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In this Sony Award-winning investigative history series, BBC international correspondent Mike Thomson and guest presenters pore over private papers, public records and primary sources, uncovering the hidden truth about historical events. As they follow the documentary trail, they talk to key participants, contemporary commentators and academic experts, and explore shocking stories of cover-ups, covert operations and collusion.

Drawing on essential new material derived from decades-long investigations, Detective Mike Rothmiller and Douglas Thompson shatter the secrets and lies with a revelatory and dramatic true-life thriller focusing on JFK and Robert F. Kennedy, both before and after they bought the White House.

All the varieties of power—star, political, sexual, criminal and emotional—are on show in this definitive, untold story of Frank Sinatra and the Mafia. Drawing on an enormous archive of previously unseen records held by international law agencies, the FBI, the CIA and big-city police departments, Rothmiller and Thompson reveal Sinatra’s pact with the Mob in shocking detail. With additional evidence from decades of investigations and testimony, they expose Sinatra’s lifelong association with the Mafia, which he always denied, and its deadly collateral damage.

This book will guide you to walk in the supernatural authority Christ has given you. You will learn how to view life from a heavenly perspective instead of an earthly one so that you avoid all the deceptive traps of the enemy.

Veteran flight instructor and educator Mike Thompson applies principles of educational psychology to the FAA-H-8083-9A Aviation Instructor’s Handbook. Using simple, down-to-earth language, Thompson examines how to enable genuine teaching by developing the student-instructor relationship. Thompson applies his knowledge of how people really learn and how to build effective student-teacher relationships to provide flight instructors with skills they can use to encourage deep and advanced learning.

This definitive Un-Cabaret album features unusually honest stories from seriously funny performers from the groundbreaking Un-Cabaret live show.

From Just Let It Kill Me to Finding Good, Mike Thompson’s inspirational story will empower you to live your best life. Diagnosed with cancer at the age of 10, Mike Thompson would endure four total cancers, two bone marrow transplants, more than 75 surgeries—including a 12-hour facial reconstruction—and more than six years in the fog of addiction to opioids. After being freed from the clutches of drug dependency, Mike took a leap of faith and set out to reclaim his life.

A Buddhist-centered life coaching podcast sharing experiences and insights on finding one's best path forward while uncovering one's authentic self.

Welcome to Gloriam Deo, a podcast where guests share stories of personal growth, perseverance, faith and service.

The newest podcast talking the top conversations and topics and keeping it 100 all the way from the church to the streets

If you like lights, sirens, everyday heroes and donuts, you came to the right place. The Unreasonable Grounds Podcast covers the lighter side of first responder work in Canada from the perspective of two first responders. We stay on the light side of things and avoid politics at all cost! Enjoy!

Fameless Last Words recounts the humorous stories of Mike and Greg from the early days of their friendship that now spans more than two decades. These episodes highlight some of the silliness, dumb decisions, and lessons learned as they navigated from the more carefree years of their mid-twenties through all that came with taking on greater responsibility, including becoming new homeowners and landlords, marriage, having kids, and more. Mike and Greg hope you have a good laugh and a great day!

A podcast looking at comics, pop culture, and how the two connect. Come for the history, stay for the swearing.

Down on his luck after leaving the Army as a sharpshooter, Charlie Deegan winds up in the Yuma Territorial Prison for drunken brawling. Knowing he can't last out the remaining nine years of his sentence, he escapes determined to change his life.

Andy Larson, a North Dakota cop, and four close friends hijack a truck load of bootleg booze coming in from Canada. Everything goes wrong when after months of meticulous planning, they take down the whisky truck but one of Andy's friends is killed by a machine gun toting guard. They end up killing all the men in the trucks. When a shaken Larson and his remaining friends unload the whiskey, they find the reason for the extra security: $60,000 in gold coins belonging to Al "Scarface" Capone.

The Fennec, a professional killer, is contracted by a group of seven businessmen to kill Steven Donovan; a man they feel holds the key to their future fortune. A fortune to be amassed from a platinum mineral swindle. Each of the men puts up an equal amount of money to cover the cost of the contract, but to appease their consciences; six of the men want to know nothing about the transaction details.

Andy Larson, wanting to get away from the bootleg crime and corruption of prohibition in North Dakota, moves to Wolf Point, Montana, to take on an easy job as a deputy sheriff. Immediately after his arrival the sheriff and police chief are gunned down and Andy, as the new sheriff, finds this area is a hot bed of big-city mobsters, crooked cops, and lethal double crosses.

The world is rapidly changing and unpredictable, necessitating leaders who adjust quickly to changing priorities and unfamiliar terrain. This book offers a blueprint for developing leaders who can handle surprising challenges, from mergers to global relocation, and who thrive in turbulent times by being open to new concepts, passionate about progress, and resourceful with the tools available.