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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Res Obscura
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Global Inequality...
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
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If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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Hey everyone!
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Flashbak
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
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10 months ago
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
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a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
Flashbak
Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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US President or American Caesar?
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
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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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Dreams of Space -...
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a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
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Dreams of Space -...
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A re-run--
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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Dreams of Space -...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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state and society in south-central Africa
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
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The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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12 months ago
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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6 months ago
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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6 months ago
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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a year ago
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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2 months ago
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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12 months ago
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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8 months ago
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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2 months ago
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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a year ago
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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10 months ago
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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9 months ago
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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a year ago
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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8 months ago
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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10 months ago
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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a year ago
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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4 months ago
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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6 months ago
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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a month ago
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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7 months ago
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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a year ago
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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4 months ago
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
a year ago
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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a year ago
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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2 months ago
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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3 months ago
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
a month ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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8 months ago
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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6 months ago
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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7 months ago
CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
a month ago
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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a year ago
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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8 months ago
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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2 months ago
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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a month ago
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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6 months ago
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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a year ago
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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a year ago
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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a year ago
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What Is Nestorianism?
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2 months ago
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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6 months ago
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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11 months ago
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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3 months ago
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
a month ago
History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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6 months ago
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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2 weeks ago
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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9 months ago
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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a year ago
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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...
6 months ago
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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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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3 weeks ago
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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11 months ago
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
11 months ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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3 weeks ago
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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a year ago
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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a year ago
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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2 months ago
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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2 months ago
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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8 months ago
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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2 months ago
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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2 months ago
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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4 months ago
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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7 months ago
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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a year ago
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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5 months ago
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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a month ago
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
a week ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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a month ago
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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10 months ago
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
a month ago
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
a year ago
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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