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When Words Fail Us: Truth beyond time, is the powerful new work by acclaimed author and broadcaster Stan Grant. In this deeply reflective and timely book, Stan Grant – one of Australia’s most prominent voices on identity, nationhood and belonging – explores the fragility of language and the profound importance of listening and silence in an age of distracted, angry noise and disembodied algorithms.

In early 1998, an emaciated Texas inmate named Steven Jay Russell was granted a special parole – one that put him in the custody of a hospice. Russell's medical records spelled out the reason: he had HIV/AIDS, and he wasn't likely to survive much longer.

In 1984, John Thompson was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a prominent white man in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was sent to Angola Prison and confined to his cell for 23 hours a day. However, Thompson adamantly proclaimed his innocence and just needed lawyers who believed that his trial had been mishandled and would step up to the plate against the powerful DA’s office. But who would fight for Thompson’s innocence when he didn’t have an alibi for the night of the murder and there were two key witnesses to confirm his guilt?

Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their constituents. We take these institutions for granted, but they are absent or are unable to perform in many of today’s developing countries—with often disastrous consequences for the rest of the world.

Doing Time: For the prison writers whose work is included in this anthology, it means more than "serving a sentence"; it means staying alive and sane, preserving dignity, reinventing oneself, and somehow retaining one's humanity. For the last quarter century the prestigious writers' organization PEN has sponsored a contest for writers behind bars to help prisoners face these challenges. The contest honors the best short stories, plays, essays, and poems among hundreds submitted annually by men and women nationwide.

Tim Scott, an African-American US senator, and Trey Gowdy, a white US congressman, won’t allow racial lines to divide them. They work together, eat meals together, campaign together, and make decisions together. Yet in the fall of 2010 - as two brand-new members of the US House of Representatives - they did not even know each other. Their story as politicians and friends began the moment they met and is a model for others seeking true reconciliation.

Times Square is the tourist trap center of New York City. You can tell because there are billboards the size of small aircraft plastered on virtually every vertical square inch.

A Telegraph Best Book of 2025. A News Statesman Book of the Year 2025. ‘David Goldblatt is possibly the best football historian there has ever been’. Dominic Sandbrook ‘David Goldblatt is the greatest British sportswriter of the 21st century … Injury Time is an absolute classic.’ James...

Known as The Mayor of Castro Street even before he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Harvey Milk's personal life, public career, and final assassination reflect the dramatic emergence of the gay community as a political power in America. It is a story full of personal tragedies and political intrigues, assassinations at City Hall, massive riots in the streets, the miscarriage of justice, and the consolidation of gay power and gay hope.

Brought to you by Penguin. We all want to know what on earth is going on. Why real wages are flatlining but taxes are rising, and public services are still collapsing. Why our children can’t afford a house and our neighbours are using foodbanks. We are all yearning for a way out of the...

A Cold Civil War has engulfed the nation. After a deadly pandemic, shocking incidents of police brutality, a racial justice crisis, and the fall of a dangerous demagogue, America remains more divided than at any time in decades. At the heart of this national crisis is the fear of a darkening...

A history podcast for those tired of shallowness. Tired of the confident voice with nothing behind it. Tired of complexity getting compressed into a slogan. We're here to slow down, sit with difficult questions, and let history restore depth to a world that keeps flattening. No algorithms. No outrage. Just the long view.

"Politics aside, We Know How to Fix Obamacare" is from the November 14, 2016 The Upshot section of The New York Times. It was written by Austin Frakt and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Time-Delayed Eating Leads to Better Food Choices" is from the August 15, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Roni Caryn Rabin and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"A Time to Keep Fighting" is from the November 10, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Andrew Rosenthal and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Time to Dump Time Zones" is from the November 06, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by James Gleick and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Time for a Road Trip? Take These Steps" is from the December 25, 2016 Travel section of The New York Times. It was written by Lauren Hard and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Time to Vote Or Photo Op? Battles Rage Over Selfies" is from the November 2, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Katie Rogers and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Time Warner Acquires 10 Percent Stake in Hulu" is from the August 03, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Steel and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Time to Rethink Retirement Plans" is from the June 20, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Steven Rattner and narrated by Caroline Miller.