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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
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Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
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‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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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...
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“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,...
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
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Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
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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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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The Threat of Back to Normal
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Global power has always been distributed.
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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7 African Myths About Animals
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The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
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War Stoppers and God Makers
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
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Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Eternal Glory
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
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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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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
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an island in the maelstrom
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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A Different View of Thucydides
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Why Read Modern Books?
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Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
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This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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