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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Can Any Good Come From War?
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Gladiator Combat
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Dreams of Space -...
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...
Hundred Rabbits
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Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
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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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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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War in Dreamland
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
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Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
6 days ago
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Flashbak
The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
7 hours ago
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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TheCollector
The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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9 months ago
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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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
TheCollector
The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
5 days ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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
1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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TheCollector
Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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TheCollector
What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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TheCollector
5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Flashbak
Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
11 months ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
TheCollector
What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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TheCollector
What is the Eye of Ra?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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TheCollector
10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
a month ago
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...
TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
a month ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
2 weeks ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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