Charles Duhigg, author portrait
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Charles Duhigg

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist and the author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale College, he is a winner of the National Academies of Sciences, National Journalism, and George Polk awards. He writes for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications, and is the host of the podcast How To! with Charles Duhigg.
Supercommunicators
Smarter Faster Better
The Power of Habit

Why aren't we learning faster? | Author Charles Duhigg

The innovation technique Disney used to rewrite FROZEN | Charles Duhigg

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Supercommunicators
Smarter Faster Better
The Power of Habit

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Why aren't we learning faster? | Author Charles Duhigg

The innovation technique Disney used to rewrite FROZEN | Charles Duhigg

What Students Will Be Reading: Campus Common Reading Roundup, 2024-25

With the fall semester in full swing, colleges and universities around the country have announced their Common Reading books for the upcoming 2024-25 academic year. We’ve compiled a list of over 337 programs and their title selections, which you can download here: First-Year Reading 2024-25. We will continue to update this listing to provide the

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Register for the 2025 Penguin Random House First-Year Experience® Conference Author Events!

Penguin Random House Author Events at the 44th Annual First-Year Experience® Conference February 16-19, 2025 New Orleans, Louisiana Hyatt Regency New Orleans Click Here to RSVP A complimentary meal and a limited number of books will be available to attendees. Each event will also be followed by an author signing. Interested in hosting one of these

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2025 Catalog for First-Year & Common Reading

We are delighted to present our new First-Year & Common Reading Catalog for 2025! From award-winning fiction, poetry, memoir, and biography to new books about science, technology, history, student success, the environment, public health, and current events, the titles presented in our common reading catalog will have students not only eagerly flipping through the pages,

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unCommon Authors, an Author Video Series: SUPERCOMMUNICATORS by Charles Duhigg

PRH Education/Common Reads presents: unCommon Authors unCommon Authors is a monthly video series highlighting exceptional and unique authors talking about their books.   One of NPR’s Best Books of the Year Finalist for the Sabew Best in Business Book Award From the author of The Power of Habit, a fascinating exploration of what makes conversations work—and

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