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a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Moving With the Times?
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a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
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Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
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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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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
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a complete history of an African monument
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Beyond Mars (1960)
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Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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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...
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