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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Summary of changes for November
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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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
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Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
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The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Ovid's Dating Advice
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Io Saturnalia!
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Why Socrates Matters
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
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Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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How the South Became Republican
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
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Arguing with the Dead
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Arguing with the Dead
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Should We Navel Gaze?
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
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Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Seneca On Clemency
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
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This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
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What should we do with Seneca?
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
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London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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How Did Socrates Die?
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
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Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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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
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
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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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Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
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The kinetic phase may come next.
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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US President or American Caesar?
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Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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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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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
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“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
11 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
11 months ago
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...
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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