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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
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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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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Summary Of Changes
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The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
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But right back where we started from.
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
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Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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In their own...
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Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Service to what nation?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Summary of changes for August 2024
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
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Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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a home for pino
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We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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Columbine 25 Years On
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
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Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Overcoming Bias
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I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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7 months ago
African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
8 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
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“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
3 weeks ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
10 months ago
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
9 months ago
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France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
2 weeks ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
TheCollector
The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
2 months ago
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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TheCollector
Who Was Vercingetorix?
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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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...
a month ago
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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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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a year ago
African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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