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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Why Socrates Matters
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
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These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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When Africa discovered Europe
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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Gaius Marius
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The Great Experience (1963)
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Dreams of Space -...
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Dr Alun Withey
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
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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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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Hundred Rabbits
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Wrong Side of...
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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Dr Alun Withey
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One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
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Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Dreams of Space -...
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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Dr Alun Withey
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over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
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over a year ago
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History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
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a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
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10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
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5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
TheCollector
Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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What Is an Antipope?
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
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The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
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