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The Story of My Life is the explosive and exhilarating autobiography by the infamous libertine Giacomo Casanova. Intense and scandalous, Casanova’s extraordinary adventures take the listener on an incredible voyage across 18th-century Europe - from France to Russia, Poland to Spain and Turkey to Germany, with Venice at their heart. He falls madly in love, has wild flings and delirious orgies, and encounters some of the most brilliant figures of his time, including Catherine the Great, Louis XV, and Benjamin Franklin.

Two thousand books have been written about Columbus, most of them spirited defenses or relentless attacks. Recently, the balance has shifted: the Genoese navigator, once considered a hero, is now blamed for bringing plunder and genocide to the Americas. In The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus, historian Matthew Restall takes us beyond polemic, sifting through the evidence across nations, languages, and five centuries to explore the central questions of Columbiana.

Forty years after first watching it as mind-blown children, Lewis and David revisit all twelve episodes of The Young Ones to see if it’s still the most radical, revolutionary comedy ever made — and whether they actually understood what they were laughing at. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Explore the riveting tale of Saul of Tarsus, a man born into privilege and schooled by the most respected teacher of his era. A prominent thinker among the Pharisees, his fervor for the law drove him to become the principal oppressor of the emerging Christian sect, mercilessly imprisoning countless individuals. However, a life-altering encounter on the road to Damascus transformed him into a remorseful man, often self-labeled as the chief of sinners. Despite his previous actions, no other Apostle demonstrated such dedication or achieved as much in propagating the Gospel. This podcast delves ...

Dive into the fascinating world of army camp life during the American Revolution, exploring essential aspects such as housing, food, clothing, health, sanitation, recreation, religion, duties, and discipline. This insightful thesis, submitted in partial fulfillment of a Master of Arts in history at the University of Illinois in 1918, offers a comprehensive summary by David Wales that sheds light on the daily experiences of soldiers during this pivotal time in American history.

Discover the books that have already changed the lives of millions. This award-winning, unabridged guide to the "literature of possibility" surveys 50 of the all-time classics, giving you their key ideas, insights, and applications, everything you need to know to start benefiting from these legendary works.

America's most original and controversial literary critic writes trenchantly about forty-eight masterworks spanning the Western tradition—from Don Quixote to Wuthering Heights to Invisible Man—in his first book devoted exclusively to narrative fiction. In this valedictory volume, Yale...

How the Other Half Lives was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting the squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. It served as a basis for future muckraking journalism by exposing the slums to New York City's upper and middle class. How The Other Half Lives quickly became a landmark in the annals of social reform.

Mesopotamia is the ancient name for the region that is now Iraq, a remarkably advanced civilization that flourished for two-thirds of the time that civilization has existed on Earth. Mesopotamians mastered irrigation agriculture; built the first complex urban societies; developed writing, literature, and law; and united vast regions through warfare and diplomacy. While civilizations like Greece and Rome have an unbroken tradition of written histories, the rich history of Mesopotamia has only been recently rediscovered, thanks to the decipherment of Mesopotamia's cuneiform writing less than 200 years ago.

Writing a new educational book in progress! Based on the structure of civilization. The fundamentals of life & matters in the mind, body, and soul. Defining the law of nature.

Discover the remarkable journey of Frederick William von Steuben, a Major General in the Revolutionary Army, in Life of Frederick William Von Steuben. This captivating narrative chronicles the life of Baron Steuben, a former Prussian officer who became a pivotal figure in the American Revolution. Renowned as one of the founding fathers of the United States Army, he played a crucial role in transforming the Continental Army into a disciplined and effective fighting force. Dive into the rich history with insightful appendices, including the Pedigree of Baron Steuben and various musters from the ...

Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A native of the former Soviet Union, he lived as an exchange student in North Korea in the 1980s. He has studied it for his entire career, using his fluency in Korean and personal contacts to build a rich, nuanced understanding. In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state.

Dive into the gripping narrative of Charles Ball, an American slave born in 1780, who spent half a century in chains. This extraordinary account, as told to a lawyer who committed it to paper, offers a raw and deeply personal insight into Balls life. (Summary by Tom Causby)

ಹರಟೆ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಯಾರಿಗೆ ತಾನೇ ಇಷ್ಟ ಇಲ್ಲ? ತಲೆ-ಹರಟೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಪಾಡ್ಕಾಸ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ, ಕನ್ನಡ ಮತ್ತು ಕಂಗ್ಲಿಷಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮತ್ತು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಮಾತು - ಜೊತೆಗೆ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ, ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನ, ಅಂತರರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ವ್ಯವಹಾರಗಳು, ಎಕನಾಮಿಕ್ಸ್ ನಂತಹ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿನ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆಗಳ ...

A knowledge of China's imperial history is vital for any understanding of its present, as modern China is linked in many ways to the extraordinary culture of its empire. These 24 lectures take you to the heart of life during China's imperial era, through the lives of individual subjects of all social ranks. Across the arc of the course, you'll witness what daily life was like for government bureaucrats, for scholars, for women of the court, for soldiers, merchants, craftspeople, courtesans, imperial cooks, and many others.

From work to play, from geography to infrastructure, from politics to community, from health to education we look at everyday life in Manitoba. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discover the books that have already changed the lives of millions. This unabridged guide to the literature of the spirit surveys 50 of the all-time classics, giving you their key ideas, insights, and applications - everything you need to know to start benefiting from these legendary works.

The Story of My Life is a personal account of Helen Keller's life, from her early days to those as an adult. It includes how she came to meet her teacher Ann Sullivan, and learnt to communicate using the manual alphabet. It then goes on to chronicle her days as a college student.View our full collection of podcasts at our website: https://www.solgoodmedia.com or YouTube channel: https://www.solgood.org/subscribe Check out our ad free subscription: http://www.adfreesounds.com for our Premium, 10 Hour Sounds

An intimate, myth-shattering new biography of Mary Queen of Scots by a premier historian that draws on a trove of newly discovered sources.Queen of Scots, the first full-scale biography of Mary in more than thirty years, offers a singularly novel, nuanced, and dramatic portrait of one of...

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COUNT? WHY ARE HUMANS THE ONLY SPECIES ON EARTH THAT CAN DO IT? WHERE DID COUNTING COME FROM? HOW HAS IT SHAPED SOCIETIES ALONG THE WAY? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? Counting is an innovative, erudite, world-wrapping journey through humanity’s marvellous ability to impose...