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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
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Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
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Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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The True Knights Templar
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The True Knights Templar
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Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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TheCollector
Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
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“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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What Is Gnosticism?
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Upcoming Events
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Where did the time go?
Important Notice
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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What Is Thatcherism?
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
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The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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TheCollector
Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
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Winning the day and losing the war.
Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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TheCollector
UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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History Today Feed
‘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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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
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Laconic wit through the centuries
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
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But striking poses is fun and easy.
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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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...
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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...
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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weird medieval guys
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Sexy? Scary? Both?
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
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After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
TheCollector
Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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6 months ago
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...
TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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a year ago
TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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4 days ago
TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
a week ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
TheCollector
Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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a month ago
Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
TheCollector
Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
2 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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a year ago
TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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5 months ago
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
5 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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a month ago
TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
2 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
TheCollector
What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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7 months ago
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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a year ago
TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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a year ago
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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5 months ago
TheCollector
JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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4 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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a month ago
TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
a month ago
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
TheCollector
The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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9 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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a week ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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a month ago
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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a week ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
TheCollector
6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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2 months ago
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
TheCollector
The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
3 weeks ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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a month ago
Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 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...
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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8 months ago
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