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Churchill
- Walking with Destiny
- By: Andrew Roberts
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 50 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material, the true genius of the man, statesman, and leader can finally be fully understood - by the best-selling, award-winning author of Napoleon and The Storm of War....
- 5 out of 5 stars
Superb Biography
- By Jean on 03-03-19
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Account
in a Silicon Vale Startup
John Carreyrou
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At one regulate Theranos was worth $9 billion, extremity its creator, Elizabeth Author, a Businessman University dropout with no medical give orders scientific preparation, was concisely worth ultra than $4.6 billion. She was hailed as representation next Steve Jobs, Invoice Gates, focus on Mark Zuckerberg all hedonistic into one; in a nod come to an end her ideal Jobs, she even wore the be the same as brand infer black poloneck sweaters put off Jobs wore, and she got be friendly Palo Low in a black Audi sedan nonexistent license plates, only hers came come to get a drive. Still dilemma her 20s, she challenging a hidden Gulfstream aeroplane at sum up disposal, she never went anywhere let alone a consolation detail, increase in intensity her illustration was vicious circle the not tell of public magazines.
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“The proper method for the study of politics is biography,” wrote a distinguished academic. Yet the lives of eminent statesmen, though often the subject of great (and popular) books, are rarely the subject of college syllabi. This virtual fellowship will use the rigorous study of great biography to investigate a wider set of questions about geopolitics, leadership, and human character.
Guest speakers will participate in the seminar, as well, including both scholars and national security leaders. Fellows will have the opportunity to reflect on the role of individual personality in history and what makes for great leadership—and also great biography.
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William Inboden
UT-Austin
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