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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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an island to oneself
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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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 March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
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This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...