What Learning Colleagues are Reading in the Summer

Summer is often a great time to take a book to the beach, on a picnic, swinging on the porch or packing in a suitcase for vacation-based learning. We had loads of suggestions, so this is a just a sample reading list for your enjoyment:

  • 100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss, Jean Carper, suggested by Dick Carlson
  • Bringing Up Girls: Practical Advice and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Women, James Dobson, suggested by Jodi Albert
  • Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom, Rick Hanson, suggested by Jean Dearden
  • Building the Learning Organization: Achieving Strategic Advantage through a Commitment to Learning, Michael J. Marquardt, suggested by William J. Ryan
  • Caleb’s Crossing, Geraldine Brooks, suggested by Roslyn Metchis
  • Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins, suggested by Toni Kalina
  • Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity, Etienne Wenger, suggested by Daniel Christian
  • Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese, suggested by Rebecca Ballowe
  • Doc, Mary Doria Russell, suggested by Roslyn Metchis
  • Drive, Daniel Pink, suggested by Jim Everidge & John Halquist
  • Einstein's Refrigerator: And Other Stories from the Flip Side of History, Steve Silverman, suggested by Allyson McBreen
  • Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves, suggested by Rebecca Ballowe
  • Fortify Your Sales Force: Leading and Training Exceptional Teams, Renie McClay,suggested by Leonard Cochran
  • Future Training: A Roadmap for Restructuring the Training Function, James S. Pepitone, suggested by James Bates
  • Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before, Jean M. Twenge, suggested by Kathie Rotz
  • Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian Practices, Craig Dykstra, suggested by Daniel Christian
  • Hannah’s List, Debbie Macomber, suggested by Toni Kalina
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling, suggested by Robert Toomey
  • Honoring the Self: Self-Esteem and Personal Transformation, Nathaniel Branden, suggested by Armando Franco
  • How To Talk To Customers: Create a Great Impression Every Time with MAGIC, Diane Berenbaum and Tom Larkin, suggested by Leonard Cochran
  • Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi, Neal Bascomb, suggested by Brenda Boline
  • In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving, Leigh Ann and Sean Tuohy, suggested by Sue Carlstedt
  • In The Hands of Angels, Patricia Cramer, suggestedby Anne Groetsch
  • Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, Ina May Gaskin, suggested by Rebecca Ballowe
  • Left Neglected, Lisa Genova, suggested by Toni Kalina
  • Legend & Legacy: The Story of Boeing and Its People, Robert J. Serling, suggested by James Bates
  • Live Like You Mean It: The 10 Crucial Questions That Will Help You Clarify Your Purpose / Live Intentionally / Make the Most of the Rest of Your Life, T.J. Addington, suggested by Allyson McBreen
  • Love in Leningrad, Harriet Costa, suggested by Harriet Costa
  • Managing Technology in Higher Education, Tony Bates, suggested by Daniel Christian
  • Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work, E.M. Standing, suggested by Robert Toomey
  • Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins, suggested by Toni Kalina
  • One Month to Live, Thirty Days to a No-Regrets Life, Kerry and Chris Shook, suggested by Mary Bryant-Mason
  • Open Leadership, Charlene Li, suggested by John Halquist
  • Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory, Ben Macintyre, suggested by Paul Nenninger
  • Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . . : Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes, Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, suggested by Lindsay Bittner
  • Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future, Robert Bryce, suggested by Brenda Boline
  • State of Wonder, Ann Patchett, suggested by Roslyn Metchis
  • Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein, suggested by Toni Kalina
  • The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop, and Keep Tomorrow's Employees Today, Jeannie Meister and Karie Willyerd, suggested by Edwin Mouriño
  • The Absorbent Mind, Maria Montessori, suggested by Robert Toomey
  • The Accidental Salesperson: How to Take Control of Your Sales Career and Earn the Respect and Income You Deserve, Chris Lytle, suggested by Armando Franco
  • The Checklist Manifesto, Atul Gawande, suggested by Paul Nenninger
  • The Communication Catalyst, Mickey Connolly & Richard Rianoshek, suggested by William J. Ryan
  • The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy, David E. Hoffman, suggested by Paul Nenninger
  • The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Erik Larson, suggested by Mike Fergus
  • The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives, Leonard Mlodinow, suggested by Josephn Kestenbaum
  • The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, Ken Robinson, suggested by Robert Toomey
  • The Great Disruption: Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring on the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World, Paul Gilding, suggested by Bill Engs
  • The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, David McCullough, suggested by Sue Carlstedt
  • The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, Jonathan Haidt, suggested by Paul Nenninger
  • The Help, Kathryn Stockett, suggested by Janet Holmes, Pam Easton & Linda Teeter
  • The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, suggested by Toni Kalina
  • The Knitting Diaries: The Twenty-first wish\Coming Unraveled\Return to Summer Island, Christina Skye and Debbie Maccomber, suggested by Toni Kalina
  • The Leader in Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time, Stephen R. Covey, suggested by Paul Nenninger
  • The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession, Susan Orlean, suggested by Linda Schlueter
  • The Organization of the Future, Frances Hesselbein, Marshall Goldsmith and Richard Beckhard, editors, suggested by Edwin Mouriño
  • The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, Naomi Klein, suggested by Robert Toomey
  • The Spark: The 28-Day Breakthrough Plan for Losing Weight, Getting Fit, and Transforming Your Life, Chris Downie, suggested by Allyson McBreen
  • The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth, Henci Goer, suggested by Rebecca Ballowe
  • The True Story of Hansel and Gretel, Louise Murphy, suggested by Toni Kalina
  • Then Came You, Jennifer Weiner, suggested by Allyson McBreen
  • Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, Laura Hillenbrand, suggested by Paul Nenninger
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe, suggested by Linda Schlueter
  • Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay, suggested by Laura More
  • Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen, suggested by Toni Kalina
  • Where Good Ideas Come From : The Natural History of Innovation, Steven Johnson , suggested by Betha Gutsche
  • Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, Robert M. Sapolsky, suggested by Armando Franco