Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
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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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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
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This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
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Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Hundred Rabbits
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
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The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Man the Hunter
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Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
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“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Classical Wisdom
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The World's First Computer
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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The Prostitutes’ Gaze: The Integrity of Mid-Century Sex Workers (NSFW)
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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Hundred Rabbits
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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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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A Collection of...
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Artemisia of Caria
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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What Is Thatcherism?
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Happy Holidays!
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
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Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
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Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
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On cartography as historical argument
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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