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Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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How Should We Look at History?
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
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Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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