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One, Two (1965)
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The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
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Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
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An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
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An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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Genes and social stratification
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
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Another Of My Essays in French
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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