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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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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 book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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Summary Of Changes
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
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And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Flashbak
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
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Death of the King of Siam
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
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Another Of My Essays in French
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TheCollector
7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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Dr Alun Withey
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How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Classical Wisdom
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Classics Gifts!
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African History...
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Dreams of Space -...
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Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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Dreams of Space -...
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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Global Inequality...
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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Why Socrates Matters
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
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They didn't know. But they know now.
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Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
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Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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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...
a year ago
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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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
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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...
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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 Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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Open Culture
Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
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Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
History Today Feed
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
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The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
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“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
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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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
9 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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