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For almost four desperate years between 1939 and 1943, British and American navies fought a savage, losing battle against German submarine wolf packs. The Allies might never have turned the tide of that historic battle without an intelligence coup. The race to break the German U-boat codes is one of the last great untold stories of World War II.

Bloomsbury presents Behind the Enigma by John Ferris, read by Charles Armstrong. 'Fascinating … This monumental work completes the authorised picture of a century of British intelligence' BEN MACINTYRE, THE TIMES '[A] revelatory look at the world of GCHQ … There is much in the book that...

The Enigma cipher was supposed to be the German's impenetrable defence for its military communications against prying eyes during World War II. All manner of secrets were entrusted to it. When the Allies finally managed to crack the code, it heralded a turning point in the war.

Alan Mathison Turing. Mathematician, philosopher, codebreaker, a founder of computer science, and the father of Artificial Intelligence, Turing was one of the most original thinkers of the last century - and the man whose work helped create the computer-driven world we now inhabit. But he was also an enigmatic figure, deeply reticent yet also strikingly naive. Turing's openness about his homosexuality at a time when it was an imprisonable offense ultimately led to his untimely death at the age of only 41.

A gripping tale of betrayal and counterbetrayal that tells the story of the most enigmatic member of the Cambridge spy ring - Donald Maclean. Donald Maclean was a star diplomat, an establishment insider and a keeper of some of the West's greatest secrets. He was also a Russian spy, driven by passionately held beliefs, whose betrayal and defection to Moscow reverberated for decades.

When the ashes had settled after World War II and the Allies convened an international war crimes trial in Nuremberg, a psychiatrist, Douglas Kelley, and a psychologist, Gustave Gilbert, tried to fathom the psychology of the Nazi leaders using extensive psychiatric interviews, IQ tests, and Rorschach inkblot tests. Never before or since has there been such a detailed study of governmental leaders who orchestrated mass killings.

In Discovering the Okapi, Simon Pooley offers a fascinating portrait of the okapian elusive short-necked giraffid with zebra stripes, surviving in the rainforests of central Africa's Congo basin and unpacks the complicated layers of Western science and Indigenous knowledge that shaped the world's understanding of this unique creature.

A hundred years ago, a team of archaeologists in the Valley of the Kings made a remarkable discovery: a near-complete royal burial, an ancient mummy and golden riches beyond imagination. The lost tomb of Tutankhamun ignited a media frenzy, propelled into overdrive by rumours of a deadly ancient curse. But amid the hysteria, many stories—including that of Tutankhamun himself—were distorted or forgotten. Tutankhamun: Pharaoh, Icon, Enigma takes a familiar tale and turns on its head.

Analyzes ancient Coptic-Egyptian texts and evidence from astronomy and archaeology to show how the Big Void may be a grand “Hall of Ancestors” Explores the controversy surrounding the discovery of the Big Void and debunks many of the theories regarding the purpose of this massive new...

Bienvenidos a ENIGMA, el podcast donde exploramos los misterios más intrigantes, las operaciones secretas y las historias ocultas detrás del conflicto que cambió el mundo. Si te apasionan los secretos históricos, las conspiraciones y los hechos no contados, este es tu podcast. Suscríbete y únete a la investigación. Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@enigmawwii?_t=ZP-8wCIHNmoL42&_r=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575529299799 YouTube: https://youtube.com/@enigmawwii?si=Iy-6EIkLedR4TrD9 Contacto: sgt.johnenigmawwii@gmail.com

Con el fin de combatir la desinformación, este libro es un intento de explicar al lector hispanohablante el enigma Israel más allá de la inmediatez de las noticias. Tras un rápido repaso del pasado del pueblo judío, Cymerman se centra en las décadas previas a la creación del estado de Israel y la lucha por la supervivencia, especialmente en sus primeros años de existencia. De manera inevitable, un bloque importante aborda la historia del conflicto árabe-israelí.

Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok. Sharon Bertsch McGrayne here explores this controversial theorem and the human obsessions surrounding it.

Bloomsbury presents The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma, written and read by Victoria Whitworth. A new and definitive account of one of the most famous and mysterious manuscripts in the world. The Book of Kells is a mystery. It is distinct from all copies of the gospels from the early Middle...

In less than six hours in August 1942, nearly 1,000 British, Canadian, and American commandos died in the French port of Dieppe in an operation that, for decades, seemed to have no real purpose. Canadian historian David O’Keefe uses hitherto classified intelligence archives to prove that this catastrophic and apparently futile raid was, in fact, a mission set up by Ian Fleming of British Naval Intelligence as part of a “pinch” policy designed to capture material relating to the four-rotor Enigma Machine.

this podcast is about alien abductions and related phenomena. we will dive into the history of alien abductions, interviews with guest and a deep dive into the alien abduction phenomenon, from the Betty and Barney Hill case, to the work of Dr.Karla Turner and Budd Hopkins, the reading of encounter cases and a breakdown of the cases, take a walk with me as we look into the abduction enigma, just remember that the ufos want to tell you something

In the summer of 1483, two princes vanished. One was the new king of England, 12-year-old Edward V; the other was his younger brother, 9-year-old Richard, Duke of York. Charged with handling affairs of state in their minority was their uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who subsequently placed the boys in the Tower of London and replaced his nephew on the throne as Richard III. Within a month of his ascension to the throne, the deposed king and his brother were never seen again.

Robert and Olivia Temple's new book, The Sphinx Mystery, is a work of profound significance for Egyptology. Not only do the Temples completely re-analyze what the Sphinx is and represents; they re-trace its epic origins and re-examine its original purpose. In a remarkable investigation, they uncover what was before our very eyes, a startling discovery that even the world's most learned Egyptologists have failed to see.

In this revolutionary book, Joan Breton Connelly challenges our most basic assumptions about the Parthenon and the ancient Athenians. Beginning with the natural environment and its rich mythic associations, she re-creates the development of the Acropolis - the Sacred Rock at the heart of the city-state - from its prehistoric origins to its Periklean glory days as a constellation of temples among which the Parthenon stood supreme.

Canale PodCast di Enrico Baccarini, scrittore, giornalista, documentarista, antropologo culturale. Nel canale troverete video di mie conferenze, resoconti di viaggi e documentari realizzati personalmente e non solo. Questo canale è una finestra sul mondo della mia ricerca e degli studi che compio da più di due decenni con la speranza che possano essere utili a chiunque vorrà sondare i misteri della storia, della mente e dello spazio.

Santiago Posteguillo nos sorprende ahora con un fascinante recorrido por los enigmas más famosos de la literatura. Asesinatos, suicidios, duelos, condenas a muerte, guerras, eclipses, vampiros, misterios, juicios… Detrás de los grandes libros se esconde mucha más sangre de lo que uno...