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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Dr Alun Withey
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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One, Two (1965)
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The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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You And Whose Army?
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Hundred Rabbits
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'If we can't...
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
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The KGB After Stalin
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Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
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Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
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For the first 3 years we tested the...
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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