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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
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2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
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Philosopher Kings
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
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‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
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a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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Global Inequality...
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
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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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
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Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
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Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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...
Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
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And Her Controversial Religion
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Unlike For Like.
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
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Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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Does Free Will Exist?
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
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How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
TheCollector
The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
10 months ago
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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2 months ago
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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TheCollector
Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
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The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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TheCollector
Who Were the Kuomintang?
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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TheCollector
Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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TheCollector
What’s the History of Gin?
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TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Flashbak
Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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TheCollector
How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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TheCollector
The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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TheCollector
How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
2 weeks ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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TheCollector
Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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TheCollector
Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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.
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
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Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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a year ago
TheCollector
Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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11 months 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...
3 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...
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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TheCollector
Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
a month ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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2 months ago
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
a month ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Secret Renaissance Passageway Reopens in Florence
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TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
2 months ago
American polarisation: part 2
TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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a year ago
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...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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