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To Rule the Waves tells the extraordinary story of how the British Royal Navy allowed one nation to rise to a level of power unprecedented in history. From the navy's beginnings under Henry VIII to the age of computer warfare and special ops, historian Arthur Herman tells the spellbinding tale of great battles at sea, heroic sailors, violent conflict, and personal tragedy - of the way one mighty institution forged a nation, an empire, and a new world.

The Cave and the Light reveals how two Greek philosophers became the twin fountainheads of Western culture, and how their rivalry gave Western civilization its unique dynamism down to the present.

New York Times best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Arthur Herman pens this fascinating look at how two businessmen turned the U.S. into a military powerhouse during World War II. In 1940, FDR asked General Motors CEO William Knudsen to oversee the production of guns, tanks, and planes needed for the war. Meanwhile, industrialist Henry J. Kaiser presided over the building of “Liberty ships” - vessels that came to symbolize America’s great wartime output.

Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the 18th and 19th centuries Scotland made crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politics - contributions that have formed and nurtured the modern West ever since. This book is not just about Scotland: it is an exciting account of the origins of the modern world.

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume One is a continent-hopping, century-spanning collection of 15 essential classic novels by British, American, and Russian authors, read by a cast of incredible narrators including Stephen Fry, Jason Isaacs, Adjoa Andoh, David Rintoul, and many more. Included here are stories by some of the greatest writers of all time, including Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Charles Dickens; Franz Kafka; Herman Melville; Leo Tolstoy, amongst a host of others.

Douglas MacArthur was arguably the last American public figure to be worshipped unreservedly as a national hero, the last military figure to conjure up the romantic stirrings once evoked by George Armstrong Custer and Robert E. Lee. But he was also one of America's most divisive figures, a man whose entire career was steeped in controversy. Was he an avatar or an anachronism, a brilliant strategist or a vainglorious mountebank?

In this incisive, fast-paced history, New York Times best-selling author Arthur Herman brilliantly reveals how Lenin and Wilson rewrote the rules of modern geopolitics. Through the end of World War I, countries marched into war only to increase or protect their national interests. After World War I, countries began going to war over ideas. Together, Lenin and Wilson unleashed the disruptive ideologies that would sweep the world, from nationalism and globalism to Communism and terrorism, and that continue to shape our world today.

In this fast-paced epic, best-selling historian and master storyteller Arthur Herman spotlights two giants of the 20th century. Gandhi & Churchill shows how their 40-year rivalry revolutionized India and the British Empire, paving the way for a new era. Gandhi championed India's independence, Churchill the British Empire.

For the first time, here is a biography of Joe McCarthy that cuts through the clichés and misconceptions surrounding this central figure of the "red scare" of the '50s and reexamines his life and legacy in the light of newly declassified archival sources from the FBI, the National Security Agency, the US Congress, the Pentagon, and the former Soviet Union. After more than four decades, here is the untold story of America's most hated political figure, shorn of the rhetoric and stereotypes of the past.

Scandinavia has always been a world apart. For millennia Norwegians, Danes, Finns, and Swedes lived a remote and rugged existence among the fjords and peaks of the land of the midnight sun. But when they finally left their homeland in search of opportunity, these wanderers — including the most famous, the Vikings — would reshape Europe and beyond.

Whether it's 1776 or the era of Donald Trump and Elon Musk, Arthur Herman argues that the United States has always been propelled forward by a special kind of leader: the founder. More than just business creators, founders are visionaries—risk-takers, builders, rebels—who reinvent America in times of crisis and stagnation. From Washington and Lincoln to Edison, Ford, Elon Musk, and even political disruptors like Martin Luther King and Donald Trump, this book reveals how their relentless drive, bold vision, and refusal to accept a stagnant status quo have reshaped America time and again.

Compared with the most sophisticated weapons systems in use today, tunnels have withstood the test of time. There’s no way to know how long drones or lasers or anti-missile defense systems will last, but as long as there is warfare, tunnels will almost certainly be part of the fight.

Disruptif depuis 150 ans, la PimPamPoum Company s’attaque au marché du podcast indépendant français. En s’appuyant sur l’absurde et l’illogisme, Arthur et Herman redonneront de l’ordre à notre univers et du sens à vos écoutes. Un sens qui ira de gauche à droite, comme un curseur d’écoute en fait. Ou comme un spectateur de tennis qui ne regarde que les coups d'un seul joueur, celui de gauche. Mais notre podcast, ce sont nos auditeurs qui en parlent le mieux (en vrai non. Ceux qui en parlent le mieux sont chez France Inter. Même nous, on en parle pas mieux qu'eux): “Ce ...

Vor etwa 40 Jahren wurde im Musikzimmer eines alten Herrenhauses, das jetzt von der Familie Crawsham bewohnt wird, ein schlimm zugerichteter Toter entdeckt. Seltsamerweise verschwand der Täter seinerzeit wie von Geisterhand, ohne ein Fenster oder eine Tür zu benutzen. Während Holmes spaßeshalber nach einer Lösung des lange verjährten Falles sucht, kommt ein weiterer Mann ums Leben, und zwar auf erschreckend ähnliche Weise.

Die Sherlock Holmes Box 14 beinhaltet die Hörspiele "Der Gezeiten-Strom", "Das Grauen von Old Hall", "Ludwig II. - Der Tod im Würmsee".

Die Sherlock Holmes Box 15 beinhaltet die Hörspiele "Was das Feuer übrigließ", "Der stille Tod", "Der maskierte Tod", "Tod eines Giftforschers".

Holmes und Watson treffen beim Golfspielen in Slindon Holmes' alten Bekannten Colonel Fortescue, der eine sehr wertvolle Edelsteinsammlung besitzt. Doch obwohl der Colonel nicht allzu beliebt ist und die Sammlung ausgerechnet in seinem Haus versteckt, ist es sein sympathischer Nachbar, der plötzlich Drohbriefe erhält und um sein Leben zittern muss. Holmes beschließt, in London nach dem ominösen Briefeschreiber zu suchen.

Ein dubioser Auftraggeber verspricht dem ungarischen Zwischenhändler Ivolsky ein beträchtliches Honorar für eine schiere Nichtigkeit. Gelockt vom schnell verdienten Geld lässt sich Ivolsky auf den Handel ein, bereut es jedoch in dem Moment wieder, als er am Ort des Geschehens eintrifft. Mit gemischten Gefühlen fragt er Holmes um Rat.

Im Savoy begegnet Watson zufällig seiner alten Bekannten Kitty, die inzwischen in Adelskreise eingeheiratet hat. Das neue Leben als Ehefrau eines Earls missfällt ihr jedoch aufgrund von alarmierenden Heimlichkeiten ihres Gatten, denen sie gerne auf den Grund gehen würde. Watson überredet Sherlock Holmes, sich auf dem berühmten Anwesen des Earls einmal genauer umzusehen...

Holmes und Watson werden Zeugen eines Rivalitätsstreits zwischen dem verheirateten Lebemann John Forfar und dem charismatischen Tony Elgin, der unsterblich in Forfars Gattin verliebt ist. Wenig später kommt der Ehemann zu Tode. Hat sein Ableben etwas mit der Rivalität zwischen den beiden Männern zu tun, oder war es Selbstmord? Holmes beginnt zu ermitteln.