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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
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Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
TheCollector
Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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African History...
Join me on Notes
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
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Summary of changes for May 2023
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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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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
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What should we do with Seneca?
Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
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Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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TheCollector
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
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
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Summary of changes for November
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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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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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...
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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 Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
History Today Feed
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
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
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On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
a week ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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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;...
Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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What Is Voguing?
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TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
TheCollector
5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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3 months ago
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
7 months ago
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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A Collection of...
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This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
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As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
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Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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