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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
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Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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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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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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The General History of Africa
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Who Was Eusebius?
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A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
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In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
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Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
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over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Centuries of Childhood
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In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
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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...
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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A History of the House of Savoy: From Its Origins to Its End
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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The (history of) spice must flow
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Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Prometheus and AI?
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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Essential Classics
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
Global Inequality...
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The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Trying to Understand...
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a year ago
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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10 months ago
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...
11 months ago
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....
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
4 months ago
TheCollector
A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
3 days ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
11 months ago
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Flashbak
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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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
10 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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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
George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
11 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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10 months ago
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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4 months ago
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
8 months ago
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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7 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
TheCollector
10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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a year ago
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
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...
TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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7 months ago
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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a week ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
TheCollector
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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11 months ago
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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8 months ago
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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11 months ago
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
3 weeks ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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2 months ago
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