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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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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
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...
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Are You Hot in That? A Brief History of Medieval Armor
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Welcome To Holy Land USA: Inside America’s Jerusalem, 1980
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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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...
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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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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
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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.
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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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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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
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This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Yves Tanguy: 6 Facts About the Outstanding Surrealist
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Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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What Is Theodicy?
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Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
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These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Beware the Lides of March
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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Can Any Good Come From War?
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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New Study May Reveal Stonehenge’s Mysterious Origins
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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JamesHoare
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Who Was Philip Melanchthon? (Life & Legacy)
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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The Scene That Reveals the Beauty of Classic Hollywood Cinema
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1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year in Movies author Tom Flannery, the so-called “Big Eight” major American studios “had a combined 590 actors, 114 directors and 340 writers under contract, each of whom worked an...
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
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Winning the day and losing the war.
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
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The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
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We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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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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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
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Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
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The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
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a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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