African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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TheCollector
The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
6 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
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There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Should We Navel Gaze?
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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Patterns in Humanity
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
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a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Dreams of Space -...
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
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Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
3 weeks ago
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Should we pay attention to them?
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Should we pay attention to them?
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
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Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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Last Chance
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Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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How the South Became Republican
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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So who does?
a year ago
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
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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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
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What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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