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Award-winning journalist and author Andrew Rule distils the daring, the desperation and danger of the track into a bravura account of some of Australian racing's most famous and infamous moments, its celebrations and its secrets, the grittiness of the gambling life behind the glitz and glamour. With an ear for the colloquial, the humorous and the absurd, and an eye for physical bravery and financial folly, Rule shows how racing still defines part of the Australian character.

In the spring of 1944 gendarmes forcibly removed Tibor “Max” Eisen and his family from their home, brought them to a brickyard, and eventually loaded them onto crowded cattle cars bound for Auschwitz-Birkenau. At 15 years of age, Eisen survived the selection process and he was inducted into the camp as a slave laborer. More than 70 years after the Nazi camps were liberated by the Allies, By Chance Alone details Eisen’s story of survival.

The Plant Hunter's Atlas is a volume telling some of the most extraordinary tales of horticultural discovery and exploring the characters behind the stories. Taking in the world's inhabited continents and spanning the centuries, the stories range from tales of derring-do in the age of discovery to modern-day botanists working at the cutting-edge of science. The text explores how plant hunters have been inspired by everything from scientific curiosity to economic greed, and their own ingrained sense of adventure.

A news-breaking memoir revealing the secret, high level negotiations that could soon transform the map of the Middle East. Why would a sitting head of state choose to write about the most explosive issues he faces? King Abdullah does so now because he believes we face a moment of truth: a last chance for peace in the Middle East. The prize is enormous; the cost of failure far greater than we dare imagine.

The author of the heartwarming Craig and Fred tells the deeply emotional and inspiring story of the next phase of their lives together: working closely with prison inmates in Maine who raise and train puppies to become service dogs. Second Chances poignantly shows that no life is irredeemable and that each of us can make a difference if given the opportunity.

Rachel Cohen's A Chance Meeting is a dazzling group portrait that offers a striking new vision of the making and remaking of the American mind and imagination from the Civil War to the Vietnam War. How does the happenstance of daily life become history? Cohen shows us, describing a series of, now boldly, now subtly, transformative encounters between a wide and surprising range of Americans.

When reporter Eric Roper buys a lovely 113-year-old house in Minneapolis, he wants to find out everything he can about its history. But he quickly becomes obsessed with one couple who owned the house 100 years ago. Harry and Clementine Robinson send him down a surprising rabbit hole into an incredible history he never heard before. As he artfully and meticulously pieces together the remarkable story of their lives, we find out what the Robinsons reveal about a history of race in Minneapolis -- the city that became ground zero for an unprecedented global racial reckoning. New episodes available...

In "Chance or Circumstance?" author, James R. Mapp, takes listeners on a gripping journey through the tumultuous 1960s, offering an insider's perspective on the relentless fight for Civil Rights. At its core, the book poses a poignant question: What compels an individual to risk everything for justice and equality? The answer unfolds through the life of the author, who undeterred by dangers to himself and his family, becomes a catalyst for change in his adopted hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Finally, the Holy Sailors ventured beyond the Strait of Gibraltar, found the Azores, and then landed on the shores of America. The wonders were vast and the peoples diverse. Had they rediscovered Atlantis?

What moments changed the course of military history? In between the best-known wars and battles, smaller moments had an outsized impact. Discover when Ulysses Grant and Robert E. Lee fought on the same side years before they faced off in the Civil War. Learn about the French army that changed history by defeating Muslim invaders in the 8th century. Find out why a minor 19th-century skirmish stopped the U.S. from invading Canada.

After multiple heroic operations, returning electricity to 400,000 civilians, and helping thousands of girls return to school, ISIS did everything it could to thwart the offensive. Turnbull is injured in a suicide bombing and given no chance of surviving. When Samantha met the lead trauma surgeon overseas, she found out her husband had lost his right eye, had no skin or tissue on the right side of his face, had multiple skull fractures, and numerous other injuries. They told her he’d likely be paralyzed on one side and may not remember much of anything, including her and their son.

It started with a child's letter. Psychologist Karen Wiley thought she understood moral dilemma. Now, somewhere out there, an anonymous child has begun to cry for her help. The letters keep coming...and then something far, far worse. Until the terror in the Trueblood trailer, police chief Ella McCullers believed she knew crises of faith.

The Incredible and Endlessly Fascinating Fate, Chance and Coincidence Show is an entertaining and captivating journey through the remarkable world of coincidence, synchronicity, kismet, chance, and other related phenomena.Unpredictable, funny, and poignant, the series explores this magical universe via its most spectacular stories.Due to his aversion to fabrication, exaggeration, tall tales, fairy tales, embellishments or falsehoods, all the stories featured in this series are, to the best of the host's knowledge (after much research and fact-checking done by him personally), accurate and ...

In late 1936, as Franco’s armies stormed toward Madrid, Stalin famously termed the defence of Spain “the common cause of all advanced and progressive mankind.” As a German emigrant to Winnipeg, Hans Ibing recognized the importance of the Spanish Civil War to the struggle against worldwide fascism in a way that most people in Canada did not - joining the International Brigades in their fight to defend the Spanish Republic was his “chance to fight Hitler.”

Chez Eco Tempo, nous sommes profondément passionnés par les récits émouvants qui traversent le temps, des souvenirs précieux liés à des objets bien-aimés. Parmi eux, les bijoux et les montres occupent une place particulière. Ces gardiens silencieux de vos moments sont parfois relégués à l'ombre de vos placards, car les souvenirs qu'ils portent sont trop intenses pour les laisser partir. C'est là que notre concept Eco Tempo entre en jeu, leur offrant une seconde chance de briller, de revivre, et de vibrer à travers une nouvelle histoire.En tant que particulier et/ou professionnel ...

Cristiana Capotondi ci racconta quattro storie di rinascita di persone a cui viene data una seconda opportunità. Il dettaglio delle uscite delle varie puntate Episodio 1 > Luca, mercoledì 11 gennaioEpisodio 2 > Giulia, mercoledì 18 gennaioEpisodio 3 > Renato, mercoledì 25 gennaioEpisodio 4 > Nour e Hasan, mercoledì 1° febbraio Abbonati a discovery + e guarda lo speciale in esclusiva > https://auth.discoveryplus.com/it/product

Historias, leyendas, sucesos extraños, hechos reales y conspiraciones. todo narrado por dos hermanos comunes, pasa el rato junto a nosotros y danos un chance que ya te contamos. Recuerda seguirnos en todas las redes sociales como "Dame Chance y Te Cuento"

The Choices Not Chances Podcast came about after the release of Ryan Rogers’s new book, "Lions of Marjah". The Podcast is a veteran-oriented work, focusing on interviews of not only combat veterans but the families and lives they lead transitioning from combat. We will feature veteran aid of all types and consistently plug new therapies, as well as make an effort to bridge the civilian/military divide. The warfighting experience comes with many changes, some tolerable, others not as much. Semper Fi!

Wie kommt man auf die schiefe Bahn? Und wie wieder weg? Nico rutschte in die Unterwelt von Bern. Jetzt, mit 33 Jahren, soll sich alles ändern. Er war einem Leben ohne Drogen, Gewalt und Knast noch nie so nah. Kriegt er diesmal die Kurve? Ein Podcast zum 50-jährigen Bestehen der Stiftung Terra Vecchia.