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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
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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.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
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Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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