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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
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8 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
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A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
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TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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On 17th century "cocaine"
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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a year ago
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Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
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3 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
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Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
TheCollector
Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
Flashbak
Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
4 months ago
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TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Flashbak
Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
3 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
3 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
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a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
TheCollector
Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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9 Artists Who Defined Art Nouveau
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
TheCollector
The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
a month ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Classical Wisdom
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Lost and Found
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
2 weeks ago
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
TheCollector
Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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How the CCP is Closing China
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Can Any Good Come From War?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Patterns in Humanity
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Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Typhoons and mold
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over a year ago
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Wrong Side of...
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
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JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Secrets of the Scythians
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TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
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11 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
Global Inequality...
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I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
TheCollector
What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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African History...
The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE)
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic...
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TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
11 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
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8 months ago
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Wrong Side of...
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The Vibe Shift comes to Britain
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The Vibe Shift comes to Britain
Flashbak
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...
2 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
TheCollector
What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
9 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
11 months ago
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TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
a month ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
10 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
4 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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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.
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
3 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
TheCollector
The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
TheCollector
The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
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My interview with "Atlantico"
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
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A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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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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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
6 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
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Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
9 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Understanding Yourself Through Jung: A Guide to Individuation & Self-Discovery
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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What Does the New Testament Say About Hell?
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
a month ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
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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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
10 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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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 Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
8 months ago
History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
4 months ago
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
2 months ago
And some associated reflections.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Flashbak
London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
10 months ago
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
2 months ago
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...