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Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw by Haldi Falki is a complete biography of Sam Manekshaw, one of India's most celebrated military leaders. The audiobook delves into his military history, leadership qualities and significant role in India's victory in the 1971 India-Pakistan war.

A daily essay on history, freedom, and democracy, read aloud. Not from a historian or a journalist, but from a tour guide and traveler who has spent as much of life inside America as out of it. Field Notes on the Republic is one person learning out loud, writing toward an America that treats education as a virtue and means it when it calls itself a melting pot. New episodes every day.

In 1940, at just 15 years old, small-town baseball star Gene Moore was signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers, who saw in him the potential to become one of the great catchers of all time. Before that could happen, though, WWII intervened. Gene's story, a surprising paean to the power and humanity of a game, is told here by his son, a first-time author who exhibits the confidence and pacing of a pro.

Is Christianity really a white man's religion? Is it any good for Black people? Can a faith once used to enslave also empower Black lives? In The Gospel and My Black Skin, Dr. JP Foster boldly tackles the complex, often unspoken questions many Black people are asking today. As Christian...

The first volume of Will Durant's Pulitzer Prize-winning series, Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization, Volume I chronicles the early history of Egypt, the Middle East, and Asia.

In March 2019, two militants were killed during a siege at a house in Nowgam, on the outskirts of Srinagar. One of them was known simply as 'Idrees Bhai'. The encounter was forgotten for the most part, until investigators came upon a mangled phone that had been destroyed by Idrees Bhai. When the...

Bat, Ball and Field is a wonderful foray into the history and culture of cricket. ‘Hotten is not just good, he is one of the best’ Cricketer Chronicling the evolution of the sport since its earliest years, highlighting transcendent moments as well as tragedies, Jon Hotten lifts the seemingly...

In December 1937, in the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred. The Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking and within weeks not only looted and burned the defenseless city but systematically raped, tortured and murdered more than 300,000 Chinese civilians. Amazingly, the story of this atrocity- one of the worst in world history- continues to be denied by the Japanese government.

Welcome to the Field Food and Country Podcast, the home of countryside chat, banter and news. We will have a variety of guests throughout this regular pod, including some big names in the industry as well as some people you'll have never have heard of. This podcast sits alongside our popular subscription service, which allows members access to premium countryside documentaries covering every aspect from the field to fork. We track down the best characters to film and as such, we have so much extra information to relay that we wanted another platform to do that... hence the FF&C Podcast. Each ...

'A readable and very informative history packed with a wealth of splendid detail' Joyce Tyldesley OBE, author of Tutankhamun 'A brilliantly concise, but also entertaining, summary - in all its complexities - of an empire that spanned more than five centuries and three continents. Jacob skilfully...

The richness of the Irish language is closely tied to the natural landscape and offers a more magical way of seeing the world. Most people associate Britain and Ireland with the English language, a vast, sprawling linguistic tree with roots in Latin, French, and German. But the inhabitants of these islands originally spoke another tongue. Look closely enough and English contains traces of the Celtic soil from which it sprung, found in words like bog, loch, cairn, and crag. Today, this heritage can be found nowhere more powerfully than in modern-day Gaelic.

Field recordings es una colección de grabaciones ambientales capturadas en diferentes ciudades del mundo. Este proyecto comienza en Tegucigalpa, Honduras, documentando la vida cotidiana a través de sus sonidos: calles, mercados, voces, tráfico, naturaleza urbana y momentos espontáneos que forman parte del paisaje acústico de la ciudad. Escucha el mundo tal como suena.

Marmion is an epic poem in six cantos, written in emulation of the ancient Scottish minstrel style which was of such great interest to Scott. Unlike its predecessor, The Lay of the Last Minstrel, this one contains "introductions" to each canto, in the guise of poetic letters which serve the purpose of linking the ancient historical setting with Scott's contemporaneous society - a device which attracted some criticism.The story of Lord Marmion and his arch-enemy Harold de Wilton is told with Scott's familiar swirling dark flair, combining a complex tale of intrigue, inconstancy and deception ...

Oly Bennett chases rubber pucks at 300 km/h across Swiss meadows in this deep-dive into Hornussen — a farmer sport born from ghost-busting rituals, banned by churches, and now viral on TikTok. Expect whip-sticks, wooden shovels, and unhinged history. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

As a young girl growing up in Houston, Margaret Juhae Lee never heard about her grandfather, Lee Chul Ha. His history was lost in early twentieth-century Korea, and guarded by Margaret's grandmother, who Chul Ha left widowed in 1936 with two young sons. To his surviving family, Lee Chul Ha was a...

A brilliant young historian offers a vital, comprehensive international military history of the Cold War in which he views the decade-long superpower struggles as one of the three great conflicts of the twentieth century alongside the two World Wars, and reveals how bloody the "Long Peace"...

Discover the captivating insights of Lafcadio Hearn, one of the first Westerners to immerse himself in Japanese culture during the early Meiji era. A prolific writer, Hearn is best known for his haunting collections of Japanese ghost stories, particularly Kwaidan. However, his literary contributions extend far beyond the supernatural. In this collection, he presents 11 thought-provoking essays that delve into his experiences in Japan, exploring vibrant cities like Kyoto and Osaka, the nuances of Japanese art, and profound reflections on Buddhism and the concept of Nirvana. Join us on this ...

In HistoryLink’s Field Notes podcast, we journey with users ‘in the field’ to experience Washington state history through a curated selection of HistoryLink articles.

Dive into a captivating collection of seven short stories that transport you to the vibrant world of the gold fields. Each tale, narrated by David Wales, unveils the adventures and challenges faced by those seeking fortune and excitement in a bygone era.

During World War II, the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was established for special operations, intelligence gathering, and analysis. Among its many missions was the training of foreign forces in tactics of propaganda, espionage, subversion, and sabotage. Following the war, the functions of the OSS were absorbed by the newly formed Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). This compelling Simple Sabotage Field Manual was designed to equip OSS agents with the tools to train citizen-saboteurs in executing subtle acts of sabotage aimed at disrupting industries and essential services in...