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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Does Free Will Exist?
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
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“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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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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Summary of changes for October
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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The Art of the Interesting
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Trying to Understand...
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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War Is Complicated.
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The Secret Life of Latin
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Summary of changes for January
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Summary of changes for December
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
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A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
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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...
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Magna Graecia
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
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Is it good, bad or relative?
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
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10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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