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  The Northmen In Britain

  Eleanor Hull

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  Two great streams of Northern immigration met on the shores of Britain during the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries. The Norsemen from the deep fiords of Western Norway, fishing and raiding along the coasts, pushed out their adventurous boats into the Atlantic, and in the dawn of Northern history we find them already settled in the Orkney and Shetland Isles, whence they raided and settled southward to Caithness, Fife, and Northumbria on the east, and to the Hebrides, Galloway, and Man on the western coast. Fresh impetus was given to this outward movement by the changes of policy introduced by Harald Fairhair, first king of Norway (872–933). Through him a nobler type of emigrant succeeded the casual wanderer, and great lords and kings’ sons came over to consolidate the settlements begun by humbler agencies. Iceland was at the same time peopled by a similar stock. The Dane, contemporaneously with the Norseman, came by a different route. Though he seems to have been the first to invade Northumbria (if Ragnar and his sons were really Danes), his movement was chiefly round the southern shores of England, passing over by way of the Danish and Netherland coast up the English Channel, and round to the west. Both streams met in Ireland, where a sharp and lengthened contest was fought out between the two nations, and where both took deep root, building cities and absorbing much of the commerce of the country.The Viking was at first simply a bold adventurer, but a mixture of trading and raiding became a settled practice with large numbers of Norsemen, who, when work at home was slack and the harvest was sown or reaped, filled up the time by pirate inroads on their own or neighboring lands. Hardy sailors and fearless fighters they were; and life would have seemed too tame had it meant a continuous course of peaceful farming or fishing. New possessions and new conquests were the salt of life.

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  Democracy - A Guided Tour

  Jason Brennan

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  In this short, accessible book, leading democratic theorist Jason Brennan guides listeners through the evolution of the concept of democracy and actual democratic practice over time to help them understand the foundations of this longstanding and yet newly fragile political system. 
   
   
   
  In his wide-ranging tour of the concept, Brennan will examine what democracy meant to the Greeks who first developed the concept before examining how it changed throughout European and later Western history. This will open up rich and perplexing questions. Over time, democracy shifted from being a fringe idea to the gold standard of political institutions: how did this change occur? How did the question of who counts as part of the ruling "people" change over time? As monarchies were replaced with democracies, what did theorists think the promises and perils of republican democracy were? How did actual democratic practice change the debates? What have we learned about how democracy functions—and in some cases, doesn't function—and what does this mean for future philosophical or empirical work? Brennan provides a curated, guided tour of the most important arguments for and against democracy, looking through the core values of stability, virtue, wisdom, freedom, and equality. The goal is to help listeners understand what is really at stake in democracy and its alternatives.

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  HOW TO LOVE THE DIFFICULT PEOPLE...

  Crystal Hill

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  ★ Find out how to deal with the difficult people in your life by learning effective strategies ★ 
  Are you sick of trying to love those who are difficult to love? 
  Do you struggle to love without conditions? 
  Would you wish to discover the art of unconditional love? 
  Love is quite possibly the most complicated thing in existence. 
  It can make someone more joyful than at any time and experience the most profound degree of pain. It's hard to accept the imperfections that people have and the imperfections you have in yourself. In any case, the power of love covers weaknesses and faults. 
  The incredible power of love allows you to persevere through things you never felt you could do. Sometimes people do such items that may urge outrage in us. 
  How can we love when things are difficult? 
  Learn to protect your well-being and personal space with this ultimate LOVING guide! 
  Learn how to love, understand, and communicate with difficult people with innovative and refreshing strategies 
  You will acquire the information: 
  · The Intriguing Power of love 
  · The Nature of Love 
  · Major Aspects of Love 
  · The True Love 
  · Love in Relationships 
  · Secrets of Love 
  · How to Cultivate Self-Love 
  · How to Practice the Power of Unconditional Love 
  and a lot more! 
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  Improve Your Conversation Skills...

  Sarah Evanson

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  Improve Your Conversation Skills, Master Small Talk & Read People Like A Book (2 in 1): How To Talk To Anyone, Improve Your Social Skills & Protect Against Dark Psychology 
  With the help of "Improve Your Conversation Skills, Master Small Talk & Read People Like A Book (2 in 1)" discover the mysteries of the human mind.  
  This audiobook is a thorough manual for comprehending the secret wants and hidden deeper motives of others around you.  
  Learn the dark psychology's secrets and how they are often applied against you in daily life! 
  This audiobook covers everything, from interpreting facial expressions and body language to comprehending the psychology of manipulation.  
  Additionally, you will discover the dark triad personality traits and how they affect people's lives. 
  What you'll discover inside:Real-World Examples And Step-By-Step Instructions For Simple UnderstandingA Thorough Manual For Anyone Wishing To Communicate More Effectively And Make Better Decisions.Over 50 Must Know Skills & Strategies For Mastering The Art Of Analyzing People, Body Language & True IntentionsHow To Expand Your Social Network, Enables You To Leave A Lasting Impression, And Enhances Your Communication Abilities In General.10 Must Know Tips To Supercharge Your Small Talking & Conversation Skills Today! 
  So, If You Want Over 10+ Hours Of Essential Information To Improving Your Social Skills, Learning To Read Body Language & Protecting Yourself Against Dark Psychology, Then Scroll Up And Click “Buy This Audiobook Today!

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  When God Became White -...

  Grace Ji-Sun Kim, David P. Gushee

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  When Western Christians think about God, the default image that comes to mind is usually white and male. How did that happen? 
   
   
   
  Christianity is rooted in the ancient Near East among people of darker skin. But over time, European Christians cast Jesus in their own image, with art that imagined a fair-skinned Savior in the style of imperial rulers. Grace Ji-Sun Kim explores the historical origins and theological implications of how Jesus became white and God became a white male. The myth of the white male God has had a devastating effect as it enabled Christianity to have a profoundly colonialist posture across the globe. Kim examines the roots of the distortion, its harmful impact on the world, and shows what it looks like to recover the biblical reality of a nonwhite, nongendered God. Rediscovering God as Spirit leads us to a more just faith and a better church and world.

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  Everest the Hard Way - The first...

  Chris Bonington

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  Everest – the highest peak in the world, the ultimate challenge to a mountaineer’s skill and endurance. It had been climbed before, but never like this. Chris Bonington and his team had ambitions to climb it – the hard way. Yet before Bonington and his team set out in August 1975, even their well-wishers gave them only a fifty–fifty chance of success. The South West Face of Everest had already defeated five expeditions, including one led by Bonington himself. Everest the Hard Way is an exhilarating story of courage, endurance and teamwork. Bonington’s narrative celebrates the big moments and recreates the excitement and danger of the climb with vivid immediacy. He shares the logistical problems involved in keeping a large expedition moving, and the very real psychological ones of balancing and pairing lead climbers and giving each a chance to make the route on the face. He describes the constant avalanche threat which made the Western Cwm more dangerous than the ever-treacherous Ice Fall, and explains how lowering the sites of camps 4 and 5 solved a supply problem and kept the upward momentum for the attack on the notorious thousand-foot-tall Rock Band at 27,000 feet which had barred the way to the summit for all previous attempts. How Bonington’s team climbed on Everest in 1975 bears no relation to how Everest is climbed fifty years on, with endless resources and helicopter support. It was much riskier in 1975. Weather forecasts were threadbare and, although equipment was improving, it was much more basic than today, so the risk of frostbite was much greater for mountaineers in the 1970s. These climbers, the best of their generation, were leading hard new ground in the only style which gave them a meaningful chance of success. Chris Bonington’s Everest the Hard Way is a beautiful, fascinating and tragic story of their legendary achievement.

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