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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
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Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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The KGB After Stalin
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
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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...
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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New Year, Old Books
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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War Is Complicated.
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And not just the fighting bit.
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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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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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
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In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
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This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
Dreams of Space -...
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...
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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The Missile Will Always Get Through.
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
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I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
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Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
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Gladiator Combat
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
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The Phantom of Polarisation
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
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Remind me what it was, exactly ....
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Trump and the Rise of Asia
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
African History...
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...
a year ago
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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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Who Was Vortigern?
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Young Technician December, 1957
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Overcoming Bias
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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