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The Silk Roads

Peter Frankopan

A New History of the World

28 min4.5

The Story of Stories

Kevin Ashton

The Million Year History of a Uniquely Human Art

20 min3.9

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

A Dystopian Classic on the Dark Side of Human Nature and Survival

19 min4.6

The Singularity Is Nearer

Ray Kurzweil

When We Merge with AI

17 min4.4

The Reason for God

Timothy Keller

Belief in an Age of Skepticism

18 min4.0

The Madness of Believing

Josh Owens

A Memoir from Inside Alex Jones's Conspiracy Machine

24 min4.1

Capitalism

Sven Beckert

A Global History

31 min4.2

The American Revolution

Geoffrey C. Ward

An Intimate History

23 min4.1

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Szenario

Florence Gaub

Die Zukunft steht auf dem Spiel

2 min

Die Sturmhöhe

Emily Brontë

Ein Roman über Rache, unerwiderte Liebe und Verlust

2 min3.5

Nein sagen

Matthias Brandt

Über den 20. Juli 1944, meine Eltern und eigene Verantwortung

1 min5.0

Absturz

Daniel Stelter

So retten wir Deutschland

1 min4.6

Alt genug

Ildikó von Kürthy

Über das Älterwerden und die Kraft und Freiheit der Lebensmitte

1 min3.8

Die Frau als Mensch

Ulli Lust

Am Anfang der Geschichte

1 min4.3

Alles KI?

Christoph Santner

Die neue Welt der Künstlichen Intelligenz verstehen und nutzen

1 min4.1

Broligarchie

Aya Jaff

Die Machtspiele der Tech-Elite und wie sie Fortschritt verhindern

1 min3.9

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Understanding the 2024 US Elections

Blinks on the key issues and figures shaping the 2024 election landscape

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Books on Analytic Philosophy

Unpack the complexities of a groundbreaking school of thought

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Books by Noam Chomsky

Explore politics, media, and power dynamics.

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And the Oscar Goes To...

Discover the books behind the latest blockbuster movies

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Books by Revolutionary Thinkers

Groundbreaking ideas that challenged and changed us

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Top Picks From Female Leaders

The essential reads recommended by female leaders using Blinkist

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Behind the Music

Stories of the melodies and minds that shaped our worlds

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Black Excellence at Work

Tips for thriving as a Black professional and leader

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Classics

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Free Speech

Jacob Mchangama

A History from Socrates to Social Media

27 min4.3

The Gift of Not Belonging

Rami Kaminski

How Outsiders Thrive in a World of Joiners

21 min4.6

The Second Sex*

Simone de Beauvoir

Teaser: The feminist classic about how woman has been shaped into the “other” sex

35 min4.4

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

A Classic Novel on the American Dream of the Roaring Twenties

20 min4.5

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes

The Spanish Epic Novel on the Human Condition and Death

18 min4.4

Why We Drink Too Much

Charles Knowles

The Impact of Alcohol on Our Bodies and Culture

20 min4.4

The Triangle of Power

Alexander Stubb

Rebalancing the New World Order

27 min4.1

The Anxious Generation

Jonathan Haidt

How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

20 min4.3

Animal Farm

George Orwell

A Political Satire on the Corrupting Influence of Power

31 min4.8

Once Upon a Stranger

Gillian Sandstrom

The Science of How Small Talk Can Add Up to a Big Life

20 min4.6

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

A Magical Fable About Following Your Dreams

21 min4.5

Why We Think What We Think

Turi Munthe

The Unexpected Origins of Our Deepest Beliefs

21 min4.4

Better Small Talk

Patrick King

Talk to Anyone, Avoid Awkwardness, Generate Deep Conversations, and Make Real Friends

17 min4.1

To Dye For

Alden Wicker

How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick

21 min4.2

The Odyssey

Homer

The Ancient Greek Epic Poem About A Hero's Journey Home

22 min4.6

AI 2041

Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan

Ten Visions for Our Future

30 min4.2

Sophie's World

Jostein Gaarder

A Novel about the History of Philosophy

18 min4.3

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

A Historical Novel on the Irrationality of Human Behavior in War

17 min4.2

Whole Earth Discipline

Stewart Brand

An Ecopragmatist Manifesto

22 min4.2

Superintelligence

Nick Bostrom

Paths, Dangers, Strategies Hardcover use pre formatted date that complies with legal requirement from media matrix

18 min4.1

Either/Or

Soren Kierkegaard

A Fragment of Life

18 min4.5

The Iliad

Homer

The Greek Epic on the End of the Trojan War and Achilles’ Wrath

19 min4.5

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A Tragic Murder Mystery on the Burden of Free Will and Morality

23 min4.7

The Sirens' Call

Chris Hayes

How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource

26 min4.3