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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
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Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
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These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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Hundred Rabbits
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Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
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Moon Base (1959)
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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".
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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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...
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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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The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
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We can't get there from here, anymore.
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
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Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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The Evils Of Professionalism
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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