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On 12th April 1981 a revolutionary new spacecraft blasted off from Florida on her maiden flight. NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia was the most advanced flying machine ever built – the high watermark of post-war aviation development. A direct descendant of the record-breaking X-planes the likes...

'Jonnie made me see London through new eyes.' James Corden 'A charming and surprising alternative tour of London. We loved this book' Map Men Jonnie 'is a conduit for the city's soul, distilling its chaotic history into digestible, engaging narratives' The Times Have you ever tried to find a...

In this masterful account, Jeremy Black explores the key themes that have shaped the history of the modern world since 1950. Eschewing a simple political narrative, he instead explores the roles of the environment, demographics, the economy and technology in driving change in the world.

Early one morning in the summer of 1999, authorities in the tiny West Texas town of Tulia began a roundup of suspected drug dealers. By the time the sweep was done, over 40 people had been arrested and one of every five black adults in town was behind bars, all accused of dealing cocaine to the same undercover officer, Tom Coleman.

This is a comprehensive history of Portugal that covers the whole span, from the Stone Age to today. An introduction provides an understanding of geographical and climatic issues, before an examination of Portugal's prehistory and classical Portugal, from the Stone Age to the end of the the Roman era. Portugal's history from AD 420 to the 13th century takes in the Suevi, Visigoths and Moors. Then, a look at medieval Portugal, covers the development of Christian Portugal culminating with the expulsion of the Moors, with a focus on key sites.  

Many of us know the Black Death as a catastrophic event of the medieval world. But the Black Death was arguably the most significant event in Western history, profoundly affecting every aspect of human life, from the economic and social to the political, religious, and cultural. In its wake the plague left a world that was utterly changed, forever altering the traditional structure of European societies and forcing a rethinking of every single system of Western civilization: food production and trade, the church, political institutions, law, art, and more.

For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England's National Maritime Museum has combed original documents and records to produce a most authoritative and definitive account of piracy's "Golden Age." As he explodes many accepted myths (i.e. "walking the plank" is pure fiction), Cordingly replaces them with a truth that is more complex and often bloodier.

Here for the first time is a complete history of the world, from the beginning of time to the present day, based on the beliefs and writings of the secret societies. From the esoteric account of the evolution of the species to the occult roots of science, from the secrets of the Flood to the esoteric motives behind American foreign policy, here is a narrative history that shows the basic facts of human existence on this planet can be viewed from a very different angle.

Black History Declassified is a forensic documentary podcast about African American history - the people, events, and turning points the textbooks skipped, reconstructed from the record. No myth-making, no fluff: documented history, sourced and told straight. Companion video on YouTube.

Disneyland didn't just change American entertainment. It invented the model that every theme park, cinematic universe, and streaming franchise still runs on today. Black Sunday is a documentary podcast about how it got built — the obsession behind it, the money that almost wasn't there, the construction crew that had thirteen months and no blueprint, and the opening day disaster that ninety million Americans watched live on television. The story Disney doesn't tell about itself. Hosted by Teo Hernandez. New episodes every week.

This is not the copyrighted work by Norman Coombs currently on Project Gutenberg but a collection of non-fiction, fiction, poetry, drama, and speeches found on Project Gutenberg that are by or about African Americans. Subjects range from late 18th Century epistolary conversations between black Baptist preachers to 1930s testimony by ex-slaves. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

A story about the Irish, just before the onset of the famine of 1847, with all the color and dialogue of a man who lived it. (Summary by JCarson)

“I don’t know where all the Black people are!?”“There are not a lot of Black people here.”“Where do Black folk kick it?”“This is the most non-Black place I have ever lived.”“Where are the Black neighborhoods and communities?These questions and statements may cause one to imagine a small rural town or a city in Montana or North Dakota. However, these remarks are not made in reference to American spaces typically associated with whiteness but rather a major U.S. city in California, San Diego to be exact. In this podcast, we explore the experiences of Black people living in ...

Known as a rich melting pot of cultures, New York City would not be the place it is today without the contributions of Black people. The new six-part AP audio series, “This City Was Black,” mines history to explore what it means to be a Black New Yorker in 2026. Listen to all six episodes of “This City Was Black: New York City.”

This essay is an attempt to set forth more clearly than has hitherto been done the effect which the Negro has had upon American life. Its thesis is that despite slavery, war and caste, and despite our present Negro problem, the American Negro is and has been a distinct asset to this country and has brought a contribution without which America could not have been; and that perhaps the essence of our so-called Negro problem is the failure to recognize this fact and to continue to act as though the Negro was what we once imagined and wanted to imagine him—a representative of a subhuman species ...

The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois. The book, published in 1903, contains several essays on race, some of which had been previously published in Atlantic Monthly magazine. Du Bois drew from his own experiences to develop this groundbreaking work on being African-American in American society. Outside of its notable place in African-American history, The Souls of Black Folk also holds an important place in social science as one of the first works to deal with sociology. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Bloomsbury presents Final Voyage by Jonathan Eyers, read by Daniel Rebbeck Everyone knows the story of the Titanic, but in terms of loss of life that catastrophe doesn't even figure as one of the 50 worst maritime disasters of the last three hundred years. The twentieth century was the age of...

Threads of Red and Black is a deeply researched, narrative history podcast that explores the intertwined stories of socialism, communism, and anarchism.For over two centuries, these three distinct yet deeply connected ideologies have sought to reshape the world. But how did they evolve from radical philosophy into global movements? Moving chronologically from the smoking factories of the Industrial Revolution to the modern digital age, we track how these movements fluidly adapted, clashed, and united in their fierce opposition to capitalism and fascism.We don't pull punches and we don't ...

Frado is a colored girl, living in the USA a few years before the Civil War. She is abandoned by her own white mother in the house of the Bellmont's- where she is treated badly. This is a sad book, but Frado's cheerfulness and dignity will make you love her until the end. (Introduction by Stav Nisser)

Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one has its own incredible story to tell. We once thought of our Earth as unique, but we have now...