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The most highly regarded and affordable history of Latin America for our times. Born in Blood and Fire, Fourth Edition has been extensively revised to heighten emphasis on current cultural analyses of Latin American society and facilitate meaningful connections between the Encounter and the present.

The year is 1680, in the heart of the Golden Age of Piracy, and more than 300 daring, hardened pirates—a potent mix of low-life scallywags and a rare breed of gentlemen buccaneers—gather on a remote Caribbean island. The plan: to wreak havoc on the Pacific coastline, raiding cities, mines, and merchant ships. The booty: the bright gleam of Spanish gold and the chance to become a legend. So begins one of the greatest piratical adventures of the era—a story not given its full due until now.

In Born in Africa, Martin Meredith follows the trail of discoveries about human origins made by scientists over the last hundred years, recounting their intense rivalry, personal feuds, and fierce controversies, as well as their feats of skill and endurance. The results have been momentous. Scientists have identified more than 20 species of extinct humans. They have firmly established Africa as the birthplace not only of humankind but also of modern humans.

Known as the twice-born - first into the flesh and again when initiated into their vocation - the Brahmins are a caste devoted to sacred learning. But what Taseer finds in Benares, the holy city of death also known as Varanasi, is a window on an India as internally fractured as his own continent-bridging identity.

Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8th at the age of 96 years old, months after her Platinum Jubilee, her 70th year as the Queen of the United Kingdom. As the world remembers the longest-reigning monarch, her eldest son Prince Charles is now KING Charles III. It’s the moment he was born destined for – and at 73, he’s been waiting a long time. As one era closes, another one begins. Can Prince Charles fill his mother’s shoes? Will the people accept him as king? Is there even a place for monarchy in our modern world? In Born to Rule, NBC’s Keir Simmons talks to journalists and royal ...

Wie war die DDR: Grau, stinkend und menschenverachtend? Geprägt von Menschlichkeit, Gleichberechtigung und kollektivem Miteinander? Viele Geschichten aus dem Osten sind noch zu erzählen, müssen erzählt werden. Antje Riis will sie in diesem Podcast einfangen und festhalten. Ihre Gäste haben die DDR erlebt und erzählen von ihren Erlebnissen und Erfahrungen vor und nach dem Mauerfall, wie sich das Leben für sie bis heute entwickelt und was sie sich für dich Zukunft wünschen. Über die Gastgeberin: Antje Riis wurde in der DDR, in Leipzig, geboren. Ihr erster Beruf ist "Facharbeiter ...

On March 30, 1952 four men were executed in Athens, Greece. They were accused of being communists and committing acts of espionage and treason. Three years later, the daughters of one of these men were put on a plane and sent to America. They were adopted by a wealthy Greek American couple in Massachusetts. Their adoption was the first of a long line of adoptions between Greece and the US that has been kept a secret for years. It is a story that takes us back to the Cold War years and to a relationship of dominance and submission between the US and Greece. But it’s also a personal story, ...

To help others to be born . For those that are , to voice our plight and give the tools to make it right.

Go inside the mind of Claire Soria, a life of a hidden Jewish child during WWII in Belgium and her family, her journey to America and her inspiring journey of loss, perseverance and perspective all told in conversation with her grandson.

Harry and Nash bring their unique brand of educational comedy to explore significant events that occurred this week in history.

For nearly two thousand years, we've been told that Christianity began around 30 AD - when the disciples of the backwoods preacher "Jesus of Nazareth" came to believe he had risen from the dead. But now, BORN IN THE SECOND CENTURY exposes this tale as a myth. Host Chris Palmero - an adherent of the Catholic Church - proves that Christianity began almost one hundred years after the imagined death of Jesus, through a close reading of the New Testament and books left out of the Bible.

Best friends, wine drinkers, and true crime enthusiasts connect to get half cut and talk about murder.