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An 1899 book by William James combines still-useful pragmatic and philosophical insights for teachers, Peter Gibbon says.
Swiftsden House, a 19th-century manor house in England by architect has tiered seating. Reginald Blomfield, lists for $4.7 million with a tennis court and pool.
New 14-pound coffee-table book showcases colorized photographs of life from 1888 to 1924 ...
Myfanwy Horne at her desk in the study, 1973. Author provided. In 1966, we moved from our rented flat to our new house, a late 19th century two-storey terrace with room for both a dining room and ...
There is nothing new about dystopian fiction — it's been around since the early 20th century or late 19th century, depending on who you ask — but discovering a classic of the genre can be ...
Sotheby's is selling several works from the estate of late Swiss collectors Rolf and Margit Weinberg in New York this spring. They span "masterpieces of the late 19th century to pioneering ...
In the early 20th century, reformers interested in protecting Pennylvania forests used Clarke’s images of the thick old forest and the stripped-down hillsides of the present day to argue that ...
A popular 20th-century book has finally been returned to an Ohio public library, and it’s only 98 years late. “Wild West” by Bertrand Sinclair first hit the shelf at the Price Hill branch of ...
As debates over Irish Home Rule dominated politics in the late 19th and early 20th century, Conservatives rallied to the cause of the Union, linking its defence with the empire and economic benefits.
Anthony Cavo, avid collector of antique photographs, has curated from his collection heart warming nineteenth and early twentieth photographs of humans and their dogs into his new book Love Immortal.
The Age of Acrimony charts the rise and fall of 19th-century America's unruly politics.This is the origin story of the “normal” politics of the 20th century.
Inside the Story of America’s 19th-Century Opiate Addiction Doctors then, as now, overprescribed the painkiller to patients in need, and then, as now, government policy had a distinct bias ...