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Categories: Music

Tags: concert, do the evolution, Eddie Vedder, History, Jeff Ament, lyric of the week, Matt Cameron, Mike McCready, music, Pearl Jam, state of love and trust, Stone Gossard, tour

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin is the autobiography of the British naturalist Charles Darwin which was published in 1887, five years after his death. Darwin wrote the book, which he entitled Recollections of the Development of my Mind and Character, for his family. He states that he started writing it on about May 28, 1876 and had finished it by August 3. The book was edited by Charles Darwin’s son Francis Darwin, who removed several passages about Darwin’s critical views of God and Christianity. It was published in London by John Murray as part of The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter. The omitted passages were later restored by Darwin’s granddaughter Nora Barlow in a 1958 edition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Origin. This edition was published in London by Collins under the title of The Autobiography of Charles Darwin 1809-1882, with the original omissions restored, edited and with appendix and notes by his granddaughter Nora Barlow. The original is in the public domain as its copyright has expired, but the later version remains under copyright.

Categories: Arts, Society & Culture

Tags: audio books, audiobook, Biography, Charles Darwin, ebooks, free audio books, History, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Non-fiction, science, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin

Storyteller Ray Christian shares personal stories as a sixty-something combat veteran, historian, and goat-wrangling father of six living in the rural mountains of Appalachia, all told through the fabric of centuries of Black history.

Categories: Arts

Tags: africanamerican, blackculture, BlackHistory, History, slam, story, storyteller, storytelling

Devouring Broadway history, season by season // Hosted by Tim Kov & Anna Hulkower

Categories: Arts, Society & Culture, TV & Film

Tags: Acting, Arts, Broadway, celebrities, criticism, History, Musical, musical theater, musical theatre, musicals, performing, Performing Arts, plays, singing, theater, theatre, tony awards

A weekly mental vacation from life’s worries by providing information formatted on medical related historical topics, events, and biographies in a fun and critically thinking way with a nurse and sometimes other history enthusiasts.

Categories: Education, Health & Fitness, History

Tags: Biography, disease, Education, Healthcare, History, medical, Medicine, Nurse, story, storytelling

Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who led the controversial effort to remove Confederate statues from the city and who now runs E Pluribus Unum- a nonprofit focused on advancing racial equity in the south, breaks down how we are divided by design. Race courses through every facet of our lives, yet too few people– particularly white people– truly understand the scale of racism in America, including our history and how racism still permeates today’s institutions. The Divided by Design podcast features discussions with advocates, historians, and experts about how race intersects with health, wealth, criminal justice, housing, and voting rights. By better understanding how we got here to this moment, we can better chart a path forward towards a more just, inclusive and equitable America for us all.

Categories: Education, Government, History

Tags: Antiracism, antiracist, divided by design, History, institutional, jimcrow, mayor, mitchlandrieu, neworleans, Politics, race, Racism, redlining, south, system

The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is an English Protestant account of the persecutions of Protestants, many of whom had died for their beliefs within the decade immediately preceding its first publication. It was first published by John Day, in 1563. Lavishly illustrated with many woodcuts, it was the largest publishing project undertaken in Britain up to that time. Commonly known as, “Foxe’s Book of Martyrs”, the work’s full title begins with “Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church.” There were many subsequent editions, by Day, and by other editors down through the years. Foxe’s original work was enormous (the second edition filling two heavy folio volumes with a total of 2,300 pages, estimated to be twice as long as Edward Gibbon’s “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” This edition is much abridged from Foxe’s original. Proofed by Heart of Texas, coordinated and produced by Karen Merline.

Categories: Arts, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

Tags: A History of the Lives, audio books, audiobook, ebooks, Foxe's Book of Martyrs, free audio books, History, John Foxe, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Non-fiction, religion

Each week we release two episodes covering a range of engaging, practical, and eclectic topics surrounding God’s Word. Each episode features a pastor or leader in the church to share what they have been chewing on in God’s Word. We hope each week you’re encouraged, challenged, and empowered by the impact God’s Word is having on us. Ultimately, we hope this helps you love God, love your neighbor, and make disciples.

Categories: Religion & Spirituality

Tags: Bible, church, culure, History, Jesus, scripture, theology, worship

An episodic podcast with discussions and interviews of Horror Movies, B-Movies, Retro Sci-fi, Spooky Books, Folklore, Horror Punk Bands, Pre-code Comics, Paranormal Events, UFO Crashes, Cat Snores.

Categories: Arts, Society & Culture, TV & Film

Tags: art, Cult Classic, Culture, film, halloween, History, horror, Movies, music, paranormal, punk, UFO

A comprehensive review of European History

Categories: Education

Tags: Education, Europe, History, social, Studies

In the ’70s there were very shallow pockets of skateboarders spread across the vast Great Northwest. These interviews tell about struggles and achievements from those who fought hard for it when no one else cared – personal histories of true friendships, love, debauchery, blood and guts, addiction, and death. No “pro deals” here… just the hard-edged hard-earned moments that it took to build Northwest skateboarding’s under-appreciated, misunderstood, wild and entertaining past… to its colorful present… and powerful future. Dedicated to all the pioneers and unsung patriots of Northwest Skateboarding. Interviews by Tim Hayes. Music by Tom Simpson

Categories: History, Sports

Tags: History, interview, northwest, Seattle, skateboard, skateboarding, skaters, washington

Experience the world through the sailor’s eyes. We travel around the world discovering the invaluable insights that made us who we are, sharing art, food, history and culture. We tell stories about life from the sailor’s point of view! Sailing adventures, traveling stories across the oceans. An informative and entertaining podcast.

Categories: Arts, History, Society & Culture

Tags: art, boat, boating, boatlife, boats, charter, explore, Fishing, Food, Funny, History, inspirational, maritime, Motivation, nautical, ocean, offshore, Philosophy, sail, sailboat, sailing, sailor, sea, Stories, storytelling, travel, veteran, Writer, writing, yacht, yachtlife, yachts

THE author of the following narrative has peculiar qualifications for her task. She is a daughter of Lord Yu Keng, a member of the Manchu White Banner Corps, and one of the most advanced and progressive Chinese officials of his generation. she became First Lady-in-Waiting to the Empress Dowager, and while serving at the Court in that capacity she received the impressions which provide the subject-matter of this book. Her opportunity to observe and estimate the characteristics of the remarkable woman who ruled China for so long was unique, and her narrative throws a new light on one of the most extraordinary personalities of modern times. Yielding to the urgent solicitation of friends, she consented to put some of her experiences into literary form, and the following chronicle, in which the most famous of Chinese women, the customs and atmosphere of her Court are portrayed by an intimate of the same race, is a result.

Categories: Arts, Society & Culture

Tags: audio books, audiobook, Biography, ebooks, free audio books, History, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Memoirs, Non-fiction, Princess Der Ling, Two Years in the Forbidden City

A young carpenter falls in love with the village beauty. She, however, has set her sights on a dashing army captain who’s the son of the wealthy local squire. Meanwhile, a beautiful and virtuous young woman preacher arrives in the village. What happens to these people and the strange twists and turns that their lives take are described in the rest of the book. Adam Bede was George Eliot’s first published novel. Published in 1859, the book has remained a firm favorite with readers and academicians alike and is still taught in many English literature courses all over the world. George Eliot was the pen name of well respected scholar, translator and journalist Mary Ann Evans. She adopted a male pseudonym so she could be viewed as a serious writer. Many Victorian women writers had to combat the prevailing notion that women novelists wrote only light hearted romances or Gothic tales. Eliot was largely a self taught person. Her father was the manager of a stately home in Warwickshire and it was here that Eliot had access to the extensive library. She was a voracious reader and taught herself the Classical languages, which she draws upon extensively in her work. In fact, only one of her seven novels can be set without using Greek typeface. Living on the estate also provided her a view of the immense contrast between the lives of the workers and the landowners. She began writing for a radical left-wing journal, The Westminster Review. One of her essays was titled “Silly Novels by Lady Novelists” in which she criticized the dramatic and over emotional writing style and plots of books written by women. Following this, she decided to disprove the theory that women were only capable of such work. A series of stories entitled Scenes of a Clerical Life was published under the pseudonym George Eliot in 1857. Adam Bede was her first complete novel. It met with immediate success and there was intense speculation about the real identity of its author. When impostors began to emerge, claiming authorship, Mary Ann Evans revealed herself to be the real person behind the name. Adam Bede is notable for its compassion and humane outlook on life. Charles Dickens praised it for its authentic representation of rural life. Though many critics have found the plot to be contrived and subject to frequent “meddling” by the author herself, the story remains interesting and engaging even today more than a hundred years after it was first published.

Categories: Arts, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

Tags: Adam Bede, audio books, audiobook, ebooks, fiction, free audio books, George Eliot, History, Kids, Literature, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, romance

The podcasting of a life, by Matt Smith. “Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.” – Charles Dickens.

Categories: History

Tags: Biography, History, la trobe university

Expodcast is an original concept launched by the Center for French baroque music. It offers a unique Sight & Sound Experience, punging into the world of French baroque music. You may further explore the subject by consulting the archives, videos, interviews and more on the Center for French baroque music website (expodcast.cmbv.fr).

Categories: Arts, History, Music

Tags: Arts, History, music

Welcome to At Home and Abroad with Harris and Walker!

Join us each week as we follow our curiosity, diving deep into the familiar and the foreign.

Reach beyond your front door as we uncover new perspectives, explore intriguing ideas and have real conversations with compelling guests.

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Categories: Education, Society & Culture

Tags: conversation, Culture, Education, Food, health, History, interview, learning, lifestyle, real estate, Society, travel

Mark Twain’s work on Joan of Arc is titled in full “Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte.” De Conte is identified as Joan’s page and secretary. For those who’ve always wanted to “get behind” the Joan of Arc story and to better understand just what happened, Twain’s narrative makes the story personal and very accessible. The work is fictionally presented as a translation from the manuscript by Jean Francois Alden, or, in the words of the published book, “Freely Translated out of the Ancient French into Modern English from the Original Unpublished Manuscript in the National Archives of France.”It was originally published as a serialization in Harper’s Magazine beginning in 1895 and later published in book form in 1896. However the Harper’s editors decided to cut 12 chapters that describe much of Joan’s Great Trial, saying the chapters were not suitable for serialization since, “They will not bear mutilation or interruption, but must be read as a whole, as one reads a drama.” This recording contains the complete text! De Conte is a fictionalized version of Joan of Arc’s page Louis de Contes, and provides narrative unity to the story. He is presented as an individual who was with Joan during the three major phases of her life – as a youth in Domremy, as the commander of Charles’ army on military campaign, and as a defendant at the trial in Rouen. The book is presented as a translation by Alden of de Conte’s memoirs, written in his later years for the benefit of his descendants. Twain based his descriptions of Joan of Arc on his daughter, Susy Clemens, as he remembered her at the age of seventeen. Twain said, “I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well. And besides, it furnished me seven times the pleasure afforded me by any of the others; twelve years of preparation, and two years of writing. The others needed no preparation and got none.” More great books at LoyalBooks.com

Categories: Arts, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

Tags: audio books, audiobook, ebooks, fiction, free audio books, Historical Fiction, History, Literature, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Mark Twain, Memoirs, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, religion, Volumes 1 & 2, War stories