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Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings
Charles H. Hapgood
There's a 1996 reprint edition of this 1960s book available. Hapgood's book on the Piri Reis and other maps is one of those "classics" writers of Atlantis mention and cite over and over...
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Sisterhood and real feminism in an oasis of love
All souls- male and female - are brides of Christ - but the quest comes from the heart of a woman that men must embrace prior to their quest.
Maureen Dowd, from the New York Times, ...
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The HORSE
in Human History
Pita Kelekna 2009
A brilliant superb book on "Homo Equestriens" and the relationship of horse and human from its origins on the Eurasians steppes up to modern times. Both horse lovers and historians will enjoy...
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The Great Chicago Fire burned from Sunday, October 8, to early Tuesday, October 10, 1871, killing hundreds and destroying about four square miles in Chicago, Illinois. Though the fire was one of the largest U.S. disasters of the 19th century, the...
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The eye has been described as the window to the human soula powerful image with many equally powerful connotations and messages.
Link to full article
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In today's post we take a look at some of the pivotal moments in the civil rights movement in the United States during the 50s and 60s. These images and information sourced from Life.
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Life.com presents: The Many Faces of Serial Killers. Sample of images and informatino below, see the full list of 31 murderers here.
From 1989 to 1990, prostitute Aileen Wuornos murdered seven men in Florida, later claiming they had raped her....
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Catfish John was a river hobo.
He lived and died on the river bend.
Thinking back, I still remember,
I was proud to be his friend.
-- The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band feat. Alison Krauss, Catfish John
Theres lots of reasons to open a blog post with...
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I just posted this on the new site, "SideTick" and had to re-circulate it to The Writers Lounge:
Do you know I almost wrote, "Good morning Vietnam" here. Wonder why I wrote that? I remember the film well with Robin Williams acting the role of...
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Hello- I am here and alive--
I have not had the time nor have I really cared to introduce myself to you guys even though i've been a moderator here for quite some time now and have been running this show in the shadows... Some people thought the...
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New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide...
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On Monday, August 6, 1945 at 8:15 AM, the nuclear weapon Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima by the crew of the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay. Pictures from the aftermath of the atomic blast are seen below.
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The Artist, The Philosopher and the Warrior
Leonardo, Machiavelli and Borgia: A Fateful Collusion
Paul Strathern 2009
Why did Leonardo Da Vinci not build his war machines? What observations and which persons inspired Niccolo Machiavelli?...
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Faina Ipatevan Vakhreva was a former first lady of Taiwan during the late 70th and early 80th. Fiana Vakhreva was born in 1916, her husband was Chiang Ching-kuo President of Taiwan from 1978~1988.
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Into the 21st Century and it is hard to conceive how a government could have been so callous and negligent, that is until one realises the full extent of the Terra Nullius doctrine and its partner in crime, the belief that the Aboriginal people were...
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This was the colonial mentality: belief in racial superiority and the fire-power to back it up. One has to go no further than the colonisation of the upper Macquarie district of New South Wales between 1822 and 1825 to witness the development of...
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"What do Gertrude Berg and Gertrude Stein have in common? Hannah Greenbaum Solomon and Hannah Arendt? The Biblical Ruth and Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
Here's one answer: They all appear in Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia.
The...
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I took my children to the Drummond Hill cemetery today in Niagara Falls. The place is named after General Gordon Drummond.
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