5 books Bill Gates wants you to read this holiday season By Business Insider

Title: These Truths

These Truths tells this uniquely American story, beginning in 1492, asking whether the course of events over more than five centuries has proven the nation's truths, or belied them.

Author(s): Jill Lepore

ISBN 13: 9780393635249
Pages: 960

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Title: Growth

In this magisterial book, Vaclav Smil offers systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.

Author(s): Vaclav Smil

ISBN 13: 9780262042833
Pages: 664

Title: Prepared

Diane Tavenner founded the first Summit charter school in 2003, developing and perfecting a personalized, project-based curriculum that puts students in charge of their own learning.

Author(s): Diane Tavenner

ISBN 13: 9781984826060
Pages: 304

Title: Why We Sleep - Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

With two appearances on CBS This Morning and Fresh Air's most popular interview of 2017, Matthew Walker has made abundantly clear that sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when it is absent. Compared to the other basic drives in life—eating, drinking, and reproducing—the purpose of sleep remains more elusive. Within the brain, sleep enriches a diversity of functions, including our ability to learn, memorize, and make logical decisions. It recalibrates our emotions, restocks our immune system, fine-tunes our metabolism, and regulates our appetite. Dreaming creates a virtual reality space in which the brain melds past and present knowledge, inspiring creativity.

Author(s): Matthew Walker PhD

ISBN 13: 9781501144325

Title: An American Marriage

This stirring love story is a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three people who are at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control.

Author(s): Tayari Jones

ISBN 13: 9781616208776
Pages: 320