TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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TheCollector
Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
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TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
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Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
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TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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TheCollector
The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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TheCollector
How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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African History...
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...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
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2 weeks ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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TheCollector
Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals
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TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
TheCollector
Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
TheCollector
The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Flashbak
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...
2 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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TheCollector
Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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TheCollector
The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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TheCollector
How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Classical Wisdom
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The Life of Plato
8 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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TheCollector
What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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Flashbak
Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
2 months ago
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Classical Wisdom
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Fate and Free Will
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weird medieval guys
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Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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History Today Feed
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
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Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
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One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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TheCollector
Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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TheCollector
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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JamesHoare
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Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
TheCollector
What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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TheCollector
New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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TheCollector
5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
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.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
TheCollector
The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
TheCollector
Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
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Should you meet your heroes?
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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TheCollector
Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
5 days ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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Flashbak
London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
9 months ago
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
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
TheCollector
10 London Museums You Should Visit
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Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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How Did Socrates Die?
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
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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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
2 weeks ago
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
2 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
7 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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