I Read Many Things

Tag: Non-Fiction

  • Raising Critical Thinkers, by Julie Bogart

    While there is a seemingly infinite number of issues facing education at the present, I would argue none is more pressing than equipping this young generation with the necessary critical thinking skills to navigate the world. At this point, it’s annoyingly cliché to point out the over-abundance of information circulating on the Internet, and resorting…

  • An Immense World, by Ed Yong

    Every so often a book comes along that is so unbelievably interesting that I have absolutely no choice to share it with most people close to me. An Immense World is such a book. I was hooked from the first few sentences and throughout every single chapter. I even took my time reading it because…

  • Anguished English, by Richard Lederer

    Here’s a really silly book about the uses and misuses of the English language. It’s less of a book written by the author and more a compilation of some of the wildest and funniest mistakes, errors, misappropriations and other uses of the English language. First chapter is mostly about school and was, for me at…

  • The Book of the Moon : A Guide to Our Closest Neighbor, by Maggie Aderin-Pocock

    By now, anyone who knows me even a little understands that I have a deep passion for most sciences, especially physics and astronomy in the past couple of years. It seems like every time I come across a science book that looks remotely interesting, I’ll be tempted. And now it’s much worse since I have…

  • Endure : Mind, Body and Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance, by Alex Hutchinson (fr)

    Je nourris depuis longtemps une admiration sans fin pour les athlètes de haut niveau, ceux et celles qui défient les limites de qui semble possible d’accomplir avec le simple corps humain. Tous les sports m’intéressent d’une manière ou d’une autre, mais les épreuves d’athlétisme règnent au sommet pour ce qui est de stimuler l’émerveillement. Les…

  • The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat, by Oliver Sacks

    Let’s get one thing out of the gate, the title of this book belongs in the Hall of Fame of Book Titles. And if such a thing does not exist, we’ll have to create it from scratch. It obviously played a role in me buying it, but I had heard of Oliver Sacks beforehand. A…

  • Why does E = mc^2? by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw

    Is there a more famous equation in all of science? Even kids have told me lately that E was equal to mc2 (they’ll say the two out loud as “two” and not as “squared” when they are younger) and usually feel like geniuses for even remembering the order of the letters. I probably did that…

  • The Midrange Theory, by Seth Partnow

    Seth Partnow is one of the best basketball journalists around, an expert in sports analytics. I’ve seen some of his work in the past and have heard him quite a few times as a guest on my favourite basketball podcasts. Liking this book was always a given for me. I pre-ordered it as soon as…

  • Nonviolent Communication : A Language of Life, by Marshall B. Rosenberg (fr)

    Il y a environ deux ans, mes collègues de travail et moi-même avons eu droit à une formation en communication non-violente. Durant cette journée bien remplie, nous avons entendu le nom de Marshall B. Rosenberg à environ douze mille reprises, ce qui témoigne de l’importance de cet homme dans la conception de cette méthode de…

  • The Absorbent Mind, by Maria Montessori (fr)

    Voici un livre qui a marqué ma formation d’enseignant Montessori il y a quelques années. Pendant cette période intensive de plusieurs mois, j’ai eu le privilège de lire plusieurs ouvrages de Maria Montessori, plusieurs qui seront probablement discutés sur ce blog lors de mes relectures éventuelles. The Absorbent Mind, qu’on pourrait traduire simplement par L’Esprit…