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8 Black Inventors Who Changed the World "African American inventors and their revolutionary ideas have shaped technology and society throughout history."
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8 Black Inventors Who Changed the World | TheCollector
African American inventors and their revolutionary ideas have shaped technology and society throughout history.
 Elijah McCoy the inventor of the moveable ironing board. #history #inventor image
What January taught George Orwell about control and resistance Like many of us, George Orwell saw January as a month to be endured rather than enjoyed. You can picture him steeling himself against its cold, gloom, rain, frost and wind. by Nathan Waddell
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What January taught George Orwell about control and resistance
Like many of us, Orwell saw January as a month to be endured rather than enjoyed.
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Rare set of varied factors triggered Black Death Volcanic eruptions in the mid-1340s triggered a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe. by Jennifer Ouellette
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Rare set of varied factors triggered Black Death
Volcanic eruptions in the mid-1340s triggered a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe.
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"Understand this, I mean to arrive at the truth. The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it." The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) Dame Agatha Christie died #OTD 50 years ago. She wrote 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections. She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.
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Hear Debussy Play Debussy: A Vintage Recording from 1913
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Hear Debussy Play Debussy: A Vintage Recording from 1913
A century ago, the great French composer Claude Debussy sat down at a contraption called a Welte-Mignon reproducing piano and recorded a series o...
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The Puzzling Genius of Albrecht Dürer’s “Melencolia I” Melencolia I is one of the undisputed masterpieces of the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, which still fascinates and puzzles with its complex symbolism. by Anastasiia Kirpalov
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The Puzzling Genius of Albrecht Dürer's "Melencolia I" | TheCollector
Melencolia I is one of the undisputed masterpieces of the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, which still fascinates and puzzles with its co...
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10,000 books were tossed at a London school. Librarians say there are other ways to give books a second life The province says it is halting all current and future school library reviews by Kendra Seguin https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/beal-library-old-book-purge-9.7040273 Librarians at PG:
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She Is an Icon of Finnish Art. Now Modernist Helene Schjerfbeck Takes a Global Stage The Finnish master whose name you should know is the subject of a major solo at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. by Annikka Olsen
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She Is a Finnish Art Icon. Now Helene Schjerfbeck Takes a Global Stage
Helene Schjerfbeck, the Finnish master whose name you should know, is the subject of a major solo at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Top 30 Western Art Movements with Lasting Impact, from Classical to Conceptual "A complete timeline of the top art movements in Western history, including core traits, famous artists, and must-see works."
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Top 30 Western Art Movements with Lasting Impact, from Classical to Conceptual | TheCollector
A complete timeline of the top art movements in Western history, including core traits, famous artists, and must-see works.
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