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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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The Furies
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
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Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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Who Was George Hodel?
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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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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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
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At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
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Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
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The True Knights Templar
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Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
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It's worse than you probably imagine.
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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