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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Overcoming Bias
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Another Of My Essays In French
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
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In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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What Is Thatcherism?
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Global Inequality...
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A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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History Today Review of the Year
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Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
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History Today Review of the Year
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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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...
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“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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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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Stoicism and Stress
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Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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St. Nicholas
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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In Praise of the Preterite
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Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Overcoming Bias
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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.
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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The Year of Failing To Understand.
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Not your usual end-of-year review.
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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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!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
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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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Who Was Vortigern?
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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The Birth of Ovid
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A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
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What's it going to be, then?
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American polarisation: part 2
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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One Way Or Another ....
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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