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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
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Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
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The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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In Praise of the Preterite
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
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Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Sex Before Sex Education
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
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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
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Summary Of Changes
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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