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One Marvelous Magazine

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There is little doubt in our minds that the study of history is alive and well, inside and outside of academe. Without a doubt, History Today is one of the best and oldest magazines for history lovers.
Don’t worry, we’re not getting ANY kick-back for this “public service announcement.” It’s just that we like [...]

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A few more resources for history research…

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A few more websites that history geeks simply don’t want to miss:
History News Network

The Historical Society Blog
Curious Expeditions
For those who just can’t get enough, check out this never-ending list of history blogs.
HNN history blogroll
And of course…
Wonders and Marvels
Who said folks aren’t interested in history and the humanities anymore!

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History Resources

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By Holly Tucker
As someone who works in early history, I often get asked where I find my books and information.
Things have changed dramatically since my grad school days when you had to pay a reference librarian to run an online database search. To my delight, I’ve been finding more and more 17th-century texts online [...]

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Parisian Detective Work

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By Holly Tucker
Wonders and Marvels has been a little quiet this past week. But life has actually been not quiet at all!
I just returned from a whirlwind research trip to Paris. Mission: to delve into the mysteries of a stash of 400 year-old documents in the archives of the French Academy of [...]

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Medical Curiosities, Authorial Resources

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By Kirsten Menger-Anderson
Doctor Olaf van Schuler’s Brain began as a short story about phrenology. I was fascinated by the odd idea of determining personality from the bumps in our heads, and intrigued by the diagrams of crisscrossed heads containing “brain organs” ranging from poetic talent to the tendency to murder. What other (now discredited) medical [...]

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