Simon Singh does a wonderful job of explaining how a mathematical theorem took over 350 years to solve! A great introduction on what it means to be a mathematician. Mathematical knowledge not required to enjoy the book 😉

“Maths is one of the purest forms of thought, and to outsiders mathematicians may seem almost other-worldly.” 

An unbelievable life – the government didn’t know Tara existed because her father was preparing for the End of the Days and didn’t trust the government. From not having a birth certificate to never setting foot in a school classroom, Tara made it to college and the University of Cambridge. An autobiography in which you will oscillate between disbelief and awe.

Honesty Day (30 April) came about when this book was being written by M. Hirsh Goldberg in the 1990s. He was the Press Secretary of Maryland.

This book is a must read for those embarking on higher education – it will influence you in the way you approach your course. It is also a must read for those in the field of education and if you are a parent, helping you to simply explain concepts and answer questions. Yuval simplifies our past in an enchanting and simple way, making life a lot less complicated.

Yuval Noah Harari talk introducing the key concepts of the book.

We continually get questions like – how many of us live in poverty; how many women go to school – wrong, including journalists and Nobel Laureates. In this powerful book Hans Rosling puts us straight with his clever display of statistics that are easily available, and shows that even though the world has many imperfections we are living in a much better world than we think.

Bill Gates offered this book free to all students graduating from colleges and universities in 2018.

Enjoy Hans Rosling’s interesting talk with his engaging statistics.

An exciting, hilarious and intellectual modern novel which debates faith and reason.

We all end up studying Shakespeare literature at some point in our education, so why not get some background knowledge on the person to make more sense of it. This is a readable and short (because apparently not a lot is known) biography of the famous play writer by the famous travel, language, non-fiction author Bill Bryson.

An excellent introduction to philosophy for young adults – reads easily.

A novel which is set hundreds of years into the future and how you are placed in society depends on how you perceive colour.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize