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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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TheCollector
7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
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Hey everyone!
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Summary Of Changes
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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A Collection of...
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
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What is needed to stop violent cycles?
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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African History...
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Open Culture
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Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
History Today Feed
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
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Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
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‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
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Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
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Death of the King of Siam
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Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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A Collection of...
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
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History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
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A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Flashbak
The Metamorphoses du Jour by JJ Grandville – 1829
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TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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How Did Socrates Die?
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Wrong Side of...
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Classical Wisdom
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I Dare You...
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
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But they forget the people and the Street.
TheCollector
An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
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TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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Flashbak
Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
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...and the feared Persian Army
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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TheCollector
What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
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History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Wrong Side of...
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Classical Wisdom
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Hundred Rabbits
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
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Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
TheCollector
Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
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More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
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Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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A History of the House of Savoy: From Its Origins to Its End
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
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Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Open Culture
Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” &...
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as...
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In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as being “set in ancient Rome.” That’s a reasonable interpretation, given that it contains an emperor, senators, and orators, though Cavafy himself said that none of them are...
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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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...
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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...
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
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Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
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Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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What Is the Didache?
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
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Europe turns away from America.
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Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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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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Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
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Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
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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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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
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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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
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
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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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...
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“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 …...
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
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The Shire must be brought to heel
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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