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HarperCollins PublishersLast Train to Freedom, By Deborah Swift, Read by Lizzie SchenkPRE-ORDER NOW
'Taut, compelling and beautifully written – I loved it!’ DAISY WOOD
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'A fascinating and original read' CATHERINE HOKIN
1940. As Soviet forces storm Lithuania, Zofia and her brother Jacek must flee to survive.
A lifeline appears when Japanese consul Sugihara offers them visas on one condition: they must deliver a parcel to Tokyo. Inside lies intelligence on Nazi atrocities, evidence so explosive that Nazi and Soviet agents will stop at nothing to possess it.
Pursued across Siberia on the Trans-Siberian Express, Zofia faces danger at every turn, racing to expose the truth as Japan edges clos...2025-05-0604 min
El Podcast de Marc VidalEuropa en la Encrucijada: ¿Crisis o Reinvención? ¿EEUU, China, Nosotros o la Atlántida?Este video explora el complejo panorama económico y político que enfrenta Europa, comparando su situación actual con la leyenda de la Atlántida. A través de un análisis detallado de las políticas adoptadas por Estados Unidos desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial, se muestra cómo la dependencia global del dólar estadounidense y las dinámicas financieras internacionales han impactado a Europa. Se examinan los desafíos que enfrenta el continente en un mundo dominado por Estados Unidos y China, destacando la necesidad de innovación y liderazgo europeo para evitar un destino similar al de la Atl...2024-09-0315 min
balance yourself - der etwas andere Gesundheitspodcast mit Herz und Tiefe#14 - Wie die Stille mich fand - SolofolgeSolofolge
Wenn Stille zu mir findet kann Heilung entstehen.
Ich teile heute eine Geschichte mit dir, eine Reise, die mich tief bewegt hat in meinem Leben und die mir das größte Geschenk für mein Leben bereit stellte. Stille.
Auf einer Visionssuche in der Schweiz, im schönen Tessin machte ich die tiefste Erfahrung in meinem bisherigen Leben. 4 Tage verbrachte ich allein mit mir im Wald. Fastend, schweigend tauchte ich in das Abenteuer ein, das mich mir in manchen Momenten nicht nur Freude schenkte, sondern auch durch einige Ängste gehen ließ. Doch hinter den Ängsten...2024-01-2615 min
Money BoxMoney Box Live: The King's CashTo mark the Coronation of King Charles III our presenter Adam Shaw gets exclusive access to the Royal Mint to witness how new £2 commemorative coins are produced and to see its extensive archives. In this programme, we discuss how different monarchs have affected our money and what the future might hold for the physical cash that we carry in our pockets. To help explore the Crown and our currency, Adam is joined be a panel of experts, Dominic Chorney, an Ancient Coin Specialist at Baldwin's, Catherine Schenk, Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Oxford and J...2023-05-3128 min
Who Cares? - Dr. Who Fans Talk TVLuther: The Fallen Sun 🌞 Discussion & Review Podcast | Neil Cross TVLuther moves into film in The Fallen Sun. What does that format bring to the series? How does the paratext of James Bond Idris Elba fancasting play into the actual film? How does the film shift our understanding of the show, and the ‘Luther Land’ setting? How does making a standalone-ish film after five serialised TV seasons work? We delve into these questions, along with ‘red rooms’, moral conundrums, character continuity, filmic setpieces, questions of recasting, Idris Elba’s 2015 Luther short film/music video, and several interviews with Idris Elba, writer Neil Cross, director Jamie Payne, & more!
(00:00:00) Form & format
(00:03:56) Meaning of the tit...2023-03-2100 min
House of Modern HistoryEugenik und DisabilityErst einmal vielen Dank an den Campus Verlag und Jürgen Hotz für die Bereitstellung des Sammelbandes von Gabriele Lingelbach und Anne Waldschmidt, der sehr spannend für das Thema disability ist.
In der heutigen Folge sprechen wir über Eugenik, also die Idee und Institutionalisierung von Maßnahmen, die die Reproduktion von bestimmten Gruppen fördern (positiv) oder verhindern (negativ).
Dabei betrachten wir zuerst einmal in einem transnationalen Kontext aber auch im Kontext des Nationalsozialismus die Maßnahmen. Hauptsächlich sprechen wir dann aber über die Fortsetzung seit den 1960er Jahren in Deutschland und die Einwirkungen und Verän...2023-02-0940 min
In Our Time: HistoryThe Gold StandardMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the system that flourished from 1870 when gold became dominant and more widely available, following gold rushes in California and Australia. Banknotes could be exchanged for gold at central banks, the coins in circulation could be gold (as with the sovereign in the image above, initially worth £1), gold could be freely imported and exported, and many national currencies around the world were tied to gold and so to each other. The idea began in Britain, where sterling was seen as good as gold, and when other countries rushed to the Gold Standard the confidence in t...2022-01-2049 min
In Our TimeThe Gold StandardMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the system that flourished from 1870 when gold became dominant and more widely available, following gold rushes in California and Australia. Banknotes could be exchanged for gold at central banks, the coins in circulation could be gold (as with the sovereign in the image above, initially worth £1), gold could be freely imported and exported, and many national currencies around the world were tied to gold and so to each other. The idea began in Britain, where sterling was seen as good as gold, and when other countries rushed to the Gold Standard the confidence in their c...2022-01-2049 min
In Our TimeThe Gold StandardMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the system that flourished from 1870 when gold became dominant and more widely available, following gold rushes in California and Australia. Banknotes could be exchanged for gold at central banks, the coins in circulation could be gold (as with the sovereign in the image above, initially worth £1), gold could be freely imported and exported, and many national currencies around the world were tied to gold and so to each other. The idea began in Britain, where sterling was seen as good as gold, and when other countries rushed to the Gold Standard the confidence in t...2022-01-2049 min
BISnessCatherine Schenk: Governance at the BIS since 1973Catherine R Schenk speaks about her chapter on governance at the BIS in a recently published book issued to mark the Bank’s 90th anniversary.2020-10-2216 min
BISnessCatherine Schenk on why history matters for current economic events and policymaking Catherine Schenk, Professor of Economic and Social History at Oxford and BIS Lamfalussy Senior Research Fellow for 2018-19, explored BIS archives to shed light on central bank swaps. She discusses her findings and the relevance of history as a guide to policymaking.2019-08-1312 min
Escuchando PeliculasLa Redada (2010) #Drama #Bélico #Histórico #peliculas #podcast #audescPaís
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Dirección
Roselyne Bosch
Guion
Roselyne Bosch
Música
Christian Henson
Fotografía
David Ungaro
Reparto
Jean Reno, Mélanie Laurent, Gad Elmaleh, Raphaëlle Agogué, Hugo Leverdez, Udo Schenk, Joseph Weismann, Sylvie Testud, Anne Brochet, Denis Menochet, Roland Copé, Jean-Michel Noirey, Rebecca Marder, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Caroline Raynaud, Thierry Frémont, Marc Rioufol, Thomas Darchinger, Tamás Lengyel, Iván Fenyö, Gyula Mesterházy, Catherine Allégret
Sinopsis
En la noche del 16 de julio de 1942, 4.500 gendarmes del gobierno colaboracionista del Mariscal Pétain, que había firmado un pacto con Hitler y aceptado la ocupación de Francia por el...2019-03-061h 54
Trustees Without BordersFaculty Forum: Todd SchenkFaculty Forum with Todd Schenk
In this Faculty Forum event, Todd Schenk discusses his current work, which falls into three overlapping areas: 1) Collaborative governance, particularly in situations with high degrees of uncertainty, complexity, and institutional ambiguity; 2) Climate change adaptation, particularly as a governance challenge; and 3) Serious games as a tool for action research.
Dr. Todd Schenk is an Associate Professor in the Urban Affairs and Planning Program of the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech. He has extensive research and consulting experience working on environmental policy and planning, and collaborative governance issues...2019-01-011h 08