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Jonathan blacks new book, the secret history of the world, reveals extraordinary and thoughtprovoking insights into the esoteric teachings of secret societies down the ages and offers a radical new or. A secret history or shadow history is a revisionist interpretation of either fictional or real history which is claimed to have been deliberately suppressed, forgotten, or ignored by established scholars. Whats the story behind our most popular slang phrases, from. Mencken published the groundbreaking work, the american language 1919, considered the most scientific linguistics study of its time. Odd words and phrases used in politics are examined in the opener of this series exploring the origins of.
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