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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Gap Week: August 2, 2024
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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The First Biographers
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Death of the King of Siam
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
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“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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