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  Saga of Erik the Red (Reeves...

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  The Saga of Erik the Red is one of the two important thirteenth-century accounts of the Norse explorations of Greenland and North America, along with The Saga of the Greenlanders. Containing fantastic anecdotes about ghostly visitations, wise women-seers, and one-legged native Unipeds, the saga is just as fascinating for what is clearly authentic history. It vividly relates the conflict between Christianity and the old Norse religion; the significant place of extraordinary women in Icelandic and Greenland culture; the frequent incursions of the Norsemen into Ireland and Scotland, lands really not at all far from the centers of Norse activity; and first contact with the native inhabitants of the Dawnlands of northeastern North America. Most absorbing are the clear embodiments of real human personalities in this historical saga: Leif Erikson and his lover, the renownedly intelligent Thorgunna who boldly renounced social convention; Gudrid the daughter of Thorbiorn, beautiful and of strong and influential character; Thioldhild, the wife of Erik the Red, who refused to have sex with him so long as he resisted Christianity; Thorbiorg, the eldritch “Little Sibyl,” who dispensed prophecies to the settlers of Greenland; and Thorhall, the fey, untameable hunter, who held fast to his god Thor the Red-Bearded even when it meant being severed from human society.This translation by Arthur Middleton Reeves is taken from a weighty compilation of texts related to the Norse explorations entitled The Norse Discoveries of America and including the translations and editing of fellow Norse scholars North Ludlow Beamish and Rasmus Björn Anderson. ( Expatriate)

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  O Captain! My Captain!

  Walt Whitman

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  In honor of President’s Day, LibriVox brings you thirteen versions of O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman.  This classic poem was written by Whitman following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.  It appears in Leaves of Grass, Whitman’s masterpiece of a poetry collection and is considered by many to be one of his greatest poems.  This was the LibriVox Weekly Poetry Project for the week of February 19th, 2006.(Summary by Annie Coleman)

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  The Secrets of Achievers and...

  Adeyemi Salami

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  This book is not written to give excessive kudos to the rich and molest the poor, but to acknowledge the immense wealthy contribution and exemplary to the development of society at large.  To greatly infuse in the low-income earner, to work in the part of richness, in order for them to become debt-free.  
  However, "the secrets of wealth and poverty" would help the low-income earners deviate from all attitudes,  which constitute to their stagnancy, low standard of living and uncontrollable debts. 
  More importantly, the possibility of achieving wealth and success is great and not a probability if one strictly adeheres to the basic principles of "wealth creation"  
  Every man's greatness, success, richness and achievement lies in his hands. It only requires your ability to make it erupt, like a volcano in you. However, the secrets to enable you actualise wealth has been openly unraveled in the book "THE SECRETS OF ACHIEVERS AND FALIURE".  
  This is the book to make you wake from slumber constituting your failure and poverty. The ONE to guide you to the part of RICHNESS AND SUCCESS for those who are ready to become a mentor. It also contains significant quotes, that if meditated upon and applied, would bring success to your doorstep. 
  A knowledge for anyone aspiring to become an achiever of wealth.

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  Fighter - The True Story of the...

  Len Deighton

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  "The most honest attempt yet to tell how the Battle of Britain really was" —Andrew Wilson, Observer 
   
   
   
  History is swamped by patriotic myths about the aerial combat fought between the RAF and the Luftwaffe over the summer of 1940. In his gripping history of the Battle of Britain, Len Deighton drew on a decade of research and his own wartime experiences to puncture these myths and point towards a more objective, and even more inspiring, truth. 
   
   
   
  "Revolutionised thinking about the Battle of Britain in a way that has not been seriously challenged since" —The Times

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  James Joseph Walsh: The...

  James Joseph Walsh

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  It cannot but seem a paradox to say that the Thirteenth was the greatest of centuries. To most people the idea will appear at once so preposterous that they may not even care to consider it. A certain number, of course, will have their curiosity piqued by the thought that anyone should evolve so curious a notion. Either of these attitudes of mind will yield at once to a more properly receptive mood if it is recalled that the Thirteenth is the century of the Gothic cathedrals, of the foundation of the university, of the signing of Magna Charta, and of the origin of representative government with something like constitutional guarantees throughout the west of Europe. The cathedrals represent a development in the arts that has probably never been equaled either before or since. The university was a definite creation of these generations that has lived and maintained its usefulness practically in the same form in which it was then cast for the seven centuries ever since. The foundation stones of modern liberties are to be found in the documents which for the first time declared the rights of man during this precious period.

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  Everyday Trauma - Remapping the...

  Tracey Shors PhD

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  A neuroscientist explores how trauma impacts the brain, especially for women—and how we can learn to heal ourselvesEveryone experiences trauma. Whether a specific harrowing event or a series of stressful moments that culminate over time, trauma can echo and etch itself into our brain as we remember it again and again throughout our lives.In Everyday Trauma, neuroscientist Dr. Tracey Shors examines trauma with a focus on its pervasive nature—how it can happen at any time, through big or small events, and how it often reappears in the form of encoded memory. Her research reveals that when we are reminded of our trauma, reliving that tragic moment copies yet another memory of it in our brain, making it that much more difficult to forget. Dr. Shors also explores the neuroscience behind why women in particular are more vulnerable to stress and traumatic events, setting them up to be three times more likely than men to suffer PTSD.With potential long-term consequences such as addiction, anxiety, depression, and PTSD, trauma can have a lasting impact on both the brain and body. Dr. Shors illuminates the effective tools that can reduce the repetitive thoughts that reinforce our traumas, including cognitive-based therapies and trauma-informed care such as her own groundbreaking program, a combination of mental and physical training called MAP Training.By understanding how our brain responds to trauma and practicing proven techniques that can train our brains and help us let go of our tragic memories—whatever they may be—we are better equipped to leave our traumatic pasts behind and live in a brighter present.A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books

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