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Jonathan Wai Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Associate Professor of Education Policy and Psychology and 21st Century Chair @UArkansas. https://t.co/gAb9517Fum

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Book Cover for: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, Azar Nafisi

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Azar NafisiJonathan WaiJonathan Wai

"I believe the whole point of writing and reading is to learn about things and people that you don't know" -Azar Nafisi, in Reading Lolita in Tehran (1/N)

Paperback, 2003

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Science: The Endless Frontier, Vannevar Bush

Science: The Endless Frontier

Vannevar BushJonathan WaiJonathan Wai

In 2012, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology was tasked with writing a 21st century version of Vannevar Bush’s report about impactful research culture. The new report, “Transformation and Enterprise”... https://t.co/h7q2Q9vMjG

Paperback, 2008

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Evidence-Based Policymaking: Envisioning a New Era of Theory, Research, and Practice, Karen Bogenschneider

Evidence-Based Policymaking: Envisioning a New Era of Theory, Research, and Practice

Karen BogenschneiderJonathan WaiJonathan Wai

Aligns with findings from Karen Bogenschneider @fampolicy and Tom Corbett's research over decades in "Evidence-based policymaking: Envisioning a new era of theory, research and practice": https://t.co/Ih98eLlyKS https://t.co/xFtwcLAvVt

Paperback, 2021

$66.99$41.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Conflicted: How Productive Disagreements Lead to Better Outcomes, Ian Leslie

Conflicted: How Productive Disagreements Lead to Better Outcomes

Ian LeslieJonathan WaiJonathan Wai

Could a key to improving public discourse be to get off Twitter and consider productive disagreement as a way of thinking and learning? I talk with @mrianleslie about his new book CONFLICTED on @PsychToday: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-the-next-einstein/202104/productive-disagreement-is-skill-can-be-honed

Hardcover, 2021

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster, Svetlana Alexievich

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Svetlana AlexievichJonathan WaiJonathan Wai

I am a huge fan of Svetlana Alexievich and the interviews she conducted to capture the voices of ordinary Russian people. Two of my favorites are "secondhand time" and "voices from chernobyl". https://t.co/QGTuyohtRz

Paperback, 2019

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets, Svetlana Alexievich

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

Svetlana AlexievichJonathan WaiJonathan Wai

I am a huge fan of Svetlana Alexievich and the interviews she conducted to capture the voices of ordinary Russian people. Two of my favorites are "secondhand time" and "voices from chernobyl". https://t.co/QGTuyohtRz

Paperback, 2017

$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Career and Family: Women's Century-Long Journey Toward Equity, Claudia Goldin

Career and Family: Women's Century-Long Journey Toward Equity

Claudia GoldinJonathan WaiJonathan Wai

The challenges to balance work and family for women in dual career couples remains an important issue. I learned about history and current challenges from Claudia Goldin as she discusses her new book Career and Family: https://t.co/L5hRLKZXCz

Hardcover, 2021

$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Science Denial: Why It Happens and What to Do about It, Gale M. Sinatra

Science Denial: Why It Happens and What to Do about It

Gale M. SinatraJonathan WaiJonathan Wai

Science education and public understanding of psychological science is more important than ever today according to @GaleSinatra and @bkhofer in their new book Science Denial: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanwai/2021/08/13/why-does-science-denial-happen-and-what-can-be-done-about-it/?sh=1bce700a4f97 @ForbesScience

Paperback, 2023

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: H.G. Wells - New Worlds For Old: "We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are, H. G. Wells

H.G. Wells - New Worlds For Old: "We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are

H. G. WellsJonathan WaiJonathan Wai

"We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are dreams." H G Wells

Paperback, 2017

$10.24$5.12 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Evidence-Based Policymaking: Insights from Policy-Minded Researchers and Research-Minded Policymakers, Karen Bogenschneider

Evidence-Based Policymaking: Insights from Policy-Minded Researchers and Research-Minded Policymakers

Karen BogenschneiderJonathan WaiJonathan Wai

Aligns with findings from Karen Bogenschneider @fampolicy and Tom Corbett's research over decades in "Evidence-based policymaking: Envisioning a new era of theory, research and practice": https://t.co/Ih98eLlyKS https://t.co/xFtwcLAvVt

Paperback, 2010

$66.99$41.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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