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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
a month ago
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
TheCollector
What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
7 months ago
The Tragedy of the Trenches
TheCollector
What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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a year ago
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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8 months ago
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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5 months ago
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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9 months ago
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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11 months ago
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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a year ago
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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9 months ago
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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a year ago
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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5 months ago
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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2 months ago
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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a year ago
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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6 months ago
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
TheCollector
5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
TheCollector
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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9 months ago
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
a week ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
5 months ago
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
a month ago
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
Flashbak
Leeds Kids the 1970s
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the...
6 days ago
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the picture below of kids ‘tobogganing’ down a dry, rocky slope in the northern English city of Leeds in the 1970s “The Cresta Run”. It is not the original Cresta Run, which is a...
TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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5 months ago
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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11 months ago
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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a year ago
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
4 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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11 months ago
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
4 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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a year ago
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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a year ago
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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2 months ago
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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8 months ago
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
12 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
5 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
TheCollector
What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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8 months ago
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
9 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
TheCollector
Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
a month ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
11 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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8 months ago
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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4 months ago
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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What Is Nestorianism?
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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3 months ago
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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8 months ago
weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
6 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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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...
8 months ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
11 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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tools ecosystem
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In...
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How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
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*my article for New Lines Magazine
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*my article for New Lines Magazine
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
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TheCollector
10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
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This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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New Year, Old Books
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
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The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
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At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
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I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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