary
Statistics for Dummies
by Deborah J. Rumsey 2003 384 pages
3.67
500+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Reference
Born Digital Summary
Born Digital
by John Palfrey
3.61
1k+ ratings
Technology
Education
Internet
Breakthrough Rapid Reading Summary
Breakthrough Rapid Reading
by Peter Kump 1998 276 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Productivity
The Rules of Money Summary
The Rules of Money
How to Make It and How to Hold on to It
by Richard Templar 2012 225 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
Finance
Business
Money
The Water Is Wide Summary
The Water Is Wide
by Pat Conroy 2002 320 pages
4.16
25k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Education
How Children Succeed Summary
How Children Succeed
Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
by Paul Tough 2012 231 pages
3.89
24k+ ratings
Parenting
Education
Psychology
The Death and Life of the Great American School System Summary
The Death and Life of the Great American School System
How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
by Diane Ravitch 2010 296 pages
4.05
5k+ ratings
Education
Politics
Teaching
The First 20 Hours Summary
The First 20 Hours
How to Learn Anything...Fast
by Josh Kaufman 2013 288 pages
3.46
7k+ ratings
Self Help
Productivity
Psychology
The Smartest Kids in the World Summary
The Smartest Kids in the World
And How They Got That Way
by Amanda Ripley 2013 320 pages
4.07
14k+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Psychology
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook Summary
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook
Strategies for Building a Learning Organization
by Peter M. 1994 608 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Bullied Summary
Bullied
What Every Parent, Teacher, and Kid Needs to Know About Ending the Cycle of Fear
by Carrie Goldman 2012 368 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Self Help
How to Learn a Foreign Language Summary
How to Learn a Foreign Language
by Graham E. Fuller 1991 102 pages
3.41
100+ ratings
Language
Reference
Linguistics
Babel No More Summary
Babel No More
The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
by Michael Erard 2012 320 pages
3.54
1k+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Psychology
Speed Math for Kids Summary
Speed Math for Kids
The Fast, Fun Way To Do Basic Calculations
by Bill Handley 2007 256 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Mathematics
Education
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Summary
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide
by Sean Covey 2004 240 pages
4.05
36k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
School
How Learning Works Summary
How Learning Works
Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching
by Susan A. Ambrose 2010 301 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Psychology
Several Short Sentences About Writing Summary
Several Short Sentences About Writing
by Verlyn Klinkenborg 2012 224 pages
4.13
3k+ ratings
Writing
Crafts
Reference
inGenius Summary
inGenius
A Crash Course on Creativity
by Tina Seelig 2012 216 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Psychology
For the Win Summary
For the Win
How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business
by Kevin Werbach 2012 148 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Games
Youtility Summary
Youtility
Why Smart Marketing Is about Help Not Hype
by Jay Baer 2013 240 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Business
Social Media
Leadership
The Lean Six SIGMA Pocket Toolbook Summary
The Lean Six SIGMA Pocket Toolbook
A Quick Reference Guide to Nearly 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed: A Quick Reference Guide to 70 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed
by Michael L. George 2004 225 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Business
Reference
Management
How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk Summary
How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk
by Adele Faber 2005 224 pages
4
3k+ ratings
Parenting
Self Help
Psychology
Speed Mathematics Summary
Speed Mathematics
Secrets of Lightning Mental Calculation
by Bill Handley 2014 320 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Mathematics
Education
The Talent Code Summary
The Talent Code
Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.
by Daniel Coyle 2009 288 pages
4.04
25k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Mind in the Making Summary
Mind in the Making
The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs
by Ellen Galinsky 2010 382 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Parenting
Education
Psychology
The Memory Book Summary
The Memory Book
The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play
by Harry Lorayne 1996 237 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
How to Read Literature Like a Professor Summary
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
by Thomas C. Foster 2003 314 pages
3.61
30k+ ratings
School
Books About Books
Writing
Smarter Summary
Smarter
The New Science of Building Brain Power
by Dan Hurley 2013 304 pages
3.50
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Self Help
Brainstorm Summary
Brainstorm
The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
by Daniel J. Siegel 2014 336 pages
3.89
3k+ ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Education
Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Writers Summary
Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Writers
Over 2,300 Emotive, Evocative, Descriptive Synonyms, Antonyms, and Related Terms Every Writer Should Know
by David Olsen 2014 448 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Dictionaries
The Well-Trained Mind Summary
The Well-Trained Mind
A Guide to Classical Education at Home
by Susan Wise Bauer 2009 864 pages
4.33
7k+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Reference
100 Ways to Improve Your Writing Summary
100 Ways to Improve Your Writing
Proven Professional Techniques for Writing With Style and Power
by Gary Provost 1985 176 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Writing
Self Help
Reference
The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child Summary
The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child
Helping Your Child Thrive in an Extroverted World
by Marti Olsen Laney 2005 256 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Self Help
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