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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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Global Inequality...
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Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
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Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
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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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Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
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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...
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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The KGB After Stalin
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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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...
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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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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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The World's First Computer
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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Hey everyone!
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Hey everyone!
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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To Tip or Not To Tip: A Victorian Traveller’s Perspective
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Journal of African cities: chapter 13
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
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The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Watch Design for Disaster, a 1962 Film That Shows Why Los Angeles Is Always at Risk of Devastating...
“This is fire season in Los Angeles,” Joan Didion once wrote, relating how every year “the Santa Ana...
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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The Electoral College Explained
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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....
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
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This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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On general futility of political discussions with people
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
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Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
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Does Karma Exist?
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
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US President or American Caesar?
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Astrolabes & Sextants: How Our Ancestors Navigated the High Seas
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What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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Ronald Knox’s Radio Revolution
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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