Tag: Facts

January 13, 2024

Ancient China 500 Interesting Facts About Early Chinese History [Audiobook]

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Free Download Ancient China: 500 Interesting Facts About Early Chinese History (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9798868665646 | 2023 | 1 hours and 46 minutes | M4B@320 kbps | 243 MB
Author: Ahoy Publications
Narrator: Jay Herbert
Unlock the secrets of ancient China with 500 interesting facts! Do you want to learn more about ancient China? Look no further than 500 Interesting Facts About Ancient China. This audiobook is packed full of exciting facts and historical information that will captivate listeners. You will discover: Over two thousand years of Chinese imperial history, featuring famous emperors like Shi Huangdi and famous philosophers like Confucius. A look at ancient Chinese art, literature, philosophy, music, and other cultural aspects. The military strategies employed by Chinese generals throughout antiquity. The different religions practiced in ancient China, such as Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. The everyday life of ancient Chinese people, including their traditions, customs, cuisine, and daily activities. This audiobook is an unforgettable journey into one of the most fascinating civilizations in human history.

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January 8, 2024

Writing the Revolution Wikipedia and the Survival of Facts in the Digital Age

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Free Download Writing the Revolution: Wikipedia and the Survival of Facts in the Digital Age by Heather Ford, Ethan Zuckerman
English | November 15, 2022 | ISBN: 0262046296 | 184 pages | PDF | 3.15 Mb
A close reading of Wikipedia’s article on the Egyptian Revolution reveals the complexity inherent in establishing the facts of events as they occur and are relayed to audiences near and far.

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January 8, 2024

Energy Resources Examining the Facts (Contemporary Debates)

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Free Download Energy Resources: Examining the Facts (Contemporary Debates) by Jerry A. McBeath
English | August 4, 2022 | ISBN: 1440869413 | 280 pages | MOBI | 0.99 Mb
Energy Resources: Examining the Facts provides an authoritative, comprehensive overview of economic, political, and environmental drivers of America’s energy picture, from trends in the production and consumption of fossil fuels and renewables to the state of the national energy grid.

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January 7, 2024

Facts and Other Lies Welcome to the Disinformation Age

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Free Download Facts and Other Lies: Welcome to the Disinformation Age by Ed Coper
English | February 1, 2022 | ISBN: B0B59HKFQK | Format: MP3 / 11 hours and 07 minutes | 248 Mb
From fringe conspiracy theories to ‘alternative facts’, a timely look at how we arrived in the ‘fake news’ era.
Would your younger self believe the news of today? An entire city block blown up by a suicide bomber on Christmas Day because he believed phone towers spread disease. A Representative elected to the US Congress on a platform that Democrats are secretly harvesting an anti-aging chemical from the blood of abused children. Angry rioters in furs and horns overrun the Capitol in a bloody carnage of insurrection. The Prime Minister of Australia employing the wife of his friend who fronts a group the FBI has declared terrorists. A global pandemic which, even as they lie dying from it, people refuse to believe exists.
Many who sat in shocked disbelief as these events beamed around the world asked the same question: ‘How did we get here?’ For those rioters, it was the culmination of a journey of online radicalisation that began with the weaponisation of disinformation by their political leaders and outrageously biased ‘news’ commentators.

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