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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
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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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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
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A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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St. Nick and Saturnalia
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
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First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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