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Travelling at almost 18,000 miles per hour—10 times faster than a rifle bullet—Gagarin circles the globe in just 106 minutes. While his launch begins in total secrecy, within hours of his landing he has become a world celebrity—the first human to leave the planet. Beyond tells the thrilling story behind that epic flight on its 60th anniversary. It happened at the height of the Cold War as the US and USSR confronted each other across an Iron Curtain.

At 8:15 a.m. on 6th August 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. In an instant, the temperature at its core rose to millions of degrees. Sixty-thousand buildings were obliterated. A third of the city’s population died, by heat, by the blast and by a terrible new weapon in the history of warfare: radiation.

I thought country club living at home in Long Island during college, with no job or accountability, was the perfect life. Then came a trip to Africa during the Congo Crisis.... That started a nine-year downhill spiral. Back in the US, it was one illness and surgery after another. When my brother Michael returned a completely different person, I accepted an invite to visit him in Los Angeles. There the most shocking awakening happened. Instantly I knew: all is well. An associate once asked me, "How come things happen to you that don't happen to us?" The answers are what this book is all about.

Doppelgänger is a psychological thriller set in the Derbyshire Town of Chesterfield. In the summer of 1980, six-year-old Martin Burke is on a family holiday in Whitby when he sees a boy who looks just like him. His parents brush this off and tell him he's silly. So, he forgets about it until 42 years later when his mother drops the bombshell that he was adopted as a baby. Martin gradually realises that the boy he saw in Whitby all those years ago was actually his twin brother.

Domesday Delving is a journey back in time to explore the hidden histories of England's towns and villages as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. From the lives of local peasants and the roles of medieval churches to the power struggles between lords, each episode offers an engaging and in-depth look at a different location in medieval England. Whether you have a personal connection to a place or are simply curious about the past, Domesday Delving brings history to life with vivid storytelling and expert insights.Episodes are uploaded weekly on Tuesdays.

Intention is to bring you the most interesting people in Banking and Fintech and ask no-nonsense, unpretentious questions on what they're doing, why it matters, guided by our data.

An irreverent look at the daily grind of what it's like to work in a psychiatric hospital. The good. The bad. The Worse.

09.07 am. 12 de abril de 1961. Un cohete de alto secreto en la URSS. Un joven ruso se sienta en una minúscula cápsula encima del misil balístico intercontinental más potente de la Unión Soviética -diseñado originalmente para transportar una cabeza nuclear- y despega hacia el cielo. Se llama Yuri Gagarin. Y está a punto de hacer historia.

Ruger James Fulton is used to being confused. After barely graduating from high school, RJ took his one marketable skill and opened up an auto shop in town. Cars have always made sense to him, while the rest of the world makes him feel like an idiot.

The city of Neo Songdo is a Russian doll of realities. The smart city is designed to be read by machine vision while people see only the augmented facade of the corporate ideal. At night the stars are obscured by an intergalactic virtual war being waged by millions of players, while on the streets below people are forced to beg, steal, and hustle to survive. Enter Julius Dax, online repoman and real-life thief. He's been hired for a special job. But when he finds out he's stolen the first sentient AI, his payday gets a lot more complicated.

We're on a mission to help you live life with an unfair advantage. Join Stephen and Guillaume as they dissect the latest biohacking products and news, make industry predictions, and share details from their biohacking experiments.

This is the story of Noel, who lost Maris, his beloved wife of 42 years, to suicide, following years of struggling with depression. The abrupt ending of a life by suicide can be the most catastrophic of events for those left behind. Survivors experience intense pain and massive guilt. Grief banishes survivors to a place so removed from the normal hurly-burly of everyday life that they feel close to madness. Somehow, they have to claw their way back.

Malicious Intent is Mike Walker's debut novel, a rip-snorting foray into the badlands of Hollywood celebrity, a story about big-time players following their "No Guts, No Glory!" regimen. Charmain Burns is a star with a capital S, a fire-breathing bombshell who doesn't take no for an answer, and always goes to extremes to get her way. Her antics are what legends are made of. Her national notoriety as Miss Hula Girl lands Charmain a shot in Hollywood.

When Kenny (Stephen Tompkinson) gives up his life in the geography classroom to join a struggling a capella group with a beautician, a dentist and a boxer, he doesn't realise he'll soon be in the best band on the wedding circuit—and fronting the potential future of rock 'n' roll. Between trying to manage the band's failing love lives and their battling ambitions, Kenny finds that chaos greets them wherever they go. Arguments about who gets to sing the lead? Check. Rowing about recording contracts? Check. Selling out for a TV talent show? Check.

Described by reviewers as an addictive "environmental disaster meets political intrigue meets coming-of-age" tale, Some Act of Vision follows a popular teen whose life is stripped from her in a second. After 10 years of ballet lessons, Jordan Walker has finally landed her first principal role in Romeo and Juliet. Sweeter yet, "Romeo" has asked her to the May Fling Ball at Winston High. But a massive Texas earthquake triggered by the fracking activity nearby tears apart the community and Jordan's future as a dancer. The Walker family survives the earthquake, but now Jordan and her family are forced to abandon their old lives and flee to Galveston.

Welcome to 'The Self-Help Loop: A Hilarious Journey Through the Maze of Self-Improvement.' Join us as we embark on a whimsical adventure through the world of self-help addiction. In this insightful and entertaining book, we navigate the twists and turns of the self-help industry, poking fun at its exaggerated claims, absurd promises, and never-ending quest for personal growth. From meeting the "Productivity Prophet" to encountering the "Spiritual Sherpa," listeners are treated to a cast of fictional gurus and humorous anecdotes that shed light on the quirks of self-help culture.

A podcast where 4 friends review anything and everything. All types of media, products, and experiences.