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  A Classic Interview with Opera...

  Maria Callas

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  Maria Callas, born Maria Anna Cecilia Sophia Kalogeropoulos (December 2, 1923 to September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. Her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini, and Rossini, and further to the works of Verdi, Pucciniand Wagner. Her musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina ("The Divine One"). The following recordings are from 1959 and 1962 TV interviews.

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  History of Marathas EP07 -...

  Vikrant Pande

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  Aurangzeb behaved like a man possessed. He was unable to believe what he had just seen and heard. Had Shivaji really vanished as described by Fulaad Khan? He wondered whether Shivaji could walk through walls and materialize elsewhere. He was not willing to take chances with his own life and ordered strict security around himself. A maulvi accompanied him all the time. Ram Singh's mansabdari was taken away.

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  The Men From Miami - American...

  Christopher Othen

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  An exhilarating real-life Cold War thriller about the Americans who fought for Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolution – then switched sides to try to bring him down
  Back in 1957, Castro was a hero to many in the USA for taking up arms against Cuba's dictatorial regime. Two dozen American adventurers joined his rebel band in the mountains, including fervent idealists, a trio of teens from the Guantánamo Bay naval base, a sleazy ex-con who liked underage girls, and at least two future murderers. Castro's eventual victory delighted the world – but then he ran up the red flag and some started wondering if they'd supported the wrong side.
  A gang of disillusioned American volunteers – including future Watergate burglar Frank Fiorini and journalist Alex Rorke, whose 1963 disappearance remains unsolved – changed allegiances and joined the Cuban exiles, CIA agents and soldiers of fortune who had washed up in Miami ready to fight Castro's regime by any means necessary. These larger-than-life characters wreaked havoc across the Caribbean and went on to be implicated in President Kennedy's assassination, a failed invasion of 'Papa Doc' Duvalier's Haiti and the downfall of Richard Nixon.
  The Cold War had arrived in Miami, and things would never be the same again.

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  Chasing the Intact Mind - How...

  Amy S.F. Lutz

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  The concept of the intact mind, first described in a 2006 memoir, refers to the idea that inside every autistic child is an intelligent, typical child waiting to be liberated by the right diet, the right treatment intervention, the right combination of supports and accommodations. The sentiment itself is not new. Though the idea gives hope to parents devastated by a child's diagnosis, Amy Lutz argues that it has also contributed to widespread dismantling of services badly needed by severely disabled children and their families. 
   
   
   
  In Chasing the Intact Mind, Lutz traces the history of the intact mind concept, explaining how it influences current policy and practice affecting those with autism. Lutz provides a historical analysis of the intact mind narrative and describes how the concept—originally unique to autism—has come to inform current debates at the heart of intellectual and developmental disability practice and policy in the United States. Lutz argues that focusing on the intact mind and marginalizing those with severe disability reproduces historic patterns of discrimination that yoked human worth to intelligence, and that it is only by making space for the impaired mind that we will be able to resolve these ongoing clashes—as well as even larger questions of personhood, dependency, and care.

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  Dear Mr Snippet - A conversation...

  Roseanna Rolph

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  My dearest Mr Snippet… 
  World War II has just begun, and newly-married John, a young cadet army officer 
  from London, has been forced to leave behind his beloved wife Rita. As each of them 
  desperately try to hold onto their joint hopes and dreams, will fate grant them the future 
  they dream of, or will the unpredictabilities of a relentless war conspire against them? 
  Through their passionate, witty and heartfelt letters, personal diary entries and family 
  photographs, Dear Mr Snippet chronicles John and Rita’s parallel yet contrasting lives, 
  lived through the tensions and brutalities of World War II, Dunkirk and the Battle of 
  Normandy. 
  Collated by their granddaughter, Roseanna Rolph, Dear Mr Snippet is a truly 
  compelling and unique historical memoir that transports readers back to another time, 
  whilst shedding light on the struggles faced by military families to this day.

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  Siftan Khalsa Raj Diyan - (...

  Harbhajan Singh Cheema

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  Book : Siftan Khalsa Raj Diyan 
  Author : Harbhajan Singh Cheema 
  Historians have provided information in their writings at various times about those diplomats and travelers who came to Punjab during the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and shortly thereafter, but this information has often been very brief. Therefore, through this series of articles, the aim is to share the unbiased firsthand accounts of these diplomats and travelers regarding the Sikh states on the other side of the Sutlej, Punjab, Multan, Sindh, the Sindh river, areas of the Sindh region, Peshawar, Jammu and Kashmir, Kabul, and Central Asia, along with details about the Sikh Empire and Maharaja Ranjit Singh. This effort is made so that readers can feel pride in knowing about the great legacy and fame of their Sikh Empire and also uncover some hidden truths that have remained absent from Sikh history books until now. 
  You can order it from Sikh Siyasat and get it delivered anywhere in the world.

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