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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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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
The Milky Way and The...
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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Patterns in Humanity
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Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
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The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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Belief in the Ancient World
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
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Another of my essays in French.
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
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What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Secret of the Stoics
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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Candles and Kalshnikovs.
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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Too Much of Not A Lot
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Winning the day and losing the war.
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 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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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
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I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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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?
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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Early Christianity
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Roman Empire Podcasts
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
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“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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