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  1. Never Enough : When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It

    Breheny Wallace, Jennifer
    Penguin Publishing Group 2023

    AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive book on the rise of “toxic achievement culture” overtaking our kids' and parents' lives, and a new framework for fighting backI...

  2. Wavewalker : Breaking Free

    Heywood, Suzanne
    HarperCollins Publishers 2023

    THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2023 'Grippingly vivid and pacey' THE TIMES 'A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand m...

  3. What's Wrong with the World

    Chesterton, G. K.
    Saga Egmont

    In this collection of essays, G. K. Chesterton matches his wits against some of the greatest issues of the 20th century. Imperialism, politics, education, and feminism are put to...

  4. Thoughts on the Education of Daughters

    Wollstonecraft, Mary
    Saga Egmont

    A feminist reflection on female conduct, ‘Thoughts on the Education of Daughters’ offers advice on moral and intellect for young women and girls. First published by the British fe...

  5. Visual Thinking : The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions

    Grandin, Temple
    Penguin Publishing Group 2022

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE NAUTILUS GOLD AWARD“A powerful and provocative testament to the diverse coalition of minds we’ll need to face the mounting challenge...

  6. Scroll Zombies: How Social Media Addiction Controls our Lives

    Rollenhagen, Sven
    Saga Egmont

    Almost everyone is doing it. Aimlessly scrolling through their social media feeds. From presidents to the postmen, most people you know and probably even yourself. Mindlessly, your...

  7. The Salvaging of Civilization

    Wells, H. G.
    Saga Egmont

    ‘The Salvaging of Civilization’ is a thought-provoking non-fiction work by H. G. Wells, written several years after the First World War. Centred around the major issues of educatio...

  8. The Advancement of Learning

    Bacon, Francis
    Saga Egmont

    Published in 1605, Sir Francis Bacon’s ‘The Advancement of Learning’ is a ground-breaking philosophical work that outlines his empirical scientific method. Addressed to King James...

  9. Prefect - Future Leadership for Research and Development

    Risling, Anders; Edenius, Mats; Eriksson Lundström, Jenny
    Sanoma Utbildning

    Prefect is aimed at leaders and managers of research and development. The focus is on leaders of universities and university colleges. The book covers a broad range of aspects, fro...

  10. A Critique of Universities

    Skúlason, Páll
    Iceland University Press

    Whart sort of institution should the university aspire to be? What role should it be playing in the present? How should it be governed? Are universities taking proper care of the k...

  11. LGBTQ Issues in Education

    American Educational Research Association

    LGBTQ Issues in Education: Advancing a Research Agenda examines the current state of the knowledge on LGBTQ issues in education and addresses future research directions. The editor...

  12. Interest in Mathematics and Science Learning

    American Educational Research Association

    Interest in Mathematics and Science Learning, edited by K. Ann Renninger, Martin Nieswandt, and Suzanne Hidi, is the first volume to assemble findings on the role of interest in ma...

  13. Roll of Honour

    Blades, Barry
    Pen and Sword

    The Great War was the first 'Total War'; a war in which human and material resources were pitched into a life-and-death struggle on a colossal scale. British citizens fought on bot...

  14. Thinking and Acting Systemically

    American Educational Research Association

    This volume argues that districts are important as a lever for change given the limited success of school-by-school efforts. Policies that focus on skill development, recognize and...

  15. Socializing Intelligence Through Academic Talk and Dialogue

    American Educational Research Association

    Socializing Intelligence Through Academic Talk and Dialogue focuses on a fast-growing topic in education research. Over the course of 34 chapters, the contributors discuss theories...

  16. The Nature of Order, Book One: The Phenomenon of Life

    Alexander, Christopher
    Eurospan

    Christopher Alexander's series of ground-breaking books including A Pattern Language and The Timeless Way of Building have pointed to fundamental truths of the way we build, reve...

  17. Readability (2/2): Birth of the Cluster text, Introduction to the Art of Learning.

    Annandreas, -
    Books on Demand

    This book is the second part of the two-part book Readability - Birth of the Cluster text, Introduction to the Art of learning, i.e. do not forget the first part! This book is th...

  18. Youth on the Move: Tendencies and Tensions in Youth Policies and Practices

    Brunila, Kristiina; Lundahl, Lisbeth
    Helsinki University Press 2020 1. painos

    The book addresses one of the most urgent social problems in many countries, the uncertain school-to-work transitions of young people. As a result, a ‘transition machinery’ has bee...

  19. The Digital Age and Its Discontents: Critical Reflections in Education

    Stocchetti, Matteo
    Helsinki University Press 2020 1. painos

    Three decades into the ‘digital age’, the promises of emancipation of the digital ‘revolution’ in education are still unfulfilled. Furthermore, digitalization seems to generate new...

  20. Readability (1/2): Birth of the Cluster text, Introduction to the Art of Learning.

    Annandreas, -
    Books on Demand

    Readability - Birth of the Cluster text, Introduction to the Art of Learning is the definitive guide to reading and learning. After having read this book, you should have become a...