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  Eddie Rickenbacker and Dick...

  Charles River Editors

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  At first, airplane improvements occurred in an ad hoc, almost accidental manner during World War I. However, when pilots’ mounting of armaments on airplanes proved a successful means of defeating other aircraft and even attacking men on the ground, a much more active and systematic development of warplanes began across the continent. Each advance prompted a countermeasure, as the two sides strove for primacy in a deadly, unforgiving environment which rewarded real advances in equipment and tactics with survival and punished poor ideas with death. Before long, relatively powerful, heavily armed aircraft buzzed through the skies over battle-stained Europe, tearing each other apart with furious gusts of machine gun fire and sending many of the vaunted dirigibles plunging, burning, to the ground. The new era of fighting aircraft arrived in dramatic fashion, raising successful pilots to celebrity or heroic status, and laying the groundwork for the tremendous potential of airpower to achieve its next logical expansion in World War II and beyond.  
  Rickenbacker's World War I service won him the Medal of Honor, along with more awards for valor than any other person fighting in World War I. But participating in the wars was not nearly enough time in the air for the ambitious Rickenbacker. When he was not setting new records in the air, he was setting new speed records on the ground, most notably as a first-generation race car driver who not only drove cars but designed them.  
  By the time World War II arrived, the fighter airplane was a much different beast than the purpose-built aircraft-hunting machines of 1917 and 1918. Though propellers still provided motive force, greatly increased engine power allowed these aircraft to slice through the sky at speeds of 200 miles per hour (mph), 300 mph, or even in excess of 400 mph when flying flat-out. Service ceilings jumped to 25,000 feet, 30,000 feet, or higher.

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  Harlow in Hollywood - The Blonde...

  Darrell Rooney, Mark A. Vieira

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  At last, the story of how Hollywood shaped a myth and determined a young woman's reality.A town, a remarkable town, became the backdrop for one of Hollywood's most incredible stories, a life rife with glamour, pleasure, power, and—in the end—utter sorrow. When Jean Harlow became the Blonde Bombshell, it was all Hollywood's doing. She was the first big-screen sex symbol, the Platinum Blonde, the mold for every famous fair-haired superstar who would emulate her.Yes; even Marilyn Monroe followed Harlow's lead. In her short decade in Hollywood, Harlow created a new genre of movie star—her fans idolized her for her peerless image, her beautiful body, and her gorgeous façade. Harlow in Hollywood is the story of how a town and an industry created her, a story that's never been told before. In these pages, renowned Harlow expert Darrell Rooney and Hollywood historian Mark Vieira team up to present the most beautiful—and accurate—book on Harlow ever produced. The authors not only make a case for Harlow as an Art Deco artifact, they showcase the fabulous places where she lived, worked, and played, from her white-on-white Beverly Glen mansion to the Art Deco sets of Dinner at Eight to the foyer of the Café Trocadero. Harlow in Hollywood is a must for every film buff, Harlow collector, and book lover.

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  On This Day: August 10

  Meg Matthais

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  On This Day: August 10. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Death of Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, overthrow of French King Louis XVI, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn into the U.S. Supreme Court.

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  Geoffrey Giuliano In...

  Geoffrey Giuliano

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  Episode 3: How Russia regards the ladies relationship with Paul. Ruth’s impressions of the press. Touring Russia. Pop diva Ruth has her own billboard in Russia. Ruth in space! Bathing in snow in the arctic circle. Beatle Paul is arrested for farming pot in Scotland. Jim goes mad. Macca advocates the legalization of weed in the Times. Dealing with their relationship with Paul. McCartney’s Swedish drug bust. On the death of George’s mum Louise. The McCartneys are moral cowards. Ruth rides horses with Heather McCartney. Heather go to the bathroom! Ruth opines on Paul’s music - not a fan. Paul will not did deep into his emotions thus his music suffers. “Trite pop crap! “ Jim’s profound disappointment in Paul. Angie’s no Beatles fan. John was the backbone of the Beatles. Paul and Prince? Paul was not really close to his dad. Paul bought the Robbins a shop. Mr. McCartney was on a meager monthly budget from Paul. Paul paid just half of Aunty Milly’s nursing home bill. Ruth and Julian Lennon. Jamming with Keith Moon, Rod Stewart, Cat Stevens, Ryan O’Neil, Mark Bolan and Elton John in London. Mike McGear would cover for Paul even if he murdered someone. Paul is not dead - but he did crash his motorbike. On Tara Brown and his wife (she did not recall her own child’s name!). On Mick Jagger circa 1967. Paul does not challenge himself. Linda did not feed her family properly so Jim and co used to sneak food at night. Paul forgets Jim’s birthday. The star studded funeral of Brian Epstein. LuLu loses her pants. The Beatles loved Brian. Ruth’s real dad - not whom you think! Paul roughs up an old man at Lime Street Station. Linda is abusive to old Jim. Paul kicks the dog! A reporter cons his way into the house. Paul’s a fairly decent carpenter. The day John Lennon died - Yoko is a flake. Paul orders Angie around. Paul was controlling.Contains adult language and mature themes. Not recommended for children.  Dedicated to Vrndarani Devi 1953-2017Produced by Fred Betschen

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  The Road Unpaved - Border to...

  Risa August

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  After a shocking diagnosis for a rare pituitary disease, and with her eighteen-year marriage in shambles, Risa's life has fallen far from picture-perfect. Recovering from brain surgery and desperate to get back to her former self, she signs up for the bike tour of a lifetime-six weeks from Canada to Mexico on the Pacific Coast Highway. 
  The old Risa could have done the ride in her sleep, but for the new Risa, trapped in a body that no longer feels like her own and stuck in the company of her brain tumor, Bubba, the ride becomes a challenge unlike anything she's ever faced. 
  As Risa pedals through rain, pain, and the ghosts of her memories, she wonders if the woman she once was will ever return or whether the new woman rising up in her place might just be the person she was meant to be all along. 
  A remarkable story of transformation and resilience, The Road Unpaved speaks to shifting gears to navigate life's roadblocks and live a life without limits-a life fully unleashed.

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  Are you hanging off a financial...

  PBS NewsHour

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  Elizabeth White was once comfortably middle class, but recently she has been severely underemployed. Now as she approaches the traditional age for retirement, she is struggling to make ends meet, and her story is not uncommon. Economics correspondent Paul Solman brings us part two of their conversation with advice for the financially fragile.

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