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This is the story of the fall of an Empire – and the rise of another. Who spread Christianity, how, and why? In her quest to find the answer, Professor Alice Roberts takes us on a gripping investigative journey. From a secluded valley in south Wales to the shores of Brittany; from the heart of...

Funerary rituals show us what people thought about mortality; how they felt about loss; what they believed came next. From Roman cremations and graveside feasts, to deviant burials with heads rearranged, from richly furnished Anglo Saxon graves to the first Christian burial grounds in Wales...

The remarkable, moving story of Prince Philip's mother by eminent biographer Hugo Vickers, updated in this new edition - for fans of Kingmaker and The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse Princess Alice, mother of Prince Phillip, was something of a mystery figure even within her own...

An entertaining and eye-opening biography of America's most memorable first daughter From the moment Teddy Roosevelt's outrageous and charming teenage daughter strode into the White House—carrying a snake and dangling a cigarette—the outspoken Alice began to put her imprint on the whole of...

Due to OVERWHELMING public demand Greg (James) and Alice (Levine) are finally monetising their friendship. Introducing… Bad Chat!A club for sharing the best-worst parts of the week; shame spirals, existential crises, petty grievances, mild injustices - and this is just Greg’s morning. We will be forensic about the trivial, dramatic about the inconsequential, you can’t ask for fairer than that. Join the sometime colleagues, now legal Next of Kin, as they talk like no one’s watching. (But please do actually watch).Call in, email in, fax in (yes, we have a real life working fax machine) ...

Writer, lecturer, and feminist activist Gloria Steinem and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker sit down with Wilma Mankiller to discuss gender and politics in today's world. The three consider the path each took to became icons of the feminist movement, the ways religion plays into gender and power relations, and the future of feminism.

'Thoughtful, beautiful, incredibly necessary. People need to read this book, especially if they feel a resistance to. I wish everyone would.' Sofie Hagen ‘Uncompromising, anguished, combative: culture wars have victims, and this is an agonising story told with honesty and passion.’ Richard...

The slower you travel, the more you learn. I’m Alice Morrison, an Adventurer, exploring the ancient trails and life today in Africa and Arabia. Walk with me!

The Britannias tells the story of Britain's islands and how they are woven into its collective cultural psyche. From Neolithic Orkney to modern-day Thanet, Alice Albinia explores the furthest reaches of Britain's island topography, once known (wrote Pliny) by the collective term, Britanniae. Sailing over borders, between languages and genres, trespassing through the past to understand the present, this book knocks the centre out to foreground neglected epics and subversive voices.

Join Alice von Hildebrand—Lily to her friends—as she brings her timeless wit and winsome charm to bear on topics both timely and eternal, from faith to femininity, from marriage to death, and many things in-between. Drawn from her hundreds of appearances on television and radio, and fully remastered for this archival podcast, Lily: The Voice of Alice von Hildebrand will introduce listeners to this great lady who, despite her many esteemed publications, was most expressive in the spoken word. Respected by popes, loved by students, and an inspiration to generations, Lily lived an amazing, ...

The Slow Newscast from The Observer takes the news slowly. We investigate, and every week we focus on stories that really matter in the UK and around the world. From wars in Ukraine and Gaza through to true crime and injustice and real life mysteries, The Slow Newscast team is devoted to narrative investigations covering some of the biggest topics of the day.Who are the people biohacking themselves in a quest for immortality? Or the man taking on an entire nation in the high seas to protect whales? And what happened when humanity's most distant messenger fell silent? From a newsroom with a ...

This is the handwritten book that Carroll wrote for private use before being urged to develop it later into Alice in Wonderland. It was meant to entertain his family and friends. When a sick child in a hospital enjoyed it so much, the mother wrote him saying it had distracted her for a bit from her pain and led eventually to Carroll expanding the story.

Alice in Genderland is the first ever memoir by a crossdresser who is not content to live behind closed doors—and who takes it much further than his straighter, more circumspect peers might ever care to go. Most of the time, Harvard-educated psychiatrist Richard Novic is Rick, a caring doctor at the office and a loving husband and father at home. But one night a week, he is Alice, a brave trans woman about town, shopping, dining, dancing, and more.

How can human suffering become good medicine? Through tonglen: the ancient Tibetan meditation that transforms pain into compassion on the medium of your own breath. Pema Chödrön and Alice Walker in Conversation reveals the revolutionary power of tonglen through a dialogue between two hearts...

Alice In Brexitland by Leavis Carroll read by Julian-Rhind Tutt.Check out the new Alice In Brexitland podcast taken from the bestselling book. A perfect bedtime story or perhaps a nightmare you may never wake up from!Lying on a riverbank on a lazy summer’s afternoon – 23rd June 2016, to be precise – Alice spots a flustered-looking white rabbit called Dave calling for a referendum. Following him down a rabbit-hole, she emerges into a strange new land, where up is down, black is white, experts are fools and fools are experts...She meets such characters as the Corbynpillar, who sits on a ...

In 2022, Tenchi Security created the Alice in Supply Chains newsletter to share and highlight stories on third-party and supply chain risks and attacks, their impacts on services and businesses, and how the industry is moving forward to manage these risks. Following the meteoric success of the newsletter, we've created a podcast! Every month, hosts Adrian Sanabria and Alexandre Sieira will discuss the top six stories from each monthly newsletter, and their thoughts on the future of third party cyber risk management.

“Dead Girls is everything I want in an essay collection: provocative lines of inquiry, macabre humor, blistering intelligence... I love this book. I want to take it into the middle of a crowded room and hold it up and scream until someone tackles me the ground; even then, I’d probably keep...

De garota de São Paulo a estrela internacional de Hollywood, Alice Braga construiu uma trajetória única no cinema mundial. Esta biografia relâmpago revela os bastidores da carreira de uma das atrizes brasileiras mais reconhecidas globalmente. Nascida em uma família de artistas, Alice começou cedo no mundo da interpretação e rapidamente chamou atenção com sua autenticidade e talento natural. Desde seus primeiros papéis no cinema nacional até protagonizar produções hollywoodianas ao lado de grandes nomes, sua história é marcada por escolhas corajosas e uma dedicação incansável...

A lively and provocative double biography of first cousins Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth, two extraordinary women whose tangled lives provide a sweeping look at the twentieth century. When Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901, his beautiful and flamboyant daughter was...

Dive into the world of Alice Adams, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that vividly captures the struggles of a lower middle-class Midwestern family at the dawn of the 20th century as they strive to ascend the social ladder. At the center of this poignant tale is Alice, a determined young woman yearning for a better life and a place in society. As noted by Gerard Previn Meyer, Alice Adams transcends its role as a social history; it resonates with readers through its depiction of a lovable girl who, despite her flaws, captures our hearts. (Summary by Jeannie)