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There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, "Two tigers cannot share the same mountain." However, in East Asia, there are three tigers on that mountain: China, Japan, and Korea, and they have a long history of turmoil and tension with each other. In his latest entertaining and thought-provoking narrative travelogue, Michael Booth sets out to discover how deep, really, the enmity is between these three "tiger" nations and what prevents them from making peace.

Lawrence Durrell's evocative memoir of living in Cyprus, just before the Greek/Turkish partition. This is a touching and atmospheric account of a place, now changed, where the two races lived side by side.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “A tour de force . . . a comprehensive and suitably furious guide to the political landscape of American healthcare . . . persuasive, shocking.”—The New York Times America’s Bitter Pill is Steven Brill’s acclaimed book...

Americans are justly proud of the role the United States played in liberating Europe from Nazi tyranny. For many years, we have celebrated the courage of the Allied soldiers, sailors, and aircrews who defeated Hitler's regime and restored freedom to the continent. But in recounting the heroism of the "greatest generation," Americans often overlook the wartime experiences of European people themselves - the very people for whom the war was fought

In late 1944, as a precursor to the invasion of the Philippines, U.S. military analysts decided to seize the small island of Peleliu to ensure that the Japanese airfield there could not threaten the invasion forces. This important new book explores the dramatic story of this ‘forgotten’ battle and the campaign’s strategic failings. Bitter Peleliu reveals how U.S. intelligence officers failed to detect the complex network of caves, tunnels, and pillboxes hidden inside the island’s coral ridges.

"Leave now, or die!" From the heart of the Midwest to the Deep South, from the mountains of North Carolina to the Texas frontier, words like these have echoed through more than a century of American history. The call heralded not a tornado or a hurricane, but a very unnatural disaster: a manmade wave of racial cleansing that purged black populations from counties across the nation.

In Prevail Until the Bitter End, Alexandra Lohse explores the gossip and innuendo, the dissonant reactions and perceptions of Germans to the violent dissolution of the Third Reich. Mobilized for total war, soldiers and citizens alike experienced an unprecedented convergence of military, economic, social, and political crises.

Wir berichten uns abwechselnd über Kriminalfälle, die uns bewegt haben. Manchmal verzetteln wir uns, raufen uns die Haare, sind fassungslos oder müssen trotz allem auch mal kurz Lachen. Wir versuchen es mit Empathie und Neugier uns den Fällen zu nähern. Größtensteils deutsche Fälle, öfters aus den 80ern. Kontakt: zartundbitter@posteo.de Instagram: @zartundbittertalk

ნიკა ხოფერიას პოდკასტი ისტორიაზე, კულტურაზე, ცივილიზაციებზე, სამხედრო საქმეზე და სხვა თემებზე - მწარედ ანუ სამართლიანად და ზედმეტი პათეტიკის გარეშე.

A rollicking history of alcohol and its literary imbibers, from Jane Austen’s beer brewing to James Joyce’s passion for Guinness to E.B. White’s cure for writers’ block—a dry martini—by celebrated illustrator Greg Clarke and award-winning editor/art director Monte Beauchamp...

Als Kreuzfahrer gegen den Faschismus, der Europa und die halbe Welt zu erdrosseln drohte, waren die besten von ihnen ausgezogen. Amerikas junge Männer, die Ideale der Demokratie und der Menschlichkeit im Herzen, so landen sie 1944 auf dem europäischen Kontinent. Bald aber stellt die Demontage jeglicher Ideale durch Karrieresucht, Schieberei und Intrigen die jungen Helden vor unausweichliche Entscheidungen. Aufrechte Kreuzfahrer gegen den Faschismus oder käufliche Weiberhelden?

Everything seemed like it was beyond repair, my days are somewhat gloomy. Bittersweet - the courageous battle my heart continuously fights against despair. Dear listeners - This podcast is based on smoking at dusk, and clicking ”record” as I see life for what it is, process things easier by venting at times — expressing gratitude. A break to enjoy the present moment.. This is just the beginning. Stay tuned.

In this widely hailed book, NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten fuses the story of the Bacardi family and their famous rum business with Cuba's tumultuous experience over the last 150 years to produce a deeply entertaining historical narrative. The company Facundo Bacardi launched in Cuba in 1862...

Storytellers and best friends Josie Mitchell and Taylor Basso share the stories that live on in infamy: the strange and the familiar, the tragic and the comic—the bitter and the sweet. New episodes (usually) every other Sunday on the 604 Podcast Network! Support the show: ko-fi.com/bittersweetinfamy

Based on the book and film by Antonino D'Ambrosio. In support of Native American Rights of the harsh, and unfair treatment of the Indigenous Community