HEADLINE: The October Surprise: Bill Casey, Rogue Spies, and the Secret Deal to Delay Hostage Release AUTHOR:Craig Unger SUMMARY: Author Craig Unger discusses his book, Den of Spies, detailing the alleged 1980 October Surprise where Bill Casey, leading the Reagan campaign, made an illegal deal with Iran to delay releasing 52 American hostages until after the election, thereby ensuring Jimmy Carter's defeat. Casey's network used arms dealers like Ari Ben-Menashe and involved Israeli intelligence.

ORIGINAL UNBELIEVABLE.  4/4: The Pirate King: The Strange Adventures of Henry Avery and the Birth of the Golden Age of Piracy Hardcover – April 2, 2024 by  Sean Kingsley  (Author), Rex Cowan  (Author)

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Henry Avery of Devon pillaged a fortune from a Mughal ship off the coast of India and then vanished into thin air—and into legend. More ballads, plays, biographies and books were written about Avery’s adventures than any other pirate. His contemporaries crowned him "the pirate king" for pulling off the richest heist in pirate history and escaping with his head intact (unlike Blackbeard and his infamous Flying Gang). Avery was now the most wanted criminal on earth. To the authorities, Avery was the enemy of all mankind. To the people he was a hero. Rumors swirled about his disappearance. The only certainty is that Henry Avery became a ghost.

ORIGINAL UNBELIEVABLE.  3/4: The Pirate King: The Strange Adventures of Henry Avery and the Birth of the Golden Age of Piracy Hardcover – April 2, 2024 by  Sean Kingsley  (Author), Rex Cowan  (Author)

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Henry Avery of Devon pillaged a fortune from a Mughal ship off the coast of India and then vanished into thin air—and into legend. More ballads, plays, biographies and books were written about Avery’s adventures than any other pirate. His contemporaries crowned him "the pirate king" for pulling off the richest heist in pirate history and escaping with his head intact (unlike Blackbeard and his infamous Flying Gang). Avery was now the most wanted criminal on earth. To the authorities, Avery was the enemy of all mankind. To the people he was a hero. Rumors swirled about his disappearance. The only certainty is that Henry Avery became a ghost.

1850

ORIGINAL UNBELIEVABLE.  2/4: The Pirate King: The Strange Adventures of Henry Avery and the Birth of the Golden Age of Piracy Hardcover – April 2, 2024 by  Sean Kingsley  (Author), Rex Cowan  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Pirate-King-Strange-Adventures-Golden/dp/1639365958/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Henry Avery of Devon pillaged a fortune from a Mughal ship off the coast of India and then vanished into thin air—and into legend. More ballads, plays, biographies and books were written about Avery’s adventures than any other pirate. His contemporaries crowned him "the pirate king" for pulling off the richest heist in pirate history and escaping with his head intact (unlike Blackbeard and his infamous Flying Gang). Avery was now the most wanted criminal on earth. To the authorities, Avery was the enemy of all mankind. To the people he was a hero. Rumors swirled about his disappearance. The only certainty is that Henry Avery became a ghost.

1841

ORIGINAL UNBELIEVABLE  1/4: The Pirate King: The Strange Adventures of Henry Avery and the Birth of the Golden Age of Piracy Hardcover – April 2, 2024 by  Sean Kingsley  (Author), Rex Cowan  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Pirate-King-Strange-Adventures-Golden/dp/1639365958/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Henry Avery of Devon pillaged a fortune from a Mughal ship off the coast of India and then vanished into thin air—and into legend. More ballads, plays, biographies and books were written about Avery’s adventures than any other pirate. His contemporaries crowned him "the pirate king" for pulling off the richest heist in pirate history and escaping with his head intact (unlike Blackbeard and his infamous Flying Gang). Avery was now the most wanted criminal on earth. To the authorities, Avery was the enemy of all mankind. To the people he was a hero. Rumors swirled about his disappearance. The only certainty is that Henry Avery became a ghost.

.  PREVIEW.  AUTHORS: Sean Kingsley and Rex Cowan

TITLE: The Pirate King: Lost Treasure, Piracy in the Indian Ocean, Spying, Spycraft for the King, Scottish Independence

SUMMARY: Henry Avery, surviving pirate and strategist, was sent as Daniel Defoe's enforcer/wingman to manipulate opinion in Scotland (1706), fighting Jacobites threatening Scottish independence.

Henry Avery was one of the few pirates who survived to enjoy their ill-gotten gains, unlike Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, and Calico Jack Rackham, who were hanged or died

Avery was sent with master spy Daniel Defoe to Scotland in early 18th century to undermine the Scottish independence movement

Edinburgh was a hotbed of Catholics, known locally as Jacobites

Daniel Defoe was sent by London to manipulate public opinion by controlling key figures (church leaders, lawyers, merchants) and the presses

Henry Avery served as Defoe's wingman and enforcer

Avery is characterized as an incredible strategist, very smart, ex-Royal Navy salt, "the thinking man's muscle"

SEGMENT: Fires, Vulnerability, and Conservation Status

GUEST NAME: Professor Danielle Clode

SUMMARY: Professor Danielle Clode explains that intense fires burning the canopy leave koalas vulnerable, unable to escape. Frequent, severe blazes combined with fragmentation increase the risk of local extinction.

1936 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SEGMENT: Koala Reproduction and Marsupial Birthing Process

GUEST NAME: Professor Danielle Clode

SUMMARY: Biologist Professor Danielle Clode describes koala mating bellows and the distinct marsupial birthing process where the tiny, jelly bean-sized fetus crawls into the mother's pouch, an external womb.

1956

SEGMENT: Koala Diet, Physiology, and Adaptation to Eucalyptus

GUEST NAME: Professor Danielle Clode

SUMMARY: Professor Danielle Clode discusses how koalas overcome toxic, fibrous eucalyptus leaves using a massive, microbe-filled cecum for digestion. Their evolutionarily complex teeth function like "pinking shears."

1939 ZANE GRAY

  SEGMENT: Koala Evolution, History, and Unique Traits

GUEST NAME: Professor Danielle Clode

SUMMARY: Professor Danielle Clode notes koalas are the last of their line, diverged from wombats, and once had giant cousins. They possess unique features like human-like fingerprints and flexible behavior.

1938