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Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
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It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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How French Was Medieval England?
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Out of This World (1953)
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
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The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
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The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
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A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Understanding What's Happening in France.
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A Brief History of Chile
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
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This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
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Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Wrong Side of...
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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government in central Africa.
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Should Death Concern Us?
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
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And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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....
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
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Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Should We Follow Silly Laws?
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Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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The Tragedy of Ajax
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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The First Stoic
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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The Hero's Ride (1963)
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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