Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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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...
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
Dreams of Space -...
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...
10 months ago
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!
Clyne,...
Flashbak
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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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...
TheCollector
Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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Free French Bombers Over France
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TheCollector
5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
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Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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Lost and Found
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
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Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Trying to Understand...
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Classical Wisdom
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Plato and Atlantis
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Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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Beneath the Waves...
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
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What's it going to be, then?
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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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...
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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
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
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In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
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a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
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