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Every Wednesday, Gretchen Reynolds singlehandedly influences how millions of Americans work out. In her Phys Ed column for The New York Times, she debunks myths, spurs conversation, and creates arguments among her readers by questioning widely held beliefs about exercise. Expanding upon her popular columns, Reynolds tackles the questions we all have and (sometimes) ask about exercise.

Narrative writing is combined with scholarly ideas in this examination of the psychology of compliance (i.e. uncovering which factors cause one person to say "yes" to another's request). By combining evidence from two relevant but very different arenas - the realm of controlled research and the working world of influence professionals - this audiobook looks at this issue in terms of six basic principles of psychology: reciprocation, consistency, social validation, liking, authority, and scarcity.

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.