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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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Fate and Free Will
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Ancient Greek Art
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Journal of African cities chapter 8
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
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How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
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It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
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“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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The Tears of Strangers are only water
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
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Which Playwright did it better?
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
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Workers and Peasants we are not.
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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The Secret Life of Latin
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
TheCollector
Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Art of the Hellenistic Period
TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
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The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
a week ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
a week ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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