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79The Rise and Fall of the Knights Templar
The Knights Templar was the medieval equivalent of the Jedi. Defending common folk with humility and poverty, they quickly rose to power, and their fall was abrupt.
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73Best Historical Fiction with Action and Adventure
Historical fiction combined with action and adventure - what could be better! Here are a few of the best historical fiction adventure books.
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95Where to Get Quarters for Laundry
Have you noticed how willing people are, when they are desperate to complete enough quarters to dry a load of laundry, to accept less than 100 Cents to the Dollar?...By Cory Zacharia
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81The Pre-Raphaelite paintings of King Arthur, the Arthurian Legends, and the Lady of Shalott
In 1138 Geoffrey of Monmouth finally put down his quill after completing his great work, Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain).He must have been rather pleased with himself, because writing a book in those days, before...
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80The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Movie Stills of THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown (http://famespy.files.wordpress.com/) A CRYPTEC (www.mediabistro.com) The MONALISA (static.howstuffworks.com) THE LAST SUPPER (fits.depauw.edu) SELF-PORTRAIT OF LEONARDO DA VINCI & THE VITRUVIAN MAN...
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82Why Symbolism is Important
A discussion of the symbolic images that surround us, and how to interpret them.
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85Rich Man Poor Man
The comedy film City Slickers was one of Hollywood’s biggest hits in 1991. In that movie, three men in their midlife lament over their wasted lives. Their search leads them to a dude ranch where they...
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81The Holy Blood of Bruges, a New Jerusalem
The Holy Blood of Christ seems to have turned medieval Bruges (in Flanders, Belgium) into a Holy City. It's what, since the 19th century, made tourism popular in Bruges. But maybe this Holy City is not as holy as it seems...
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80The Code of the Holy Blood
In 1890, the French writer Joris-Karl Huysmans wrote to a young Dutch novelist he was searching for "a demoniac sodomite priest" who performed the black mass. Joris-Karl - "J.K." for the friends - needed this man for a new book about satanism which...
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76Symbolism of Flowers
A magnificent bouquet of deep red roses represents a declaration of love to most people. But did you know that many other flowers also carry traditional messages of their own? A gift of flowers can express a complex visual language and can...
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