Résultats pour "Vendetta" dans Histoire

Sun Tzu's timeless strategy, at last in plain modern English—narrated for the way we actually listen today. Written roughly 2,500 years ago, The Art of War is the most influential book on strategy ever composed. Its counsel on planning, deception, morale, terrain, and leadership has shaped generals, executives, coaches, negotiators, and thinkers for centuries. But most audiobook listeners first meet the text through a 1910 translation whose Victorian phrasing was written for silent reading, not for the ear. Listening to it can feel like decoding a puzzle instead of hearing a general speak.

One of America's greatest investigative reporters brings to life the gripping, no-holds-barred clash of two American titans: Robert Kennedy and his nemesis, Jimmy Hoffa. From 1957 to 1964, Robert Kennedy and Jimmy Hoffa channeled nearly all of their considerable powers into destroying each other. Kennedy's battle with Hoffa burst into the public consciousness with the 1957 Senate Rackets Committee hearings and intensified when his brother named him attorney general in 1961.

The name Hatfields and McCoys conjures images of fierce feuds and the rugged Appalachian spirit that still resonate today. This captivating narrative explores the infamous clash between the Hatfields and McCoys along the Kentucky-West Virginia border in the late 1800s. In 1888, yellow journalist T. C. Crawford conducted a sensational interview with Anderson Devil Anse Hatfield at his stronghold in West Virginia. Crawfords thrilling accounts, first published in a New York newspaper and later compiled into a book, not only chronicled the feud but also fueled the unfair stereotype of the violent,...

The Hatfield-McCoy feud is a saga that has intrigued and entertained people for generations, becoming a symbol of family rivalry in American folklore. Join host and history teacher Jason Hatfield as he discusses the complexities of history in general, the myths surrounding the infamous Hatfield and McCoy feud in particular, the importance of understanding the truth behind historical narratives, and the impact of those narratives on American History.

In "The Parasite," Arthur C Clarke explores the dark and unsettling world of "mental illness" through the eyes of Roy Connolly. But Roy knows he isn't crazy, he has been possessed by Omega, a creature of the very distant future where humanity exists primarily as intellect with severely emaciated bodies. And what fun is that? The solution is to travel back in time to a more physical era

Written in 1729 as a satirical piece, selling the babies of the poor to the rich to be braised, baked, broiled, or boiled to rid Ireland of a perceived problem was probably less repulsive than it is today, but are the children of the poor still viewed as a throwaway segment of our population? Interestingly, the practice is also viewed as a solution to the "abortion" problem.

Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti reads Acres of Diamonds, originally a lecture that Dr. Russell Conwell delivered in over 6,000 towns, villages, and cities.