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There's Always This Year
There's Always This Year
Hanif Abdurraqib
On Basketball and Ascension
17 min
3.6
The Snowball
The Snowball
Alice Schroeder
Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
32 min
4.6
Always Looking Up
Always Looking Up
Michael J. Fox
The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
17 min
4.4
Becoming Steve Jobs
Becoming Steve Jobs
Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli
The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
25 min
4.4
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
Ashlee Vance
Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
23 min
4.3
Liftoff
Liftoff
Eric Berger
Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
21 min
4.5
Good Arguments
Good Arguments
Bo Seo
How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard
25 min
4.6
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
Philip Freeman
The Macedonian who conquered the world
28 min
4.6

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Hope
Hope
Pope Francis
The Autobiography
21 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
Cher
Cher
Cher
The Memoir
20 min
3.9
Melania
Melania
Melania Trump
A Memoir
26 min
3.4
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Athletes' Road to Glory
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
Rebel Entrepreneurs
Lessons from the business world's rule breakers and risk takers
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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
The final works of authors who have left our world
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Best Memoirs
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Charlie Munger
Charlie Munger
Tren Griffin
The Complete Investor
12 min
4.2
Stay at Risk and Live Forever
Stay at Risk and Live Forever
Byron Wien
Lessons from a Life of Curiosity, Grit, and Reinvention
15 min
4.2
Power Play
Power Play
Tim Higgins
Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century
20 min
4.3
Source Code
Source Code
Bill Gates
My Beginnings
25 min
4.3
Extremely Hardcore
Extremely Hardcore
Zoë Schiffer
Inside Elon Musk's Twitter
19 min
3.5
Napoleon the Great
Napoleon the Great
Andrew Roberts
How Napoleon Conquered Europe and Changed the World
34 min
4.6
You Are Your Best Thing
You Are Your Best Thing
Edited by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown
Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
32 min
4.1
Trump: The Art of the Deal
Trump: The Art of the Deal
Donald J. Trump
The Art of the Deal
17 min
3.8
Citizen
Citizen
Bill Clinton
My Life After the White House
19 min
3.6
When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
Finding hope in the face of insurmountable odds
19 min
4.1
Man’s Search for Meaning
Man’s Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
The harrowing experiences of the author in a concentration camp
17 min
4.4
Be Water, My Friend
Be Water, My Friend
Shannon Lee
The True Teachings of Bruce Lee
18 min
4.6
The Undoing Project
The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis
A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
9 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
Everything I Know about Love
Everything I Know about Love
Dolly Alderton
A Memoir
18 min
3.6
Becoming Myself
Becoming Myself
Irvin D. Yalom
A Psychiatrist's Memoir
15 min
3.8
Freedom
Freedom
Angela Merkel with Beate Baumann
Memories 1954 – 2021
32 min
4.4
Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
16 min
4.0
Becoming
Becoming
Michelle Obama
The intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States
36 min
4.5
Living Resistance
Living Resistance
Kaitlin B. Curtice
An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day
19 min
3.2
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lefèvre
Step into the World of a Trading Legend
15 min
3.8
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
A Tale of Two Mirrored Fates
15 min
4.6
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson
Journey Through Elon Musk’s Visionary Mind
19 min
3.8
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
A Tale of Desire and Despair in the Search for Fulfillment
20 min
4.4

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