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This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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Hundred Rabbits
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Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
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Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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Overcoming Bias
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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Dream About Gagarin (1961)
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Dream About Gagarin (1961)
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
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A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
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Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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