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The Big Ideas Starter Pack

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The Big Ideas Starter Pack

Big ideas that everyone is reading about, so you don’t miss a beat
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The books with big ideas that everyone is reading, so you don’t miss a beat.

The Big Ideas Starter Pack

Big ideas that everyone is reading about, so you don’t miss a beat
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark Manson
A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
19 min
4.3
A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking
From the Big Bang to Black Holes
27 min
4.5
Educated
Educated
Tara Westover
A Memoir
32 min
4.3
Blockchain
Blockchain
Stephen P. Williams
The Next Everything
18 min
4.3
Becoming
Becoming
Michelle Obama
The intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States
36 min
4.5
The Curious History of Dating
The Curious History of Dating
Nichi Hodgson
From Jane Austen to Tinder
30 min
3.9
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Karen Armstrong
The step-by-step guide to bringing more compassion into the world
15 min
4.2
Fire and Fury
Fire and Fury
Michael Wolff
Inside the Trump White House
20 min
4.1
Bad Blood
Bad Blood
John Carreyrou
Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
19 min
4.1
The Body Keeps the Score
The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk
Mind, Brain and the Body in the Transformation of Trauma
18 min
4.5
Sapiens
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
A Brief History of Humankind
27 min
4.4
Get Some Headspace
Get Some Headspace
Andy Puddicombe
10 Minutes Can Make All the Difference
16 min
4.4
The Moment of Lift
The Moment of Lift
Melinda Gates
How Empowering Women Changes the World
22 min
4.2
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