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  The Torture Machine - Racism and...

  Flint Taylor

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  With his colleagues at the People’s Law Office (PLO), Flint Taylor has argued landmark civil-rights cases that have exposed corruption and cover-ups within the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and throughout the city’s corrupt political machine.
  
  The Torture Machine takes listeners from the 1969 murders of Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton and Panther Mark Clark—and the historic thirteen-years of litigation that followed—through the dogged pursuit of commander Jon Burge, the leader of a torture ring within the CPD that used barbaric methods, including electric shock, to elicit false confessions from suspects.
  
  Joining forces with community activists, torture survivors and their families, other lawyers, and local reporters, Taylor and the PLO gathered evidence from multiple cases to bring suit against the CPD officers and the City of Chicago. As the struggle expanded beyond the torture scandal to the ultimately successful campaign to end the death penalty in Illinois, and obtained reparations for many of the torture survivors, it set human-rights precedents that have since been adopted across the United States.

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  Catherine The Great - The truth...

  Influential Events Publishing

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  Catherine The Great: The truth about Catherine’s life and success principles revealedDo you want to learn about Catherine The Great?Born оn Aрril 21, 1729, Prinсеѕѕ Sophie Auguste Frеdеrikе vоn Anhаlt-Zеrbѕt diеd of a ѕtrоkе on November 6, 1796, аѕ Emрrеѕѕ Cаthеrinе II of Russia. Thе space between hеr birth аnd dеаth iѕ divisible intо three раrtѕ; with еасh trаnѕfоrmаtiоn of hеr identity, Cаthеrinе acquired a different titlе and nаmе tо mаtсh her nеw rоlе. From 1729 to 1744, ѕhе wаѕ Prinсеѕѕ Sophie, thе dаughtеr оf Gеrmаn nobles; frоm 1745 tо 1762, she wаѕ Grand Duсhеѕѕ Ekаtеrinа Alеkѕееvnа, wifе of the hеir tо thе Russian thrоnе аnd mоthеr оf his son аnd ѕuссеѕѕоr; аnd finally, from 1762 tо 1796, ѕhе wаѕ Emрrеѕѕ Cаthеrinе II.The ореning оf her lаѕt memoir indiсаtеѕ that hеr mоthеr’ѕ family соnnесtiоnѕ—mоrе thаn Catherine’s реrѕоnаlitу, еxреriеnсеѕ, оr dеѕirе fоr glоrу—раvеd thе way fоr hеr mаrriаgе to Pеtеr III, whо wаѕ Catherine’s ѕесоnd соuѕin. Cаthеrinе’ѕ mоthеr, Prinсеѕѕ Jоhаnnа Elisabeth (1712–60), саmе from the same Gеrmаn family аѕ Peter III, the hоuѕе of Holstein-Gottorp (1544 –1773).Fоr mоrе thаn three dесаdеѕ in the lаtе 18th century, one woman rulеd with an irоn fiѕt over аll оf Ruѕѕiа. That woman wаѕ Cаthеrinе the Great, аnd thе роwеr ѕhе hеld аѕ a woman lеd thе рrеѕѕ as wеll аѕ wоrld lеаdеrѕ tо crucify hеr fоr it.Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn...Whо wаѕ Cаthеrinе thе Great аnd whаt ѕhе did?Biоgrарhiсаl аѕресtѕ оf hеr lifеCаthеrinе the Great’s Eduсаtiоn аnd BеginningѕCоrоnаtiоnArts аnd CulturеCatherine thе Grеаt’ѕ Intеrеѕting FасtѕMuch,much more!

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  Lord Randolph Churchill Volume 2

  Winston S. Churchill

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  The second volume of the Nobel Prize-winning Prime Minister’s biography of his father, the controversial Victorian era British MP.   In 1906, Sir Winston Churchill produced a two-volume biography of his father Lord Randolph Churchill, the 19th century Member of Parliament whose political career ended in scandal. This second volume detail’s the elder Churchill’s emergence as an independent leader who challenged the old guard of his own Conservative Party.   As an obscure and overlooked backbench MP, Randolph established a cohort of Tory rebels known as the “fourth party.” Though excluded from British high society, he nevertheless made a name for himself and rose to become Chancellor of the Exchequer. But as he was on course to run for Prime Minister, his confrontational style led to a career-ending blunder.

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  Truth in Our Times - Inside the...

  David E. McCraw

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  This program includes an introduction read by the author.David E. McCraw recounts his experiences as the top newsroom lawyer for The New York Times during the most turbulent era for journalism in generations.In October 2016, when Donald Trump's lawyer demanded that The New York Times retract an article focused on two women who accused Trump of touching them inappropriately, David McCraw's scathing letter of refusal went viral, and he became a hero of press freedom everywhere. But as you'll see in Truth in Our Times, for the top newsroom lawyer at the paper of record, it was just another day at the office.McCraw has worked at the Times since 2002, leading the paper's fight for freedom of information, defending it against libel suits, and providing legal counsel to the reporters breaking the biggest stories of the year. In short: If you've read a controversial story in the paper since the Bush administration, it went across his desk first. From Chelsea Manning's leaks to Trump's tax returns, McCraw is at the center of the paper's decisions about what news is fit to print.In Truth in Our Times, McCraw recounts the hard legal decisions behind the most impactful stories of the last decade with candor and style. The audiobook is simultaneously a rare peek behind the curtain of the celebrated organization, a love letter to freedom of the press, and a decisive rebuttal of Trump's fake news slur through a series of hard cases. It is an absolute must-have for any dedicated fan of The New York Times.

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  Slice Harvester - A Memoir in Pizza

  Colin Atrophy Hagendorf

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  Since its arrival on US shores in 1905, pizza has risen from an obscure ethnic food to an iconic symbol of American culture. In August 2009, Colin Hagendorf set out to review every regular slice of pizza in Manhattan, and his blog, Slice Harvester, was born. Two years and nearly 400 slices later, he'd been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Daily News (New York), and on radio shows all over the country.Suddenly, this self-proclaimed punk who was barely making a living doing burrito delivery and selling handmade zines had a following. But at the same time Colin was stepping up his game for the masses (grabbing slices with Phoebe Cates and her teenage daughter, reviewing kosher pizza so you don't have to), his personal life was falling apart.A problem drinker and chronic bad boyfriend, he started out using the blog as a way to escape-the hangovers, the midnight arguments, the hangovers again-until finally realizing that by taking steps to reach a goal day by day, he'd actually put himself in a place to finally take control of his life for good.

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  Mosquito to Berlin - Story of...

  Peter Bodle, Bertie Boulter

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  A biography of the heroic Bomber Command pilot who made his mark flying de Havilland Mosquitoes on air raids into Nazi Germany during World War II. When Air Vice Marshal Don Bennett formed the Pathfinder squadrons in 1942, the majority of the chosen pilots were highly experienced aircrew. Some, however, were exceptions and found themselves flying with this elite band with no previous combat experience. “Bertie” Boulter was one such pilot. After being accepted for pilot training with the RAF and learning to fly in Canada, Bertie was posted to No. 11 Radio School at Hooton Park as a staff pilot flying Avro Ansons and the lugubrious Botha. In October 1944, he was posted to No. 128 Pathfinder Squadron based at Wyton and flying the legendary de Havilland Mosquito XX. He was now in the thick of Bomber Command’s destruction of Germany’s industrial centers and communications system. November saw the first of his nineteen visits to Berlin and the first bale-out. Flying at 7,000 ft, with seriously malfunctioning Merlins, Bertie and his navigator were forced to abandon the aircraft and landed safely close to the front line. Another bale-out occurred because of dense fog near his home base in January 1945. This was on his return from a raid on Berlin made by 36 aircraft, twelve of which failed to return. Bertie’s logbook records that he flew 48 combat operations during which 128,000 lb of ordnance was dropped on enemy territory. He was still flying a Stearman biplane fifty years later and he still meets regularly with survivors of the Pathfinder squadrons.

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