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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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Hundred Rabbits
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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What is Modernity?
What is Modernity?
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African History...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
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We'd also heard that the school...
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
a year ago
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History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
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The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less...
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Too Much of Not A Lot
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
over a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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People, States and Borders.
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
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...and the Origins of the Universe
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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