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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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How to Revive Wassailing
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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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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One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
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The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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What Was the First Written Language?
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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Summary of changes for July 2023
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Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
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Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
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Winning the day and losing the war.
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
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Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
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For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Summary of changes for March
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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.
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100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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Do You Listen Well?
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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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...
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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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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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.
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100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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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...
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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Summary of changes for July
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over a year ago
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Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Empress Theodora
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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The Birth of Ovid
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The Birth of Ovid
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Essential Classics
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Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
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Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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African History...
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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Summary of changes for September 2024
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
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100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
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Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
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A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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What Is Solipsism?
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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