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Experience the harrowing reality of World War I through Le Feu, the poignant English translation of the French novel by soldier Henri Barbusse. Dedicated to the memory of his fallen comrades at Crony and on Hill 119, Barbusses gripping narrative captures the raw emotions and struggles faced by soldiers in the trenches. Invalided out of the army after 17 months, he transformed his experiences into this powerful work during his time in a clerical position. Deeply influenced by the Russian Revolution, Barbusse later joined the communist party, adding layers of political complexity to his writing....

A fun and feisty tour of famous girl BFFs from history who stuck together and changed the world. A modern girl is nothing without her squad of besties. But don't let all the hashtags fool you: the #girlsquad goes back a long, long time. In this hilarious and heartfelt audiobook, geek girl Sam...

The Shahrazad Squad is a new podcast series that explores creativity, diaspora, and transformation. Inspired by the character of Shahrazad in ‘1001 Nights,’ the Squad is a group of women and nonbinary creatives, cultural producers, and change agents working to transform themselves and their communities. In this interview series, host Raeshma Razvi (producer, mediamaker) will be talking to some of these Shahrazads with a small S—the members who are engaged in transformational work. After all, stories plus sisterhood save the kingdom.Stay up to date on our Instagram: @shahrazad_squad

THE VICE SQUAD PODCASTTrue American crime history with host and author Vince Guerrieri. Season One of The Vice Squad Pod shines a light on the seedy underbelly of Youngstown, Ohio and the surrounding region. A midwestern, rustbelt crime town on Ohio's Northeastern border with Pennsylvania. Also featuring the writings of author/retired Police Chief Rick Porrello and filmmaker/podcast producer Johnny Chechitelli along with his fellow Youngstown Mob Talk co-host/mafia historian James Naples III. Together, The Vice Squad looks back at the most infamous, daring, bizarre and mysterious crimes of the...

In 2011, veteran and journalist Elliott Woods embedded with the twelve Marines of Third Squad in one of the most violent parts of Afghanistan at the height of the war against the Taliban. Only eleven of the twelve would make it home. A decade later—with America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan looming—Elliott goes on a cross-country road trip to track down the Third Squad survivors, to talk about the war and coming home, and to ask: What was it all for? And where do we go from here? Third Squad is a 12-part documentary podcast hosted by Woods and produced by Airloom Media. New ...

Forty years ago, Houston's Latino community was plagued by discrimination, police violence and a growing number of unsolved murders. With tensions between police and the community at their peak, five young officers were placed in an audacious experiment: A new all-Latino homicide squad, with little training and few resources, assigned to solve the city’s most vicious crimes. Chicano Squad tells the true story of these men, their divided loyalties, and a city on the brink.Hosted by Cristela Alonzo. Produced by Frequency Machine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

A some times funny, some times terrifying, maverick podcast, about weird stuff such as: the paranormal, Horror, dark history, true crime, the occult, esotericism, and the just plain weird. Hosted by The Trailer Park Monster, James "J.D." Hutchins. A life long lover of story telling, Horror, and Heavy Metal. If you're brave enough to dive into the depths and join the monster in his lair, welcome in!

We know way more about our differences than our similarities. That needs to change. The God Squad podcast is the latest from famed Rabbi Marc Gellman, who along with the late Father Tom Hartman made up "The God Squad." First, it a weekly newspaper column. Then it was a national cable TV show. Then it was regular appearances on ABC's Good Morning America. Now it's a podcast. A podcast you can believe in.

The titan is Habib Elghanian—a self-made industrialist and the foremost Jew of his time in Iran, whom the Islamic theocracy targeted as the first civilian executed during the 1979 revolution. With Iran continuing to generate front-page news, his previously untold story is painfully relevant, shedding light on that country's persistent economic, political and social problems.

ATP 3-21.8 provides the doctrinal framework for all Infantry platoons and squads. It provides techniques for employment of Infantry platoons and squads in conducting decisive actions. This is an audio file of the manual. This title does not have a commercial sponsor. If you would like to sponsor this podcast, let us know at https://usgovpub.com. If you would like us to upload additional chapters, please let us know the title name and consider becoming a patron at Patreon.com/usgovpub

A FINALIST FOR THE HILARY WESTON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE: A stunning work of investigative reporting by a Canadian journalist who has risked her own life to bring us a deeply disturbing history of the Rwandan genocide that takes the true measure of Rwandan head of state Paul Kagame. Through...

Unfinished Justice is an inside look at the NYPD's Cold Case Squad. Each episode of this 10 part series follows the cold case detectives as they investigate – and hopefully solve – some of the most gripping cases to ever go cold at the NYPD. Unfinished Justice: Inside the NYPD Cold Case Squad is narrated by Vito Spano, the former commander of the NYPD Cold Case Squad from 2001 to 2004 and features other key contributors. The podcast shows the obsessive determination of Vito and his former colleagues as they work cases that are years, and sometimes decades, old, tracking evidence ...