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5 Things I Learned After Reading ‘Diamonds, Gold and War’

Published December 8, 2015 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: InfluenceTagged entertaining read, Cecil Rhodes was deceptive, Cecil Rhodes, valuable commodities, mineral discoveries, Afrikaans, Afrikaners, Boer Wars, General Stan McChrystal, Diamonds, Gold and War, Martin Meredith, British imperialist, diamond and gold deposits, stock promoter, one of the richest men in the world, De Beers, Witwatersrand, gold rush
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Like so many battlegrounds, South Africa became a hotbed for conflict toward the end of the 19th Century after it was discovered that the country hosted a treasure trove of valuable commodities, particularly diamonds and gold. At the time of the mineral discoveries much of …

What I Learned from O’Reilly’s Legends & Lies

Published June 21, 2015 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: InfluenceTagged entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial, Bill O’Reilly, small businesses, Legends & Lies – The Real West, lives of legends, Legends & Lies, Old Western history, David Fisher, frontiersmen, Legends of The West, Doc Holliday, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, Bass Reeves, politically motivated, entertaining read
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I recently finished reading another great book from Bill O’Reilly: Legends & Lies – The Real West. Another Great Read from Bill O’Reilly and David Fisher Like Killing Jesus, this gem from O’Reilly gets down to the facts behind the lives of legends – except …