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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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A History of Phantom Pain
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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What is the Soul?
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
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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...
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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It's about having small expectations.
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
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The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Res Obscura
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
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
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a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
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“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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JamesHoare
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
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a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
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a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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How Iran Won the West
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
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Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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