7 min read ⌚ Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street “Black Edge” tells the story of Steven A. Cohen, a guy you may know by the moniker “hedge fund king” and a fat cat whose net worth is currently estimated to be in the region of […]
6 min read ⌚ The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II By now, you are undoubtedly familiar with the name and the legacy of a certain Alan Turing, the guy who cracked the German Enigma ciphers and, thus, shortened the war for about two years and saved at least 14 […]
9 min read ⌚ Back in August 1955, Emmett Till was a handsome boy from Chicago visiting his relatives near Money, in the Mississippi Delta. He had turned 14 just one month before that. He will never have the chance to celebrate another birthday. Soon after arriving, he was abducted and lynched by two white men […]
7 min read ⌚ Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land Judging by the subtitle, you may think that “American Fire” by Monica Hesse attempts to cover just too much ground. The funny thing is – it actually does. Because the story it reports is, quite easily, one of the strangest love stories you will ever […]
8 min read ⌚ The Disappearing World of the Bushmen Do you know who the Bushmen are? Of course, you know – especially if you’ve watched “The Gods Must Be Crazy.” Well, you want to learn more? James Suzman’s “Affluence Without Abundance” is here to teach you practically everything about them! In addition to few things about […]
6 min read ⌚ Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don’t Matter Persuasion has become the deadliest weapons in an overly-competitive world. Fortunately, experts like Scot Adams and Robert Cialdini reveal some of the mind tricks used to influence other people. Stay with us, to find out how Mr. Trump won the election. Who Should Read […]
6 min read ⌚ A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose Joe Biden served as the 47th Vice President of the United States between the years 2009 and 2014. “Promise Me, Dad” covers mostly the events happening during 2014-5 and it encompasses everything from the pain over the loss of a child through the presidential race of […]
8 min read ⌚ Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI “History,” write David Grann in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “is a merciless judge.” Not exactly something we don’t know, but also something we need to be reminded from time to time. Because we tend to forget – much too often – that […]
6 min read ⌚ How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia Is the Russian Federation genuinely leaning towards democracy or are we witnessing yet another dictator shooting for the stars? Stay tuned, for more! Who Should Read “The Future Is History”? And Why? Perhaps, this book won’t seem too appealing for those who have no interest in politics whatsoever. […]
8 min read ⌚ Prisons may have been built to discipline citizens, but when those citizens are justice-loving colossi of humanity, they seem to have the opposite effect. In Martin Luther King Jr.’s case, his prison-time (and an open letter by eight clergymen) resulted in “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” one of the monuments of the Civil […]
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