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Step into the haunting world of Cecilia de Noel, an intricately woven ghost story published in 1891. This captivating narrative unfolds through six distinct perspectives, offering a rich and multifaceted exploration of the supernatural. Immerse yourself in a tale that echoes the complexities of truth and memory. - Summary by Wikipedia and David Wales

From the fall of Constantinople in 1453 until the 18th century, many Western European writers viewed the Ottoman Empire with almost obsessive interest. In this path-breaking audiobook, Noel Malcolm ranges through these vital centuries of East-West interaction, studying all the ways in which thinkers in the West interpreted the Ottoman Empire as a political phenomenon - and Islam as a political religion.

There have been numerous books about the why, when, and where of slavery in America, but there is a dearth of material exposing what slavery was actually like. In The Great Stain, researcher Noel Rae frames firsthand accounts from former slaves, slave owners, and even African slavers. Rae exposes the commerce and culture of slavery, not only from an economic or moral standpoint but also through multitudinous perspectives within it: a young girl is beaten after being accused of stealing a piece of candy, a slave ship's surgeon recounts brutal treatment and squalid conditions.

¿De dónde surge el pensamiento conspiranoico? Para Noel Ceballos, la conspiranoia es un marco paranoico con el que enfrentarse a un mundo cada vez más complejo y caótico. Una fórmula mágica con la que reordenar la cacofoniá informativa cotidiana hasta dar con una narración satisfactoria. Pero las teoriás conspirativas actuales no son nuevas, sino meras actualizaciones de elaboradísimas falsedades o burdas mentiras - con apariencia de verdad - que llevan siglos circulando por las sociedades occidentales.

Henry Lee learnt to ride before he was five, joined Washington's Army at nineteen, and was appointed Captain of the Fifth Troop of Virginia Dragoons at twenty. At twenty-two, Colonel Lee took command of a mixed cavalry and infantry unit known as "Lee's Legion"—the finest offensive team in the Continental Army. Nicknamed "Light-Horse Harry" for his raids on British supply wagons, the young Virginian quickly earned a reputation for horsemanship and distinguished himself as one of the most skilled and courageous cavalry officers of the American Revolution.

🎥 چی بوده؟ | جستجوی تاریخ و خاطرات گذشتهبه "چی بوده" خوش آمدید! اینجا جاییه که به گذشته‌ها سفر می‌کنیم و داستان‌های تاریخی و غیرتاریخی رو از زوایای جدید و متفاوت بررسی می‌کنیم. هر جمعه شب، با یه ویدیو تازه از ماجراهای فراموش شده و رازهای پنهان گذشته آشنا می‌شید. از روایت‌های من جلو دوربین گرفته تا عکس‌ها، نقشه‌ها و فیلم‌های ...

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The 'Out the Gap' Podcast is a lively show recorded on the go in rural Ireland meeting it's unique people and talking to them in their own environment.

In the year 493, the leader of a vast confederation of Gothic warriors, their wives, and children personally cut down Odoacer, the man famous for deposing the last Roman emperor in 476. That leader became Theoderic the Great (454-526). This engaging history of his life and reign immerses listeners in the world of the warrior-king who ushered in decades of peace and stability in Italy as king of Goths and Romans.

On June 6, 1944, US troops on Omaha suffered the worst casualties of any of the five Allied invasion beaches — so many casualties, and so much tactical difficulty, that Omaha almost didn’t succeed. One big reason why Americans gained a foothold on Omaha was Gen. Norman “Dutch” Cota. A graduate of the West Point class of 1917 (alongside famous classmates Matthew Ridgway, Mark Clark, and Lightning Joe Collins), Norm Cota played football with Dwight Eisenhower, who graduated two years earlier.

Dive into the rich tapestry of English literature with A Brief History of English and American Literature, authored by Henry Augustin Beers, a Buffalo, NY native and esteemed Yale professor, in collaboration with John Fletcher Hurst, a Methodist bishop and the first Chancellor of American University. This expansive narrative spans nearly 900 years, chronicling the evolution of English literature up to the close of the 19th century. While some perspectives may seem biased‚such as Beers dismissal of Mark Twain as merely a time-bound humorist‚his research remains thorough and his critiques ...

Next Exit: the far side of cognitive concurrence

The story of a fascinating man who connected the great politicians, artists and thinkers at the height of British global power and influence. A famed aesthete, politician and patron of the arts, Philip Sassoon lived in a world of English elegance and oriental flair. Gathering a social set that...