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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Hundred Rabbits
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Does Free Will Exist?
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
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Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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