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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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Dreams of Space -...
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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Dreams of Space -...
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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What Is the Ides of March?
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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