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1975年4月30日。かつて「アメリカ史上最長の戦争」だったヴェトナム戦争が、大きな挫折に終わった日から50年。その一部は新たな「最長の戦争」となったアフガン戦争終結までの日々とも重なる。

Forget what you think you know about the Winter Hill Gang; this is the ruthless truth of the Boston underworld and its most ominous figure — his tragic origins, unsolved murders, and his daughter who broke the silence around him. In 2020, author Springs Toledo set out to find a ghost in the...

The shocking true story of the highest-ranking Mafia Boss in history to betray the organization and strike a deal with federal authorities, ending the Mafia’s reign. After his conviction in 1983, Cleveland Mafia Boss Angelo Lonardo became the highest-ranking Mafia Boss to betray his legacy...

The Silver Road tells the story that Americans are rarely told: how the Revolutionary War was actually won. From the Spanish-supplied muskets fired at Lexington and Concord in 1775 to the last-minute collection of silver pesos in Havana that funded the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, Spain and Latin America played a decisive role in the American Revolution. The Spanish smuggled the critical military supplies that the colonies could not produce. Latin American silver provided both the hard currency and the financing for the fledgling colonial economy.

Ante las invasiones, los horrores y espantos sufridos por varios países latinoamericanos de la mano de los "Bárbaros", en este ensayo José María Vargas Vila hace un análisis de las consecuencias de esta guerra para todos los involucrados. En 1893 fundó en Nueva York su Revista Ilustrada: Hispano América. Más tarde, en 1903 fundó Némesis en Nueva York desde la cual criticaba al gobierno colombiano de aquel entonces y a otras dictaduras latinoamericanas, así como a las imposiciones del gobierno estadounidense.

The fascinating true story of the plot by Confederate terrorists to burn down New York City on November 25, 1864. Despite extensive coverage in the press and the terrifying parallels to the September 11th attacks, the incident has been largely forgotten. By retelling this captivating tale, this...

The landmark declaration from the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention calling for women’s legal and political equality, introduced by New York Times bestselling author Mikki Kendall. First presented in July 1848 at the Seneca Falls Convention—the first women’s rights convention in the United...

The Great Fire of 1947 and the End of Bar Harbor’s Golden Era tells the riveting story of the desperate evacuation of residents through the heart of an uncontrolled forest fire burning all across Mount Desert Island. After an extremely dry summer, all areas of Maine spent the month of October...

In God We Trust invites listeners to think and reflect critically about the truths and complexities of the role of religion and the founding of America in order to separate history from political ideology and to understand why this distinction matters for the future of our nation and democracy...

If you haven't followed the money, chances are you don't know the real story of America and its Revolution. Nothing gives a clearer insight into this history than the life of early America's dominant merchant trader, first bank president, and first central banker, Thomas Willing. In this book, Richard Vague shows how Willing bankrolled–and in the process helped save–the Revolution and then fundamentally shaped the financial architecture of the young Republic. So powerful was Willing that President John Adams complained that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton were governed by him.

When her pastor arrives at her doorstep with David Harper, a stranger looking for work, the young widow, Rachel Miller, agrees to provide room and board in exchange for help on her farm in Missouri.

Kristina og Karl-Oskar har efterhånden slået rødder i Minnesota, og deres børn, som var små, da de ankom til Amerika, har glemt både hjemlandet og det svenske sprog. Kun Kristina længes stadig hjem. Som rigtige amerikanere tager de også en del i den blodige amerikanske borgerkrig og...

The history of modern America… With a twist. In December 1933, the "Noble Experiment" of Prohibition ended, having run America's alcohol industry into the ground. Nevertheless, the drinks were flowing on December 5th: “Repeal Day” celebrations took place and criminal bootleggers pivoted...

تروي الصحفية الأمريكية نيلّي بلاي في «عشرة أيام في مستشفى الأمراض العقلية» تجربتها الاستقصائية الشهيرة بعد أن تظاهرت بالمرض النفسي لتدخل مصحّة النساء في جزيرة...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. One minute after midnight on January 1, 1901, a young woman in a drafty Kansas mansion began speaking in a language she had never learned—and the loudest religious noise of the twentieth century was born. From that midnight moment to the thunderous...

A foundational classic in the historiography of the American Civil War. In July 1863 New York City experienced widespread rioting unparalleled in the history of the nation. Here for the first time is a scholarly analysis of the Civil War Draft Riots, dealing with motives and with the reasons for...

From the rural town of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, to the halls of the federal government, Larry Turner refused to remain invisible. Turner shares the remarkable story of a shy kid from a working-class background who rose through the ranks of the US Army, federal government, and ultimately becoming the second Black Inspector General of the US Department of Labor and one of the nation's top watchdogs against fraud, waste, and corruption. During a pandemic when unemployment insurance fraud was rampant, he made a difference.

A riveting memoir about war and peace from Canada’s former top soldier, General Wayne Eyre, chronicling his forty-year career in the Canadian Armed Forces and providing insights on our security, our sovereignty, and our place in a rapidly changing world When soldiers step forward to take on a...

一场席卷华尔街的经济危机如何演变为撕裂社会结构的百年阵痛，进而彻底重塑现代国家的政治与财富分配规则？身处当下充满经济焦虑与阶层固化的时代，你或许正迫切渴望在跌宕起伏的历史真实中寻找破局的启示与精神共...

真正的历史转折点往往不在总统府的谈判桌上，而隐藏在无数农民、工人和移民对抗系统性不平等的社会阶层博弈里。当你厌倦了宏大叙事与王侯将相的赞歌，渴望在纷繁复杂的现代社会中找到个体命运的坐标时，这部自下而...