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  Why Iraq's Biblical Paradise Is...

  PBS NewsHour

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  In addition to recovering and rebuilding after a brutal war with ISIS, Iraq is facing a dire water shortage. Levels in the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have plummeted, in part because neighboring Turkey built a dam upstream that restricts the flow into Iraq. The remaining water is too salty to sustain life. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson reports on the crisis and its agricultural impact.

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  Abbey Road - The Inside Story of...

  David Hepworth, Paul McCartney

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  The incredible history of how Abbey Road became the most famous recording studio in the world."There are certain things that are mythical. Abbey Road is mythical." —Nile RodgersMany people will recognize the famous crosswalk. Some visitors may have graffitied their name on its hallowed outer walls. Others might even have managed to penetrate the iron gates. But what draws in these thousands of fans here, year after year? What is it that really happens behind the doors of the most celebrated recording studio in the world?It may have begun life as an affluent suburban house, but it soon became a creative hub renowned around the world as a place where great music, ground-breaking sounds, and unforgettable tunes were forged.  It is nothing less than a witness to, and a key participant in, the history of popular music itself.What has been going on there for over ninety years has called for skills that are musical, creative, technical, mechanical, interpersonal, logistical, managerial, chemical, and, romantics might be tempted add, close to magic. The history of Abbey Road may just make you believe.

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  NPR American Chronicles: The...

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  NPR captures the battlefield action, the personal struggles, and the moral dilemmas of the war that pitted brother against brother (and sometimes sister) and friend against friend. This revealing collection of Civil War stories features gripping history, expert commentary, and unforgettable voices:Contents:Introduction by Neal ConanManassas/Bull RunHistorian Shelby FooteGeraldine Brooks’ Civil War MarchHistory of “Dixie”Confederates in the AtticAntietamViewing the Emancipation ProclamationGettysburg’s Hallowed GroundOld Army Friends, Divided At GettysburgGettysburg EyewitnessGettysburg Address Read by Sam WaterstonHenry Fleming, Reluctantly Wearing the Red BadgeWoman Fought Like a Man for FreedomCivil War ReportersHistorians Search for Civil War RelicsCivil War Relics Tempt ThievesLiving History at Lincoln’s Summer RetreatE.L. Doctorow on Sherman and The MarchApril 1865Letters from Civil War Era Tell the Price of FreedomIowa in the Civil WarWhat It Means to Be FreeThe Civil War Still Stirs the Southern SoulUnion Soldier Comes HomeAppomattoxAt Ford’s Theatre, Lincoln’s Death Revisited“O Captain! My Captain!”“Battle Hymn of the Republic,” the Other National Anthem

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  The Great Great Wall - Along the...

  Ian Volner

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  “Timely and highly readable . . . provides a valuable backdrop to Donald Trump’s insistence on a barrier across America’s southern border.” —Robert Dallek, presidential historian 
   
  During his campaign for the presidency, one of Donald Trump’s signature promises was that he would build a “great great wall” on the border between the US and Mexico, and Mexico was going to pay for it. Now, with only a few prototype segments erected, the wall is the 2,000-mile, multibillion-dollar elephant in the room of contemporary American life. 
   
  In The Great Great Wall, architectural historian and critic Ian Volner takes a fascinating look at the barriers that we have built over millennia. Traveling far afield, to China, the Middle East, Europe, and along the U.S. Mexico border, Volner examines famous, contentious, and illuminating structures, and explores key questions: Why do we build walls? What do they reveal about human history? What happens after they go up? With special attention to Trump’s wall and the walls that exist along the US border already, this is an absorbing, smart, and timely book on an incredibly contentious and newsworthy topic. 
   
  “A work of literary alchemy that transmutes the wall, a simple architectural structure, and of late, political metaphor, into a prism through which to view the panorama of human history . . . this book will amaze, delight, and enchant even the most jaded nonfiction aficionado.” —William J. Bernstein, award-winning author of The Delusions of Crowds 
   
  “A global journey to some of history’s most significant walls—China, Berlin, and even Jericho—weaving together a fascinating account of their foundational myths and current realities.” —Carrie Gibson, author of El Norte

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  Lady Windermere's Fan (Version 2)

  Oscar Wilde

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  Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893. Like many of Wilde's comedies, it bitingly satirizes the morals of Victorian society, particularly marriage.The story concerns Lady Windermere, who discovers that her husband may be having an affair with another woman. She confronts her husband but he instead invites the other woman, Mrs Erlynne, to his wife's birthday ball. Angered by her husband's unfaithfulness, Lady Windermere leaves her husband for another lover.   Or does she?  Is it really possible to trust delicious gossip?  Are all men really bad?  These and many other questions are raised and if not answered, then held up for public scrutiny in this biting satire of morals and proper behavior.    The best known line of the play sums up the central theme:We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.-Lord Darlington    (from Wikipedia and the reader)

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  Leonard - My Fifty-Year...

  William Shatner, David Fisher

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  A New York Times Bestseller 
  Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner first crossed paths as actors on the set of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Little did they know that their next roles as Spock and Captain Kirk, in a new science-fiction television series, would shape their lives in ways no one could have anticipated. In seventy-nine television episodes of Star Trek and six feature films, they grew to know each other more than most friends could ever imagine. 
  Over the course of half a century, Shatner and Nimoy saw each other through personal and professional highs and lows. In this powerfully emotional audio-book, Shatner tells the story of a man who was his friend for five decades, recounting anecdotes and untold stories of their lives on and off set, as well as gathering stories from others who knew Nimoy well, to present a full picture of a rich life. 
  As much a biography of Nimoy as a story of their friendship, Leonard is a uniquely heartfelt audio-book written and read by one legendary actor in celebration of another.A Macmillan Audio production.

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