Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Flashbak
The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
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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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
7 months ago
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”...
TheCollector
The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
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a month ago
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TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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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.
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Open Culture
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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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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History Today Feed
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
Classical Wisdom
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Ancient Anxiety
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TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
8 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
TheCollector
Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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TheCollector
How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
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Flashbak
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...
7 months ago
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...
TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
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.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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TheCollector
1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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TheCollector
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
a month ago
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Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
TheCollector
What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“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 ...
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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10 months ago
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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a year ago
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
TheCollector
What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
a week ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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TheCollector
6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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TheCollector
Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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7 months ago
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Flashbak
Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
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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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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7 months ago
Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
2 weeks ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
11 months ago
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
a month ago
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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What Is Gnosticism?
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CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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10 months ago
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
a month ago
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
TheCollector
Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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a year ago
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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3 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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2 months ago
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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10 months ago
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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a year ago
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
TheCollector
Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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10 months ago
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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a week ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
Who Was Clement of Rome?
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11 months ago
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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2 months ago
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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2 months ago
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...
6 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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a month ago
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
a month ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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a year ago
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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9 months ago
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
2 weeks ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
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...
10 months ago
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;...
TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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10 months ago
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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10 months ago
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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a year ago
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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10 months ago
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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a year ago
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