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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
The Electoral College Explained
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Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
a month ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
2 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
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Your favourite half-British president
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We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
a month ago
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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TheCollector
Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
2 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
3 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
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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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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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
6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
TheCollector
Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
7 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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
Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
TheCollector
What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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TheCollector
Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
TheCollector
10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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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.
Out of...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
TheCollector
What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
TheCollector
The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
6 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
TheCollector
7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
2 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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10 months ago
Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
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...
TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
10 months ago
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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a year ago
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
8 months ago
War Stoppers and God Makers
TheCollector
What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
TheCollector
What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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11 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
8 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
2 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
2 months ago
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
a month ago
TheCollector
The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
TheCollector
5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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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
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
a month ago
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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4 months ago
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
4 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
How to Read Film Like a Language
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a month ago
TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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3 days ago
TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
3 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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9 months ago
TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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9 months ago
Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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a year ago
TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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4 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
TheCollector
Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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8 months ago
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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11 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
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
a week ago
But is there anything there?
TheCollector
Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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3 months ago
TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
TheCollector
Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
8 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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6 months ago
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
11 months ago
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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a month ago
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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4 weeks ago
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