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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Who Was Vortigern?
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
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Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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How Iran Won the West
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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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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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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