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Daniel Tammet is a prodigy savant, of which there are apparently less than 50 alive in the world. His speciality lies with numbers and words. He has proven to learn a language in a week and learn more than 20000 digits of the number pi by heart in less than three months.

Born on a Blue Day author: Daniel Tammet rating: ASIN or ISBN-10: 0340899751 binding: Taschenbuch list price: EUR 11,31 EUR amazon price: EUR 10,90 EUR

Frank McCourt writes about his 30 years of teaching in New York's high schools and colleges. It is a good lesson about teaching - the big challenges, what is important and what is not.  And it is a book about himself and how he finally wrote his first book as a late bloomer.

This is fun to read.

Teacher Man. author: Frank McCourt rating: ASIN or ISBN-10: 0007228023 binding: Taschenbuch list price: EUR 8,80 EUR amazon price: EUR 8,80 EUR

Subtitle: How genomics & Other forces are changing your life, work health & wealth.

The book was published in 2001 when the human genome was just about to be decoded.  It is primarily about life sciences and the dramatic change the author predicts it will have for individuals, nations and companies. It is written in a provocative style to make the reader uneasy and surge for further information.

As the Future Catches You: How Genomics & Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health & Wealth author: Juan Enriquez rating: ASIN or ISBN-10: 1400047749 binding: Taschenbuch list price: EUR 10,53 EUR amazon price: EUR 10,99 EUR