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America began, we are often told, with the Founding Fathers, the men who waged a revolution and created a unique place called the United States. We may acknowledge the early Jamestown and Puritan colonists and mourn the dispossession of Native Americans, but we rarely grapple with the complexity of the nation’s pre-revolutionary past. In this pathbreaking revision, Daniel Richter shows that the United States has a much deeper history than is apparent - that far from beginning with a clean slate, it is a nation with multiple pasts.

In this special 5 episode podcast series, the students in Ms. Uribe's 5th-grade class at Ruth K. Broad Bay Harbor K-8 in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, turn into local historians. "Hidden Treasures of Our Town" explores the forgotten stories, landmarks, and extraordinary people that make our community unique.These students have dug through archives and uncovered the "treasures" that most people walk past every day.This project was researched, written, and recorded by students: Mikaela Alarcon-Rojas, Rinat Arutiunov, Ezekiel Culbreth, Lillian Dattilo, Ty Fidelis,, Emily Flores, Ilan Koren, ...

There is a chapter of World War II history that remains largely untold: the story of the fourth largest Allied military of the war, and the only nation to have fought in the battles of Leningrad, Arnhem, Tobruk, and Normandy. This is the story of the Polish forces during the Second World War, the story of millions of young men and women who gave everything for freedom and in the final victory lost all. In a cruel twist of history, the monumental struggles of an entire nation have been largely forgotten, and even intentionally obscured. No Greater Ally redresses the balance,

Dive into a captivating collection of legendary folk tales from the Australian Aboriginal Narran tribe, known as the Noongahburrahs. Each story weaves together rich cultural heritage and timeless wisdom, inviting listeners to explore the enchanting world of these ancient legends.

“David K. Randall has conjured the first air race to circumnavigate the globe in all its death-defying glory, featuring a cast of unlikely heroes who had the right stuff before anyone knew what that was.” — Mitchell Zuckoff, New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Shangri-La and 13...

Kristen R. Ghodsee reads and discusses 47 selections from the works of Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952), a socialist women's activist who had radical ideas about the intersections of socialism and women's emancipation. Born into aristocratic privilege, the Ukrainian-Finnish Kollontai was initially a member of the Mensheviks before she joined Lenin and the Bolsheviks and became an important revolutionary figure during the 1917 Russian Revolution. Kollontai was a socialist theorist of women’s emancipation and a strident proponent of sexual relations freed from all economic considerations. After...

An educational and biographical look, at the moments and personalities, that have been woven into the fabric of baseball. Backwards K Where We Collect Ballplayers And Their Stories

I have researched and written over 150 books on strange and mysterious phenomena. Some of these books are based on my own experiences and most topics are based on my research. My fascination with strange things has become a major passion in my life. This book includes over sixty true stories on many different subjects to provide a lot of food for thought on these topics.

OSS Against the Reich presents the previously unpublished World War II diaries of Colonel David K.E. Bruce, London branch chief of America's first secret intelligence agency, as he observed the war against Hitler. The entries include eyewitness accounts of D-Day, the rocket attacks on England, and the liberation of Paris....

An historian’s revealing and intimate portrait of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush that explores their relationship as presidents and as father and son—the first major biographical treatment of these two consequential presidents and figures in American history. In 2016 the Republican...

With modern society’s creeping despotism, you, the individual, have never been more crucial. Without the danger of violence or compulsion, people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Virtues that we all have a right to are under threat.Hello and welcome to the Rise To Liberty Podcast.Join us each week as we explore what liberty is, why you should care about it, who values it, and who despises it. We’ll push boundaries, address controversies, and question narratives. We’ll talk about how to not only protect and preserve your rights, but also how to prosper with ...

Tento podcast se věnuje osobnosti, životu a dílu spisovatele Franze Kafky. Zabývá se ovšem nejen jím, ale celou dobou, ve které žil, a lidmi, se kterými se potkal a kteří ho ovlivnili.

Welcome to The K-Pop Sundae Podcast, a show hosted by the K-Pop Sunbaes: OldR, Serin, Min, and JR. Join us as we discuss K-Pop history and share what we enjoy about Korean media! Episodes are released monthly.

This bundle consists of five books on various aspects of survival. The entire package provides wide-ranging advice on surviving adverse conditions. Includes: Fire in History and Mythology, Survival of Humanity Throughout the Ages, 33 Incredible Survival Stories, How to Survive Anything from the Wilderness to Man Made Disasters, and Building and Stocking a Nuclear Shelter for Under $10,000.

Dr. Augustinos (Dinos) Charalambous Augusti (Ph.D - M.Sc.)Email: av.avgoustinos@gmail.comPhone: 2410-552008 -6977304601Fax: 2410-552008Augustinos (Dinos) Charalambous Augusti was born in Monagri, Limassol. He served 38months of military service in the 33 rd Squadron (Sergeant) based in the currently occupiedPellapais in the Province of Kyrenia. He took part in the military operations to repel theTurkish invasion in the black summer of 1974.He is an Associate Professor at the School of Agricultural Sciences - Department ofAgriculture, Agrotechnology, University of Thessaly.He writes articles on...

節目播放時間：美國西岸每星期六 5-6 PM http://www.am1430.net/ [K記冰室Podcast] 節目重溫 生活就是電影，看著一幕幕的情節，不單得到一些人生的領悟，還對現實社會有更多的理解。 我是阿Kay，一位電影迷，政治學者。 [K記冰室]，和你分享我所看到的電影畫面，我所理解的電影政治和社會文化！ IG: KayHo1430 https://www.instagram.com/kayho1430/ Facebook: https://shorturl.at/hoFGX Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/clgzk5m1z0gcm01tb2i0a36aa/comments Powered by ...

The role of social media in the events of the Arab Spring and its aftermath in the Muslim world has stimulated much debate, yet little in the way of useful insight. Now Haroon Ullah, a scholar and diplomat with deep knowledge of politics and societies in the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, draws the first clear picture of the unprecedented impact of Twitter, Facebook, and other means of online communication on the recent revolutions that blazed across Muslim nations.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi one of the greatest men to walk this earth, begins the story of his life with descriptions of his childhood in Porbandar and Rajkot in Gujarat, his schooldays, his early marriage, the lessons he learnt when he tried stealing, told lies and smoked cigrattes, and his...

A radio show becomes a book that becomes a podcast about one of the most iconic places of American and international counter culture.We will explore the history of the famous Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan, New York and hear the stories of some of its most illustrious guests: Edith Piaf, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith, Sid Vicious, Dylan Thomas, Jack Kerouac and many more.Come along on a journey to relive some of the most important contributions in music, literature and art as these legends left their mark on this remarkable hotel.

Kmart's Final Chapter: The Rise and Fall of an American Retail Giant Kmart's closure marks more than the end of a store; it represents the conclusion of a significant chapter in American retail history. Once boasting over 2,400 stores, Kmart was a household name that catered to millions of customers. Families relied on Kmart for everything from back-to-school shopping to holiday gifts, and it became an iconic part of American consumer life. Its iconic red "K" sign, the much-beloved "Blue Light Specials," and the opportunity to buy everything under one roof made it a favorite for suburban ...