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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
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We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Patterns in Humanity
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Happy Journeys (1961)
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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What Makes a Hero a HERO?
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Overcoming Bias
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Young Technician December, 1957
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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The Death of Clive of India
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
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Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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