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Be Useful
Be Useful
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Seven Tools for Life
19 min
4.4
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
A Tale of Desire and Despair in the Search for Fulfillment
20 min
4.4
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew
The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World
18 min
4.3
The Surrender Experiment
The Surrender Experiment
Michael A. Singer
My Journey into Life’s Perfection
16 min
4.1
The Man Who Solved the Market
The Man Who Solved the Market
Gregory Zuckerman
How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
23 min
4.3
Careless People
Careless People
Sarah Wynn-Williams
A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
18 min
4.0
Melania
Melania
Melania Trump
A Memoir
26 min
3.4
The Biggest Bluff
The Biggest Bluff
Maria Konnikova
How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
24 min
4.1

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Richard III
Richard III
William Shakespeare
A tyrant's ruthless climb to power and inevitable downfall
21 min
On Character
On Character
Stanley McChrystal
Choices That Define a Life
17 min
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Ron Chernow
A Study of a Profoundly American Life
17 min
Amazon Unbound
Amazon Unbound
Brad Stone
Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire
21 min
King Lear
King Lear
William Shakespeare
All he wanted was love. What he got was chaos.
23 min
4.7
A Man for All Markets
A Man for All Markets
Edward O. Thorp
From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
18 min
The Reader
The Reader
Bernhard Schlink
A Novel
19 min
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Athletes' Road to Glory
Stories and insights from iconic athletes and Olympians
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Behind the Music
Behind the Music
Stories of the melodies and minds that shaped our worlds
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Rebel Entrepreneurs
Lessons from the business world's rule breakers and risk takers
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Books about Nobel Laureates
Dive into the live and work of history's most notable nobel laureates
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Survivor Stories
Stories of lived experiences and triumphs against all odds
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The Truth About Giving Back
A closer look at charity and the reality of its impact
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Famous Last Words
The final works of authors who have left our world
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Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
Philip Freeman
The Macedonian who conquered the world
28 min
4.6
The Wide Wide Sea
The Wide Wide Sea
Hampton Sides
The Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
21 min
4.4
Disrupting the Game
Disrupting the Game
Reggie Fils-Aimé
From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo
19 min
4.3
Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
16 min
4.0
Bedtime Biography: Margaret Thatcher
Bedtime Biography: Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
The Autobiography
35 min
4.6
Extremely Hardcore
Extremely Hardcore
Zoë Schiffer
Inside Elon Musk's Twitter
19 min
3.4
Living Resistance
Living Resistance
Kaitlin B. Curtice
An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day
19 min
3.2
The Airbnb Story
The Airbnb Story
Leigh Gallagher
How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy
21 min
4.2
Endure
Endure
Cameron Hanes
How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering
18 min
4.0
Bedtime Biography: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Bedtime Biography: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Jack Weatherford
The Rise of the Mongol Empire and Its First Great Khan
37 min
4.6
Everything I Know about Love
Everything I Know about Love
Dolly Alderton
A Memoir
18 min
3.6
Becoming
Becoming
Michelle Obama
The intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States
36 min
4.5
How Proust Can Change Your Life
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Alain de Botton
Valuable Insights Into Living Your Best Life
26 min
4.5
Here, Right Matters
Here, Right Matters
Alexander Vindman
An American Story
20 min
4.2
The Undoing Project
The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis
A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
9 min
4.0
The Mamba Mentality
The Mamba Mentality
Kobe Bryant
How I Play
13 min
4.5
Greenlights
Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey
A tour into the life and mind of award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey
40 min
4.3
Warren Buffett's Ground Rules
Warren Buffett's Ground Rules
Jeremy C. Miller
Words of Wisdom from the Partnership Letters of the World’s Greatest Investor
16 min
4.2
Letting Go
Letting Go
David R. Hawkins
The Pathway of Surrender
18 min
4.5
Trump: The Art of the Deal
Trump: The Art of the Deal
Donald J. Trump
The Art of the Deal
17 min
3.6
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lefèvre
Step into the World of a Trading Legend
15 min
3.8
Spare
Spare
Prince Harry
A Tell-All Memoir of the British Royal Family and the Institution
19 min
4.1
The 50th Law
The 50th Law
50 Cent and Robert Greene
50 Cent's Secrets to Fearlessness and Success
18 min
4.0
Poor Charlie's Almanack
Poor Charlie's Almanack
Peter D. Kaufman
The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
26 min
4.2

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