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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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a year ago
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
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3 months ago
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a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
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A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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