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New from the number-one Sunday Times best-selling author of Prisoners of Geography. We feel more divided than ever. This riveting analysis tells you why. Walls are going up. Nationalism and identity politics are on the rise once more. Thousands of miles of fences and barriers have been erected in the past 10 years, and they are redefining our political landscape.

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A renowned political scientist’s searing explanation for the rightward turn of global politics since the end of the Cold War. The collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 ushered in an era of tremendous political optimism: communism was receding and democracy was on the march in Eastern Europe...

China's Great Wall of Debt is a penetrating examination of the country's opaque financial system and the complex factors - demographic shifts, urbanisation, industrialisation, a pervasive over-reliance on debt-fuelled investments - that have brought the country to the brink of crisis. Anchored by stories of China's cities and its people, from factory workers and displaced farmers to government officials and entrepreneurs, the narrative will take readers inside the country's ghost cities, zombie companies, start-ups, and regulatory institutions as McMahon explains how things got so bad, why fixing the problems is so hard, and what the economic outlook means for China and for the rest of us. 

Brought to you by Penguin. The definitive new history of East Germany by an acclaimed historian In 1990, a country disappeared. For the previous forty-one years, East Germany had existed in Western minds as more of a metaphor than a place, more of a grey communist blur than a land of real people...

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The Wall protects our republic by safeguarding our democratic processes, civil liberties, and national security through laws and institutions. Its role in protecting the republic involves balancing security concerns with humanitarian and legal considerations.With over 50 years of legal and government experience combined, Ron Chapman and Sean M. Weiss pull back the curtain on the US government, the U.S. Judicial System, and some of the most influential trials in history that continue to shape our nation today.Join every week for unfiltered conversations, in-depth analysis, and commentary from ...

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Sol Bishop unpacks the fall of Jericho's walls — a story of marching instead of sieging, divine strategy over human logic, and an outsider's scarlet cord that rewrites who gets saved. Explore why this ancient narrative became history's most enduring metaphor for impossible barriers and radical faith. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

The roots of the mortgage bubble and the story of the Wall Street collapse-and the government's unprecedented response-from our most trusted business journalist.The End of Wall Street is a blow-by-blow account of America's biggest financial collapse since the Great Depression. Drawing on 180...

Bartleby the Scrivener A Story of Wall Street is a captivating short story by Herman Melville that delves into the complexities of human nature and the modern work environment. First published anonymously in Putnams Magazine in two parts between November and December of 1853, this thought-provoking tale was later reprinted in Melvilles collection, The Piazza Tales, in 1856 with some minor changes. The narrative, inspired in part by Melvilles engagement with Emersons philosophies, resonates with themes of individuality and societal expectations. The story has also been adapted for the screen ...

‘A gripping and compelling account…. The peaceful ending of the Cold War between West and East remains one of the greatest achievements of modern statecraft’ CHRISTOPHER ANDREW, Literary Review This landmark global study makes us rethink what happened when the Cold War ended and our...

Host Jaxon Miles uncovers the Berlin Wall's most dramatic moments across three gripping episodes — from the covert overnight operation that divided a city, to daring escapes and tragic deaths at the Death Strip, to the euphoric chaos when it finally fell. Experience the Cold War's most powerful symbol through unforgettable human stories. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union begins its countdown. From the steppes of Kazakhstan, the first human - Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin - launches into space. In that moment, another countdown begins. How could it be that a single generation - just three...

From the division of Berlin in 1961 to the night of November 9, 1989, when jubilant crowds breached the Berlin Wall, this show traces the Cold War's most potent symbol and its collapse. Lucas and Luna guide listeners through the geopolitical chess game between East and West, from the Berlin Blockade and the construction of the Wall by the German Democratic Republic under Walter Ulbricht to the peaceful revolutions across Eastern Europe. They examine key figures like John F. Kennedy, whose 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech rallied a city, and Mikhail Gorbachev, whose policies of glasnost and ...

For over two thousand years, the Great Wall of China has stood as the world's most monumental defensive structure, but its story is far more complex than a simple barrier against northern invaders. In this series, Lucas and Luna unravel the wall's layered history, from the early rammed-earth fortifications of the Warring States period (5th–3rd centuries BCE) to the massive stone and brick expansions under the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). They explore the wall not just as a military fortification but as a symbol of imperial power, fear, and control—a tool for regulating trade, migration, and...

When ambition meets ancient stone at 60 miles per hour, physics wins—and human hands fail. Host Lucien Graves dissects the fatal Great Wall BMX jump and the daredevil culture where meticulous planning collides with gravity, biology, and chaos. Three episodes explore the stunt's deadly physics, the rehearsals that never happened, and why performers keep leaping toward the unsurvivable. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

The dramatic story of an improbable gang of self-proclaimed “degenerates” who made WallStreetBets into a cultural movement that moved from the fringes of the internet to the center of Wall Street, upending the global financial markets and changing how an entire generation thinks about money...

Oly Benett geeks out on how pelota balls — handcrafted from boxwood cores, latex, wool, and goat skin — demand razor-sharp wall precision. He breaks down the physics of bounce angles and the geometry that separates glory from disaster in this Basque speed test. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.