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https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
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The True Knights Templar
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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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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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Brushing for Britain
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
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On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
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Hey everyone!
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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How French Was Medieval England?
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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People, States and Borders.
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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