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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
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Virgil and the Aeneid
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
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Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
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A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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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...
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Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
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New Year, Old Books
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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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 World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
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But the future worries me.
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Early Christian Poetry
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
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I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
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A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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A Week Off And A New Language
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The Cyclops
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
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Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
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Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
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For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
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We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Power laws in criminal behavior
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
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Global power has always been distributed.
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Summary of changes for October
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over a year ago
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
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Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
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This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
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Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
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2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
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In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
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a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
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We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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the sucessor of Songhai
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
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Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
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A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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No Women Allowed?
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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Secrets of the Scythians
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
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But some things are more connected than others.
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
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What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
a year ago
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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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...
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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What Is Solipsism?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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