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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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The Great Experience (1963)
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Summary Of Changes
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the promise of pancakes
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
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Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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What Was Organization Todt?
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
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Should Death Concern Us?
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Tolkien and Plato
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Books To Help Us Understand The World?
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Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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The Birth of Ovid
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
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Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
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Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
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The Hero's Ride (1963)
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
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Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
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Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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weird medieval guys
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Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
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Gods Vs Titans
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...and the Origins of the Universe
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Dealing With Foreigners ...
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
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On cartography as historical argument
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
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It was all too difficult, finally.
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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One Of My Essays In Dutch.
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I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
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This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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The Year of Failing To Understand.
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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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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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Monsters and Myths
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Overcoming Bias
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I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
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The Missile Will Always Get Through.
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But who is prepared to admit it?
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
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“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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