Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Summary of changes for April 2024
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
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For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
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The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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7 African Myths About Animals
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Hades
The God of the Dead
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Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
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a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Battle of the Historians
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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The Art of the Interesting
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The Art of the Interesting
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Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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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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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
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Do people actually disagree that much?
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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The Story of Thebes
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
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Summary of changes for February 2023
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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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
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Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
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Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
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At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
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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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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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The KGB After Stalin
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
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I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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