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Papa To The Rescue.
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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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
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Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
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We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
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Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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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...
TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
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Who is the God of Dreams?
Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
TheCollector
What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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TheCollector
Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
11 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
TheCollector
Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
TheCollector
Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
TheCollector
Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
4 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Flashbak
Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an...
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Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, natural historian, soldier, explorer, writer and spy. That’s quite the package for a man who produced these drawings and...
TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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TheCollector
10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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7 African Myths About Animals
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History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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TheCollector
Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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TheCollector
Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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TheCollector
Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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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...
2 weeks ago
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.
TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
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,...
TheCollector
The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus
An Epic Start to the New Year
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An Epic Start to the New Year
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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TheCollector
Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
2 months ago
TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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TheCollector
The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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TheCollector
What Is Philippians About?
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TheCollector
How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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TheCollector
The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
4 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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TheCollector
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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2 months ago
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
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Journal of African cities chapter 5
TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
10 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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