Skills


How to Win Friends & Influence People
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Thinking, Fast and Slow
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
The Elements of Style
The 48 Laws of Power
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
Upskill by Chris  WatsonThe Talent Code by Daniel CoyleReal Life by Jamil SoucarClassical Guitar Book in Open D Tuning by Brent RobitailleTime Management PRIVATE WORKSHOP Designed as a Book I Bit by ... by N. Sakr
Learning Skills and Competencies
14 books — 12 voters

On Writing by Stephen  KingBook Title Generator by Scott  LorenzBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Art of Fiction by John GardnerWrite for Life by Julia Cameron
Best Books About Writing
16 books — 12 voters

Foxfire 2 by Eliot WiggintonThe Foxfire Book by Eliot WiggintonForgotten Household Crafts by John SeymourA Weaver's Garden by Rita BuchananThe Survival of the Bark Canoe by John McPhee
Historical Skills and crafts
119 books — 20 voters
Coraline by Neil GaimanTransitioning from Student Teacher to First Year Teacher by Donna MarinchConsent Comics by Tiffany  BraxtonThe Road to Epoli by Ben CostaJust Peachy by Holly Chisholm
BEST COMICS FOR TEENAGERS
13 books — 6 voters

Simone Elkeles
You know about fixing cars, you're athletic, and you know when to shut up." "That last one isn't a skill." "Honey, trust me. It's a skill. ...more
Simone Elkeles , Rules of Attraction

Iain Pears
Was not Hypatia the greatest philosopher of Alexandria, and a true martyr to the old values of learning? She was torn to pieces by a mob of incensed Christians not because she was a woman, but because her learning was so profound, her skills at dialectic so extensive that she reduced all who queried her to embarrassed silence. They could not argue with her, so they murdered her.
Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio

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