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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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The Many Roads to Rome
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
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In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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What Is Voguing?
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
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But can they get their heads round it?
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The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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The Rise of Extractive Politics
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It's about having small expectations.
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
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A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
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These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Origins of Latin Literature
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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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...
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
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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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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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