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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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Death of the King of Siam
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Who Was George Eliot?
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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A Collection of...
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Empress Theodora
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 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...
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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over a year ago
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Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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Patterns in Humanity
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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In Praise of the Preterite
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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