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1929

Andrew Ross Sorkin

Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation

23 min4.5

In a Good Place

Leidy Klotz

How the Spaces Where We Live, Work, and Play Can Help Us Thrive

21 min4.3

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Freedom, Civilization, and Prejudice in the Pre-Civil War South

20 min4.7

The Silk Roads

Peter Frankopan

A New History of the World

28 min4.5

Sophie's World

Jostein Gaarder

A Novel about the History of Philosophy

18 min4.3

The American Revolution

Geoffrey C. Ward

An Intimate History

23 min4.2

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

A Historical Novel on the Irrationality of Human Behavior in War

17 min4.2

Once Upon a Stranger

Gillian Sandstrom

The Science of How Small Talk Can Add Up to a Big Life

20 min4.6

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Superinteligência

Nick Bostrom

caminos, peligros, estrategias

1 min5.0

Inteligência social

Daniel Goleman

A ciência revolucionária das relações humanas

2 min4.4

Foco roubado

Johann Hari

Os ladrões de atenção da vida moderna

1 min1.5

Manifesto do Partido Comunista

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

EN Teaser: Workers of the world unite!

3 min3.7

A constituição da liberdade

Friedrich A. Hayek

EN Teaser: In Defense of Freedom and a Free Society

1 min5.0

O Pequeno Livro Do Wabi Sabi

Beth Kempton

Como Ter Uma Vida Perfeitamente Imperfeita Com A Sabedoria Japonesa

1 min4.7

O Poder dos Quietos

Susan Cain

O poder dos introvertidos num mundo que não para de falar

2 min5.0

O ponto da virada

Malcolm Gladwell

Como pequenas coisas podem fazer uma grande diferença

2 min4.0

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AI 2041

Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan

Ten Visions for Our Future

30 min4.2

Capitalism

Sven Beckert

A Global History

31 min4.2

Why We Think What We Think

Turi Munthe

The Unexpected Origins of Our Deepest Beliefs

21 min4.4

To Dye For

Alden Wicker

How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick

21 min4.2

Why We Drink Too Much

Charles Knowles

The Impact of Alcohol on Our Bodies and Culture

20 min4.4

Enlightenment Now

Steven Pinker

The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

24 min3.9

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

Teaser: Future proof yourself against the 21st Century

20 min4.4

The Problem with Pretty

Allycin Powell-Hicks

Beauty, Bias and the Surprising Science of Good Looks

19 min

A History of Iran

Michael Axworthy

Empire of the Mind

22 min4.3

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

A Dystopian Novel on the Perils of State Control & New Technology

29 min4.4

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Classic That Will Challenge Everything You Know

17 min4.2

Invincible

Florence Comite

Defy Your Genetic Destiny to Live Better, Longer

19 min4.8

Paradise Lost

John Milton

Adam and Eve’s Disobedience and the Battle Between Satan and God

22 min4.4

Better Small Talk

Patrick King

Talk to Anyone, Avoid Awkwardness, Generate Deep Conversations, and Make Real Friends

17 min4.1

The Singularity Is Nearer

Ray Kurzweil

When We Merge with AI

17 min4.4

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

Erving Goffman

A classic study of human behavior

18 min4.0

Blank Space

W. David Marx

A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century

21 min4.3

Oedipus Rex

Sophocles

The Jar-dropping Tragedy That Shocked Ancient Greece

20 min4.6

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

The Dangers of the American Dream During the Great Depression

15 min4.5

It's on You

Nick Chater

How Corporations and Behavioral Scientists Have Convinced Us That We’re to Blame for Society's Deepest Problems

19 min

Guns, Germs and Steel

Jared Diamond

The Fates Of Human Societies

9 min4.0

The Gift of Not Belonging

Rami Kaminski

How Outsiders Thrive in a World of Joiners

21 min4.6

Weaponized Lies

Daniel J. Levitin

Critical Thinking in the Information Age

12 min3.7

The Reason for God

Timothy Keller

Belief in an Age of Skepticism

18 min4.0