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Emmett Till’s murder is one of the most infamous in American history; a moment that, more than any other, awakened the world to the racism of the Deep South. Yet despite growing up just a few miles from where it happened, Wright Thompson knew nothing of it until he left Mississippi. This is no accident: the cover-up began at once, and it is ongoing. Over the course of five years’ research, Thompson has learnt that almost every part of the standard account of Till’s killing is wrong.

A groundbreaking history, decades in the making, that chronicles how blackface dominated American society culturally, financially, and racially for nearly two centuries. Never before has the disturbing story of blackface and its piercing reflection of American society been so comprehensively...

"Jeg vil fortælle om et land, der slet, slet ikke findes længere, og en tid, som de fleste er tilbøjelige til at tro, aldrig har eksisteret. Det særeste ved netop den tid var, at det var en af de lykkeligste i Grønlands historie. Der var i Grønland i 1950‘erne en kort stund mellem fortidens isolerede stilstand og fremtidens forbitrede modvilje mod det danske styre. Denne mærkelige tid faldt tilfældigvis sammen med min barndom." Da Anne Knudsen var seks år, fik hendes far arbejde ved Grønlands Tekniske Organisation (GTO).

Essa, Amal og Sammys liv tog en voldsom drejning fra den ene dag til den anden. Fra et liv i Aarhus som folkeskoleelever til et liv bag pigtrådshegn på genopdragelseslejr i Somalia. I denne serie fortæller de, hvad der ledte op til, at deres forældre valgte at sende dem afsted. De fortæller om oplevelserne med vold, ydmygelser og lænker. Og de fortæller om den dramatiske flugt og vejen hjem til Aarhus. Medvirkende: Amal, Essa og SammyTilrettelæggelse: Milan Ganesan og Mikkel Rønnau Klip, lyddesign og musik: Mikkel Rønnau Fortæller: Milan GanesanRedaktør: Rune Sparre ...

The astonishing but true story of one of the most notorious spy cases from the Cold War—and the international manhunt that seized global attention as it revealed the shadowy world of deep cover KGB operatives. The dramatic arrest in London on January 7, 1961 of five Soviet spies made headlines...

THE PORTLAND SPY RING was one of the most infamous espionage cases from the Cold War. People the world over were shocked when its exposure revealed the shadowy world of deep cover KGB 'illegals' - spies operating under false identities stolen from the dead. The CIA's revelation to MI5 in 1960...

In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days’ shopping. One was a Prince, one was a Count, and the third was a commoner with an Italian name, who four years earlier had been the subject of one of John Singer Sargent’s greatest portraits. The three men's lives play out against the backdrop of the Belle Epoque in Paris. The beautiful age of glamour and pleasure more often showed its ugly side: hysterical, narcissistic, decadent and violent, a time of rampant prejudice and blood-and-soil nativism, with more parallels to our own age than we might imagine.

On capture, British officers and men were routinely told by the Germans, “For you the war is over”. Nothing could have been further from the truth. In the camps the war was eternal. There was the war against the German military, fought with everything from taunting humour to outright sabotage. British PoWs also battled starvation, disease, Prussian cruelties, boredom, and their own inner demons. And, of course, they escaped. Then escaped again.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Last Witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich, read by Julia Emelin, Yelena Shmulenson and Allen Lewis Rickman. What did it mean to grow up in the Soviet Union during the Second World War? In the late 1970s, Svetlana Alexievich started interviewing people who...

The war of 1812 saw the tiny United States Navy pit against the world's most powerful force the British Navy. This book recounts the naval actions between these disparate forces, using log books and personal letters amongst other sources. FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of this naval history.

Bloomsbury presents The Soviet–Afghan War by Gregory Fremont-Barnes, read by Chris Courtenay. An overview of the USSR’s bloody conflict in Afghanistan and its long legacy. The Soviet invasion of its neighbour Afghanistan in December 1979 sparked a nine-year conflict until Soviet forces...

Hur bör man straffa två elvaårigar som tillsammans mördat ett litet barn? Utanför domstolen i South Sefton i Liverpool 1993 hade en ilsken folkmassa samlats för att bevittna rättegången mot två elvaåriga pojkar som stod anklagade för kidnappning och mord på en tvåårig pojke. De åtalade var Robert Thompson och Jon Venables som i media kallades för barn A och barn B för att skydda deras identiteter. Rättegången kom sedan att skjutas upp och flyttas pågrund av de stora pådraget från arga åskådare och media utanför domstolen i South Sefton.

Barnes's extremely frank and highly detailed memoir is a fast-paced tale of courage, loss, and eventual redemption that feels like someone telling you their story across the kitchen table. Above all else, this book tells the unvarnished truth of the modern-day veteran experience from a senior non-commissioned officer's point of view.

Sir Barnes Wallis CBE became a household name after the hit 1954 film The Dam Busters in which Michael Redgrave portrayed a shy, slightly abstracted genius at odds with bureaucracy. Yet this was a simplified picture of a complicated, mercurial man. Wallis' contribution to British aircrafts and weapons is legendary; from the R100 intercontinental airship and innovative aircrafts like the Wellesley and Wellington, to bombs that destroyed hitherto invulnerable targets, and variable-geometry aerodynes.

Bloomsbury presents The Jacobite Rebellion by Gregory Fremont-Barnes, read by Ric Jerrom. This is an accessible, fully updated introduction to one of history’s most heavily romanticized and mythologized campaigns. Dr Gregory Fremont-Barnes presents a detailed overview of the Forty-five...

OBS: Næste afsnit kommer til slut Januar, så husk at trykke 'Følg'En barndom fyldt med traumer og et voksenliv fyldt med dæmoner og ar på sjælen. Jibriil oplevede voldsomme svigt og vold i barndommen, men ingen greb ind. Også selvom han bogstavelig talt råbte til systemet. Brændt Barns Aske er en podcast, der tager lytteren med på en rejse tilbage til Jibriils barndom i et forsøg på at hjælpe ham af med den angst, der i dag plager ham.

Den 9 januari 2018 hittas en familj död i skånska Bjärred. Två minderåriga flickor har mördats i vad som benämns som utvidgat självmord - även föräldrarna hittas nämligen döda på platsen. Fallet ska komma att gå till kriminalhistorien som ett av Sveriges mest spektakulära. Vad är det som fått två välutbildade och högavlönade föräldrar att ta livet av sina barn? Journalisten och författaren Elisabet Höglund har i över ett års tid forskat kring morden i Bjärred och kastar nytt ljus över frågan varför dessa föräldrar dödade sina barn och därefter sig själva.

Pancho Barnes was a force of nature, a woman who lived a big, messy, colorful, unconventional life. She ran through three fortunes, four husbands, and countless lovers. She outflew Amelia Earhart, outsmarted Howard Hughes, outdrank the Mexican Army, and out- maneuvered the U.S. government. In...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Mental Floss Book to Read in Summer 2019 “Gripping.… Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense is a must-read.” —NPR A President on Trial. A Reputation at Stake. ABC News legal correspondent and host of LIVE PD Dan Abrams reveals the story of Teddy Roosevelt’s...

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