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How the South Became Republican
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
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Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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The KGB After Stalin
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Global Inequality...
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Global Inequality...
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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What is the “Mind”?
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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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 Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
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Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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