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A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
James Shapiro
1599
23 min
4.4
The Quiet Mind
The Quiet Mind
John E. Coleman
The firsthand account of a CIA agent who traveled the Eastern world in search of mindfulness
28 min
3.9
Promises to Keep
Promises to Keep
Joe Biden
On Life and Politics
31 min
4.0
Across That Bridge
Across That Bridge
John Lewis
A Vision for Change and the Future of America
21 min
4.5
The Biggest Bluff
The Biggest Bluff
Maria Konnikova
How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
24 min
4.1
Relationship Goals
Relationship Goals
Michael Todd
How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex
23 min
3.0
Becoming Beauvoir
Becoming Beauvoir
Kate Kirkpatrick
A Life
24 min
4.5
The Warmth of Other Suns
The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson
The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
26 min
4.4

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The Warren Buffett Way
The Warren Buffett Way
Robert G. Hagstrom
Investment Strategies of the World's Greatest Investor
18 min
4.5
King
King
Jonathan Eig
A Life
20 min
4.4
American Prometheus
American Prometheus
Kai Bird & Martin J Sherwin
The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
16 min
4.1
Be Water, My Friend
Be Water, My Friend
Shannon Lee
The True Teachings of Bruce Lee
18 min
4.6
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Richard P. Feynman
Adventures of a Curious Character
7 min
3.3
The Undoing Project
The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis
A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
9 min
4.0
Play Nice But Win
Play Nice But Win
Michael Dell
A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader
16 min
3.8
Sol Price
Sol Price
Robert E. Price
Retail Revolutionary and Social Innovator
19 min
4.3
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Books about Nobel Laureates
Books about Nobel Laureates
Dive into the live and work of history's most notable nobel laureates
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Survivor Stories
Survivor Stories
Stories of lived experiences and triumphs against all odds
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The Truth About Giving Back
The Truth About Giving Back
A closer look at charity and the reality of its impact
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Famous Last Words
Famous Last Words
The final works of authors who have left our world
8 items
Best Memoirs
Best Memoirs
Memoirs to teach and transport you
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Celebrity Stories
Celebrity Stories
Inside the lives of the biggest names in Sports and Entertainment
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The Life & Reign of Queen Elizabeth II
The Life & Reign of Queen Elizabeth II
The personal life and work of Britain's longest-reigning monarch
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Biographies for the Family
A Bedtime Biography collection
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Begin Again
Begin Again
Eddie S. Glaude
James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
22 min
4.5
The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King
King's journey to becoming the leading figure in the American civil rights movement
33 min
4.7
Natives
Natives
Akala
Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
22 min
4.6
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Haruki Murakami
A memoir about running and writing
24 min
4.3
I Am Dynamite!
I Am Dynamite!
Sue Prideaux
A Life of Nietzsche
28 min
4.4
This Is What America Looks Like
This Is What America Looks Like
Ilhan Omar
My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman
23 min
4.4
Wuhan Diary
Wuhan Diary
Fang Fang
Dispatches from a Quarantined City
19 min
4.0
I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here
Austin Channing Brown
Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
22 min
4.0
Trust First
Trust First
Bruce Deel with Sara Grace
A True Story About the Power of Giving People Second Chances
23 min
4.4
Fall and Rise
Fall and Rise
Mitchell Zuckoff
The Story of 9/11
26 min
4.3
Stonewall
Stonewall
Martin Duberman
The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising that Changed America
29 min
3.5
Questions I Am Asked About The Holocaust
Questions I Am Asked About The Holocaust
Hédi Fried
A survivor’s account of Auschwitz
25 min
4.6
Solitary
Solitary
Albert Woodfox
Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement. My Story of Transformation and Hope
31 min
4.6
The Undying
The Undying
Anne Boyer
Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care
19 min
3.7
Help Me!
Help Me!
Marianne Power
One Woman's Quest to Find Out If Self-Help Really Can Change Her Life
28 min
4.1
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins
An insider's account of imperialism in the modern age
26 min
4.4
Reasons to Stay Alive
Reasons to Stay Alive
Matt Haig
An optimistic memoir about depression and anxiety
24 min
4.4
Hidden Valley Road
Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker
Inside the Mind of an American Family
31 min
4.3
Touching the Rock
Touching the Rock
John M. Hull
An Experience of Blindness
18 min
4.6
The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book
The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book
Alice B. Toklas
Traditional French recipes and a window into the Parisian avant garde
19 min
4.1
Untamed
Untamed
Glennon Doyle
Stop Pleasing, Start Living
26 min
3.8
Poverty Safari
Poverty Safari
Darren McGarvey
Understanding the Anger of Britain’s Underclass
25 min
4.3
You Never Forget Your First
You Never Forget Your First
Alexis Coe
A Biography of George Washington
24 min
3.9
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
4.3

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