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In this episode, we hear how Richard the Lionheart was close to giving up on ever capturing Jerusalem. He had defeated Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf, but he knew that Saladin's army was still numerically superior to his, and that even if captured Jerusalem, it would be virtually impossible to hold it against the might of a united Islamic state that stretched from Aleppo to the Sudan. Yet Richard was both a gifted soldier and an adventurer, and he couldn't resist making one last throw of the dice.
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Wyoming’s Cynthia Lummis – the first U.S. senator to publicly hold bitcoin – has been appointed to the key financial regulatory committee.
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On this edition of The Breakdown’s weekly recap, NLW discusses:
This week on The Breakdown:
Monday | Have the Hedge Funds Infiltrated Reddit’s WallStreetBets?
Tuesday | Is This the End of the Reddit Retail Investor Dream?
Wednesday | Michael Saylor’s Mission to Get 1,400 Corporations Into Bitcoin
Thursday | What We Learned About PayPal’s Crypto Strategy This Week
Friday | Travis Kling: In the Fed Era, There’s No Such Thing as Market Fundamentals
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Today we’re breaking down what to expect at the Senate impeachment trial against former President Trump next week.
We’ll discuss the arguments we’ll likely hear from both sides, how the constitution and our nation’s history come into play, and what the senators (who act like the jury) will likely be keeping in mind as they decide whether to convict.
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This month World Book Club discusses Bill Bryson’s hugely acclaimed travelogue Notes from a Small Island with the author and his readers around the world. After two decades as a resident of the United Kingdom, Bryson took what he thought might be a last affectionate trip around his adoptive country before returning to live in his native America. Notes from a Small Island is the irreverent and hilarious account of this meandering journey through his beloved island nation. From Dover to Downing Street, from Giggleswick to Loch Ness by way of Titsey and Nether Wallop, Bryson rejoices in Britain’s inimitable placenames and much else of more substance besides, his very own State of the Nation address, as it were.
A huge number-one bestseller when it was first published, Notes from a Small Island has become that nation's most loved book about Britain.
(Picture: Bill Bryson. Photo credit: Catherine Williams.)