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Welcome to an extraordinary exploration of Indian history, presented as a 180-episode podcast series designed to be both engaging and enlightening! This series utilizes innovative AI tools, including Google's Notebook LM, to make the 5000-year history of India accessible and deeply meaningful for history enthusiasts and college graduates alike.Here's what you can anticipate on this exciting historical journey:Comprehensive Coverage: The series spans from prehistoric settlements (c. 7000 BCE) to contemporary India, ensuring a thorough exploration of the subcontinent's history.Spiraling Learning...

The tigers of Chowghad were a man-eating Bengal tigress and her sub-adult cub, which for over a five-year period killed a reported 64 people in eastern Kumaon over an area spanning 1,500 square miles (3,900 square km). The tigress was attacking humans initially alone, but later she was assisted by her sub-adult cub. This is a story of a terrible man-eating tigress who had maximum number of preys on her name.

Bestselling author Jim Marrs steps once again to the cutting-edge of research into conspiracies and hidden truths. In Our Occulted History, Marrs goes beyond the revelations of his classic Alien Agenda and illustrates how human civilization may have originated with non-humans who visited earth...

Join Norah Linton, her brother Jim, their father David, and Jims Australian friend Wally as they embark on a heartfelt journey during World War I. When tragedy strikes the family with the death of an Irish friend, Norah inherits a grand house in Surrey—Homewood. To honor their friends memory, they transform this residence into a sanctuary for Tired People soldiers recovering from injuries or those on leave without a place to call home. As Jim and Wally answer the call to fight, Norah and her father are left to nurture and support these weary heroes, providing them a refuge in the ...

The dramatic and moving account of the struggle for life inside the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, when every minute counted. At 8:46 AM on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the twin towers -- reading e-mails, making trades, eating croissants at Windows on the...

Of humankind's great achievements over the past 2,000 years, one towers above all the rest: the arduous, painstaking process of wresting liberty from tyranny's iron fist. The Triumph of Liberty chronicles this, our most inspiring story, through 65 biographical portraits.

In this compelling volume, Rev. J.C. Coleman denounces the longstanding injustices, discrimination, and prejudices against the African-American community primarily in the South. Drawing extensively from key figures such as Henry McNeal Turner and Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and sharing his own harrowing experiences traveling through the segregated American South and railroad lines, he paints a vivid picture of the Jim Crow era. The book critically examines the US Supreme Courts decision that declared the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional, the brutal practice of lynching, and the humiliation ...

Most stories of medical progress come with ready-made heroes. John Snow traced the origins of London's 1854 cholera outbreak to a water pump, leading to the birth of epidemiology. Florence Nightingale's contributions to the care of soldiers in the Crimean War transformed hospitals from crucibles of infection to sanctuaries of recuperation. Yet histories of individual innovators ignore many key sources of medical knowledge.

With all the skills of the master storyteller that he is, Jim Haynes exposes some of the great myths of Australian history. Did you know that Portuguese and Spanish explorers probably found the east coast of Australia before Captain Cook, and that the Rum Rebellion was not caused by rum? And what about Banjo Patterson writing ‘Waltzing Matilda’? As for Ned Kelly being a brave freedom-fighting rebel, in truth he was a thief, a thug and a murderer.

Historian William Sheehan and astronomer and planetary scientist Jim Bell combine their talents to tell a unique story of what we've learned by studying Mars through evolving technologies. What the eye sees as a mysterious red dot wandering through the sky becomes a blurry mirage of apparent seas, continents, and canals as viewed through Earth-based telescopes.

Was America founded as a Christian Nation, or is that the most dangerous lie in modern American politics? Join Jim, an Army combat veteran who swore an oath to defend the Constitution, as he takes on the widespread propaganda of the Christian Nationalist movement. This isn't just an academic debate; for a soldier who swore to protect our republic, it's a matter of honor. Each episode of False Foundation deconstructs the historical myths, half-truths, and outright lies used to build the "False Foundation" of a theocratic America. Using primary sources and a soldier's eye for strategy, Jim ...

The book is one of the most influential ethical treatises of all time. Written in 350 BC, it identifies happiness as life's goal. How do we achieve this goal? Not through the satisfactions that come from pleasure, wealth, or fame. According to Aristotle, the true path to happiness lies in contemplation of philosophic truth. This is the only action through which humans can exercise their distinctively unique trait: the ability to reason.

Timeless: A History of the Catholic Church is a fresh retelling of the history of the Church. In this easy, not-your-average history book, Steve Weidenkopf introduces you to the vivid, dynamic story of God's work in the world since Pentecost. Along the way, you will meet the weird, wonderful, and always fascinating heroes and villains of the Catholic family tree.

Telling America’s story. Inspiring road trips by telling people where to go. Sharing the adventure. It’s what we do at Jim Hinckley’s America Coffee With Jim is a virtual diner where folks gather over pie and coffee, share a few laughs, talk road trips, and listen to inspirational and thought provoking people. Jim Hinckley's America is a shared adventure so invite your friends, pour yourself a cup, pull up a chair, and join the conversation. Need added incentive to share this adventure? Well, we are proud to annouce that Coffee With Jim has been designated an offical Route 66 ...

On D-Day, Private James Miller’s parachute saved his life, but its journey began in a small Maryland mill. Discover the untold stories of the workers behind his miraculous descent.

The Jim Cornette Experience features Jim and his co-host The Great Brian Last discussing–and often dissecting–topics ranging from classic and current pro wrestling to politics, food and whatever is pissing Jim off! It’s freewheeling discussion that goes wherever JC takes it!

On Jim Cornette’s Drive-Thru, The Great Brian Last turns the tables and hosts the show, with Jim in the expert’s seat answering a multitude of questions on an array of topics, all sent in by the listeners in the Cult of Cornette! The Drive-Thru also features big event reviews, fan-submitted songs and a variety of frivolity!

I was told by the word of God in the Bible to spread his Word. That is what I am trying to do. The world spreads their message of confusion and lies of the pleasures of the flesh mocking God's laws leading people onto paths of destruction. I am spreading Jesus's word as I am led.

Jungle Jim is the fictional hero of a series of jungle adventures in various media. The series began on January 7, 1934, as an American newspaper comic strip chronicling the adventures of Asia-based hunter Jim Bradley, who was nicknamed Jungle Jim. The character also trekked through radio, film, comic book and television adaptations. Notable was a series of films and television episodes in which Johnny Weissmuller portrayed the safari-suit wearing character, after hanging up his Tarzan loincloth. The strip concluded on August 8, 1954.

Folktales, Folk Music, Americana- the things that make America uniquely American. We’ll explore the people, tall tales, songs, stories and events that make up the culture of North America. Paul Bunyan, werewolves in Louisiana, John Henry, Daniel Boone, Bigfoot... Everyone will be here. From songs describing murders in Boston to George Washington’s wooden teeth.