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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
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“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
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What should we do with Seneca?
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
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When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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Global Inequality...
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
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The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
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Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
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I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Can Any Good Come From War?
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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The Sense Of An Ending.
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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It's about having small expectations.
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