I found myself regularly turning down any natural sass. But I was pretending to be someone else and didn't want to say anything that wasn't authentic. When I was texting as me, I always felt comfortable being a goof. I must have spent at least 20 hours doing this. Over the next three or so weeks, I swiped on and chatted up likely dozens of guys at night and on lunch breaks. Getting paid to 'help a badass lady find some man gold' To apply, she said, share a resume, a note about what interests you about the gig and "a brief description of YOUR dream man." She'd pay $25 per hour or a flat rate per date you arranged.
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But Uhtred is dogged by betrayal and tragedy. He has gained riches, loyal men and a beloved wife. To King Alfred he is the ‘lord of battles’. A thorn in the side of the priests and nobles who shape his fate, this Saxon raised by Vikings is torn between the life he loves and those he has sworn to serve. Uhtred of Bebbanburg’s mind is as sharp as his sword. So when the king orders him to take London from the Danes and hand it to his foolish son-in-law Aethelred, Uhtred agrees despite his concerns.įor Aethelred’s wife is the king’s spirited daughter Aethelflaed and her fate is entwined with Uhtred’s. And he gave it to King Alfred of Wessex, who dreams of an England free from Vikings. To serve a king or become one? Uhtred – warrior, pagan, scourge of the Vikings – faces a hard choice.ĭespite being offered a crown of his own, Uhtred is a man of his word. As seen on Netflix and BBC around the world. 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African-American soldiers fought on the beaches at D-Day but remained segregated from white soldiers throughout the war, and returned home to find German prisoners of war treated better than they were in their hometowns. Jewish soldiers fighting for the liberation of concentration camps dealt with anti-Semitism among the very men who fought alongside them. Algerian Muslim soldiers fought in the French Resistance and the Free French Army, only to have to wage a bloody war for independence after the war. It was a day of unprecedented unity and cooperation.īut many people played heroic roles on D-Day only to return to lives after the war filled with prejudice, segregation, and injustice. Thousands more in France fought the Nazis at home. Alan Gratz, author of the New York Times best-selling Refugee, explores the necessity of teamwork and heroism in dismantling tyranny in this epic, yet personal, look at D-Day in time for the 75th anniversary of the operation. 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