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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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A Collection of...
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Nothing connects.
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Overcoming Bias
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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Trying to Understand...
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We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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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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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
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Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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The Essential Greeks
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