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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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What Is Solipsism?
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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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...
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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...
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
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a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
11 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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a year ago
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
11 months ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
11 months ago
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
TheCollector
Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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TheCollector
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vernon Lee?
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TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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a year ago
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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TheCollector
What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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TheCollector
Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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3 months ago
TheCollector
When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
3 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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3 weeks ago
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
4 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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2 months ago
African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
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
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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...
TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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2 weeks ago
Flashbak
The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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TheCollector
10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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TheCollector
Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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4 months ago
TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
4 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How to Read Film Like a Language
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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a month ago
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