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On the fortieth anniversary of revolution and rebellion in Chile, a searching history of the rise and fall of the world’s first and only democratically elected Marxist president. On September 11, 1973, President Salvador Allende of Chile was deposed in a violent coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. The coup had been in the works for months, even years. Shortly after giving a farewell speech to his people, Allende died of gunshot wounds - whether inflicted by his own hand or an assassin’s remains uncertain.

At its heart, De Profundis is a love letter and is better known as the De Profundis papers. Written in 1897, while Oscar Wilde was imprisoned in Reading Gaol, De Profundis would become one of his best-known works. The papers include Wilde's account of living a lavish lifestyle and his relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas, both of which he credited for his eventual downfall and imprisonment. The second half of the papers is Wilde's account of prison life and his spiritual awakening.

On November 20, 1943, the 2nd Marine Division launched the first amphibious assault of the Pacific War, directly into the teeth of powerful Japanese defenses on Tarawa. A single company of Sherman tanks, of which only two survived, played a pivotal role in turning the tide from looming disaster to legendary victory. In this unique study, Oscar Gilbert and Romain Cansiere use official documents, memoirs, and interviews with veterans to follow Charlie Company from its formation, and trace the movement, action - and loss - of individual tanks in this horrific four-day struggle.

What if Latin America Ruled the World? deftly braids together the histories of North and South America from the exploits of Hernán Cortés to the political showmanship of Hugo Chávez and Evo Morales. Scholar Oscar Guardiola-Rivera is an ideal guide for a searching portrait of the Latin America that we rarely hear about.

A historical podcast about the winners of the Best Picture Academy Award. Learn why these films were chosen, how society influenced their production, and what the history of American film looks like with them in the spotlight - all from the mouth of Oscar himself! This educational podcast is unofficial and not related to the Academy Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in any way.

Welcome to Oscars Playback, a Gold Derby podcast series in which editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen revisit Oscar ceremonies and winners from yesteryear. To contact us, email slugfests@goldderby.com. For all things Hollywood competition and awards season, head to https://www.goldderby.com.

Podcast sobre cultura, filosofía, historia, estrategia y ciencia.

Un libro narrado como crónica periodística sobre historias donde el Derecho tuvo que reinventarse para poner llevar a cabo juicios. Son 7 casos judiciales que marcaron la historia. Es un libro que cuenta cómo 7 casos jurídicos que se dieron en determinados momentos de la historia tenían vacíos legales y eso llevó a crear precisamente leyes y decisiones que pudieran resolver futuros conflictos similares. Son historias amenas, a manera de crónica, que cuentan lo que increíblemente no se podía juzgar cuando todo parecía claro en su momento: desde los juicios de Nuremberg hasta la demanda de indígenas en Ecuador a Chevron.

Los humanos contemporáneos han recorrido un largo camino en sus 70,000 años de paso por la tierra. Arte, ciencia, cultura, comercio: en la cadena evolutiva somos verdaderos ganadores. Pero lo cierto es que no siempre ha sido un viaje fácil y, a veces, muy puntualmente, hemos llegado a pifiarla de verdad.

“History, Oscar, Mike” dives into specifics about all military conflicts and the science used to study the archaeology for these events. Hosted by The Lomas Center Museum Director, Michael Nelson, it explores the importance of studying military history that lay persons and professionals in history, archaeology, conservation, educators, etc. can all enjoy. The Lomas Center is a 501(c)(3) public charity that is devoted to presenting to a wide audience the stories, photos, writings, and actual objects from our Warfighters and civilians who experienced war, and perhaps getting a better ...

Italy from 1409 to 1530 is synonymous with the Renaissance, but this was also the age of the condottieri, Italian captains of mercenary companies and multinational armies who fought in the service of city states, monarchs, and the Pope. Some like Ludovico Sforza in Milan seized power and founded dynasties in their own right. The merchant princes of the Medici family reached their apogee in Lorenzo the Magnificent in Florence, but faltered in the Papacy; Leo X proved no match for Martin Luther and Clement VII was powerless to avert the sack of Rome in 1527. Venice lost her overseas empire to ...

Oscar Wilde was always willing to express his opinions on a wide variety of subjects, including his own writings. The following selection of letters was prepared and edited by his executor Robert Ross, who is best known for expurgating and publishing Wilde's last major work, De Profundis.

Oscar Wilde wordt herinnerd als een van de grappigste geesten ooit, dankzij zijn provocerende stijl en humor. In de jaren 1890, was hij een van Londen's meest populaire toneelschrijvers; zijn meesterwerken zijn The Importance of Being Earnest en het donker en fantastische Picture of Dorian Gray. Zijn geschriften entwine thema van schoonheid, decadentie en dubbelhartigheid, waardoor hij een meer dan kleurrijke provocateur in de Victoriaanse samenleving. Dit zou uiteindelijk leiden tot een zeer openbare rechtszitting nadat hij was beschuldigd van sodomie.

The 1918 to 1919 H1N1 influenza pandemic is among the most deadly events in recorded human history, having killed an estimated 50 to 100 million persons. Recent H5N1 avian influenza epizootics associated with sporadic human fatalities have heightened concern that a new influenza pandemic, one at least as lethal as that of 1918, could be developing.

Oscar Wilde visited America in the year 1882. Interest in the Aesthetic School, of which Wilde was the most prominent representative, had spread to the United States, and Wilde decided to undertake an American lecture tour to explain the Aesthetic movement. Towards the end of September 1883 Wilde returned to England and immediately commenced a lecturing tour. His first visit was to Wandsworth Town Hall where he presented his "Impressions of America", the text of which was published in 1906.

In De Profundis, Oscar Wilde, in a lengthy letter to his former lover, reflects on suffering, forgiveness, and redemption. As a confessional text, it ranks with the Confessions of Saint Augustine as an examination of the nature of penitence, its origin and transformative effect. T. W. H. Crosland (1865-1924), a social commentator, was extremely moralistic. Among his targets was Oscar Wilde, whose contrition, as expressed in De Profundis, he believed to be an elaborate and convenient sham.

Early in September, 1918, the United States was invaded by a scourge of highly infectious and fatal disease, which spread with rapidity throughout the country, eventually infecting 500 million people worldwide, or about 27 percent of the world population, killing anywhere from 17 million to as many as 100 million, making it one of the deadliest epidemics in human history. Known as Spanish Influenza, it was pandemic in its nature. No one seemed to know much about the disease or its treatment, and medical science and public health agencies were alike unprepared to cope with it.

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Biblical answers, God, Yahweh, Jehovah, Jesus, Religions/cults, debate, research, objective study, life experience, Christianity. Taking a look at the beliefs of religions while also including a satirical point of view at times. A podcast that is informative, objective, educational, critical, and that provides a review of religious doctrines, history and teachings. spikewavenow@gmail.com

Un panorama completo, descrito hasta sus más crueles detalles, de la mayor monstruosidad de la historia de la humanidad. El 20 de enero de 1942, en Villa Marlier, junto al lago Wannsee, miembros de las SS, de la GESTAPO, del ejército y del gobierno nazi, se reúnen para debatir sobre lo que ellos llamaron, con un terrorífico eufemismo, la "cuestión judía". El resultado de la reunión es el de llevar a cabo la "solución Final".