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The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester

The Stars My Destination

Alfred Bester

258 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0ryanbroadfoot's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging dark fast-paced
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Richard Dawkins

470 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0ryanbroadfoot's review
nonfiction science adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

Douglas Adams

208 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0ryanbroadfoot's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Discourses, Fragments, Handbook by Epictetus, Robin Hard, Christopher Gill

Discourses, Fragments, Handbook

Epictetus, Robin Hard, Christopher Gill

355 pages • first pub 1758 (editions)

5.0ryanbroadfoot's review
nonfiction classics philosophy self help reflective slow-paced
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus' Enchiridion by Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus' Enchiridion
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Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius

Meditations of Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus' Enchiridion

Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius

205 pages • first pub 180 (editions)

nonfiction classics history philosophy informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
How I Wish I'd Taught Maths: Lessons Learned from Research, Conversations with Experts, and 12 Years of Mistakes by Craig Barton

How I Wish I'd Taught Maths: Lessons Learned from Research, Conversations with Experts, and 12 Years of Mistakes

Craig Barton

452 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0ryanbroadfoot's review
nonfiction education mathematics informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced
How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker

How the Mind Works

Steven Pinker

660 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0ryanbroadfoot's review
nonfiction psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0ryanbroadfoot's review
nonfiction education politics psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett

The Light Fantastic

Discworld #2

Terry Pratchett

216 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0ryanbroadfoot's review
fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do by Daniel T. Willingham

Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do

Daniel T. Willingham

240 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0ryanbroadfoot's review
nonfiction childrens education informative medium-paced