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Do Over
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Unfinished Business
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The Art of Work
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Tools of Titans
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The Career Playbook
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I'm Judging You
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How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World
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Bunk
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Going Solo
10 min Eric Klinenberg
Weaponized Lies
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In the Name of Identity
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Excellent Daughters
13 min Katherine Zoepf
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The ADHD Advantage
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Psychobabble
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Unmasking the Face
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The Managed Heart
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Suspicious Minds
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My Age of Anxiety
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Deep Creativity
13 min Deborah Anne Quibell
Driven
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Most popular in Motivation & Inspiration
Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper
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Hinch Yourself Happy
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The Contrarian
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Dear America
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The Art of Asking
15 min Amanda Palmer
More Than Enough
18 min Elaine Welteroth
String Theory
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Mind Over Clutter
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Radical Honesty
12 min Brad Blanton
Read the Face
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The Art of Social Media
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The Reputation Economy
13 min Michael Fertik and David C. Thompson
How to be Heard
12 min Julian Treasure
Lying
9 min Sam Harris
Talk Lean
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Most popular in Politics
The Making of Donald Trump
13 min David Cay Johnston
Liars, Leakers, and Liberals
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Hard Choices
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The Big Lie
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The Reckoning
12 min Mary L. Trump
The Myth of the Rational Voter
15 min Bryan Caplan
No Is Not Enough
15 min Naomi Klein
Profiles in Corruption
15 min Peter Schweizer
Most popular in Personal Development
In Defense of Selfishness
12 min Peter Schwartz
You're Not Enough (And That's Okay)
12 min Allie Beth Stuckey
Micromastery
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Visioneering
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How to Skimm Your Life
18 min The Skimm
Better Living Through Criticism
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Smile or Die
10 min Barbara Ehrenreich
Don’t Go Back to School
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Most popular in Sex & Relationships
The Game
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Sacred Marriage
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Sacred Cows
10 min Danielle Teller and Astro Teller
Pleasure Activism
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Labor of Love
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121 First Dates
15 min Wendy Newman
Safe People
12 min Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
Modern Romance
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