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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
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100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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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...
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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...
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
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9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Open Culture
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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Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
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a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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A Collection of...
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
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“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
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The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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The Great Experience (1963)
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Retelling of the Odyssey
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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How the South Became Republican
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
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The Birth of Ovid
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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How Did Socrates Die?
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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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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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
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History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Do You Believe in Magic?
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Hundred Rabbits
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Blast Off (1973)
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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.
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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When Was D-Day?
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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