Inspirational books to start the new semester/new year?

[Faithr]

I am read Minds More Awake by Anne White (of Ambleside Online).  It is wonderful!  Full of wisdom and pithy insights.  What are you reading to gear up for the new year?

[Rush]

i've just ordered these two after reading Bill Gate's website

 

Eradication: Ridding the World of Diseases Forever?, by Nancy Leys Stepan. Stepan’s history of eradication efforts gives you a good sense of how involved the work can get, how many different kinds of approaches have been tried without success, and how much we’ve learned from our failures. She writes in a fairly academic style that may make it hard for non-experts to get to her valuable arguments, but it’s worth the effort. You come away from it with a clearer sense of how we can use the lessons of the past to guide future efforts to save lives.

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck. This book first came to my attention a few years ago during an invention session on education with my friend Nathan Myrhvold. It’s been an important influence on the foundation’s education work. Through clever research studies and engaging writing, Dweck illuminates how our beliefs about our capabilities exert tremendous influence on how we learn and which paths we take in life. The value of this book extends way beyond the world of education. It’s just as relevant for businesspeople who want to cultivate talent and for parents who want to raise their kids to thrive on challenge.

[Runningmom80]

I just ordered this,

http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Brain-Child-Revolutionary-Strategies-Developing/dp/0553386697/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1451316732&sr=1-1&keywords=whole+brain+child

 

 

I'll let you know how it goes!