Tag: Controversial

Operation Mockingbird The Controversial History of the CIA’s Efforts to Manipulate American Media Outlets [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CT6RFMSR | 2024 | 1 hour and 51 minutes | M4B@256 kbps | 204 MB
Author: Charles River Editors
Narrator: Colin Fluxman

Freedom of the press isn’t just a fundamental right in America but a key part of the democratic process. When the United States secured its independence against Britain in the War of Independence in 1783, there was no certainty about what the new country would look like in terms of national governance. In 1787, delegates from the various states convened in Philadelphia to draft a constitution that would define this. Freedom of the press became one of the core principles of democracy in the United States. People could only place their votes in an informed way if the press was free to provide information about politicians and their actions. Politicians must also know that their actions were accountable through a press that informed voters honestly and accurately.

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Richard III England’s Most Controversial King (2024)


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English | 2018 | pages: 464 | ISBN: 1250045487 | EPUB | 34,1 mb
From acclaimed historian Chris Skidmore comes the authoritative biography of Richard III, England’s most controversial king, a man alternately praised as a saint and cursed as a villain.

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Controversial Chiefs in Colonial Kenya The Untold Story of Senior Chief Waruhiu Wa Kung’u, 1890-1952


Free Download Evanson N. Wamagatta, "Controversial Chiefs in Colonial Kenya: The Untold Story of Senior Chief Waruhiu Wa Kung’u, 1890-1952"
English | ISBN: 1498521479 | 2016 | 206 pages | EPUB | 711 KB
Senior Chief Waruhiu wa Kung’u is one of colonial Kenya’s most controversial chiefs. His name has gone down in history as a traitor who was assassinated because he sold his country to the British colonizers. This book is the untold story of the controversial life of Senior Chief Waruhiu who served the colonial government for thirty years. He believed his white superiors’ authority was God-given and to disobey them was tantamount to disobeying God himself. That was why he was considered loyal, obedient, dependable, responsible, efficient, and a tower of strength.

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Murder in Samarkand a British Ambassador’s controversial defiance of tyranny in the War on Terror


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English | 2006 | pages: 400 | ISBN: 1845961943 | EPUB | 1,4 mb
Craig Murray was the United Kingdom’s Ambassador to Uzbekistan until he was removed from his post in October 2004 after exposing appalling human rights abuses by the US-funded regime of President Islam Karimov. In this candid and at times shocking memoir, he lays bare the dark and dirty underside of the War on Terror.

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Controversial Herbal Drugs of Ayurveda


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English | 2013 | pages: 294 | ISBN: 817233821X | PDF | 1,6 mb
The drugs in the book ‘Controversial Medicinal Plants of Ayurveda’ have been arranged in alphabetic form and details have been mentioned according to Ayurvedic and modern Materia Medica. Information on chemical composition, wherever possible, has been included. The work cited in the text is thoroughly refrenced throughout the book. The book will be useful for the Ayurvedic drug industry and practitioners.

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Ever Wonder Why And Other Controversial Essays [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CCQ3K26Z | 2023 | 11 hours and 24 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 322 MB
Author: Thomas Sowell
Narrator: Leon Nixon

Thomas Sowell takes aim at a range of legal, social, racial, educational, and economic issues in this latest collection of his controversial, never boring, always thought-provoking essays. From "gun control myths" to "mealy mouth media" to "free lunch medicine," Sowell gets to the heart of the matters we all care about with his characteristically unsparing candor.

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