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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
3 weeks ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
TheCollector
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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7 months ago
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
5 months ago
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Who Was Averroes?
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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3 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
9 months ago
African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
10 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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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
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
7 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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10 months ago
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.
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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7 months ago
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,...
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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10 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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9 months ago
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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7 months ago
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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a year ago
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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a year ago
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