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The National Emergency Library Makes 1.5 Million Books Free to Read Right Now
30th March, 2020While the coronavirus has closed physical libraries in countries all around the world, more resources for books open to the public on the internet. Most recently, we have the Internet Archive’s opening of the National Emergency Library, “a collection of books that supports emergency remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarship, and intellectual stimulation while universities, schools, training centers, and libraries are closed”.
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Watch 85,000 Historic Newsreel Films from British Pathé Free Online (1910-2008)
13th March, 2020While “the newsreel may be history,” notes the National Endowment for the Humanities, “vast collections of it remain, much of it unseen.” One such collection resides at the archives of British Pathé, “a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivaled in their historical significance.”
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An Illustrated Guide to Mean Things People Say About National Parks
13th March, 2020Artist Amber Share trawls disgruntled reviews on such platforms as Yelp, TripAdvisor, Google, and Facebook to mine for complaints about National Parks in USA.
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McCoy Tyner, Groundbreaking Pianist Of 20th Century Jazz, Dies At 81
13th March, 2020An innovative member of the classic John Coltrane Quartet, few musicians have ever exerted as much influence as a sideman, but Tyner also had a long and consequential career leading bands of his own.
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Explore Ancient Athens 3D, a Digital Reconstruction of the Greek City-State at the Height of Its Influence
18th February, 2020Thanks to the last dozen years of work by photographer and visual effects artist Dimitris Tsalkanis, we can experience Athens as it might have been in the form of Ancient Athens 3D.
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IMF Country Report – Japan’s Disappearing Cities: Demographic Headwinds and their Impact on Japan’s Housing Market
12th February, 2020Japan’s population is rapidly aging and shrinking, and doing so unevenly across regions. Large cities, notably the Greater Tokyo area, are experiencing net migration inflows, while other regions are experiencing net migration outflows.
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