Education Book Summaries

Ultralearning

Scott H. Young

Ultralearning

Accelerate Your Career, Master Hard Tasks and Outsmart the Competition

Unlimited Memory

Kevin Horsley

Unlimited Memory

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

Limitless

Jim Kwik

Limitless

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

Learn Like a Pro

Barbara Oakley and Olav Schewe

Learn Like a Pro

Science-based Tools to Become Better at Anything

Range

David Epstein

Range

Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

How to Take Smart Notes

Sönke Ahrens

How to Take Smart Notes

One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers

Basic Economics

Thomas Sowell

Basic Economics

A Common Sense Guide to the Economy

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

Robert T. Kiyosaki

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

Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Education for Parents

The Death of Expertise

Tom Nichols

The Death of Expertise

The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters

Hyper-Learning

Edward D. Hess

Hyper-Learning

How to Adapt to the Speed of Change

Learn Better

Ulrich Boser

Learn Better

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

Thrivers

Michele Borba

Thrivers

The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine

How Children Succeed

Paul Tough

How Children Succeed

Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

Beginners

Tom Vanderbilt

Beginners

The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning

The Personality Brokers

Merve Emre

The Personality Brokers

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

Knowledge

Jennifer Nagel

Knowledge

A Very Short Introduction

Educated

Tara Westover

Educated

A Memoir

Mythology

Edith Hamilton

Mythology

Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

The Little Book of Talent

Daniel Coyle

The Little Book of Talent

52 Tips for Improving Your Skills

The Element

Ken Robinson, with Lou Aronica

The Element

How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

The First 20 Hours

Josh Kaufman

The First 20 Hours

How to Learn Anything… Fast

The Master Algorithm

Pedro Domingos

The Master Algorithm

How The Quest For The Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World

The Coddling of the American Mind

Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

The Coddling of the American Mind

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

Mythos

Stephen Fry

Mythos

A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

A journey into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer

How We Learn

Benedict Carey

How We Learn

The Surprising Truth About When, Where and Why It Happens

The Talent Code

Daniel Coyle

The Talent Code

Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How.

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

Carlo Rovelli

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

A mind-bending introduction to modern physics