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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
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A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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