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#1 New York Times Bestseller! America's top politicians have discovered the scam to end all scams. Peter Schweizer has been fighting corruption—and winning—for years. In Throw Them All Out, he exposed insider trading by members of Congress, leading to the passage of the STOCK Act. In...

In his stunning memoir, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins detailed his former role as an "economic hit man" in the international corporate skulduggery of a de facto American Empire. Now Perkins zeroes in on hot spots around the world, drawing on interviews to examine the current...

The Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the greatest empire the world has ever known. Yet sometime near the end of the century, censors cut a section from The Secret History of the Mongols, leaving a single tantalizing quote from Genghis Khan: “Let us reward our female offspring.”...

The Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous land empire in history, depended on a vast network of communication that spanned from the Pacific to the Danube. This show, hosted by Lucas and Luna, unravels the secrets of the Yam system — a relay of horse-mounted messengers and waystations that allowed Genghis Khan and his successors to rule an empire of 24 million square kilometers. We trace the routes of the Mongol postal roads, examining how they linked Karakorum to Beijing, Samarkand, and beyond. Delve into the role of the ortoo stations, where fresh horses and supplies were kept ready, and ...

In 1943 Winston Churchill and the British Empire needed millions of Indian troops, all of India's industrial output, and tons of Indian grain to support the Allied war effort. Such massive contributions were certain to trigger famine in India. Because Churchill believed that the fate of the British Empire hung in the balance, he proceeded, sacrificing millions of Indian lives in order to preserve what he held most dear. The result: the Bengal Famine of 1943-44, in which millions of villagers starved to death.

For a thousand years, the Byzantine Empire stood as the bastion of Roman governance, Orthodox Christianity, and classical learning in the Eastern Mediterranean. In 'Byzantine Secrets: How the Empire Survived for 1,000 Years,' hosts Lucas and Luna unravel the resilience of a civilization that outlasted its Western counterpart by nearly a millennium. From the refounding of Constantinople by Constantine the Great in 330 AD to its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, this show explores the political, military, and cultural strategies that kept the empire alive. Journey through the reign of Justinian...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the acclaimed author of The Watchers, the untold story of Robert Cecil - the ultimate Tudor spy-master Robert Cecil, statesman and spymaster, lived through an astonishingly threatening period in English history. Queen Elizabeth had no clear successor and enemies...

Brought to you by Penguin. The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - told through her unique textile scrapbook. In 1838, a young woman was given a diary on her wedding day. Collecting snippets of fabric from a range of garments she carefully...

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