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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
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When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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