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Great TED talks: Innovation: Unofficial Guide with Words of Wisdom from 100 TED Speakers
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Great TED talks: Innovation: Unofficial Guide with Words of Wisdom from 100 TED SpeakersGreat TED talks: Innovation: Unofficial Guide with Words of Wisdom from 100 TED Speakers

Become more innovative by applying the ideas of 100 prominent TED Conference speakers to your own life.
Great TED Talks: Innovation features words of wisdom from 100 speakers and condenses their ideas into accessible advice for becoming more innovative in how you approach and organize your life. Since 2006, online TED Talks have provided inspiration to a worldwide audience. Besides subjects like technology, entertainment, and design, TED Talks also focus on cultural, social, and political issues. Included in each section are URLs directing readers to the TED website so they can watch the original videos in their entirety. 
 
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Great TED Talks: Leadership: An Unofficial Guide with Words of Wisdom from 100 TED Speakers
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Great TED Talks: Leadership: An Unofficial Guide with Words of Wisdom from 100 TED SpeakersGreat TED Talks: Leadership: An Unofficial Guide with Words of Wisdom from 100 TED Speakers

The words of 100 prominent TED Conference speakers will help you achieve your personal and professional goals.
In 2006, TED Talks became accessible online, and have since been viewed more than a billion times by people across the world. Great TED Talks: Leadership highlights the words of 100 TED Conference speakers and discusses how their ideas can be applied to your own life. Whether you’re a leader of a business group or the organizer of a small social club, the advice in this book will help you visualize and achieve your goals. Included in each section are URLs directing readers to the TED website so they can watch the original videos in their entirety. 
 
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What Is a Human?: Language, Mind, and Culture
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What Is a Human?: Language, Mind, and CultureWhat Is a Human?: Language, Mind, and Culture

In a sweeping synthesis of new research in a number of different disciplines, this book argues that we humans are not who we think we are. As he explores the interconnections between cutting-edge work in bioanthropology, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, human language and learning, and beyond, James Paul Gee advances, also, a personal philosophy of language, learning, and culture, informed by his decades of work across linguistics and the social sciences.
 
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Great TED talks: Creativity: An Unofficial Guide with Words of Wisdom from 100 TED Speakers
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Great TED talks: Creativity: An Unofficial Guide with Words of Wisdom from 100 TED SpeakersGreat TED talks: Creativity: An Unofficial Guide with Words of Wisdom from 100 TED Speakers

Online TED Talks have provided inspiration to a worldwide audience since 2006, focusing not only on subjects of technology, entertainment, and design but also on cultural, social, and political issues. Great TED Talks: Creativity gathers the ideas presented by 100 speakers and condenses them into a nutshell of practical advice for boosting your own creativity. Also included are URLs directing readers to the TED website so they can watch the original videos in their entirety. 
 
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Leonardo Da Vinci (DK Life Stories)
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Leonardo Da Vinci (DK Life Stories)Leonardo Da Vinci (DK Life Stories)

Discover the inspiring story of Leonardo da Vinci, the artist, inventor, and engineer of the Italian Renaissance...
Leonardo was a creative genius who wanted to understand how things worked. This book traces his life, from his birth in a hilltop village near Florence, Italy, through to his work as a painter, sculptor, and engineer. Leonardo made hundreds of drawings and paintings, including the Mona Lisa - probably the most famous painting in the world. Learn how Leonardo made detailed sketches of the human body and designs of parachutes, helicopters, and armored tanks - many years before the technology existed to build them.
 
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