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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
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I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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