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The breathtaking memoir by a member of "Nicky's family", a group of 669 Czechoslovakian children who escaped the Holocaust through Sir Nicholas Winton's Kindertransport project. My Train to Freedom relates the trials and achievements of award-winning humanitarian and former Episcopal priest Ivan Backer.

Settembre 1887: una donna reporter non si è mai vista, ma la sua idea di un'inchiesta sotto copertura a Blackwell Island, manicomio femminile di New York, convince Cockerill e Pulitzer ad assumere Nellie Bly al "New York World". Quel suo reportage farà la storia del giornalismo. Nel tempo Nellie racconterà l'America agli americani e sarà pioniera di una figura mai esistita prima: la donna indipendente, artefice del proprio destino, la giornalista intrepida armata solo del proprio sguardo libero e della propria voce.

L’Ultimo Respiro è il podcast crime di Snap Pod che racconta casi reali con voce ferma e rispetto.Eli guida ogni episodio tra documenti, testimonianze ed estratti d’epoca, ricostruendo i fatti senza sensazionalismi e lasciando parlare le voci. 🗓 Nuovo episodio ogni giovedì alle 21:30.🎙 In alcune puntate sono presenti estratti audio tratti dal programma “Storie maledette” di Franca Leosini, utilizzati esclusivamente per analisi e approfondimento giornalistico. Ascolta, respira, e poi resta in silenzio: il resto lo diranno i fatti.

Growing up in 1970s Suffolk in a crumbling giant of a house with wild, tangled gardens, Alex Monroe was left to wreak havoc by invention. Without visible parental influence, but with sisters to love him and brothers to fight for him, he made nature into his world. Creation became a compulsion, whether it was go-karts and guns, crossbows and booby traps, boats, bikes, or scooters. And then, it was jewelry.

Evelyn Dove embraced the worlds of jazz, musical theatre and, most importantly, cabaret, in a career spanning five decades from the 1920s through to the 1960s. A black British diva with movie star looks, she captivated audiences and admirers around the world, enjoying the same appeal as the ‘Forces Sweetheart’ Vera Lynn throughout the Second World War.

Hiya friends! Twisted & Wicked is a true crime and all things spooky podcast hosted by Dove Ringnell & Sheilyne Cunningham. Join us for a thrilling rollercoaster ride of emotions as we dive into criminality and the paranormal!

Verso Casa è il mio diario di viaggio, ma è anche molto di più: è un atto politico e una riflessione sulla condizione umana e il superamento delle difficoltà.Ma prima di tutto, le presentazioni. Mi chiamo Simone, e viaggiavo per divertirmi e fotografare, ma col tempo è diventata una necessità: fibromialgia e artrite hanno cambiato ogni cosa. Ho continuato a viaggiare, e ho scoperto che in alcuni luoghi stavo bene. Allora, ho ricominciato a sperare. Ho capito che per eliminare il dolore avrei dovuto trovare una nuova casa, cambiare vita in un posto diverso dall'Italia. Allora ho ...

L’omicidio di Elisa Claps è uno dei casi di cronaca nera più oscuri ed eclatanti che il nostro paese abbia mai conosciuto. Un mistero cominciato la mattina del 12 settembre del 1993 e risolto, in parte, nel marzo del 2010 quando venne ritrovato il corpo della giovane ragazza, ormai mummificato, nel sottotetto di una chiesa di Potenza. Una storia ricca di colpi di scena, depistaggi, segreti ed errori commessi durante le indagini. Un caso che probabilmente si sarebbe potuto chiudere dopo pochi giorni, ma che si trasforma in un giallo durato più di diciassette anni, permettendo al killer, ...

Ogni mattina mi alzo ed ho difficoltà a credere di avere anagraficamente almeno 30 anni in più di quelli che sono convinto di avere. Il quotidiano, le idee, i viaggi e le riflessioni di vita di Fabio e cosa farà da grande

In the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the Colorado Rockies. Months later, when the snow finally melted, only one of them emerged. His name was Alfred G. Packer, though he would soon become infamous throughout the country under a different name: "the Man-Eater."

Gill is a mindset coach and Jamie is known as The Worcestershire Cabinet Maker. They both love to chat to people and find out about their lives as well as chatting with each other about what has been going on, not only in their lives but the world at large. Listening to their podcast is like dropping in on someone else's conversation and you never know what you are going to learn. Some episodes that are chatting about life and other episodes they are joined by guests.

Without bothering to get approval from the President, the State Department, or even the FTC, Dave Barry's publishers sent him to Tokyo. You'd think they would have known better. Now the word is Barry has set back our diplomatic relations with the whole Pacific Rim by a couple of decades. Japanese culture, dining, sport, and industry all come under Barry's relentless scrutiny.

Billy Ray Cyrus is an award-winning country music legend whose "Achy Breaky Heart" propelled his debut album, Some Gave All, to the top of the charts for a record-breaking 17 weeks. He’s also the father of Miley Cyrus, one of Hollywood’s most successful young stars, who grew up on stage and on screen, most famously as the lead on the Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana - where Billy Ray Cyrus played her dad. But sometimes the truth is even better than fiction. Now fans can learn about Cyrus’s tenacious, inspiring struggle to find his own way.

Dublin-born actor Gabriel Byrne shares his life in this frank and absorbing collection of memories and episodes. He leads you from his youth through his career on stage and screen and his current work as a producer and actor. His unique narrative style, a blend of colloquial dialogue with evocative descriptions, provides an intimate account of the man - and the writer - behind the actor's many faces.

The Los Angeles Times affectionately referred to Freddy Powers as the "Ol Blue Eyes' of Country Music" and wrote that if you were to "ask country superstars Willie Nelson, George Jones or Merle Haggard (they'll)...tell you that he's one of country music's best-kept secrets". The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame inductee has been to the top of the charts as both a producer for Willie Nelson's Grammy-winning LP Over the Rainbow and a songwriter for many of country music legend Merle Haggard's number one hits.

The Wisdom of John Paul II is a powerful, illuminating distillation of the Pope's most moving, wise, and penetrating statements on a range of important issues. In this compilation by Nick Bakalar and Richard Balkin, the Pope addresses spirituality in modern life, human rights and religious freedom, marriage and family, morality, peace, prayer, women's roles, poverty, and many other concerns vital to Christian life and thought.

At Well+Good HQ, we spend our days talking to and learning from the most interesting people in wellness—experts, thought-leaders and celebrities. On The Well+Good Podcast, we’re inviting you to join the conversation. With each episode, our hosts will dig into our most clicked on topics in order to reimagine what it means for you to live well. Tune in weekly on Wednesday's to find the wellness that fits your frequency.