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  Vikings

  History Nerds

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  Few are those that have not heard of the fearsome Vikings and their daring exploits. These Northern seafarers, the scourge of the Middle Ages, left their mark on the world’s history in a grand fashion. Courageous, defiant, and driven by the desire for exploration, the Norsemen were the most feared of all Medieval conquerors. Many thought them invincible, and they held many struggling Christian nations in their sway. From Scotland, England, France, and Ireland, down to the shores of Spain and the Baltic, the Vikings left their undeniable mark. Brutal conquest was not the only tool of their trade: these men were able seafarers and great explorers. Vikings discovered and established colonies in the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and North America. Many agree that they were the first to set foot in the land we know today as Canada. All in all, the Vikings hold a vital role in the history of the world. Who knows how our world would look today if it weren’t for these grand Norsemen?

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  Comics: The Call and the Cost -...

  CJ Standal

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  Discover the reason comic creators toil away over ink stained pages, even when circumstances don't reward that hard work. 
  This is what happens when comics meet the real world, coming face to face with politics, war, and big business. Witness creators navigate their passion and careers when faced with the intersection between art and commerce. 
  This stellar collection includes these essays: 
  1) The Cost of Comics: A History of the Comic Book Labor Movement 
  2) Marge Buell and Little Lulu: Women Warriors - America's Early Female Cartoonist Entrepreneur and Her Feminist Creation 
  3) Hector Oesterheld: Comics Own Martyr 
  4) David Mazzucchelli Walks Away from Superheroic Success for Indie Art 
  5) Jeff Smith and Bone: A Little Help from My Friends 
  6) A License to Cartoon: Art and Capitalism in the Works of Schulz, Davis, and Watterson 
  7) Epilogue or Why I Write: A Justification of Rejection, Torture, and Bliss

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  Unleash Your Primal Brain -...

  Tim Ash

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  Unleash Your Primal Brain illuminates the fundamental “why’s” behind our actions from an evolutionary perspective. From the rise of the earliest life on earth, to our uniquely human recent adaptations, you will come away with a deep understanding of our of how the brain evolved, and why we act the way that we do. 
  Understand what makes us human! 
  This book is about the commonalities all 8,000,000,000 people on earth share. 
  Our ancestors were molded by ruthless survival pressures from the earliest days of life on the planet. Adaptations which worked long ago are still inside of us – also shared with insects and reptiles. Later additions are common to all mammals from the tiniest shrews to the most massive whales. Some capabilities were bolted on relatively recently, and are only shared with our primate cousins. And the runaway explosion of humans on the planet can only be explained by our own bizarre species-level evolution. 
  The only way to understand how our brains work is to examine the complete evolutionary arc.Find out why your primal brain is in charge, and your logical mind is usually asleepLearn what makes people unique among all other animalsUnderstand the biased shortcuts your brain takes to make decisionsDiscover how culture has evolved us for learning and cooperationFind out how fairness and group conformity impact our behaviorUnderstand the real purpose of memory, sleep, and dreamingLearn how stories allow us to mind-meld with other people

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  Make Good the Promises -...

  Kinshasha Holman Conwill, Paul...

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  The companion volume to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture exhibit, opening in September 2021 
  With a Foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Eric Foner and a preface by veteran museum director and historian Spencer Crew 
  An incisive and illuminating analysis of the enduring legacy of the post-Civil War period known as Reconstruction—a comprehensive story of Black Americans’ struggle for human rights and dignity and the failure of the nation to fulfill its promises of freedom, citizenship, and justice. 
  In the aftermath of the Civil War, millions of free and newly freed African Americans were determined to define themselves as equal citizens in a country without slavery—to own land, build secure families, and educate themselves and their children. Seeking to secure safety and justice, they successfully campaigned for civil and political rights, including the right to vote. Across an expanding America, Black politicians were elected to all levels of government, from city halls to state capitals to Washington, DC. 
  But those gains were short-lived. By the mid-1870s, the federal government stopped enforcing civil rights laws, allowing white supremacists to use suppression and violence to regain power in the Southern states. Black men, women, and children suffered racial terror, segregation, and discrimination that confined them to second-class citizenship, a system known as Jim Crow that endured for decades.   
  More than a century has passed since the revolutionary political, social, and economic movement known as Reconstruction, yet its profound consequences reverberate in our lives today. Make Good the Promises explores five distinct yet intertwined legacies of Reconstruction—Liberation, Violence, Repair, Place, and Belief—to reveal their lasting impact on modern society. It is the story of Frederick Douglass, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Hiram Revels, Ida B. Wells, and scores of other Black men and women who reshaped a nation—and of the persistence of white supremacy and the perpetuation of the injustices of slavery continued by other means and codified in state and federal laws. 
  With contributions by leading scholars, and illustrated with 80 images from the exhibition, Make Good the Promises shows how Black Lives Matter, #SayHerName, antiracism, and other current movements for repair find inspiration from the lessons of Reconstruction. It touches on questions critical then and now: What is the meaning of freedom and equality? What does it mean to be an American? Powerful and eye-opening, it is a reminder that history is far from past; it lives within each of us and shapes our world and who we are. 
  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. 
  If you're looking for a thoughtful gift for a history buff, teacher, or anyone interested in social justice and anti-racism, Make Good the Promises is an excellent choice. This nonfiction book offers a comprehensive look at the aftermath of the Civil War and the struggle for civil and political rights for newly freed African Americans, with a focus on the lasting impact of Reconstruction on modern society.

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  On an Irish Jaunting-Car through...

  Samuel Gamble Bayne

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  This book gives a brief glimpse into the social history of Ireland in the early part of the 20th Century. During his 1902 tour through the north, west and south of Ireland the author provides entertaining insights into how those parts of Ireland were in that era. Born in Ramelton, County Donegal and education at Queens University Belfast, the Author then moved to America at the age 25. He enjoyed considerable success in Banking which lead to him  eventually becoming a billionaire. From his writing we can deduce that he used some of his wealth on international travel, one such location being back to the country of his birth.   Summary by Frank Lennon

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  Revolution and other Essays

  Jack London

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  A collection of 13 essays written between 1900 and 1908, published in 1910. The lead essay, "Revolution", outlines how and why London renounced capitalism as a failed social system and declared himself an active participant in the "socialist revolution", the last essay is an autobiographical piece, and the essays in between are on diverse subjects. A few of the “essays” are actually humorous short fiction stories; others are serious, sometimes angry rants against capitalistic greed and political corruption. All of the pieces are thought-provoking and excellently written, though only loosely intellectual, highly opinionated, and rife with contradiction, as was London himself. -- Summary by Michele Fry

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