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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Outer Space (1953)
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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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...
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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A History of Phantom Pain
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Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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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...
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974)
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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weird medieval guys
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Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
History Today Feed
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
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Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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...
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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...
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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How to Steal From Homer
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
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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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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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How Did the Islamic Golden Age Shape Knowledge and Discovery?
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
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All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Educated rage
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
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Out of...
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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...
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Overcoming Bias
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I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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The Power Of Absent Things.
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It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Forgotten Gods
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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demystifying an ancient African society
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Hundred Rabbits
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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.
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Plato Vs Aristotle
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The Furies
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
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You don't need to know that.
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The Roman Socrates
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
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Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Overcoming Bias
What Culture Can You Trust?
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
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Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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