Education & Reference

In this riveting personal account, an authentic American hero relives the perils and triumphs of eight harrowing patrols aboard one of America's most successful World War II submarines...

The authors devoted five decades to the study of world history and philosophy, culminating in the masterful 11-volume Story of Civilization....

Get ready for an adventure tale in its purest form, a thrilling and elegantly told account of a group of British schoolboys marooned on a tropical island....

In The Book Whisperer, Miller takes us inside her sixth grade classroom to reveal the secrets of her powerful but unusual instructional approach....

The Sackett boys weren't out to make a reputation, it just happened that way....

The story of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is very difficult to describe....

Learn to skim through a book in minutes, pick up dozens of facts and ideas, and recall them with pinpoint accuracy, even months or years later....

Clay Jensen returns from school to find a strange package on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by his classmate and crush, who committed suicide two weeks earlier....

This expanded audio collection presents William Zinsser's On Writing Well, the classic teaching book that has sold more than 1 million copies, together with a new 90-minute section....

Improve your listening comprehension and make learning new vocabulary so much easier with seven French short stories....

With his usual honesty, dry wit, and unapologetic eccentricity, John Robison argues that Asperger's is about difference, not disability....

This insightful course explores a range of topics that help to tell the story of Earth and to explain the discipline of Geology and the role of the geologist....

If you want to speak real conversational Spanish or even speak beginner Spanish for this millennium, then you need the right program and the right tools designed to teach you real conversational Spanish - for this millennium. 

Drs. Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski's popular Online course Learning How to Learn, has enrolled more than 1.8 million students. In this much needed follow-up to A Mind for Numbers, the authors teach kids and teens how to learn effectively at a time when they most need these skills. Learning How to Learn teaches them about the importance of both focused concentration and letting their minds wander, how the brain makes connections between different pieces of information, why procrastination is the enemy of problem solving, and much more.

At seventh grade, your child will become very busy with school lessons and extra-curricular activities. You can help your child breeze through his lessons on cell biology by giving him a copy of this educational resource. This book makes learning as pleasant and effective as possible.  

Are you from India and interested in studying abroad in the US, Europe, Australia, or Canada? This audiobook is a compilation of several of the most prominent scholarships that could benefit you in your studies and make a difference in your life. As a bonus for downloading this audiobook, you will get an extra chapter on how to carry out an effective search for a desired scholarship and tips on how you can write a winning proposal. You will also get tips on how you can avoid being scammed, among other beneficial insight. 

There's a lot a young man in the making needs to succeed as he grows up and prepares to make his way in the world. Many important skills and character traits he should acquire he might not be quick to ask how to do because, well then, people would know he doesn't know what he is doing, just yet. For all the guys out there who want to have it all together, Jonathan Catherman offers this collection of 100 step-by-step instructions on almost everything a guy needs to know.

Explore the fascinating world of software coding. With fun facts and engaging discussion topics, this short audiobook provides an inspiring look at this exciting technology.