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Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
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Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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History Today Review of the Year
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
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There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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How Should We Look at History?
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The Art of the Interesting
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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Origins of Stoicism
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Summary of changes for December
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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
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Out Of Control.
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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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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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Why Socrates Matters
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How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
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Should we pay attention to them?
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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The Many Roads to Rome
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
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New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
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A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Winged Victory
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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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...
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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What Is Thatcherism?
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
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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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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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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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How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
2 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
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“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
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“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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Papa To The Rescue.
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The Epics Collection
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Beneath the Waves...
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
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The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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What Is Voguing?
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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Love And War And Status
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After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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The Immortals
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
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Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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Arguing with the Dead
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JamesHoare
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Arguing with the Dead
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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Aristotle's Poetics
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
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And Her Controversial Religion
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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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...
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
9 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
TheCollector
Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
2 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
4 days ago
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...
African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
7 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
2 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
TheCollector
Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
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