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The most enduring feature of US history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, however, with a new generation of scholars insists that any full American history address the struggle, survival, and resurgence of American Indian nations. Indigenous history is essential to understanding the evolution of modern America.

Storm Clouds over the Pacific begins the story long before Pearl Harbor, showing how the war can only be understood if ancient hatreds and long-standing geopolitics are taken into account. Harmsen demonstrates how Japan and China's ancient enmity led to increased tensions in the 1930s, which, in turn, exploded into conflict in 1937.

New York Times Bestseller "Lively, approachable, and captivating. Like Lee himself, everything about Clouds of Glory is on a grand scale." —Boston Globe Michael Korda, the acclaimed biographer of Ulysses S. Grant and the bestsellers Ike and Hero, offers a brilliant, balanced, single-volume...

During the Khmer Rouge's four-year rule of terror, two million people, or one in every four, Cambodians, died. In describing one family's decades-long quest to learn their husband's and father's fate and the war crimes trial of Comrade Duch (pronounced 'Doyk'), who ran the notorious S-21 prison in Phnom Penh, When the Clouds Fell from the Sky illuminates the tragedy of a nation. 

Get as close as you’ll get to a World War II–era P-51 Mustang without flying one yourself with this spellbinding collection of tales from the men who actually flew the planes into war. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang first started appearing in real numbers in 1943, at the climax of...

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This is the story of a young man who trained as a pilot, and then flew with the Royal Flying Corps in France during the First World War, eventually becoming an ace. Hugh White flew F.E.2D Scout aircraft as a reconnaissance patrol pilot and later in the war was promoted to squadron leader of squadrons flying the S.E.5a, which was Britain's best fighter aircraft at the time. During the two years of flying, he experienced and survived a series of escapades including a dramatic mid-air collision with the enemy. 

In this “forensic, unflinching, devastating work of historical recovery” (Sathnam Sanghera), Bud Dajo—an American atrocity bigger than Wounded Knee or My Lai, yet today largely forgotten—is revealed, thanks to the rediscovery of a single photograph. In March 1906, American soldiers on...

Set against the backdrop of an American college campus during the tumultuous early years of World War II, a shocking murder unfolds. A German professor lies dead, and the groundbreaking plans for his newly invented bomb sight have vanished. Who could be behind this heinous act, and what is the truth behind the series of alarming incidents plaguing the young student aviators? Are these merely accidents, or is there a deeper conspiracy at play? This gripping mystery novel, penned by Daniel A Lord, S.J., a renowned American Catholic writer, explores themes of intrigue and deception. Lords diverse...

In the bestselling tradition ofthe The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the propulsive, inspiring Cinderella story of Stymie, an unwanted Thoroughbred, and Hirsch Jacobs, the once dirt-poor trainer who bought the colt on the cheap and molded him into the most popular horse of his time and the richest...

Cloud Atlas is the story of the cloud, from the people who invented it, invested in it, built businesses in it, and use it every day. Written and hosted by Dustin Lowman, an English-major-turned-cloud-tech-marketer, the show uses narrative elements and common-sense metaphors to break down technical topics in terms everyone can understand. Whether you're a tech worker or have only a *cloudy* understanding of all things tech, the story is a fascinating one. Made possible by CloudZero.

Hello this is Nya and Bricia and we are Cloud 9 Wanders welcome to our PotCast! We are two free spirited young women navigating through life speaking our truth, we are creating a judgment free zone to communicate and be our most authentic selves.

Welcome to the cloudy world of Claudia! Having studied in the American Midwest, Claudia has now returned to her sunny homeland of Malaysia. Join this fresh grad as she explores themes of adulthood, culture, identity, and pretty much anything under the sun through self-ruminations and conversations with friends.

Would you like to have the ability to know your future? In this essay, we'll look at a few traditional Japanese ways that can help you with this. From a game that allows you to summon the spirit Kokkuri-san, to ancient mediums called Itako, who spend their last years at the gates of the underworld. We'll also briefly touch on some of the most famous mediums of the second half of the 19th century – the Fox sisters and their séances

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Brewing Tangents is an audio garden presenting the maker's miscellaneous curiosities and whims: personal documentaries, interviews, abstract audio art, field recordings, and spells.

Ob Pop, Rock, Rap, Punk oder Klassik – Musik ist einzigartig, genauso wie die Künstler:innen, die sie erschaffen. In Reflektor, dem Musikpodcast von Jan Müller, Bassist der Band Tocotronic, kommen die Macher:innen selbst zu Wort. Jan spricht mit Musiker:innen über ihre Geschichten, ihre Leidenschaft und ihre größten Erfolge, aber auch über Rückschläge und die Herausforderungen des plötzlichen Ruhms. Mit Intimität und Respekt führt er Gespräche auf Augenhöhe – voller Überraschungen, Anekdoten und echter Einblicke hinter die Kulissen. Reflektor – der Podcast, der jede Woche ...