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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Summary of changes for May 2023
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Dry Toilet Installation
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Sparta and… Scotland?
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Global Inequality...
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To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
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a year ago
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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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Trying to Understand...
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World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Dr Alun Withey
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Lightning Strikes: William Jennings’ Early Photographs of Elusive Electricity
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Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of his adopted city of Philadelphia and the aeronautical industry, and photographs of lightning. Setting out to prove “lightning bolts were not of the zig-zag form pictured by artists”,...
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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