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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
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And what happens when we don’t?
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
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TheCollector
Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
a year ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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Who Was George Hodel?
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Who Was Averroes?
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
11 months ago
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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Classical Wisdom
Less than ONE Week Left
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Overcoming Bias
What Culture Can You Trust?
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
5 days ago
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
11 months ago
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
5 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
9 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
12 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Flashbak
Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment,...
a week ago
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead From faces...
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
8 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
TheCollector
How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
3 weeks ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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Global Inequality...
To be young, perchance to dream
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
a week ago
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
TheCollector
7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
7 months ago
The Tragedy of the Trenches
TheCollector
Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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...
2 months ago
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.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
5 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
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“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
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Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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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...
9 months ago
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...
TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
Wrong Side of...
The Indian-American century
On the Anglo-Indo-sphere
6 days ago
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
4 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
4 days ago
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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African History...
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What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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The Tudor War on Libel
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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How Iran Won the West
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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The Life of Aristotle
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
11 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
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11 months ago
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History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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A very deep history of Halloween
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Why I love etymologies
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Battle of the Historians
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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African History...
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Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
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The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
Flashbak
Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
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Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
TheCollector
History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
10 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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