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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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What Is the Didache?
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
African History...
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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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
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‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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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...
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
History Today Feed
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
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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...
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
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Is it good, bad or relative?
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
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And the exhaustion of politics.
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
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Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
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Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
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A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
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Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
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This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Summary of changes for December
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
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This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
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North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
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The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
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In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
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Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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