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An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Dreams of Space -...
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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.
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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