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History and Current Events August 2021
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Never Greater Slaughter : Brunanburh and the Birth of England
by Michael Livingston
Late in AD 937, four armies met in a place called Brunanburh. On one side stood the shield-wall of the expanding kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons. On the other side stood a remarkable alliance of rival kings--at least two from across the sea--who'd come together to destroy them once and for all. The stakes were no less than the survival of the dream that would become England. The armies were massive. The violence, when it began, was enough to shock a violent age. Brunanburh may not today have the fame of Hastings, Crécy or Agincourt, but those later battles, fought for England, would not exist were it not for the blood spilled this day. Generations later it was still called, quite simply, the 'great battle'.
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Nice racism : how progressive white people perpetuate racial harm
by Robin J. DiAngelo
The author of the New York Times bestseller White Fragility writes directly to white people as a white person, identifying the many common white racial patterns and breaking down how well-intentioned white people unknowingly perpetuate racial harm.
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Past mistakes : how we misinterpret history and why it matters
by David Mountain
Exploring myths, mysteries and misconceptions about the past - from the legacies of figures like Pythagoras and Christopher Columbus, to the realities of life in the gun-toting Wild West, to the archaeological digs that have upset our understanding of the birth of civilisation - David Mountain reveals how ongoing revolutions in history and archaeology are shedding light on the truth. Full of adventures, and based on detailed research and interviews, Past Mistakes will make you reconsider your understanding of history - and of the world today.
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