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Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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leleuvia
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We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Who Was George Eliot?
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Do You Believe in Magic?
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
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Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
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The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
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The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Rules, Rules Rules
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Because that's all they can do.
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
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In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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