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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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the promise of pancakes
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
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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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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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The Story of Thebes
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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What Is Theodicy?
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
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Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
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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...
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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.
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
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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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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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How the South Became Republican
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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9 months ago
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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6 months ago
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
a month ago
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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3 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 months ago
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
5 days ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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a year ago
TheCollector
Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
a week ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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8 months ago
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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3 weeks ago
Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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11 months ago
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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6 months ago
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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a year ago
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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7 months ago
Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
8 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
4 hours ago
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
10 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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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
The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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5 months ago
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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a month ago
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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5 months ago
TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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a year ago
African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
7 hours ago
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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5 months ago
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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a year ago
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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10 months ago
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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6 months ago
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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4 months ago
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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10 months ago
Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
3 weeks ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
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...
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
a week ago
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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a month ago
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
TheCollector
Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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4 months ago
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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a week ago
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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2 months ago
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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3 months ago
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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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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a year ago
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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9 months ago
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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3 days ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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4 months ago
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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6 months ago
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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3 months ago
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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3 months ago
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