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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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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Welcome To Holy Land USA: Inside America’s Jerusalem, 1980
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This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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Hey everyone!
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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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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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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The French Space Cat Felicette
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France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the first (and so far only) cat to enter space. It did not end well for the cat. In the aftermath of the Second World War, France, under the leadership of General Charles De Gaulle, was...
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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