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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by General Jim Mattis—the former Secretary of Defense and one of the most formidable strategic thinkers of our time—and Bing West, a former assistant secretary of defense and combat Marine. ...

From the cockpit of an F/A-18 Hornet, U.S. Navy Commander Frank Weisser conveys the lessons he learned flying as the Lead Solo for the Blue Angels, on multiple combat deployments, and as stunt pilot for Top Gun: Maverick. Each chapter opens with a flight sequence and describes a lesson, skill, or value that Weisser learned in the sky and that carried him through a life of service with the Navy: finding focus, developing trust, opening communication, overcoming adversity, facing failure, and recognizing courage within oneself.

Rhiannon Garth-Jones explores Rome's enduring legacy through three core themes: religion, empire, and culture. Each chapter examines how Rome’s history, governance, and mythology have been reimagined throughout centuries, and how these interpretations continue to shape our modern world. Rome...

Based on over a decade of research, a powerful, moving work of narrative nonfiction that illuminates the little-known world of the anexos of Mexico City, the informal addiction treatment centers where mothers send their children to escape the violence of the drug war. The Way That Leads Among...

Nothing happens in a vacuum. The events and movements that make news across the world are reflected and rooted in practically every community. In this podcast, we highlight the importance of local history and explore the expanse of American History as viewed through the lens of a small New England town.Produced by Gloria Greis and the Needham History Center and Museum, we look at matters great and small--and sometimes quite quirky. Each episode will feature a historical story and a conversation that ties it to our contemporary world. After all, nothing happens in a vacuum.So, get ready to roam...

This podcast is for people interested in the teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. It is especially helpful if you have only heard negative things about it, or if you are in an OCIA class.

In 2003, General Wesley Clark ran for the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States. Since then, he has become a major figure on the political scene, commenting on television and keynoting conferences. Focusing on his major life battles - from his difficult youth in Arkansas, through the horror of Vietnam, the post-war rebuilding of national security and the struggles surrounding the new world order after the Cold War - this groundbreaking audiobook draws lessons from General Clark's unique experiences and reveals his plan for America, at home and in the world.

Sherman Lead is the gripping story of a year flying the F-4 in combat during the Vietnam War, told through the eyes of a fighter pilot. Operating out of Ubon Royal Thai Air Base, Thailand in 1968-69, Gail Peck and his squadronmates in the 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing were tasked with flying combat missions into North Vietnam and Laos. The F-4 was heavily involved in the air-to-ground mission at this time, with targets being well defended by enemy anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles.

On June 17, 2015, 12 members of the historically black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina welcomed a young white man to their evening Bible study. He arrived with a pistol, 88 bullets, and hopes of starting a race war. Dylann Roof’s massacre of nine innocents during their closing prayer horrified the nation. In Grace Will Lead Us Home, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jennifer Berry Hawes provides a definitive account of the tragedy’s aftermath.

All Roads Leads To Magic City follows struggling Canadian actor Amanda Cordner as she interviews top earning performers and entrepreneurs to ask if she should become a Magic City stripper to build an empire. Based on the documentary series in development.

Covering the WWII aerial combat game, Blood Red Skies, and other miniatures wargames

Antología, estudio, comparación, interpretación y simplificación de la historia de México Tenochtitlan. En esta segunda entrega Sofía Guadarrama Collado pone la lupa en el centro de Mesoamérica; antologa, estudia, compara, interpreta y simplifica las crónicas, relaciones, memoriales, códices e historias de Chalco, Cholula, Cuauhnáhuac, México Tenochtitlan, Michoacán, Tlaxcala, Texcoco y Toluca, escritas por sus descendientes y los primeros frailes.

Jean Vanier was called a “living saint” for starting L’Arche, a global network of communities promoting the dignity of people with intellectual disabilities. But nine months after his death, a different story emerged. Host Jenna Barnett follows past and present L’Arche members, scholars, theologians, and activists trying to understand: When trusted leaders commit sexual and spiritual abuse, how do our communities move forward? And if an abusive person shapes our faith, how does that distort our understanding of God? A podcast from Sojourners magazine.

Join Andrea & Paul as they dive into the history of lead poisoning and the shocking ways we are still exposed to this highly toxic substance today. New episodes every Wednesday. #LetsTalkAboutLead

La obra está articulada en torno a diez entrevistas con víctimas y familiares de víctimas de ETA, correspondientes a la época previa al asesinato de Miguel Ángel Blanco. Son lo que Isabel y otros periodistas denominan los años del plomo: años de sangre, violencia y claudicación frente al terror, en los que el miedo se abatió sobre las conciencias; un periodo actual, donde sus familiares se tropezaban constantemente con un silencio vergonzante.

A podcast about crime, mental decline, and the lead thread that links them. #USOL

Expert discussions on current affairs from the SOAS Community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

La autora busca establecer un equilibrio entre todas las fuentes primarias, los estudios históricos, arqueológicos y antropológicos más recientes, para que los lectores elaboren su propio juicio sobre la historia mexica. Un apasionante recorrido histórico que inicia con la cultura olmeca en San Lorenzo y La Venta, pasando por Cuicuilco, Monte Albán, Palenque, Chichén Itzá, El Tajín, Cholula, Teotihuacan, Xochicalco, Tula, Tenayuca, Texcoco, Azcapotzalco, hasta llegar a Tlatelolco y Meshíco Tenochtitlan.

Empowering women to LEAD. Watch or listen on YouTube & where you get your podcasts. Hosted by Kennedy Taylor.

Compelling tales from the world of public relations, marketing and branding, told by the well-meaning communications professionals who lived them. On Lead Balloon, professional communicators share tales of the do-or-die situations that defined their creative careers—how they planned for the unexpected, how they navigated high-profile crises, and what they learned in the process. With immersive storytelling and a wry sense of humor, host Dusty Weis revisits epic PR disasters, intense communications scenarios, professional inflection points and notable campaigns we all remember, and usually ...