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The new nonfiction from #1 bestselling author and popular radio and television host Glenn Beck.
THEIR NAMES ARE FAMILIAR.
THEIR STORIES ARE NOT.
Everyone has heard of a “Ponzi scheme,” but do you know what Charles Ponzi actually did to make his name synonymous with fraud? Credit for inventing radio usually goes to Marconi or David Sarnoff and RCA—but if you’ve never heard of Edwin Armstrong or Lee de Forest, you know only half the story.
You’ve probably been to a Disney theme park, but did you know that the park Walt believed would change the world was... more
THEIR NAMES ARE FAMILIAR.
THEIR STORIES ARE NOT.
Everyone has heard of a “Ponzi scheme,” but do you know what Charles Ponzi actually did to make his name synonymous with fraud? Credit for inventing radio usually goes to Marconi or David Sarnoff and RCA—but if you’ve never heard of Edwin Armstrong or Lee de Forest, you know only half the story.
You’ve probably been to a Disney theme park, but did you know that the park Walt believed would change the world was... more