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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Flashbak
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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a year ago
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
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Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
History Today Feed
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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When few do great harm
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Power laws in criminal behavior
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What Is Solipsism?
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TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Hundred Rabbits
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a year ago
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Overcoming Bias
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Flashbak
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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A Collection of...
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a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
Dreams of Space -...
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A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
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a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
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La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
a month ago
Another of my essays in French.
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
TheCollector
Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Dreams of Space -...
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a year ago
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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Is it good, bad or relative?
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Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Dreams of Space -...
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a month ago
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Wrong Side of...
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
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TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
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a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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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...
TheCollector
What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
11 months ago
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TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
TheCollector
What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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