Résultats pour "The Twenty" dans Histoire

From the moment Peter Mayle and his wife, Jennie, uprooted their lives in England and crossed the Channel permanently, they never looked back. Here the beloved author of A Year in Provence pays tribute to the most endearing and enduring aspects of his life in France—the charming and indelible...

User-friendly guide that sets out a plan of 20 Roman towns, explaining how visitors can find the archaeological sites and what they may expect to see.

The moving, untold family story behind Abraham Zapruder's film footage of the Kennedy assassination and its lasting impact on our world. Abraham Zapruder didn't know when he ran home to grab his video camera on November 22, 1963 that this single spontaneous decision would change his family's...

Growing up on a farm in Ohio, George always preferred being outdoors and exploring. This made school a challenge, but his hunting, fishing, and trapping skills helped put food on his family's table. As a poor teenager living in a rough area, he got into regular brawls, and he found holding down a job hard because of his wanderlust. After working out West with the CCC, he decided that joining the Marines offered him the opportunity for adventure plus three square meals a day; so he and his brother joined the Corps in 1941.

Thomas C. Foster, acclaimed author of the phenomenal bestseller How to Read Literature Like a Professor, returns with a hugely entertaining appreciation of twenty-five works of literature that have greatly influenced the American identity. In a delightfully informative, often wry manner...

Dive into the enchanting world of Twenty Two Goblins, where 22 captivating tales unfold as a clever Goblin spins stories for King Vikram. Each narrative presents a challenge, as the king must solve riddles posed by the elusive vetala to prevent it from escaping back to its tree. With each failed attempt, the stakes grow higher, and the tension mounts—Vikram must speak or risk dire consequences. This collection, derived from the ancient Baital Pachisi, showcases one of the oldest recensions found in the Kathā-Sarit-Sāgara, a masterful work of Sanskrit literature compiled in the 11th century...

Hello! You’re very welcome to Twenty-Five. hosted by me, Clodagh Traynor. In this series, I sit with South Armagh women as they reflect on their life when they were around the age of 25.The purpose of this podcast is to act as a time capsule, preserving and amplifying the stories of South Armagh women, in their own words, so they can be heard now and in the future.Each episode starts with similar questions, but what I found is that every woman has a completely different experience of that time in her life. And at the same time, we get to see the thread that connects us, no matter the era or ...

A long-overdue history of America's "forgotten flattop". On November 24, 1943, a Japanese torpedo plunged into the starboard side of the American escort carrier USS Liscome Bay. The torpedo struck the thin-skinned carrier in the worst possible place the bomb storage area. The resulting explosion could be seen 16 miles away, literally ripping the Liscome Bay in half and killing 644 of the crew. In terms of lives lost, it was the costliest carrier sinking in United States naval history. Liscome Bay's loss came on its first combat operation.

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The never-before-told inside story of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center — an epic tale of business, politics, and engineering by the man who spent two decades working to make it happen After the terrorist attacks of 9/11 destroyed the World Trade Center, New Yorkers and Americans faced...

In August 1995, twenty-six passengers and a crew of three board a commuter plane in Atlanta headed for Gulfport, Mississippi. Shortly after takeoff they hear an explosion and some see a mangled engine lodged against the wing. From that moment, nine minutes and twenty seconds elapse until the...

"Twenty Years at Hull-House" by Jane Addams is an autobiographical account of her work with the poor and immigrant communities in Chicago. This podcast explores Addams’ pioneering efforts in social reform, women’s rights, and education, making it essential for those interested in social justice and history.

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER A scalding history of twenty-five years of Republican attempts to hold on to political power by any means necessary, by a hugely popular Washington Post political columnist "A thorough and scathing account of how the Republican Party fell prey to Trumpism."—The...

​“Truly thrilling. Daniel Levin brilliantly conveys both the menace and the evil of Middle Eastern intrigue, and some victories of human kindness over cruelty and despair.” —Daniel Kahneman, New York Times bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow “In laying bare the raw human toll...

Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of game-changing #1 singles from the Billboard Hot 100. When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, “The Number Ones”—a space in which he has been writing about every...

A podcast for history teachers or anyone in a hurry. Eric and Rob interview historians about what are the important concepts about a given topic and they provide free lesson plans aligned with that discussion.

Twenty of the most crucial moments in Britain's history. BBC History Magazine asked a selection of leading historians to choose and describe the twenty most important turning points in British history from AD 1000 to 2000. Collected together, their choices present a new way of looking at our nation's story.

Twenty Twenty, l'histoire d'une folle année de campagne aux Etats-Unis, lors de la seconde course pour la présidentielle de Donald Trump, finalement remportée par le démocrate Joe Biden. Une année secouée par la pandémie et le mouvement Black Lives Matter. Un podcast réalisé par Antoine Boyer, en collaboration avec les journalistes de l'Agence France-Presse aux Etats-Unis. Un document d'histoire récente, précis et vivant. Vous retrouverez aussi dans ce flux, une première saison "Fragments d'Amérique" sur de grands événements et débats de société aux Etats-Unis, en 2018 et ...

Are you ready to go back to the year 2000? Combining storytelling and commentary, this podcast returns to some of the noughties’ biggest cultural moments, trends and figures, and explores them with the added benefit of twenty years’ hindsight. The world of entertainment is re-examined by hosts Simran Hans and Tara Joshi, two self-proclaimed fangirls who grew up on the internet. Film critic, Simran, and music critic, Tara, explore how it feels to return to the defining songs, shows and sleepover movies of their childhoods, and what they tell us about pop culture today. Special guests will ...

What happens when you become your parent's parent? That's what longtime NPR journalist Kitty Eisele had to figure out when she became a full-time caregiver for her beloved dad. After moving back to her childhood home, she finds herself bewildered by the medical, legal, and emotional challenges of elder-care, to say nothing of the time her dad headed off on a 300-mile road trip without telling her. Kitty's dad was experiencing cognitive decline, but she felt like the one losing her mind. Twenty-Four Seven explores how we help our loved ones live—and die—and what they mean to us. Support for...