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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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