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  Mother Night

  James Weldon Johnson

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  Librivox volunteers bring you fifteen different readings of Mother Night, by James Weldon Johnson. This weekly poetry project (for the week of 2/26/2006) was selected to celebrate Black History Month.(Summary by Annie Coleman)

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  Paul Taylor - Extended Interview

  PBS NewsHour

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  In this 2007 interview, dancer and choreographer Paul Taylor talks to Jeffrey Brown about his career.

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  Henry VIII: History in an Hour

  Simon Court

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  Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. 
  King of England, claimant King of France, Lord – and later King – of Ireland, Supreme Head of the Church of England and, perhaps most famously, six times a husband, Henry VIII is England’s most notorious monarch. 
  Succeeding his father, Henry VII, he allied with the Holy Roman Emperor and began his many obsessive invasions of France. Meanwhile the handsome, worldly king embarked on his famous quests for a suitable wife and heir. With marriage to Anne Boleyn came the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church, Reformation and the Dissolution of the Monasteries. From his childhood to his later years and famed appetites for food, sex and validation, ‘Henry VIII: History in an Hour’ describes the life of a man whose desires and determination changed England and the world. 
  Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour… 
  Simon Court's Henry VIII is a best-selling short biography that delves into the life of one of England's most infamous monarchs. The book explores his alliances, his invasions of Europe, and his tumultuous marriages, making it a top pick for those interested in royalty and the history of Britain. 
  For fans of Rupert Colley (Stalin), and Neil Smith (The Vietnam War).

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  The Psychology of Evil -...

  Michael Pace

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  In the depths of the human psyche lies a deep fascination with the enigma of evil. What drives individuals to commit violent acts that defy all notions of humanity? The “Psychology of Evil: Understanding the Minds of Serial Killers, Psychopaths, and Sociopaths”, aims to answer our desire to understand the mind of these criminals. 
  This book takes readers through a riveting journey in the minds of history's most notorious figures, from serial killers such as Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, David Berkowitz, to history’s psychopath and sociopath rulers such as Joseph Stalin, Caligula, Ivan the Terrible among others. 
  However, the exploration goes beyond that point, delving deep into the obscured depths of the disturbed individuals' minds. This book will reveal the psychological characteristics, incentives, and unsettling patterns that impel these individuals to perpetrate inconceivable atrocities. Through the revelation of their upbringing's secrets, twisted motivations, and the eerie societal forces that drive them towards their sinister fates, a comprehensive understanding will emerge. Moreover, the intricate ties between malevolence and mental illness, neurobiology, and instances where wickedness transforms into benevolence will be unraveled. 
  Prepare to be captivated by the chilling accounts, thought-provoking insights, and the profound questions raised within these pages. How can we understand the human mind's darkest inclinations? Can evil be prevented? And what does the existence of evil reveal about the very essence of humanity? Unmask the secrets, challenge your assumptions, and unlock a deeper understanding of the disturbing depths that lie within us all.

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  Simply Eliot

  Joseph Maddrey

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  Though he was born in St. Louis, Missouri and attended Harvard University, at the age of 26, Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965) emigrated to England, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life. Influenced equally by his formative years in the New World and his experiences in London during and after World War I, Eliot strove to reconcile a variety of conflicting ideas while trapped in an unhappy marriage - a struggle that gave rise to some of the greatest poems of the 20th century. 
  In Simply Eliot, Joseph Maddrey plumbs the emotional and intellectual life of the man whom critic Edmund Wilson called "one of our only authentic poets.” Taking The Waste Land (written in the aftermath of World War I) and Four Quartets (published 1936-1942) as reference points, Maddrey chronicles Eliot's attempts to create a coherent worldview, and explores how his religious conversion in 1927 led to a spiritual rebirth that allowed him to produce his ultimate poetic statement. 
  Making use of previously unavailable materials, including over 5,000 personal letters, Maddrey offers an intimate and incisive portrait of Eliot, and illustrates his continued relevance as both a Romantic and Classical poet, as well as a religious and spiritual thinker.

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  Becoming Mr Nice - The Howard...

  Amber Marks

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  Welcome to the personal archives of Britain's biggest dope smuggler.
  For 40 years Howard Marks traversed the globe: an international businessman who became an inmate in America's toughest penitentiary before standing for election in the United Kingdom.
  Becoming Mr Nice reveals an extraordinary montage of previously unseen material from his roller-coaster life, interwoven with his daughter's incisively researched and deadpan commentary. It includes intelligence reports, phone transcripts, the business cards and letterheads used as trading fronts, and cryptic faxes from the Far East. But more than that, it offers a vista onto his many and varied experiences and escapades, through notebooks, personal items and correspondence with the characters who surrounded him.
  It includes extracts from a lavishly detailed and hitherto unpublished account of Howard's years on the run (written in confidence for the benefit of his otherwise baffled defence team) along with transcripts from his trial at the Old Bailey, in which he successfully claimed that his involvement in the biggest ever importation of cannabis into the United Kingdom was on behalf of the secret services.
  Peppered with comic observations from Howard's private letters, this book provides a uniquely personal insight into one of Britain's most remarkable characters.

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