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• Chicago: A Biography by Dominic Pacyga

  
  Honest Errors — Authority: 107
  My review of Dominic Pacygas Chicago: A Biography is up over at PopMatters.com.No book that deals with the history of a city like Chicago could ever be small. A city the size of Chicago is essentially a small country. Thousands of books have already been written about various aspects of the city, from biographies of ...
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• Fair Day in Bowmore

  
  Islay Weblog - News Events Information — Authority: 131
  An interesting email was posted in the Islay mailing group about Bowmore Fair Day, and the email was followed by other interesting follow ups. What started off as a link to an image of a painting by William Heath ended with a most interesting link to a digital book from Thomas Pattison called The Gaelic Bards . The ...
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• Bellaire gives OK to new fire station

  
  Texas-Fire.com — Authority: 146
  Bellaire firefighters will soon have a $4.25 million new home, with their existing one set to be torn down as early as this week. The Bellaire City Council, in a 6-1 vote, accepted the proposal for a new fire station on Nov. 16, voting to approve the base construction price with some required equipment, such as a ...
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• * New titles from UNP

  
  Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf — Authority: 127
  While many people look forward to the holiday catalogs that have already been stuffing mailboxes, or the seed catalogs that start arriving shortly after the new year, I look forward to the book catalogs that come every few months. The latest from the University of Nebraska Press contains the regular inclusion of ...
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• The World’s Bloodiest History: Massacre, Genocide, and the Scars They Left on Civilization

  
  Sreelancer — Authority: 458
  Product Description In a somber survey leavened by sparse but inspiring accounts of heroism, author Joseph Cummins revisits some of the most dreadful and destructive acts of violence in history—from moments of sheer madness and merciless military offensives, such as that of the Spanish conquistadors in 1521 in ...
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• Ed Meese Suddenly Worried About The Prison Population [Assholes]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 867
  " In an interview at the Heritage Foundation , a conservative research group where he is a fellow, Mr. Meese said the liberal ideas of extending the power of the state were to blame for an out-of-control criminal justice system." Ahem. You know, Ed Meese III, it is nice that you have come around, in some fashion, ...
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• Bluewater Commemorates Black History Month with Bio TPB

  
  The Rundown — Authority: 141
  In honor of Black History Month (February, 2010), comic book publisher Bluewater Productions will offer a special trade paperback called Black History: Leaders featuring biographies of leading... Read More...
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• DEMJANJUK FIGHTS FOR LIFE

  
  The Invisible Opportunity: Hidden Truths Revealed — Authority: 444
  By Jim Traficant John Demjanjuk is a retired auto worker from Cleveland. He was born in Ukraine, served in World War II as a Russian soldier, was captured and held as a prisoner of war. Demjanjuk’s captors were soldiers of the German army. Today, as you read this column, Demjanjuk is standing trial for his very ...
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• JFK assassination, witnesses and odds of dying

  
  Suspense Author's Daily HotchPotch — Authority: 133
  In the three-year period which followed the murder of President Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald, 18 material witnesses died – six by gunfire, three in motor accidents, two by suicide, one from a cut throat, one from a karate chop to the neck, three from heart attacks and two from natural causes.An actuary, engaged by ...
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• Happy Anniversary, Origin

  
  My Point Exactly — Authority: 131
  Today is the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. The National History Museum in London presents a timely reminder of the importance of this book: Scientists had been searching for an explanation of how and why there was such a huge variety of life on Earth. Darwin, ...
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• When Everything Changed: 50 Years of Women’s Progress

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 660
  In the first year of Gail Collins ’s survey of “the amazing journey of American women from 1960 to the present,” I turned 12. Not long after that, I told my father I was thinking of becoming a lawyer. “That’s not…
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• Trinidad & Tobago: On Sex

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 724
  As a prelude to World AIDS Day, Alien In The Caribbean is “doing a thorough three part exploration of sex and sexuality, particularly in the Caribbean.”
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• Louis Armstrong 20th Century Icon

  
  B12 Solipsism — Authority: 149
  “Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong” (Terry Teachout) We’ve written about Louis Armstrong before 1 , and concur with the assessment that he was one of the key artists of the 20th century. Louis Armstrong, a k a Satchmo, a k a Pops, was to music what Picasso was to painting, what Joyce was to fiction: an ...
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• Historical Research

  
  The Bookworm — Authority: 122
  Realising how excited I felt about the idea of getting back to teaching history got me all enthusiastic about getting back to doing some historical research - something I havent done since I finished my doctoral thesis, back before Star was born. I wanted a project. Something big enough to get my teeth into, but not ...
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• Flashback: Tracking “The Origin of Species”

  
  VizWorld.com — Authority: 447
  Today is the 150th anniversary of the publishing of the original “Origin of Species” text from Charles Darwin.  In remembrance of this history occasion, be sure to check out an earlier post here on VizWorld covering a visualization of the many versions of the text created by Ben Fry. Tracking “The Origin of ...
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• Which came first, beer or bread?

  
  Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog — Authority: 137
  Rachel Laudan tackles the perennial question that keeps food and agriculture nerds awake long into the night … by saying it’s a bad question and asking some better ones. What problems did grains solve, what tools did humans have? Well, the problem they solved was one of fuel. Humans need fuel. Grains, if ...
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• Yeah, but can the unemployed call in coordinates for an airstrike?

  
  What Would Jack Do? — Authority: 440
  Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind John F. Kennedy I like to think of myself as a reasonably intellectually agile person, but one thing Ive never managed to figure out is mankinds devotion to war. Using our own experience as a gauge, Americans are far more willing to ...
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• Raider’s of the Lost Iraq Treasures Restored

  
  NJN Network — Authority: 489
  Treasures lost in Iraq Invasion restored and soon on Google Google CEO Eric Schmidt has announced Google will be displaying the lost treasurers of Iraq next year on the Internet. Many priceless artifacts were lost from the “Cradle of Civilization” during the 2003 invasion by the US. Looters took advantage of ...
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• Today in Philly Sports History: Wilt Grabs 55, 1960

  
  The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae — Authority: 662
  Russell owned Wilt: Its an accepted fact. ESPN did a "Top Five Reasons You Cant Blame" about it, Bill Simmons devoted a whole chapter to it in his recent Book of Basketball. And its true that when certain numbers are analyzed, it does seem that Bill Russell had the perpetual upper hand on the Big Dipper. But some ...
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• Granny’s Guide to Fun and Fabulous Family Stories | Review and Giveaway

  
  The Dirty Shirt - Hands on product reviews for items from baby products to tech gadgets — Authority: 513
  Granny’s Guide to Fun & Fabulous Family Stories Have you ever… Put off writing your personal/family history? Been confused about how to get started? Become bored & frustrated with “self-help” books? Wanted to have FUN writing your story? Then this book is for you! Everyone has a story to ...
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