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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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When Was the First Crusade?
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
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Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
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Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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US President or American Caesar?
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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Cosmodrome (1987)
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a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
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“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
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A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
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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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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Should We Glorify Caesar?
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
7 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
Open Culture
Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Brushing for Britain
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JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Res Obscura
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Most of them are not from 2023
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
5 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
a month ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
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j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
a week ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
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an island in the maelstrom
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
3 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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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...
11 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
TheCollector
Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
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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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
TheCollector
Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
2 months ago
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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And how does it reflect on us?
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Overcoming Bias
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2023
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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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
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Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
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a month ago
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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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Luxembourg in WWII: From Neutrality to Occupation
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
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a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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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
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Classical Wisdom
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Origins of Stoicism
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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Classical Wisdom
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Plato Vs Aristotle
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Flashbak
The Prostitutes’ Gaze: The Integrity of Mid-Century Sex Workers (NSFW)
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
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5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
TheCollector
Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
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Classical Wisdom
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6 months ago
Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
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11 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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10 Must-Visit Historic Ski Towns in the US
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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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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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
9 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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