Mellon vs. Churchill
The Untold Story of Treasury Titans at War
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Jill Eicher
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Andrew Mellon, one of the most accomplished businessmen of his era, is almost unknown today. To this shy, diffident (but brilliant) man fell the daunting task of collecting the war debts from European governments still devastated by WWI and struggling to recover economically. Dealing with the US Congress and the heads of foreign governments on the world stage became one of the great adventures of his life. Winston Churchill is one of the best-known figures in history. Mellon vs. Churchill presents Churchill through a different lens, focusing on his service as Chancellor of the Exchequer when Great Britain was the largest debtor to the US. That he became the most vocal critic of American foreign policy during that time is a scarcely told chapter of economic history—and his contentious debate with Mellon has seldom been explored.
Yet, while Churchill served as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mellon was his counterpart at the US Treasury, and their debate and fierce differences of opinion about the handling of what Churchill called "the monstrous war debts" made frequent headlines on both sides of the Atlantic. No mention of any of their five meetings are included in the official biographies of either man. Now these confrontations are brought to vivid life in Mellon vs. Churchill, as are many other vignettes from their public, but largely forgotten, rivalry.
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In Gods, Guns and Missionaries, Manu S. Pillai takes us through these remarkable dynamics. With an arresting cast of characters―maharajahs, poets, gun-wielding revolutionaries, politicians, polemicists, philosophers and clergymen―this book is ambitious in its scope and provocative in its position.
De: Manu S. Pillai
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The Cruel Sky
- A Heavy Bomber Group in World War II
- De: Robert Thompson
- Narrado por: David Marantz
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
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The men who flew American heavy bombers over Europe in World War II were very young—most were either in their late teens or early twenties. There they faced a gauntlet of razor sharp antiaircraft artillery bursts and fighter aircraft firing cannons that shattered Plexiglas, metal, engines, and bone. It is no wonder that bomber crews suffered some of the highest casualty rates of any service during the war. Yet, their courage and sacrifice would help the Allies secure an overwhelming victory. That bravery and the extreme dangers these young men faced are vividly portrayed in The Cruel Sky.
De: Robert Thompson
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Saving Michelangelo’s Dome
- How Three Mathematicians and a Pope Sparked an Architectural Revolution
- De: Wayne Kalayjian
- Narrado por: Peter Noble
- Duración: 8 h y 50 m
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1742: the famous dome atop Saint Peter's Basilica, designed by Michelangelo, is fractured and threatened with collapse. The dome is the pride of Italy and the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. And no one knows how to fix it. This engaging and colorful narrative tells the overlooked story of how Michelangelo's Dome was saved from disaster by three mathematicians and Pope Benedict XIV, who had asked them for help.
De: Wayne Kalayjian
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All Roads Lead to Rome
- Why We Think of the Roman Empire Daily
- De: Rhiannon Garth Jones
- Narrado por: Sarah Durham
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
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Rhiannon Garth-Jones explores Rome's enduring legacy through three core themes: religion, empire, and culture. Each chapter examines how Rome’s history, governance, and mythology have been reimagined throughout centuries, and how these interpretations continue to shape our modern world.
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Queen of All Mayhem
- The Blood-Soaked Life and Mysterious Death of Belle Starr, the Most Dangerous Woman in the West
- De: Dane Huckelbridge
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 10 h y 5 m
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On February 3, 1889, just two days shy of her forty-first birthday, Myra Maybelle Shirley—better known at that point by her outlaw sobriquet “Belle Starr”—was blown from her horse saddle and killed by a pair of shotgun blasts, delivered by an unseen assailant, only a few miles away from her home in the Indian Territory of present-day Oklahoma. Thus ended the life of one of the most colorful, authentic, and dangerous women in the history of the American West.
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It’s Not Fair
- Why It’s Time for a Grown-Up Conversation About How Adults Treat Children
- De: Eloise Rickman
- Narrado por: Harrie Dobby
- Duración: 9 h y 30 m
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Children are not passive victims of oppression, but their resistance and struggle for equality has been largely ignored by the wider social justice movement—until now. In this groundbreaking manifesto, Eloise Rickman argues that it's time to stop viewing children as less than adults and start fighting for their rights to be taken seriously. Radical, compassionate, and profoundly hopeful, this powerful new book signals the start of a long-overdue conversation about how we treat children. It's Not Fair is a call to embrace children’s liberation and the possibility of a better, fairer world.
De: Eloise Rickman
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The English Ecstasy
- How England Rose to Greatness 1558-1649 (Includes Bonus Section on Francis Bacon)
- De: Will Durant, Richard Smoley - foreword
- Narrado por: Rob Jones, David Markus
- Duración: 14 h y 24 m
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The British Empire is unique in world history. How did this small island come to rule a full quarter of the globe? No other nation has matched this achievement.
De: Will Durant, y otros
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Hard Neighbors
- The Scotch-Irish Invasion of Native America and the Making of an American Identity
- De: Colin G. Calloway
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 18 h y 24 m
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Hard Neighbors follows the people who came to be known as Scotch-Irish and traces their relations with Native Americans, examines their experiences as marginalized people, and demonstrates their roles as protective and disruptive forces on the edge of colonialism. The Scotch-Irish fought Indian wars and shaped the frontier, and their experiences living near and fighting against Indians shaped their identity and their attitudes towards government. They influenced national attitudes and policies, and they transformed Indian people into racial others as they transformed themselves into Americans.
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Taking Midway
- Naval Warfare, Secret Codes, and the Battle That Turned the Tide of World War II
- De: Martin Dugard
- Narrado por: Samuel Roukin
- Duración: 10 h y 59 m
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From Martin Dugard, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Bill O'Reilly's Killing series—with more than twelve million copies sold—comes a fast-paced, dramatic account of the famous yet little understood battle that turned the tide of World War II.
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Great way to learn history
- De Anonymous User en 05-27-25
De: Martin Dugard
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Hollywood High
- A Totally Epic, Way Opinionated History of Teen Movies
- De: Bruce Handy
- Narrado por: Alex Mortensen
- Duración: 14 h y 51 m
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From a longtime Vanity Fair writer and editor, a delightfully entertaining, intelligent, and illuminating history and tribute to teen movies—from Rebel Without a Cause to Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and on to John Hughes, Mean Girls, The Hunger Games, and more.
De: Bruce Handy
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The Power and the Glory
- Life in the English Country House Before the Great War
- De: Adrian Tinniswood
- Narrado por: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Duración: 13 h y 5 m
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For generations, the great palaces of Britain were home to living histories, noble families that had reigned for centuries. But by the end of the nineteenth century, members of elite society found themselves, for the first time, in the company of arrivistes. Their new neighbors—from chorus girls to millionaire greengrocers to guano impresarios—lacked lineage and were unencumbered by the weight of tradition. In The Power and the Glory, historian Adrian Tinniswood reconstructs life in the country house during its golden age before the Great War.
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Eagle Days
- Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain
- De: Victoria Taylor
- Narrado por: John Sackville
- Duración: 10 h y 59 m
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Eagle Days transforms the Luftwaffe’s historical role during the RAF’s ‘Finest Hour’ from a cartoonish antagonist to a multidimensional, flawed-yet-formidable opponent. The narrative contains not just the voices of the air crews who conducted the fighting, but uniquely never-before-translated primary source material of other contemporary eyewitnesses, (Luftwaffe’s paratroopers, anti-aircraft gunners and air signalmen). Eagle Days will offer all fans of this period a refreshing, comprehensive and exciting account of the Luftwaffe’s real experiences during the Battle of Britain.
De: Victoria Taylor
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Scorched Earth
- A Global History of World War II
- De: Paul Thomas Chamberlin
- Narrado por: Jefferson Mays
- Duración: 23 h y 19 m
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In popular memory, the Second World War was an unalloyed victory for freedom over totalitarianism, marking the demise of the age of empires and the triumph of an American-led democratic order. In Scorched Earth, historian Paul Thomas Chamberlin dispatches the myth of World War II as a good war. Instead, he depicts the conflict as it truly was: a massive battle beset by vicious racial atrocities, fought between rival empires across huge stretches of Asia and Europe.
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Putin's Sledgehammer
- The Wagner Group and Russia's Collapse into Mercenary Chaos
- De: Candace Rondeaux
- Narrado por: Allyson Johnson
- Duración: 17 h y 4 m
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In June 2023, the Wagner Group assembled an armed convoy that included tanks and rocket launchers and set out on what seemed like a journey to take control of Moscow. The last person to attempt such a venture was Adolf Hitler. Wagner’s power began from patronage, then grew from international theft and extortion, until it was so great it exposed the weakness of Russia’s conventional military and became a threat to the Russian state, one that was not demonstrably eliminated until a private jet containing Wagner’s core commanders was blown up in midair.
De: Candace Rondeaux