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Brought to you by Penguin. The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kennedy in this revelatory biography of the iconic, yet still elusive, thirty-fifth president. By the time of his assassination in 1963, John F. Kennedy stood at the helm of...

The Great War and World Affairs Audio Collection curates more than forty hours of essential works that illuminate World War I, its aftermath and the perilous decades that followed. It brings together frontline experience, political analysis and historical insight to form a sweeping portrait of the forces that reshaped modern civilization.

The writing of Death of a President, William Manchester’s award-winning account of President Kennedy’s assassination, is the topic of the title essay in this collection, as it was a controversy like few others, pitting one of the most prominent historians of the day against Jackie Kennedy...

Here, for the first time in decades, is a gripping, minute-by-minute account of the day President John F. Kennedy was shot. In End of Days, James Swanson reveals Lee Harvey Oswald's bizarre history of violence and follows John and Jacqueline Kennedy on their fateful Dallas motorcade ride...

Série de 28 épisodes sur John Fitzgérald Kennedy On sait tous quelque chose de Kennedy, que dire de plus, tout a été dit, écrit et raconté des milliers de fois.Des 1000 jours de sa présidence, il reste pourtant beaucoup de mystères, d’hypothèses et d'interprétations.Après 25 ans de recherches , je vous propose une série de podcasts qui évoque des histoires et anecdotes peu connues, de rentrer vraiment dans son intimité et surtout d’explorer sa personnalité complexeL’histoire a surtout retenu le couple glamour avec Jacqueline, la crise des missiles à Cuba, la relation ...

In his award-winning young-adult book on the Kennedy assassination, James Swanson will transport listeners back to one of the most shocking, sad, and terrifying events in American history. As he did in his bestselling Scholastic YA book, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER, Swanson deploys his signature "you are there" style -- a riveting, ticking-clock pace, with an unprecedented eye for dramatic details and impeccable historical accuracy. Here is the story of the JFK assassination as it has never been told before.

In this biting comedy of errors, the hapless Arnolphe is undone by his own double dealing and double standards. The School for Wives was first performed at the Palais Royal theatre on December 26, 1662, and is considered by many to be Moliere's masterpiece. Richard Wilbur's subtle verse translation illuminates the great master of comedy at his wittiest.