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Bill Gates' Recommendations III
1.
Outliers: The Story of Success
by:
Malcolm Gladwell
4.19 avg rating — 845,810 ratings
2.
The Rosie Result (Don Tillman, #3)
by:
Graeme Simsion
4.03 avg rating — 49,308 ratings
3.
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
by:
Thomas L. Friedman
3.69 avg rating — 102,338 ratings
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America
by:
Thomas L. Friedman
3.71 avg rating — 13,903 ratings
5.
Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next 50 Years
by:
Vaclav Smil
4.07 avg rating — 303 ratings
6.
The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change
by:
Vaclav Smil
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 35 ratings
7.
Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines
by:
Vaclav Smil
3.89 avg rating — 130 ratings
8.
Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact (Technical Revolutions and Their Lasting Impact)
by:
Vaclav Smil
4.21 avg rating — 169 ratings
9.
Polio: An American Story
by:
David M. Oshinsky
4.05 avg rating — 5,876 ratings
10.
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by:
Jared Diamond
3.93 avg rating — 73,872 ratings
11.
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
by:
Jeffrey D. Sachs
3.69 avg rating — 11,197 ratings
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Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America's Schools
by:
Steven Brill
3.68 avg rating — 558 ratings
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Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration
by:
Douglas S. Massey
4.05 avg rating — 166 ratings
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13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time
by:
Michael Brooks
3.75 avg rating — 6,124 ratings
15.
Health Care Will Not Reform Itself: A User's Guide to Refocusing and Reforming American Health Care
by:
George C. Halvorson
4.05 avg rating — 38 ratings
16.
Dirt And Disease: Polio Before F.D.R.
by:
Naomi Rogers
3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings
17.
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air
by:
David J.C. MacKay
4.41 avg rating — 1,797 ratings
18.
Work Hard. Be Nice.
by:
Jay Mathews
3.83 avg rating — 2,274 ratings
19.
Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education
by:
Terry M. Moe
3.70 avg rating — 33 ratings
20.
Life Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment
by:
Peter Buffett
3.80 avg rating — 2,598 ratings
21.
In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic
by:
David Wessel
3.74 avg rating — 1,065 ratings
22.
Why America Is Not a New Rome
by:
Vaclav Smil
3.52 avg rating — 117 ratings
23.
Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
by:
Pamela C. Ronald
3.86 avg rating — 445 ratings
24.
Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects
by:
Vaclav Smil
4.24 avg rating — 153 ratings
25.
Superfreakonomics
by:
Steven D. Levitt
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 133,655 ratings
26.
Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
by:
Nicholas A. Christakis
3.96 avg rating — 2,440 ratings
27.
These Truths: A History of the United States
by:
Jill Lepore
4.40 avg rating — 12,494 ratings
28.
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
by:
Matthew Walker
4.37 avg rating — 215,785 ratings
29.
An American Marriage
by:
Tayari Jones
3.93 avg rating — 379,528 ratings
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Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life
by:
Diane Tavenner
3.94 avg rating — 2,956 ratings
31.
Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities
by:
Vaclav Smil
3.86 avg rating — 1,119 ratings
32.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
by:
David Foster Wallace
3.84 avg rating — 31,109 ratings