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Things No One Else Can Teach Us
Things No One Else Can Teach Us
Humble the Poet
Turning Losses Into Lessons
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Burn Rate
Burn Rate
Andy Dunn
Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind
30 min
Disrupting the Game
Disrupting the Game
Reggie Fils-Aimé
From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo
19 min
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Rogues
Rogues
Patrick Radden Keefe
True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
19 min
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Finding Me
Finding Me
Viola Davis
A Memoir
23 min
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Wired for Love
Wired for Love
Stephanie Cacioppo
A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection
23 min
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How to Live
How to Live
Sarah Bakewell
Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
21 min
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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
The Rise
The Rise
Mike Sielski
Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality
22 min
4.3
Bedtime Biography: Margaret Thatcher
Bedtime Biography: Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
The Autobiography
35 min
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My Life in Full
My Life in Full
Indra Nooyi
Work, Family, and Our Future
26 min
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No Red Lights
No Red Lights
Alan Patricof
Reflections on Life, 50 Years in Venture Capital, and Never Driving Alone
29 min
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