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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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a year ago
African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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a year ago
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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4 months ago
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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8 months ago
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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10 months ago
Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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a year ago
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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7 months ago
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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11 months ago
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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2 months ago
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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9 months ago
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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7 months ago
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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3 days ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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11 months ago
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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8 months ago
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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7 months ago
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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9 months ago
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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a year ago
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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a year ago
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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a year ago
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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12 months ago
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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7 months ago
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
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 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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11 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
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What Is Thatcherism?
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11 months ago
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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4 months ago
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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6 months ago
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
5 days ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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a year ago
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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a year ago
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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10 months ago
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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4 months ago
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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a year ago
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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a week ago
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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7 months ago
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
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