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An outstanding student and much admired leader of her class, Ji-Li Jiang was poised for a shining future in the Communist party until the Cultural Revolution of 1966. Told with simplicity, innocence and grace, this unforgettable memoir gives a child's eye view of a terrifying time in 20th-century history--and of one family's indomitable courage under fire
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James Francis Cagney Jr., born in New York City, (July 17, 1899 - March 30, 1986) was an American actor and dancer. On stage and in film, he was known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing. Cagney won the Academy Award in 1943 for his performance in Yankee Doodle Dandy. For his contributions to the film industry, Cagney was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and received the American...
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By the end his military career, Major General Smedley D. Butler was the most decorated Marine in US history, having received two medals of honor. After his service, he became an outspoken critic of US wars and wrote a scathing book called, "War Is A Racket." The following audio clips include; In November 1934, Butler exposing an alleged fascist coup to remove President Franklin D Roosevelt from office and overthrow the U.S. government; A scathing...
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Es ist seine umstrittenste Heiligsprechung: 2002 ehrt Johannes Paul II. den Gründer der gefürchteten und bewunderten Elitetruppe Opus Dei, Josémaria Escrivá. Ihre stetig wachsende Anhängerschaft - einflussreich, flexibel und streng prinzipientreu - macht die Gottesstreiter zu einer Stütze der katholischen Kirche. Ihre Rituale der "körperlichen Abtötung" mit Peitsche und Bußband und die inquisitionsähnliche "Gewissenserforschung" der Mitglieder...
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"La triste historia de Ignacia Cruzat, una breve crónica" es una historia verídica reconstruida desde los testimonios que, escondidos en diversos archivos, han llegado hasta hoy. El audiolibro nos traslada a una época a caballo entre los siglos XVII y XVIII para seguir la tormenta que se desata por acceder a la herencia del exgobernador de Filipinas, Fausto Cruzat y Góngora, fallecido en el tornaviaje a México. En el centro de todo el conflicto...
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En general, los estadounidenses muestran un gran respeto por sus tropas, y con razón. Pero, ¿cuál es la historia de las Fuerzas Armadas de los Estados Unidos? ¿Cómo surgió el ejército estadounidense?
Es posible que las respuestas a estas preguntas no sean tan sencillas como podría pensarse. El complejo industrial militar estadounidense, como lo llamó en su día un expresidente, no siempre fue tan ágil y eficiente.
Comenzó más o menos...
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Summary of Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard's Killing the Rising Sun relates episodes from the Pacific theater of World War II including the controversial US decision to develop and utilize atomic weapons. Fueled by confidence in their racial superiority, the Japanese exerted great effort to expand their empire throughout East Asia.
9) Domingo Rojo
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El enero de 1905 el pueblo ruso marchaba, pacífica y esperanzadamente, hacia su patriarca, el zar Nicolás II, para pedirle mejores condiciones laborales. Pero varias cosas salieron mal.
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Summary of Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers is an expansive account of the days, months, and years leading up to World War I. Clark's central contention is that scholars' continuous preoccupation with the question of who was responsible for starting the war stems from an erroneous understanding of the events...
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Summary of Erik Larson's Dead Wake is a non-fiction account of the German Unterseeboot, or U-boat, sinking of Lusitania, a British merchant vessel belonging to Cunard Line, on May 7, 1915 and its aftermath.
On the night of May 6, 1915, Captain William Thomas reassured the passengers in the first-class lounge as the ship approached the 'area of war' off the southern coast of Ireland.
The Great War, later known as World War I, had been raging in France...
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These audio recordings include a 1977 interview with 108 year old Florence Pannel, born in 1868, discussing living and working in Paris and Victorian England; a 1970 interview with Frances 'Effy' Jones recalling being one of the first women trained to use a typewriter, and life as a young woman in 1890s London; Berta Ruck, a romantic novelist, remembering her formative years at art school, and the culture shock she experienced after moving from her...
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Summary of Sam Quinones's Dreamland documents the rise of opium-based addiction in the United States between the 1980s and the 2010s. Journalist Sam Quinones explains how an ideological shift within the medical community during the 1980s and 1990s led to an increase in the number of opiates prescribed to patients and fueled the modern-day opiate crisis...
15) Chicago
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Chicago has been called by many names. Nelson Algren declared it a "City on the Make." Carl Sandburg dubbed it the "City of Big Shoulders." Upton Sinclair christened it "The Jungle," while New Yorkers, naturally, pronounced it "the Second City."
At last there is a book for all of us, whatever we choose to call Chicago. In this magisterial biography, historian Dominic Pacyga traces the storied past of his hometown, from the explorations of Joliet...
16) Great Patriotic War: The History of the Fighting Between the Soviets and Germans During World War
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In the warm predawn darkness of June 22, 1941, 3 million men waited along a front hundreds of miles long, stretching from the Baltic coast of Poland to the Balkans. Ahead of them in the darkness lay the Soviet Union, its border guarded by millions of Red Army troops echeloned deep throughout the huge spaces of Russia. This massive gathering of Wehrmacht soldiers from Adolf Hitler's Third Reich and his allied states – notably Hungary and Romania...
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Die Watergate-Affäre bringt 1974 den US-Präsidenten Richard Nixon zu Fall. Was der Öffentlichkeit zunächst als unspektakulärer Einbruch erscheint, erweist sich durch die Recherche engagierter Reporter als brisanter Polit-Skandal. Bob Woodward und Carl Bernstein von der Washington Post entdecken Spuren zu Hintermännern im Weißen Haus ... Ein fesselndes Feature zu einem der Schlüsselmomente des 20. Jahrhunderts, inszeniert mit Musik, O-Tönen...
18) Imperio incaico: Un apasionante repaso a los incas, su civilización en el antiguo Perú y la conqu
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¿Sabía usted que los incas veneraban las momias de sus emperadores?
Para los incas, la muerte no existía; simplemente se llevaba a los muertos a otro plano de la vida. Así, las momias de sus emperadores eran tratadas como personas; se les daba de comer y beber e incluso se las visitaba ceremoniosamente. También poseían fincas en el campo, que generaban suficientes beneficios como para mantenerlas en el estilo al que estaban acostumbradas.
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20) Rise of Fascism in Europe: The History of the Fascist Takeovers in Nazi Germany, Italy, and Spain
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It's easy to forget how young Italy was when Benito Mussolini was born on July 29, 1883. It is hard to conceive a territory with such a long and ancient history was once young and troubled with constant conflict and instability. Similar to Germany, Italy was unified in 1861, but contrary to its northern cousin, its previous history was one of separation. Italy had no great romantic idea of a "Great Germany," keeping it unified even during the wars...
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