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Viceroys is the story of the British aristocracy sent to govern India during the reigns of five British monarchs. It is also the story of how the modern British identity was established. British history from the Hundred Years War onwards gives an impression of how the British were seen. It is a misconception or, more kindly, a British view. Until the 19th century the British did not have an identity readily recognised throughout the world. Even the Elizabethans were never established other than as great individuals. From 1815, an image of Britain as the first superpower was built that would make do until even the 21st century.

A sinister cabal of corrupt law enforcement personnel, intelligence agents, and military officials at the highest levels of government plotted to overthrow a president. Even after they failed, they continue to secretly pull the levers of power without any accountability to the American people. This isn’t the synopsis of a fictional spy thriller. This is what is actually happening in the United States government.

In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy, The Washington Post investigates America's complicated relationship with guns. Wayne LaPierre, the leader of the National Rifle Association, calls gun control "the fight of the century". For more than a year, The Washington Post examined the long, bloody history of gun control in America, an investigation that was reopened and expanded after the massacre of first-graders in Newtown, Connecticut.

Matteo Renzi, il capo di governo più discusso, al tempo stesso il più amato e il più odiato nell'Italia dell'era post-Berlusconi, ha sempre sfoggiato grandi qualità oratorie e un aplomb piacente e sicuro di sé, fotogenico e adatto alle dirette televisive quasi quanto lo era quello del suo controverso omologo. Se il magnate delle comunicazioni Silvio Berlusconi aveva costruito il suo intero impero politico ed economico sulla forza della televisione, anche il sicuramente più post-moderno Matteo Renzi deve qualcosa alla magia del piccolo schermo.

The Pulitzer Prize-nominated examination of the United States drone campaign, and U.S. counterterrorism policies. On January 30, 2013, President Barack Obama acknowledged publicly what most Americans already knew: The U.S. government was operating a covert drone campaign in Pakistan. Even as Obama maintained policy was for judicious actions only, his own administration was drawing up secret plans to institutionalize targeted killings in U.S. counterterrorism policy.

In Mission Failure, Michael Mandelbaum, one of America's leading foreign policy thinkers, provides an original, provocative, and definitive account of the ambitious but deeply flawed post-Cold War efforts to promote American values and American institutions throughout the world.

"Post-Cesarean Bacteria Transfer Could Change Health for Life, Study Shows
" is from the Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Sandra Blakeslee and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Have lawmakers helped themselves while helping the country? After the nation's financial crisis led Congress to unprecedented economic intervention, The Washington Post began an investigation that pierced the secrecy of the deeply flawed financial disclosure system that governs the 535 men and women who draft the nation's laws. Members of Congress directed millions of dollars to infrastructure projects near their residences and businesses, in some cases paving roads in front of their houses.

"Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign DNC Post" is from the July 24, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Martin and Alan Rappeport and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Seahawks Lynch Retires in a Twitter Post
" is from the Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Victor Mather and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Taliban Leader, Trying to End Infighting, Appoints Critics to Senior Posts" is from the April 05, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Mujib Mashal and Taimoor Shah and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"From Boko Haram's Birthplace, Instagram Posts beyond 'Death and Despair'" is from the June 29, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Dionne Searcey and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Schilling Criticized Again after Post about Transgender People" is from the April 20, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Daniel Victor and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Abuse Allegations Taint Post-Rio Glow for US Gymnastics" is from the September 13, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Juliet Macur and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"American Men Post Scorching Times at Swimming Trials" is from the June 30, 2016, Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Karen Crouse and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

BuzzFeed News became the center of a swirling debate over journalistic ethics Tuesday after its decision to publish a 35-page document carrying explosive, but unverified, allegations about ties between the Russian government and President-elect Donald Trump.

In an era when numerous modern media outlets rail about the guilt of their political enemies for speaking untruths, Postgate proves that the media can often credibly be viewed as the party actually guilty of deception. Americans today mistrust the major media more than ever. Postgate will prove that this distrust is richly deserved.

In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, there was widespread shock that the Midwest, the Democrats' so-called blue wall, had been so effectively breached by Donald Trump. But the blue wall, as The Conservative Heartland makes clear, was never quite as secure as so many observers assumed. Focusing on nine states, from Iowa and the Dakotas to Indiana and Ohio, the essays in this collection detail the rise of Midwestern conservatism after World War II - a trend that coincided with the transformation of the prewar Republican Party into the New Right.

"Harsh Facebook Posts, Jail and Now Death: A Man’s Fate Angers Algeria" is from the December 14, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Carlotta Gall and narrated by Sam Scholl.

"Report Cites Rise in Anti-Semitic Posts on Twitter, Many by Trump Backers" is from the October 19, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Mahler and narrated by Caroline Miller.