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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
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a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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In Praise of the Preterite
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
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Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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The Tragedy of Ajax
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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