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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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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Dreams of Space -...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Columbine 25 Years On
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The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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Hey everyone!
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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What Is Theodicy?
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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Does what goes around come around?
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