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Brought to you by Penguin. Although the Second World War was still a long way from being won, even by early 1941, US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was already planning for peace. America’s entry of the war may still have been almost a year away, but he could already see the new world...

Broadway’s most esteemed visionaries tell all - how they got started in the business, how they chose projects, how they raise money, why some of their shows were huge hits and others flopped, and much more. From Flo Ziegfeld and David Merrick, from Joseph Papp, from Cameron Mackintosh, from today’s up-and-coming new generation of producers - here are priceless words of wisdom.

This book is an attempt to preserve in perpetuity the life of one of India’ s greatest constitutional lawyers, M.K. Nambiar. Written by his son and a legal luminary himself, K.K. Venugopal, this biography provides a fascinating account of Mr Nambiar’ s life. It not only describes the man but...

Introducing Visionaries, a space for storytellers shaping the way we see the world - and those looking to change it. On the podcast, I sit down with storytellers I’ve long admired - photographers, filmmakers, artists, and advocates. Together we explore how they bring their visions to life - from finding collaborators and confidence, to navigating doubt and everything in between. Each episode dives deep into the creative process, personal journeys, and the role of storytelling in times of change. Expect honest, thought-provoking conversations that offer both inspiration and practical insights...

The failure of Gorbachev's Asian initiatives has had dramatic consequences, by the late 1980s, the Soviet Union was in full retreat from Asia, and since the Soviet collapse, Russia has been left on the sidelines of the "Pacific century." In this exceptionally wide-ranging and deeply researched audiobook, Sergey Radchenko offers an illuminating account of the end of the Cold War in the East, tracing the death of Soviet ambitions in Asia.

This is an exploration of feminine spirituality from the beginning of time to the present day. These extraordinary women have expressed their experiences of the agony and ecstasy of pursuing spiritual enlightenment through their poetry and prose, which is beautiful, inspirational, and very moving.

What do frog legs, cloud computing, and failure have in common?They’re all part of the messy, magnificent story of how we got here.I’m Jamie Dobson - author of Visionaries, Rebels and Machines — and in this podcast, I’ll take you on a journey through the ideas, accidents, and breakthroughs that shaped our digital world.From Edison’s lightbulb moment to the birth of the cloud…From the engineers who fled war to build machines of peace…To the technologists today trying to teach machines to think.This isn’t just the history of tech.It’s the story of creativity, chaos — and the ...

This podcast is about the journey of visionaries from the inside out. Vision comes from the soul, and on this platform we explore the experiences that inform their work. visionarysanctum.substack.com

The New Atlantis (1627) is a utopian novel by Sir Francis Bacon in which he describes a vision of the future of human discovery, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humanity. The novel portrays a utopian world where "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendour, piety and public spirit" are the dominant qualities of the inhabitants.