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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
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Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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In politics, well, it depends.
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Overcoming Bias
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I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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Hundred Rabbits
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For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
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“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
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It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
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over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
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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.
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
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The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
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This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Wrong Side of...
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
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“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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Going to Pieces Slowly...
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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