Category: Culture

National indifference and the History of Nationalism in Modern Europe

Editors: Maarten van Ginderachter, Jon Fox Published: February 5, 2019 Reference: 262 Pages ISBN 9781138503489: CAT# Y372310 Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History This book covers the contributions to East Central European historiography research showing national interference has the potential to reinvigorate the entire field of national studies as far as exposing and critiquing the teleological slant in much of the literature […]

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Ben Enwonwu Painting of Christine Davis Sold For $1.4 million

A painting by the late Nigerian master painter and sculptor Ben Enwonwu this week sold for $1.4m at an auction in the British capital, London. The painting, titled Christine, was the portrait of Christine Elizabeth Davis, an American hair stylist of West Indian descent. The painting was completed in under a week in 1971. Christine, who was in her mid-30s […]

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Pre-Columbian Civilizations of the Americas that Vanished without a Trace.

Ancient Civilizations Can Show Us How to Protect the Amazon Rainforest

 For centuries, historians and scholars believed the Amazon was a pristine and untouched forest, a wild jungle that no man could tame. But that narrative is slowly changing thanks, in part, to archeologists. A steadily accumulating body of research now shows that millions of people once lived in the Amazon, and they didn’t just make a home in the forest, […]

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Britannia Rules the Christian Faith “Not Worthy of Respect”.

Britannia Rules the Christian Faith “Not Worthy of Respect”

Here we go again. The extreme transgender ideology that threatens academic freedom in the United States—the belief that men who “identify” as women are literally the same as biological women and must be treated as such under all circumstances—is now seeping into the judiciary. In a ruling that is gaining notoriety worldwide, a British judge ruled October 2 against a […]

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The World Fastest Woman and Man

The World Fastest Woman and Man

The American sprinter Allyson Felix beat Usain Bolt’s gold-medal record at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, September 29, 2019. Felix is now the most successful athlete ever at the World Athletics Championships, having won a record-breaking 12th gold medal. Felix won her 12th gold, one more than Bolt’s 11, when she and her team placed first in the mixed-gender […]

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Living Up to Modernity

Modernity and History

Measuring Time, Making History by Lynn Hunt Time is the crucial ingredient in history, and yet historians rarely talk about time as such. These essays offer new insight into the development of modern conceptions of time, from the Christian dating system (BC/AD or BCE/CE) to the idea of “modernity” as a new epoch in human history. Product details Paperback: 147 […]

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Toronto, Canada: The Top Multicultural City in the World

Toronto, Canada: The Top Multicultural City in the World

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the most populous city in Canada, with a population of 2,731,571 in 2016 and current Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA) of 5,928,040, making it Canada’s most populous CMA. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,245,438 people surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario. Toronto is […]

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Hosanna

Hosanna

Hosanna – Hillsong lyrics Song: Hosanna Artist: Hillsong UNITED Album: With Hearts As One Writers: Brooke Fraser By Hillsong (on behalf of Hillsong Music and Resources LLC); LatinAutor, ASCAP, Adorando Publishing, UMPG Publishing, Sony ATV Publishing, Capitol CMG Publishing, and 18 Music Rights Societies

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Airport Security Full Body Scanner (Image by Shutterstock).

The best $80 I ever spent: TSA PreCheck

It absolutely shouldn’t exist, and is absolutely an incredible value. The only thing better than arriving at a destination and finding no line to get in is realizing there is a line and getting to cut straight to the front. You get the gratification of your roller coaster/purchase/concert entry faster, and you receive the added benefit of feeling better than […]

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Faith of Our Fathers

 Faith of Our Fathers, Living Still – Mormon Tabernacle Choir Author: Frederick William Faber Birth Year: 1814 Death Year: 1863 Faith of our Fathers is a Catholic hymn, written in 1849 by Frederick William Faber in memory of the Catholic martyrs from the time of the establishment of the Church of England by Henry VIII and Elizabeth. Faber wrote […]

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