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130 titles

Business

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Business Modelsin a Hurry
Pick, price, and prove
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Operationsin a Hurry
Systems that save hours
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Brandingin a Hurry
Name, story, and visuals that stick
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Salesin a Hurry
Book calls, close deals
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Marketingin a Hurry
Positioning, offers, and channels
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Entrepreneurship

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Startupsin a Hurry
Idea to MVP, fast
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Side Hustlesin a Hurry
Launch a £1k a month project
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Fundraisingin a Hurry
Angels, VCs, and bootstrapping
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Freelancingin a Hurry
Position, price, and pipeline
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Growthin a Hurry
Loops, referrals, and retention
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Philosophy

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Stoicismin a Hurry
Calm, control, and character for modern life
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Epicureanismin a Hurry
Pleasure, friendship, and a simpler life
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Confuciusin a Hurry
Harmony, duty, and everyday excellence
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Taoismin a Hurry
Effortless action in a frantic world
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Logicin a Hurry
Fallacies, arguments, and sharper thinking
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History

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The Ancient Worldin a Hurry
From republic to empire, and the birth of ideas
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The Renaissancein a Hurry
Art, science, and humanism rebooted
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World Warsin a Hurry
Causes, turning points, and aftermath
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The British Empirein a Hurry
Rise, rule, and reckoning
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The Silk Roadin a Hurry
Trade that changed the world
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Mesopotamiain a Hurry
The first cities and the first writing
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Revolutionin a Hurry
Steam, steel, and social shockwaves
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Geography

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Waterin a Hurry
Currents, climate, and the waterways that built civilisations
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Terrainin a Hurry
How mountains rise and shape weather and culture
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Mapsin a Hurry
Projections, pitfalls, and seeing the world right
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Disastersin a Hurry
Quakes, storms, and staying safe
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Desertsin a Hurry
Scarcity, survival, and hidden abundance
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Psychology

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Habitsin a Hurry
Tiny changes, big compounding wins
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Decision-Makingin a Hurry
Biases, bets, and better choices
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Emotionsin a Hurry
Name it, tame it, use it
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Attentionin a Hurry
Focus without quitting your phone
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Confidencein a Hurry
Evidence-based self-belief
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Economics

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Personal Financein a Hurry
Spend, save, invest, protect
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Marketsin a Hurry
How prices move and why
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Inflationin a Hurry
What it is and what to do
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Behavioural Economicsin a Hurry
Humans aren't rational, profit from it
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Global Tradein a Hurry
Tariffs, treaties, and containers
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Inequalityin a Hurry
Causes, consequences, and choices
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Technology

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AIin a Hurry
What it is, what it isn't, what to do
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Codingin a Hurry
Learn the mental model, not the syntax
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Cybersecurityin a Hurry
Stay safe without paranoia
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Data Literacyin a Hurry
Charts, stats, and not being fooled
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Product Managementin a Hurry
Build the right thing, right
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Cloudin a Hurry
The internet's factory explained
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Religion

7 titles
Christianityin a Hurry
From apostles to today
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Islamin a Hurry
Origins, pillars, and cultures
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Judaismin a Hurry
Covenant, law, and diaspora
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Hinduismin a Hurry
Many paths, one search
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Buddhismin a Hurry
Suffering, compassion, and awakening
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Mythologiesin a Hurry
Greek, Norse, and the stories we live by
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Atheism and Secularismin a Hurry
Meaning without a mandate
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Politics

5 titles
Politicsin a Hurry
Power, policy, and participation
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Democracyin a Hurry
Votes, vetoes, and representation
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Political Ideologiesin a Hurry
Left, right, and beyond
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International Relationsin a Hurry
War, peace, and influence
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Geopolitical Riskin a Hurry
Reading the world's fault lines
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Biology

5 titles
Geneticsin a Hurry
DNA, heredity, and CRISPR made simple
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Evolutionin a Hurry
How life adapts, competes, and survives
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Cell Biologyin a Hurry
Organelles, energy, and cell cycles
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Microbiologyin a Hurry
Bacteria, viruses, and the unseen world
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Ecologyin a Hurry
Food webs, feedbacks, and ecosystems
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Health

6 titles
Nutritionin a Hurry
What actually matters on your plate
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Exercisein a Hurry
Train smarter, recover faster
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Sleepin a Hurry
Rhythms, routines, and real rest
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Immunityin a Hurry
Everyday defences and vaccines 101
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Stressin a Hurry
Physiology, reframes, and resets
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Longevityin a Hurry
Ageing science without the hype
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Chemistry

5 titles
Chemistryin a Hurry
Atoms, bonds, and reactions explained
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Everyday Chemistryin a Hurry
Soap, cooking, cleaning, and cosmetics
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Materialsin a Hurry
Plastics, alloys, and future stuff
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Food Chemistryin a Hurry
Flavour, browning, and emulsions
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Pharmacologyin a Hurry
How drugs work in the body
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Physics

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Physicsin a Hurry
Motion, energy, and the rules of reality
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Astronomyin a Hurry
Planets, stars, and cosmic perspective
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Relativityin a Hurry
Space, time, and speed limits
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Thermodynamicsin a Hurry
Heat, work, and why time flows
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Astrophysicsin a Hurry
Black holes, galaxies, and dark stuff
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MathematicsNew strand

6 titles
Statisticsin a Hurry
Signal, noise, and not being fooled
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Probabilityin a Hurry
Odds, risk, and the maths of chance
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Calculusin a Hurry
Change and accumulation, made intuitive
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Algebrain a Hurry
The language of unknowns
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Geometryin a Hurry
Shape, space, and proof
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Game Theoryin a Hurry
Strategy when others are deciding too
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Language and WritingNew strand

6 titles
Grammarin a Hurry
The rules worth knowing and the ones to break
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Rhetoricin a Hurry
How persuasion actually works
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Writing Wellin a Hurry
Clear sentences, every time
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Etymologyin a Hurry
Where words come from
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Storytellingin a Hurry
Structure that holds attention
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Public Speakingin a Hurry
Say it so it lands
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Art and ArchitectureNew strand

5 titles
Art Historyin a Hurry
How to look at a painting
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Architecturein a Hurry
Reading buildings and the ideas behind them
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Designin a Hurry
Why some things just work
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Photographyin a Hurry
Light, composition, and the decisive moment
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Colourin a Hurry
How colour works and why it moves us
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MusicNew strand

5 titles
Music Theoryin a Hurry
Why notes fit together
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Classical Musicin a Hurry
Four centuries in one listen
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Jazzin a Hurry
Improvisation, swing, and the blues
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The Science of Soundin a Hurry
Waves, pitch, and hearing
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Songwritingin a Hurry
Melody, hook, and structure
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Law and JusticeNew strand

5 titles
Lawin a Hurry
How legal systems actually work
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Constitutionsin a Hurry
The rules above the rules
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Human Rightsin a Hurry
Where they come from and how they hold
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Contractsin a Hurry
Promises the law will enforce
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Crime and Justicein a Hurry
Punishment, deterrence, and fairness
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EnvironmentNew strand

6 titles
Climatein a Hurry
The science, plainly
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Energyin a Hurry
Where power comes from and where it's going
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Sustainabilityin a Hurry
Living within limits
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Oceansin a Hurry
The engine of the planet
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Conservationin a Hurry
Saving what's left, and why
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Wastein a Hurry
Rubbish, recycling, and the circular economy
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EngineeringNew strand

5 titles
How Things Workin a Hurry
The machines around you, explained
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Electricityin a Hurry
Current, circuits, and the grid
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Structuresin a Hurry
Why bridges and buildings stand up
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Enginesin a Hurry
Turning fuel into motion
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Roboticsin a Hurry
Sensors, motors, and autonomy
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NeuroscienceNew strand

5 titles
The Brainin a Hurry
A user's guide to your own head
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Memoryin a Hurry
How it works and how to keep it
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Consciousnessin a Hurry
The hardest problem, made approachable
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Perceptionin a Hurry
How your senses build reality
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Addictionin a Hurry
The hijacked reward system
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SociologyNew strand

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Culturein a Hurry
The invisible rules we all follow
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Citiesin a Hurry
How places shape people
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Mediain a Hurry
How information moves and warps
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Networksin a Hurry
Why who you know matters
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Migrationin a Hurry
Why people move and what it changes
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Space ExplorationNew strand

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Spaceflightin a Hurry
How we actually get up there
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The Solar Systemin a Hurry
A tour of the neighbourhood
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Rocketsin a Hurry
The physics of leaving Earth
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The Moonin a Hurry
Our nearest world, and the race for it
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Life in the Universein a Hurry
The search, and the odds
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