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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
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Rocket Divers (1962)
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So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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NATO's Phantom Armies.
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And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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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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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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tools ecosystem
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In...
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How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
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The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
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My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
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Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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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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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Or does war have its virtues?
TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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The True Knights Templar
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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