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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A bold work from the author of The Black Swan that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility In his most provocative and practical book yet, one of the foremost thinkers of our...

Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism. That war is real, but it sits atop an older struggle between Kabul and the countryside, between order and chaos, between a modernist impulse to join the world and the pull of an older Afghanistan - a tribal universe of village republics permeated by Islam. Now, Tamim Ansary draws on his Afghan background, Muslim roots, and Western and Afghan sources to explain history from the inside out and to illuminate the long, internal struggle that the outside world has never fully understood.

In The Long Game, Rush Doshi draws from a rich base of Chinese primary sources, including decades worth of party documents, leaked materials, memoirs by party leaders, and a careful analysis of China's conduct to provide a history of China's grand strategy since the end of the Cold War.

India's relations with the People's Republic of China have captured the popular imagination ever since the 1950s but have rarely merited a detailed understanding of the issues. Individual episodes tend to arouse lively debate, which often dissipates without a deeper exploration of the factors...

The Great Game in Cuba uses the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution to examine the CIA's inner workings during the '50s and '60s. Detailing the agency's lies and deceits, Mellen paints a vivid behind-the-scenes picture of the CIA in Cuba after the Castro revolution: what it wanted and the lengths it was willing to go to in order to paralyze the opposition to Fidel Castro.

Is English an innately playful language? Are word games good for you? Do we divide into number and word players? And could Scrabble have been invented in any other language?

Russia knows our weaknesses. But do you? A major five-part series from Sky News and Tortoise which imagines how a Russian attack on the UK could play out – and invites real-life former ministers, military chiefs and other experts to figure out how to defend the country. Written and presented by Sky News' security and defence editor, Deborah Haynes. This is Deborah's second podcast series for Sky News. In her first series, Into The Grey Zone, Deborah explores the murky evolution of warfare. What do assassinations, cyber hacks and disinformation have in common? They're all weapons ...

A perceptive and provocative history of Henry Kissinger's diplomatic negotiations in the Middle East that illuminates the unique challenges and barriers Kissinger and his successors have faced in their attempts to broker peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors. “A wealth of lessons for...

The full, frank story of a remarkable life’s journey—to the pinnacle of success as a basketball player, icon, and entrepreneur, to the depths of personal trauma and back, to a place of flourishing and peace—made possible above all by a family’s love Grant Hill always had game. His choice...

Mark Simon and Bob Marks revive their long-running cable TV show The Game, where they interview local leaders and talk widely about politics, business and sports. Produced by Frank Bravo, BravoITC.com Also available on... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-game/id1765748285 Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d566eea9-b519-4d14-a7cd-db9ffeaf04cf/the-game YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGame-IsOn

The thinking fan's football podcast, providing previews and reviews of all the action - every Monday and Thursday. Listen to the best of The Times and The Sunday Times journalists as they cover the biggest sport on the planet; from winners to losers, who's in and out on the transfer roundabout, tactical developments, data analysis and the dreaded VAR.Hosted by Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson alongside special guest appearances, the team bring you the latest on the Premier League and the EFL, as well as a front-row seat to international tournaments including the Champions League, European ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER It was never supposed to be this close. And of course she was supposed to win. How Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump is the riveting story of a sure thing gone off the rails. For every Comey revelation or hindsight acknowledgment about the...

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EscapeCast è un podcast originale ideato e condotto da Diego (Mago Diego), interamente dedicato al mondo delle Escape Room, dei giochi di fuga e dell'intrattenimento immersivo.Ogni episodio esplora storie, origini, curiosità e meccaniche che caratterizzano l'universo delle escape room: dai primi videogiochi “escape the room” alle moderne esperienze live. Il racconto unisce divulgazione, storytelling e cultura del gioco, offrendo un approfondimento accessibile ma curato, pensato sia per appassionati sia per addetti ai lavori.Le musiche originali del progetto sono curate da Alexander ...

Chaque mercredi, c'est le rendez-vous des cancres en salle de colle. Dans ce podcast le concept est simple : chaque élève donne deux informations insolites mais seulement l'une d'elle est vraie ! Saurez-vous la retrouver ?

Myself LOKI, me and my friends are going to be discussing on various topics from politics to cinema. Follow us on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/loki_speaks_telugu/Mail your opinion or get in touch through our gmail: lokispeaks.telugu@gmail.comWe did inspired a lot of people. Yeah we really do, and if U don't believe listen to what people say about us:When I came to India for reading Bhagavad Gita, heard these LOKI speaks podcasts and got inspired to propose the theory of relativity ---Alfred EinstinWhen I first went to Sri Ramkrishn Padmahasan, I sneaked into his room and have ...

Endgame, the explosive book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie and author of the international blockbuster Finding Freedom, is a penetrating investigation into the current state of the British monarchy—an unpopular king, a power-hungry heir to the throne, a queen willing to go to...

Hundreds of books have been written about the financial crisis that engulfed the world after Lehman Brothers went bankrupt. But what if the bigger financial crisis is ahead of us, not behind us?As John Mauldin and Jonathan Tepper deftly illustrate in this controversial audio book, the crisis was more than a half-century in the making. The Great Financial Crisis, however, was merely Act I.

Fantasy Football Game PodcastGet ready to laughWelcome to the Fantasy Football Podcast The Imaginary Football League!The Truckers vs. The Deer is one of the most hilariously absurd and wildly entertaining matchups in the Imaginary Football League (IFL), as featured on the Fantasy Football Games Podcast.In true podcast style, the episode breaks down the "game" with over-the-top commentary:The banter mixes fake play-by-play ("The Deer QB just froze in the headlights on that blitz!"), injury reports ("Trucker's star lineman pulled a hamstring loading cargo"), and ridiculous stats (Deer leading in...

In 2007, two CIA spooks meet with an American colonel in military intelligence. The war is going badly, and President Bush, who steadfastly refuses to back down, remains unchallenged at home as Democrats and Republicans focus on the 2008 elections. Meanwhile, Iran's pursuit of nuclear energy will yield enriched uranium by 2012 - uranium that could be used to manufacture suitcase nukes. The US military is too drained to invade Iran, and a preemptive strike is out of the question.