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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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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".
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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9 months ago
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
TheCollector
6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
TheCollector
5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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TheCollector
Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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6 months ago
Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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a year ago
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
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
6 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
6 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
TheCollector
10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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TheCollector
The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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TheCollector
Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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TheCollector
Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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TheCollector
7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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TheCollector
Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
TheCollector
Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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TheCollector
What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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TheCollector
Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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TheCollector
Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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TheCollector
What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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TheCollector
Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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TheCollector
6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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TheCollector
Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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a year ago
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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a year ago
Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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TheCollector
The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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6 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
3 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
TheCollector
Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
TheCollector
What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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TheCollector
Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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11 months ago
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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2 months ago
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