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A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
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The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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St. Nicholas
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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One Of My Essays In Dutch.
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I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
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How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
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Here are a few modest ideas.
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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