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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
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Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
12 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
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The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
7 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
3 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
7 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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
Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
10 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
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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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
2 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
TheCollector
Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
2 weeks ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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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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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
8 months ago
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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5 months ago
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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4 months ago
Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
3 days ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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6 months ago
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...
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“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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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
5 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
2 weeks ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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a year ago
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