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The Souls of America
Rising Above Taliban: Malala Yousafzai’s Story
Mark Zuckerberg: Connecting the World
Maya Angelou: The Voice of Black Power
Who Was William Shakespeare?
The Real Life of Marilyn Monroe
Hillary Clinton:The Woman Beyond The White House
Oprah Winfrey: A Revolution of a Black Woman
The Power of Love and Nonviolence
Frida Kahlo: A Life Painted with Passion
Steve Jobs: The Journey of a Revolution
Be Water, My Friend
15 min
A Cultural History of Ugliness
15 min
The Prince
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Guns, Germs and Steel
A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
The Alchemist
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