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10 days ago by Classical Music

I just finished watching a two hour PBS special on neuroscience, evolution and music. Pretty interesting stuff. The guests interviewed fell into two groups: Scientists (including big names like Brian Greene and Oliver Sachs) and Musicians. The musicians featured on the show-- and they're featured he ...

Classical Hits - classicalhitsblog.com

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11 days ago by admin

During the classical period in ancient Greece, the skill of Greek jewellers and the beauty of the designs they created raised their craft to a miniature art. Published to accompany an exhibition, this catalogue describes and illustrates 200 of the finest surviving pieces of Greek jewellery dating fr ...

Gold Coins and Gold Jewellery - goldcoin.me

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45 days ago by New Age Ideas

The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library An Anthology of Ancient Writings Which Relate to Pythagoras and Pythagorean Philosophy “The Pythagorean Sourcebok and Library is an indispensable compilation of original material in very readable translations to satisfy all needs for increasing our knowledge an ...

New Age Ideas - newageideassite.com

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60 days ago by Joseph L. Flatley

The Multimodal Brain Orchestra had its world premiere last week in Prague, a city known for its big thinkers (and its Velvet Revolution). As a guy in black tie-and-tails led the traditional players through their arpeggios and glissandos, an "emotional conductor" led four performers fitted with G-Tec ...

Stau Degeaba - staudegeaba.ro

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60 days ago by admin

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History Of Macedonia - history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress · 38 references

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62 days ago by Deborah

Dagens absolutte højdepunkt var dette løb. Oprindeligt skulle vi have haft endnu et opgør mellem Apple Au Maitre og “Grønsagsretten”, som jeg kalder Peas and Carrots. Det blev ikke - alle Wido Neuroths’ heste endte med at blive hjemme! Det er godt nok træls, at når der byder sig sådan en chance, at ...

Deborah's - deborah.dk · Rank: 24,116 · 28 references

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72 days ago by smellincoffee

The House of the Vestals: The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder © 1997 Steven Saylor 260 pages In previous weeks I have read two novels by Steven Saylor starring Gordianus the Finder, ancient Rome's very own private detective. This book is a break from Saylor's usual format in that it is a coll ...

This Week at the Library - thisweekatthelibrary.blogspot.com · 1 reference

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79 days ago by smellincoffee

Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West © 2005 Tom Holland 418 pages After reading Holland's Rubicon, blogger ResoluteReader recommended that I read Persian Fire as well. I have an interest in the various Persian and Babylonian empires that rose and fell thousands of years a ...

This Week at the Library - thisweekatthelibrary.blogspot.com · 1 reference

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83 days ago by smellincoffee

Arms of Nemesis: A Mystery of Ancient Rome © 1992 Steven Saylor 318 pages Two weeks ago I read Roman Blood, a mystery novel set in late-Republican Rome. It was the first in the series Roma sub Rosa, and Arms of Nemesis is the second. Both are written in the first-person from the perspective of Gordi ...

This Week at the Library - thisweekatthelibrary.blogspot.com · 1 reference

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97 days ago by smellincoffee

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic © 2003 Tom Holland 407 pages, including index As a student of history, Rome holds a particularly strong fascination for me. Having been brought up in western civilization, Roman history is my history. I can see echoes of it in my everyday life, from the ...

This Week at the Library - thisweekatthelibrary.blogspot.com · 1 reference