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Partially banned upon publication and translated into English for the first time this year, *René, or: A Young Man’s Adventures and Experiences* (1783–85) found new readers in the communist era thanks to its critiques of feudalism, capitalism, and the Catholic Church. Dobrota Pucherová introduces us…
From The Public Domain Review
Expedition accounts of aeronauts bravely venturing into the heavens on hot-air balloons.
From The Public Domain Review
Search Usenet news text-message archives from 1981 to present across hundreds of thousands of newsgroups.
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'Six Themes' at Paula Cooper Gallery celebrates the artist's seminal sculptures. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Revisit Claes Oldenburg’s Seminal ‘Six Themes’ 50 Years…
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the classic 1962 manifesto, on increasing human capabilities
From Explorable Explanations
After 17 years, Foursquare’s ending is written. Writing this to share my opinions & frustrations with the final years of the company, and to honor the team who helped build & maintain FSQ’s legacy.
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A research catalogue of traditional attributions, anonymous writers, and later compositions Yes. This is an important companion to the biblical […]
From Kagi Small Web
Photo essays, road trips, and a geospatial database with a particular emphasis on the history and culture of Taiwan.
From personalsit.es
Captain(Korvettenkapitän)Werner Lott was commander of U-35 from 15 August 1937 until 29 November 1939.He sank 4 ships and damaged one. You often hear about war crimes committed by the German armed forces, but there were also acts of decency. Around 15.40 on 3 Oct, 1939, the Greek freighter…
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October 29, 1921 - Centre College of Kentucky defeated Harvard University in what the New York Times called “arguably the upset of the century in college football.” On that fateful date in 1921, Harvard hadn’t lost a ga...
From Kagi Small Web
Weedon Island Preserve is a 3100-acre county park located in St Petersburg, Florida. It is a wildlife refuge encompassing a series of islands in Tampa Bay, consisting mostly of mangrove swamp and slash pine/cabbage palmetto scrub. But its primary importance is as an archaeological site, centered…
From Kagi Small Web
An essay on the legacy of Marvin Minsky with programmable interactive simulations
From Explorable Explanations
Blog über Windows 98, Windows 95, MS-DOS, C64, Downloads, Nusb, Retro Gaming allgemein und Zoom Player
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A digital commonplace book on education, IndieWeb, mathematics, information theory, biology, history, economics, humanities, note taking & related topics.
From personalsit.es
Personal writings exploring strange history, weird curiosities, occult lore, astronomy, music, and unusual finds from the deeper corners of culture.
From personalsit.es
A family tree of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism on one chart: 180 dated firsts, 140 branches and schisms, each dated by its first surviving evidence and linked to the cited chapter. Free poster, CC BY.
From Show HN
Mathenge, who was born in Nairobi, looks to the not-so-distant past in a series of paintings called 'Re-membering.' Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Wangari Mathenge’s…
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How the words we teach English language learners changed.
From The Pudding
Explore the Buttolph Collection from the New York Public Library's archive of historic menus.
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A recreation of the original 1821 color guidebook.
From Tiny Tools Directory
DIESEL THE MAGUS: THE FATHER OF AŠA AND THE REOPENING OF DIVINE HISTORY I. INTRODUCTION AND COGNITIVE RE-ORIENTATION The academic […]
From Kagi Small Web
The Schleswig Wars in the mid-19th century stemmed from nationalism rather than legal complexities. Denmark sought to centralize control over Schleswig-Holstein, home to many German speakers. This led to conflicts driven by both Danish and German nationalism, with superficial legal disputes serving…
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Sometimes parts of who we are can be found in what we keep and what we leave behind.
From personalsit.es
This is a Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter of WWII, in 1:144 scale, FDM printed on my old Ender 3. It's a very simple model with virtually no surface detail at all, and I don't recall who designed it or where I got it. It was some considerable time ago. I have no immediate use for it, as I…
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