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  The Beatle Bandit - A Serial...

  Nate Hendley

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  The sensational true story of how a bank robber killed a man in a wild shootout, sparking a national debate around gun control and the death penalty. 
   
   
   
  On July 24, 1964, twenty-four-year-old Matthew Kerry Smith disguised himself with a mask and a Beatle wig, hoisted a semi-automatic rifle, then held up a bank in North York, Ontario. 
   
   
   
  The intelligent but troubled son of a businessman and mentally ill mother, Smith was a navy veteran with a young Indigenous wife and a hazy plan for violent revolution. 
   
   
   
  Outside the bank, Smith was confronted by Jack Blanc, a former member of the Canadian and Israeli armies, who brandished a revolver. During a wild shootout, Blanc was killed, and Smith escaped—only to become the object of the largest manhunt in the history of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Force. 
   
   
   
  Dubbed "The Beatle Bandit," Smith was eventually captured, tried, and sentenced to hang. His murderous rampage had tragic consequences for multiple families and fueled a national debate about the death penalty, gun control, and the insanity defense.

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  Horacio Cifuentes - Cofessions...

  Horacio Cifuentes

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  Born in Colombia, South America, Horacio Cifuentes attended various dance academies in Spain, Poland and the United States. Among them, the prestigious American Balet Theatre School and the San Francisco Ballet School. Michael Smuin, director of the San Fransisco Ballet discovered Horacio and featured him in various key roles in the dance company, where he also worked with international choreographers such as Jiry Kylian, Robert North and Arthur Mitchell.
  
  Horacio was inspired by American bellydance pioneer Magana Baptiste to become an oriental dancer. Under her guidance he followed extensive studies into the mystical world of yoga, spiritual dance and belly dance. His story is full of fascinating anecdotes, humor, tragedy and brings with it a profound spiritual depth.
  
  Horacio Cifuentes resides in Berlin, Germany, where he co-directs a dance academy with his wife and dance partner, Beata Cifuentes.

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  My Bondage and My Freedom

  Frederick Douglass

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  My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical book written by Frederick Douglass, a former slave who became a prominent abolitionist and civil rights leader in the United States. The book, first published in 1855, describes Douglass's life as a slave in Maryland, his escape to freedom in the North, and his work as an anti-slavery lecturer and organizer. 
  In My Bondage and My Freedom, Douglass provides vivid details about the brutalities of slavery and the dehumanizing effects it had on slaves and slaveholders alike. He also discusses his own personal struggles with identity and freedom, as well as his advocacy for education and literacy as tools for achieving social and political equality. 
  Through his compelling narrative and powerful arguments, Douglass makes a compelling case against slavery and for the full humanity and rights of African Americans. My Bondage and My Freedom is a seminal work in American history and an enduring testament to the power of personal experience in shaping political and social change

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  Animal Bodies: On Death Desire...

  Suzanne Roberts

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  How do we reckon with our losses? In Animal Bodies Suzanne Roberts explores the link between death and desire and what it means to accept our own animal natures, the parts we most often hide, deny, or consider only with shame—our taboo desires and our grief. In landscapes as diverse as the Salamanca’s cobbled streets, the Mekong River’s floating markets, Fire Island’s windswept beaches, Nashville’s honky-tonks, and the Sierra Nevada’s snowy slopes, Roberts interrogates her memory and tries to make sense of her own private losses (deaths of people and relationships), as well as more public losses, including a mass shooting in her hometown, environmental devastation in the Amazon rainforest, and wildfire evacuations. 
  With lyricism, insight, honesty, and dark humor, these essays illuminate the sometimes terrible beauty of what it means to be human, deepening the conversation on death and grief, sexuality, and the shame that comes from surviving the world in a female body with all of its complexities. 
  Please note: This collection features writing on sensitive topics for some listeners, including but not limited to abortion, sexual assault, and death resulting from various causes.

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  Saved: Book Summary & Analysis

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  This is a concise summary and analysis of Saved, by Benjamin Hall.
   
  It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Benjamin Hall.
   
  Ideal those seeking a quick and insightful overview.
   
  Saved is a gripping and harrowing true story of survival, resilience, and courage in the face of overwhelming odds. When a catastrophic incident thrusts a war correspondent into a life-or-death situation, this riveting memoir delves into the moments of determination and the extraordinary efforts of those who risked everything to bring him back to safety. It is a testament to the human spirit, the bonds of camaraderie, and the bravery that emerges in the darkest of times.

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  Lord Byron and Ada Lovelace: The...

  Charles River Editors

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  Lord Byron’s very name conjures up visions of the Romantic movement and outlandishly dressed bohemians, for if Alfred, Lord Tennyson was the poetic darling of the masses, Byron was the hero of the hedonists. While the traditional English literary hero was a nobleman rescuing a damsel in distress, Byron created the anti-hero, a man plagued by self-doubt and hidden sorrow. At the same time, his hero was also capable of facing reality once he had wrestled through his own angst, and even of occasionally acting nobly in the great tradition of the author’s Puritan forebears.  
  If Byron himself was eclectic in his tastes and character, his poetry was even more so, for he could feature satiric pieces poking fun at the status quo and historical renditions of ancient battles fought with nobility and valor, all in the same volume. Like so many other writers, he used poetry to explore his own most deeply guarded secrets, in one poem playing in first person the dramatic hero and in another the troubled penitent. He was sometimes funny, sometimes lyrical, and sometimes verbose, but he was always interesting, and that is what allowed him to become one of the most famous writers of all time, almost against his own will, and despite his premature death. 
  	Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace were the first to conceive the notion of a programmable and automatic universal computer, which, on top of its ability to calculate any mathematical equation at an unmatched speed, could also be used for a seemingly infinite number of other applications. In other words, they envisioned the precursor to the modern computer. It was certainly an unusual path for any woman, and she managed to do so before an incredibly premature death. Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, died in 1852 at the age of 36, but during her short and tumultuous life, she was one of the first to recognize that computers could do far more than complex calculations.

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