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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
a month ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
a month ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
7 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
a week ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
TheCollector
5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
a month ago
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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11 months ago
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...
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
TheCollector
Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
3 weeks ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
TheCollector
John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
2 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
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TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
a month ago
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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7 months ago
Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
a week ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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