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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
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I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
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At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
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In politics, well, it depends.
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
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The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
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Understanding political violence.
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
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Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
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A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
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A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
a year ago
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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What Is Theodicy?
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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